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  • New Congress president will make a decision my function: Rahul Gandhi

    Through PTI

    ADONI: MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday stated the president used to be the ‘splendid authority’ within the Congress and whoever were given elected to the put up would make a decision at the manner ahead (for the birthday celebration).

    Responding to a question throughout his transient interplay with media throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra right here, Rahul Gandhi stated the brand new president would make a decision on “what my function and the way I can be deployed.”

    “Clearly”, Rahul spoke back when requested if he could be reporting to the brand new president. “President is the splendid authority within the Congress and everybody reviews to him. My function – I’m very transparent Congress president will make a decision what my function is and the way I can be deployed,” he remarked.

    At one level, Rahul stated, “It’s for Kharge to make a decision – however later corrected himself to – whoever will get elected, that gentleman will make a decision.”

    ALSO READ | Mallikarjun Kharge elected as Congress’ first non-Gandhi president in over 20 years

    Rahul seen that “Kharge and Tharoor are other people with enjoy and figuring out. They should not have my recommendation,” he added.

    Puzzled about Shashi Tharoor’s allegation of irregularities within the Congress president election in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul stated the birthday celebration had an institutional framework to maintain it.

    “We’re the one birthday celebration that has an election fee inside of it with a TN Seshan-type of individual. Mistry is a completely honest individual. Our EC will take a choice at the irregularities,” he stated.

    ADONI: MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday stated the president used to be the ‘splendid authority’ within the Congress and whoever were given elected to the put up would make a decision at the manner ahead (for the birthday celebration).

    Responding to a question throughout his transient interplay with media throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra right here, Rahul Gandhi stated the brand new president would make a decision on “what my function and the way I can be deployed.”

    “Clearly”, Rahul spoke back when requested if he could be reporting to the brand new president. “President is the splendid authority within the Congress and everybody reviews to him. My function – I’m very transparent Congress president will make a decision what my function is and the way I can be deployed,” he remarked.

    At one level, Rahul stated, “It’s for Kharge to make a decision – however later corrected himself to – whoever will get elected, that gentleman will make a decision.”

    ALSO READ | Mallikarjun Kharge elected as Congress’ first non-Gandhi president in over 20 years

    Rahul seen that “Kharge and Tharoor are other people with enjoy and figuring out. They should not have my recommendation,” he added.

    Puzzled about Shashi Tharoor’s allegation of irregularities within the Congress president election in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul stated the birthday celebration had an institutional framework to maintain it.

    “We’re the one birthday celebration that has an election fee inside of it with a TN Seshan-type of individual. Mistry is a completely honest individual. Our EC will take a choice at the irregularities,” he stated.

  • Congress presidential polls: Counting of votes starts in Kharge vs Tharoor contest

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: The counting of votes started on Wednesday within the Congress presidential polls through which senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor confronted off for the put up of AICC leader.

    The counting of the votes, which used to be scheduled to start at 10 am on the AICC headquarters right here, began round 10:20 am.

    All sealed poll containers from the 68 polling cubicles arrange around the nation were introduced right here through Tuesday night and saved in a “sturdy room” on the birthday party place of business.

    Requested about experiences of lawsuits associated with polling in Uttar Pradesh and a few different states, Tharoor marketing campaign workforce member Salman Soz mentioned they’ve raised positive problems with the central election authority (CEA) and feature been in verbal exchange with CEA chairman Madhusudan Mistry “ahead of polling, on polling day and after that”.

    The counting brokers of Kharge are Pramod Tiwari, Kodikunil Suresh, Gaurav Gogoi, Syed Nasir Hussain, Kuljit Singh Bagra and Gurdeep Singh Sappal.

    Karti Chidambaram, Atul Chaturvedi and Sumedh Gaikwad are amongst those that are counting brokers of Tharoor.

    Whilst Kharge is thought of as the company favorite along with his perceived proximity to the Gandhis and a lot of senior leaders backing him, Tharoor has pitched himself because the candidate of alternate.

    Congress central election authority chairman Mistry has expressed pride with the birthday party’s presidential polls procedure, pronouncing it used to be “loose, truthful and clear”.

    He has additionally mentioned it used to be a secret poll and nobody would get to grasp who voted for whom.

    Of the full 9,915 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates that shaped the electoral faculty to select the birthday party leader in a secret poll, over 9,500 forged their poll at PCC places of work and the AICC headquarters, Mistry had mentioned at a press convention after the polling ended on Monday.

    The birthday party gets its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years after greater than 9,500 votes are counted.

    The polls are historical as the brand new president would change Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving birthday party president who has been on the helm since 1998, barring the 2 years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi had taken over.

    Electors within the Congress presidential polls were requested to position a tick mark in opposition to their candidate within the poll paper after Tharoor’s workforce took up with the birthday party’s best ballot frame the problem of its previous directive that electorate write “1” to mirror their choice.

    This, the workforce mentioned, would possibly result in confusion.

    NEW DELHI: The counting of votes started on Wednesday within the Congress presidential polls through which senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor confronted off for the put up of AICC leader.

    The counting of the votes, which used to be scheduled to start at 10 am on the AICC headquarters right here, began round 10:20 am.

    All sealed poll containers from the 68 polling cubicles arrange around the nation were introduced right here through Tuesday night and saved in a “sturdy room” on the birthday party place of business.

    Requested about experiences of lawsuits associated with polling in Uttar Pradesh and a few different states, Tharoor marketing campaign workforce member Salman Soz mentioned they’ve raised positive problems with the central election authority (CEA) and feature been in verbal exchange with CEA chairman Madhusudan Mistry “ahead of polling, on polling day and after that”.

    The counting brokers of Kharge are Pramod Tiwari, Kodikunil Suresh, Gaurav Gogoi, Syed Nasir Hussain, Kuljit Singh Bagra and Gurdeep Singh Sappal.

    Karti Chidambaram, Atul Chaturvedi and Sumedh Gaikwad are amongst those that are counting brokers of Tharoor.

    Whilst Kharge is thought of as the company favorite along with his perceived proximity to the Gandhis and a lot of senior leaders backing him, Tharoor has pitched himself because the candidate of alternate.

    Congress central election authority chairman Mistry has expressed pride with the birthday party’s presidential polls procedure, pronouncing it used to be “loose, truthful and clear”.

    He has additionally mentioned it used to be a secret poll and nobody would get to grasp who voted for whom.

    Of the full 9,915 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates that shaped the electoral faculty to select the birthday party leader in a secret poll, over 9,500 forged their poll at PCC places of work and the AICC headquarters, Mistry had mentioned at a press convention after the polling ended on Monday.

    The birthday party gets its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years after greater than 9,500 votes are counted.

    The polls are historical as the brand new president would change Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving birthday party president who has been on the helm since 1998, barring the 2 years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi had taken over.

    Electors within the Congress presidential polls were requested to position a tick mark in opposition to their candidate within the poll paper after Tharoor’s workforce took up with the birthday party’s best ballot frame the problem of its previous directive that electorate write “1” to mirror their choice.

    This, the workforce mentioned, would possibly result in confusion.

  • Kharge vs Tharoor on Monday as Congress set for non-Gandhi prez after 24 years 

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face-off in an electoral contest on Monday for the put up of AICC leader, because the celebration will get set to have a non-Gandhi president in over 24 years.

    Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates shape the electoral faculty to select the celebration leader in a secret poll.

    Balloting would additionally happen on the AICC headquarters right here and at over 65 polling cubicles around the nation in an electoral contest which is going down for the 6th time within the celebration’s 137-year historical past.

    Whilst celebration leader Sonia Gandhi and Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are anticipated to vote on the AICC headquarters right here, Rahul Gandhi might be balloting on the Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Karnataka’s Sanganakallu in Ballari at the side of round 40 different Bharat Yatris who’re PCC delegates.

    Kharge is regarded as the company favorite for his perceived proximity to the Gandhis and backing by way of senior leaders, whilst Tharoor has pitched himself because the candidate of trade.

    All over the marketing campaign, although Tharoor has raised problems with asymmetric gambling box, each applicants and the celebration have maintained that the Gandhis are impartial and that there’s no “professional candidate”.

    ALSO READ | 6th time in its 137-year-history Congress all set to have inside elections for its president

    Requested concerning the importance of the polls, Congress basic secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh informed PTI that he has at all times believed within the Congress style of evolving a consensus for such positions.

    Essentially the most well-known practitioner of this way within the post-Nehruvian generation was once Ok Kamaraj, he famous.

    “As we way E-Day day after today this trust has turn into even more potent. The explanations for this are beautiful obtrusive,” Ramesh mentioned with out elaborating.

    “It’s not that i am in any respect satisfied that organisational elections if truth be told reinforce the organisation whatsoever. They will serve particular person functions however their price in construction a collective spirit is unsure,” he mentioned.

    Even so, the actual fact that elections are going down is of a few importance, he added.

    “However I believe them of much less institutional significance than the ancient Bharat Jodo Yatra which is a transformational initiative for the Congress and for Indian politics as neatly,” Ramesh mentioned.

    Although the marketing campaign has been in large part a few roadmap for the celebration which the 2 applicants have elaborated upon right through their conferences with PCC delegates at more than a few headquarters of the celebration in states, it has additionally noticed court cases and claims of an asymmetric gambling box by way of the Tharoor camp.

    The distinction within the campaigns has been stark, whilst Kharge’s marketing campaign has noticed a number of senior leaders, PCC chiefs and most sensible leaders receiving him on the state headquarters visited by way of him, Tharoor has most commonly been welcomed by way of younger PCC delegates with PCC chiefs most commonly absent from his occasions.

    Tharoor has underlined right through his marketing campaign that he’s the candidate of trade whilst Kharge of established order.

    He has additionally claimed that children and other people in decrease ranges of the celebration are supporting him, whilst seniors are backing his rival.

    ALSO READ | Congress president ballot: Maximum PCC chiefs backing Kharge, says Tharoor

    Kharge, on his phase, has highlighted his revel in, bobbing up the organizational ranks over a long time and his talent to take everybody alongside.

    Each the leaders have emphasized that the Gandhis dangle a different position within the celebration with Kharge announcing that he would search their “steering” and “tips”, and Tharoor saying that no Congress president can serve as conserving a distance from the Gandhi circle of relatives as their DNA runs within the celebration’s blood.

    The remaining electoral contest for the highest put up of the celebration happened in 2000 when Jitendra Prasada had suffered a crushing defeat by the hands of Sonia Gandhi.

    Additionally, with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deciding to not be within the operating for the celebration president’s put up, a non-Gandhi can be on the helm after over 24 years.

    Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry mentioned on Wednesday that the Congress presidential polls might be held by way of a secret poll and nobody gets to understand who voted for whom.

    He had asserted {that a} level-playing box have been ensured for each applicants.

    Mistry had additionally demonstrated to journalists the poll containers, poll paper and the way the votes can be forged.

    He had mentioned the sealed containers can be transported to Delhi, saved in a powerful room on the AICC headquarters and opened in Delhi.

    The poll papers can be combined ahead of counting begins.

    Kharge and Tharoor now not handiest possess contrasting demeanours however have had an similarly disparate political adventure.

    At the one aspect, there’s 80-year-old Kharge, a grassroots baby-kisser and a hardcore loyalist of the Gandhi circle of relatives and at the different is 66-year-old Tharoor – articulate, erudite and clever – who is understood for talking his thoughts and joined the Congress in 2009 after an extended stint on the United International locations.

    The distinction isn’t restricted to their manner and pondering but in addition their backgrounds — whilst Kharge was once born in a deficient circle of relatives at Varavatti in Bidar district, did his education and BA in addition to Legislation in Gulbarga, Tharoor was once born in London and has a beautiful schooling background.

    Tharoor, who hails from the Nair neighborhood of Kerala, has studied at premier establishments in India and america, together with St Stephen’s Faculty in Delhi and Fletcher College of Legislation and International relations in Massachusetts.

    Tharoor finished his Ph.D.in 1978 from the Fletcher College of Legislation and International relations.

    A pace-setter with greater than 50 years of revel in in politics, Kharge, who was once elected MLA for 9 occasions in a row and has been pitched as a Dalit chief by way of his celebration colleagues, has noticed a gradual upward push in his occupation graph from humble beginnings as a union chief in his home-district of Gulbarga, now Kalaburagi.

    The Congress presidential ballot will happen on October 17 and the effects might be out on October 19.

    NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face-off in an electoral contest on Monday for the put up of AICC leader, because the celebration will get set to have a non-Gandhi president in over 24 years.

    Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates shape the electoral faculty to select the celebration leader in a secret poll.

    Balloting would additionally happen on the AICC headquarters right here and at over 65 polling cubicles around the nation in an electoral contest which is going down for the 6th time within the celebration’s 137-year historical past.

    Whilst celebration leader Sonia Gandhi and Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are anticipated to vote on the AICC headquarters right here, Rahul Gandhi might be balloting on the Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Karnataka’s Sanganakallu in Ballari at the side of round 40 different Bharat Yatris who’re PCC delegates.

    Kharge is regarded as the company favorite for his perceived proximity to the Gandhis and backing by way of senior leaders, whilst Tharoor has pitched himself because the candidate of trade.

    All over the marketing campaign, although Tharoor has raised problems with asymmetric gambling box, each applicants and the celebration have maintained that the Gandhis are impartial and that there’s no “professional candidate”.

    ALSO READ | 6th time in its 137-year-history Congress all set to have inside elections for its president

    Requested concerning the importance of the polls, Congress basic secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh informed PTI that he has at all times believed within the Congress style of evolving a consensus for such positions.

    Essentially the most well-known practitioner of this way within the post-Nehruvian generation was once Ok Kamaraj, he famous.

    “As we way E-Day day after today this trust has turn into even more potent. The explanations for this are beautiful obtrusive,” Ramesh mentioned with out elaborating.

    “It’s not that i am in any respect satisfied that organisational elections if truth be told reinforce the organisation whatsoever. They will serve particular person functions however their price in construction a collective spirit is unsure,” he mentioned.

    Even so, the actual fact that elections are going down is of a few importance, he added.

    “However I believe them of much less institutional significance than the ancient Bharat Jodo Yatra which is a transformational initiative for the Congress and for Indian politics as neatly,” Ramesh mentioned.

    Although the marketing campaign has been in large part a few roadmap for the celebration which the 2 applicants have elaborated upon right through their conferences with PCC delegates at more than a few headquarters of the celebration in states, it has additionally noticed court cases and claims of an asymmetric gambling box by way of the Tharoor camp.

    The distinction within the campaigns has been stark, whilst Kharge’s marketing campaign has noticed a number of senior leaders, PCC chiefs and most sensible leaders receiving him on the state headquarters visited by way of him, Tharoor has most commonly been welcomed by way of younger PCC delegates with PCC chiefs most commonly absent from his occasions.

    Tharoor has underlined right through his marketing campaign that he’s the candidate of trade whilst Kharge of established order.

    He has additionally claimed that children and other people in decrease ranges of the celebration are supporting him, whilst seniors are backing his rival.

    ALSO READ | Congress president ballot: Maximum PCC chiefs backing Kharge, says Tharoor

    Kharge, on his phase, has highlighted his revel in, bobbing up the organizational ranks over a long time and his talent to take everybody alongside.

    Each the leaders have emphasized that the Gandhis dangle a different position within the celebration with Kharge announcing that he would search their “steering” and “tips”, and Tharoor saying that no Congress president can serve as conserving a distance from the Gandhi circle of relatives as their DNA runs within the celebration’s blood.

    The remaining electoral contest for the highest put up of the celebration happened in 2000 when Jitendra Prasada had suffered a crushing defeat by the hands of Sonia Gandhi.

    Additionally, with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deciding to not be within the operating for the celebration president’s put up, a non-Gandhi can be on the helm after over 24 years.

    Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry mentioned on Wednesday that the Congress presidential polls might be held by way of a secret poll and nobody gets to understand who voted for whom.

    He had asserted {that a} level-playing box have been ensured for each applicants.

    Mistry had additionally demonstrated to journalists the poll containers, poll paper and the way the votes can be forged.

    He had mentioned the sealed containers can be transported to Delhi, saved in a powerful room on the AICC headquarters and opened in Delhi.

    The poll papers can be combined ahead of counting begins.

    Kharge and Tharoor now not handiest possess contrasting demeanours however have had an similarly disparate political adventure.

    At the one aspect, there’s 80-year-old Kharge, a grassroots baby-kisser and a hardcore loyalist of the Gandhi circle of relatives and at the different is 66-year-old Tharoor – articulate, erudite and clever – who is understood for talking his thoughts and joined the Congress in 2009 after an extended stint on the United International locations.

    The distinction isn’t restricted to their manner and pondering but in addition their backgrounds — whilst Kharge was once born in a deficient circle of relatives at Varavatti in Bidar district, did his education and BA in addition to Legislation in Gulbarga, Tharoor was once born in London and has a beautiful schooling background.

    Tharoor, who hails from the Nair neighborhood of Kerala, has studied at premier establishments in India and america, together with St Stephen’s Faculty in Delhi and Fletcher College of Legislation and International relations in Massachusetts.

    Tharoor finished his Ph.D.in 1978 from the Fletcher College of Legislation and International relations.

    A pace-setter with greater than 50 years of revel in in politics, Kharge, who was once elected MLA for 9 occasions in a row and has been pitched as a Dalit chief by way of his celebration colleagues, has noticed a gradual upward push in his occupation graph from humble beginnings as a union chief in his home-district of Gulbarga, now Kalaburagi.

    The Congress presidential ballot will happen on October 17 and the effects might be out on October 19.

  • BJP places out animation video of Rahul on Bharat Jodo Yatra, Cong slams it as frustration

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP and the Congress engaged in a combat of movies on Sunday with the ruling birthday celebration hanging out an animation video of Rahul Gandhi to take a dig on the Bharat Jodo Yatra and its rival then posting one taking a swipe on the “unfulfilled guarantees” of High Minister Narendra Modi.

    The BJP put out on Twitter an over two-minute-long animation of Rahul Gandhi, portraying him as Asrani’s persona from the film Sholay.

    Within the video, digs were taken over Congress MLAs quitting in Goa, leaders quitting and becoming a member of Ghulam Nabi Azad and infighting in Rajasthan, amongst different issues.

    “Mummy, why does not struggling finish? It is over, Tata..good-bye,” the BJP tweeted at the side of the animation in an obvious connection with Rahul Gandhi and his mom Sonia Gandhi.

    मम्मी ये दुःख खतम काहे नहीं होता है?

    खतम…टाटा…गुडबाय! %.twitter.com/J4tFqQgPOQ

    — BJP (@BJP4India) October 16, 2022

    Reacting to the transfer, Congress normal secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “BJP’s newest components to counter the luck of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    Frustration + Desperation = Animation.

    ” “To name the video they’ve put out pathetic is a sarcasm!” Ramesh mentioned.

    Later within the day, the Congress additionally put out an animation video during which Modi is portrayed as an animation and is observed working round with other people elevating questions about gasoline cylinder and petrol costs, and jobs.

    Within the video, the music from the film Dushman ‘Vaada Tera Vaada’ performs within the background.

    “Dauda Dauda bhaga bhaga sa,” the Congress tweeted in Hindi at the side of the video.

    Because the get started of the Yatra, the BJP has been attacking and taking swipes at it, whilst the Congress has claimed that it’s doing in order it’s rattled by way of the initiative’s luck.

    NEW DELHI: The BJP and the Congress engaged in a combat of movies on Sunday with the ruling birthday celebration hanging out an animation video of Rahul Gandhi to take a dig on the Bharat Jodo Yatra and its rival then posting one taking a swipe on the “unfulfilled guarantees” of High Minister Narendra Modi.

    The BJP put out on Twitter an over two-minute-long animation of Rahul Gandhi, portraying him as Asrani’s persona from the film Sholay.

    Within the video, digs were taken over Congress MLAs quitting in Goa, leaders quitting and becoming a member of Ghulam Nabi Azad and infighting in Rajasthan, amongst different issues.

    “Mummy, why does not struggling finish? It is over, Tata..good-bye,” the BJP tweeted at the side of the animation in an obvious connection with Rahul Gandhi and his mom Sonia Gandhi.

    मम्मी ये दुःख खतम काहे नहीं होता है?
    खतम…टाटा…गुडबाय! %.twitter.com/J4tFqQgPOQ
    — BJP (@BJP4India) October 16, 2022
    Reacting to the transfer, Congress normal secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “BJP’s newest components to counter the luck of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    Frustration + Desperation = Animation.

    ” “To name the video they’ve put out pathetic is a sarcasm!” Ramesh mentioned.

    Later within the day, the Congress additionally put out an animation video during which Modi is portrayed as an animation and is observed working round with other people elevating questions about gasoline cylinder and petrol costs, and jobs.

    Within the video, the music from the film Dushman ‘Vaada Tera Vaada’ performs within the background.

    “Dauda Dauda bhaga bhaga sa,” the Congress tweeted in Hindi at the side of the video.

    Because the get started of the Yatra, the BJP has been attacking and taking swipes at it, whilst the Congress has claimed that it’s doing in order it’s rattled by way of the initiative’s luck.

  • Saibaba’s acquittal proves ‘city naxal’ tag invented via PM’s brigade totally bogus: Cong

    The Nagpur bench of the Bombay Top Courtroom on Friday acquitted Saibaba in an alleged Maoist hyperlinks case and ordered his fast free up from prison.

  • Maximum PCC chiefs backing Kharge, says Tharoor

    Categorical Information Carrier

    NEW DELHI: Forward of the Congress Presidential elections, Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor fired every other salvo at his fighters alleging that he’s going through ‘differential remedy’ from one of the crucial state chiefs all through his campaigning.

    The AICC presidential election, which is happening after a protracted hole of over 20 years, is scheduled for October 17. Tharoor, who’s within the capital to hunt votes from Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC), additionally reiterated his declare of an ‘asymmetric enjoying box’ within the celebration’s interior elections.

    The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who’s pitted in opposition to senior chief Mallikarjun Kharge, lamented that a number of PCC chiefs and senior leaders weren’t to be had all through his visits to these states. “Some PCC chiefs even had conferences in Kharge’s favour and it disturbed the extent enjoying box,” he mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Will revive CWC elections, parliamentary board if I am Congress president: Tharoor

    Not too long ago, Tharoor overtly spoke about how senior leaders have been conspicuously lacking all through his campaigning in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Many senior leaders in Kerala — the house turf of Tharoor — together with former Union Minister A Okay Antony, KPCC President Okay Sudhakaran, and previous Opposition chief Ramesh Chennithala have spoken in favour of Kharge. Chennithala has been accompanying Kharge to a few states for campaigning too.

    Tharoor had additionally raised proceedings with the central election authority Madhusudan Mistry referring to ballot code violations mentioning the endorsement of Kharge through a number of PCC chiefs for the president submit. The CEC, ultimate week, had issued strict pointers barring Congress administrative center bearers from campaigning in favour of any applicants. 

    Tharoor additionally mentioned that he was once not able to fulfill many delegates as their touch main points have been ‘lacking’ from the checklist. “There have been incomplete touch main points within the checklist of delegates that we won. Some lists had names however no touch numbers, some had names however no right kind deal with,” he mentioned.

    In an interview with this paper, Tharoor mentioned that the touch main points of simplest 10 in keeping with cent out of 9,000 delegates have been to be had to him.

    Alternatively, he mentioned that he didn’t blame someone because the election is being held after 22 years. Responding to Tharoor’s remarks, Kharge reiterated that there was once no distinction between them.

    ALSO READ | Amid Congress president ballot, Shashi Tharoor’s identify proposed for Area panel

    “We’re brothers. Any individual can discuss in a distinct approach, I will do it differently,” he mentioned.

    In the meantime, every other chief, who was once part of ginger team referred to as G-23, and supported Kharge’s candidature, advised this paper that Tharoor was once looking to consolidate his political capital thru this marketing campaign. The chief additionally claimed that as an alternative of contacting citizens, Tharoor has been protecting public conferences and occasions to additional his recognition.

    Tharoor was once a part of the G-23 team, which sought deep reforms within the celebration. Maximum of Tharoor’s colleagues within the team, together with Anand Sharma, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Prithviraj Chavan, and Manish Tewari have recommended Kharge’s candidature.

    NEW DELHI: Forward of the Congress Presidential elections, Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor fired every other salvo at his fighters alleging that he’s going through ‘differential remedy’ from one of the crucial state chiefs all through his campaigning.

    The AICC presidential election, which is happening after a protracted hole of over 20 years, is scheduled for October 17. Tharoor, who’s within the capital to hunt votes from Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC), additionally reiterated his declare of an ‘asymmetric enjoying box’ within the celebration’s interior elections.

    The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who’s pitted in opposition to senior chief Mallikarjun Kharge, lamented that a number of PCC chiefs and senior leaders weren’t to be had all through his visits to these states. “Some PCC chiefs even had conferences in Kharge’s favour and it disturbed the extent enjoying box,” he mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Will revive CWC elections, parliamentary board if I am Congress president: Tharoor

    Not too long ago, Tharoor overtly spoke about how senior leaders have been conspicuously lacking all through his campaigning in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Many senior leaders in Kerala — the house turf of Tharoor — together with former Union Minister A Okay Antony, KPCC President Okay Sudhakaran, and previous Opposition chief Ramesh Chennithala have spoken in favour of Kharge. Chennithala has been accompanying Kharge to a few states for campaigning too.

    Tharoor had additionally raised proceedings with the central election authority Madhusudan Mistry referring to ballot code violations mentioning the endorsement of Kharge through a number of PCC chiefs for the president submit. The CEC, ultimate week, had issued strict pointers barring Congress administrative center bearers from campaigning in favour of any applicants. 

    Tharoor additionally mentioned that he was once not able to fulfill many delegates as their touch main points have been ‘lacking’ from the checklist. “There have been incomplete touch main points within the checklist of delegates that we won. Some lists had names however no touch numbers, some had names however no right kind deal with,” he mentioned.

    In an interview with this paper, Tharoor mentioned that the touch main points of simplest 10 in keeping with cent out of 9,000 delegates have been to be had to him.

    Alternatively, he mentioned that he didn’t blame someone because the election is being held after 22 years. Responding to Tharoor’s remarks, Kharge reiterated that there was once no distinction between them.

    ALSO READ | Amid Congress president ballot, Shashi Tharoor’s identify proposed for Area panel

    “We’re brothers. Any individual can discuss in a distinct approach, I will do it differently,” he mentioned.

    In the meantime, every other chief, who was once part of ginger team referred to as G-23, and supported Kharge’s candidature, advised this paper that Tharoor was once looking to consolidate his political capital thru this marketing campaign. The chief additionally claimed that as an alternative of contacting citizens, Tharoor has been protecting public conferences and occasions to additional his recognition.

    Tharoor was once a part of the G-23 team, which sought deep reforms within the celebration. Maximum of Tharoor’s colleagues within the team, together with Anand Sharma, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Prithviraj Chavan, and Manish Tewari have recommended Kharge’s candidature.

  • Amid Congress president ballot, Shashi Tharoor’s title proposed for Area panel

    By way of Specific Information Carrier

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor is about to transform the chairman of the Parliamentary Status Committee on Chemical compounds and Fertilizers. Congress intervening time president Sonia Gandhi proposed the title of Tharoor for the publish. Interestingly the celebration management has proposed Tharoor as chairman of a Parliamentary panel at a time when the diplomat-turned-politician is about to tackle Sonia Gandhi’s confidante Mallikarjun Kharge within the celebration presidential election.

    Resources stated that once the panel publish fell vacant, Sonia had checked with celebration senior leaders together with Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on whether or not Tharoor could be keen to absorb the similar. The leaders in flip consulted Tharoor and showed that he had no qualms on this regard. Tharoor used to be just lately got rid of by means of the Union Govt as chairman of the Parliamentary Status Committee on IT.

    The chairmanship of the Parliamentary Status Committee on Chemical compounds and Fertilizers is likely one of the only a few panels allocated to the Congress celebration. Senior chief Jairam Ramesh will proceed as chairman of the Parliamentary Status Committee on Science and Era. Any other senior chief Abhishek Singhvi will proceed as the chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Trade.

    Will practice celebration rules: Kharge
    PATNA: Congress presidential ballot candidate Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday asserted that the celebration’s ‘giant’ leaders and delegates fielded him within the elections and stated that he would raise ahead the celebration’s rules if elected to the publish. Kharge reached the state capital to hunt the fortify of Congress delegates and later advised newspersons on the state celebration headquarters, Sadaqat Ashram, that the schedule mounted by means of Congress leaders in Udaipur this yr could be his election manifesto. He stated that it used to be made up our minds to provide 50 in step with cent seats to youths. “I will be able to put in force the selections taken on the Udaipur conference,” he added. ENS

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor is about to transform the chairman of the Parliamentary Status Committee on Chemical compounds and Fertilizers. Congress intervening time president Sonia Gandhi proposed the title of Tharoor for the publish. Interestingly the celebration management has proposed Tharoor as chairman of a Parliamentary panel at a time when the diplomat-turned-politician is about to tackle Sonia Gandhi’s confidante Mallikarjun Kharge within the celebration presidential election.

    Resources stated that once the panel publish fell vacant, Sonia had checked with celebration senior leaders together with Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on whether or not Tharoor could be keen to absorb the similar. The leaders in flip consulted Tharoor and showed that he had no qualms on this regard. Tharoor used to be just lately got rid of by means of the Union Govt as chairman of the Parliamentary Status Committee on IT.

    The chairmanship of the Parliamentary Status Committee on Chemical compounds and Fertilizers is likely one of the only a few panels allocated to the Congress celebration. Senior chief Jairam Ramesh will proceed as chairman of the Parliamentary Status Committee on Science and Era. Any other senior chief Abhishek Singhvi will proceed as the chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Trade.

    Will practice celebration rules: Kharge
    PATNA: Congress presidential ballot candidate Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday asserted that the celebration’s ‘giant’ leaders and delegates fielded him within the elections and stated that he would raise ahead the celebration’s rules if elected to the publish. Kharge reached the state capital to hunt the fortify of Congress delegates and later advised newspersons on the state celebration headquarters, Sadaqat Ashram, that the schedule mounted by means of Congress leaders in Udaipur this yr could be his election manifesto. He stated that it used to be made up our minds to provide 50 in step with cent seats to youths. “I will be able to put in force the selections taken on the Udaipur conference,” he added. ENS

  • NCPCR criticism on ‘misuse of kids’ for political features all through Bharat Jodo Yatra , ‘baseless’: Cong to EC

    The Congress additionally filed a counter criticism in opposition to the BJP, alleging that the ruling celebration and its functionaries have been “the usage of youngsters in a malafide and perverse method”.

  • Modi senses ‘silent’ ballot marketing campaign by way of Cong in Gujarat, sounds out BJP cadres

    Through PTI

    ANAND: Top Minister Narendra Modi on Monday warned Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) employees in opposition to the Congress’s “silent” campaigning in Gujarat and stated the ruling BJP should relatively adjust its ballot way to counter what he termed “conspiracy” of the opposition celebration.

    Modi, on a three-day seek advice from to his house state, stated the Congress has this time seems to have modified its technique in Gujarat, the place Meeting polls are due in the following few months.

    “I want to provide you with a warning as a result of apparently to me that this time the Congress has followed a brand new technique. I’ve no longer probed, however that’s what seems to me to start with look,” he stated, addressing a BJP rally at Vallabh Vidyanagar in Anand district.

    He stated in earlier Meeting elections, the Congress used to make a large number of noise and boast about “completing” the BJP, which is ruling the state for greater than 20 years.

    “However we didn’t fall (were given defeated) in two decades, so they have got finished one thing new, which is why we want to stay alert,” stated Modi, who up to now served as Leader Minister of Gujarat for 13 years.

    The Top Minister stated the Congress, as soon as a dominant political pressure in Gujarat, isn’t pronouncing the rest overtly, however running “silently” by way of going to villages and adopting its outdated “manipulative” methods.

    “Subsequently, do not be puzzled as a result of they don’t seem to be showing within the press, nor carrying out any press meetings or making speeches. Beware. The Congress is attempting to infiltrate with a brand new technique. It does no longer discuss, however is attaining out to villages, retaining conferences,” Modi stated.

    He stated BJP employees had to stay alert and counter this new technique of the principle Opposition celebration.

    The BJP’s celebrity campaigner maintained the rustic’s oldest political celebration remains to be leaving no likelihood “to insult Gujarat”.

    “It has followed a brand new technique, to unfold poison in villages, telling other folks by way of deciphering issues otherwise,” he stated on the rally on the second one day of his seek advice from to Gujarat.

    He requested BJP cadres to achieve out to electorate and do door-to-door canvassing for the impending polls.

    “We will be able to have to know this neatly and upload a couple of new sides to our technique. I’m positive BJP employees beneath the management of CR Paatil (Gujarat unit president) will take on any disaster. We need to defeat the Congress’s conspiracy by way of going door to door (of electorate),” Modi stated.

    ANAND: Top Minister Narendra Modi on Monday warned Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) employees in opposition to the Congress’s “silent” campaigning in Gujarat and stated the ruling BJP should relatively adjust its ballot way to counter what he termed “conspiracy” of the opposition celebration.

    Modi, on a three-day seek advice from to his house state, stated the Congress has this time seems to have modified its technique in Gujarat, the place Meeting polls are due in the following few months.

    “I want to provide you with a warning as a result of apparently to me that this time the Congress has followed a brand new technique. I’ve no longer probed, however that’s what seems to me to start with look,” he stated, addressing a BJP rally at Vallabh Vidyanagar in Anand district.

    He stated in earlier Meeting elections, the Congress used to make a large number of noise and boast about “completing” the BJP, which is ruling the state for greater than 20 years.

    “However we didn’t fall (were given defeated) in two decades, so they have got finished one thing new, which is why we want to stay alert,” stated Modi, who up to now served as Leader Minister of Gujarat for 13 years.

    The Top Minister stated the Congress, as soon as a dominant political pressure in Gujarat, isn’t pronouncing the rest overtly, however running “silently” by way of going to villages and adopting its outdated “manipulative” methods.

    “Subsequently, do not be puzzled as a result of they don’t seem to be showing within the press, nor carrying out any press meetings or making speeches. Beware. The Congress is attempting to infiltrate with a brand new technique. It does no longer discuss, however is attaining out to villages, retaining conferences,” Modi stated.

    He stated BJP employees had to stay alert and counter this new technique of the principle Opposition celebration.

    The BJP’s celebrity campaigner maintained the rustic’s oldest political celebration remains to be leaving no likelihood “to insult Gujarat”.

    “It has followed a brand new technique, to unfold poison in villages, telling other folks by way of deciphering issues otherwise,” he stated on the rally on the second one day of his seek advice from to Gujarat.

    He requested BJP cadres to achieve out to electorate and do door-to-door canvassing for the impending polls.

    “We will be able to have to know this neatly and upload a couple of new sides to our technique. I’m positive BJP employees beneath the management of CR Paatil (Gujarat unit president) will take on any disaster. We need to defeat the Congress’s conspiracy by way of going door to door (of electorate),” Modi stated.

  • Energy Video games: Congress serving to Tharoor to stay Kharge grounded

    Categorical Information Carrier

    Inner Record
    Congress serving to Tharoor to stay Kharge grounded

    The ideas issued via Congress for the celebration president’s election have raised many eyebrows within the celebration. The ideas purpose to offer a degree taking part in box for the 2 presidential applicants — Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. It says celebration administrative center bearers around the nation must no longer marketing campaign for or in opposition to the 2 contesting applicants. It directs the state Congress gadgets to offer equivalent strengthen and facility to each applicants to assist them meet the citizens. The celebration has additionally knowledgeable all citizens that they’re unfastened to elect any one among them, as in step with their selection. Congress leaders say that is the primary time of their reminiscence that such pointers had been issued. They are saying all administrative center bearers had been prone to brazenly strengthen and marketing campaign in favour of Kharge after it was transparent that he’s a candidate supported via the Gandhi circle of relatives. However this has been disallowed. Congress leaders say the ideas assist Tharoor as he can’t be attacked via outstanding leaders conserving most sensible celebration posts. They are saying the Gandhi circle of relatives does no longer need an absolutely one-sided election in favour of Kharge. It might want an in depth contest to stay Kharge in regulate. Assets identified that outstanding celebration chief Jitendra Prasad were given 96 votes when he contested in opposition to Sonia Gandhi within the final presidential election. Within the election prior to that, Sharad Pawar were given about 800 votes and Rajesh Pilot were given 300 in opposition to Sitaram Kesri. Tharoor overtaking Pawar, Prasad and Pilot could be a humbling enjoy for Kharge. The election pointers are more likely to assist Tharoor give a boost to the challenger’s votes in opposition to the favorite. The election pointers are a part of the celebration’s grand plan of protecting the Gandhis in pole place.

    Tottering Talks
    SARMA stored Naga talks; no pact on flag, statute

    Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s non-public intervention introduced the federal government of India’s talks with the Nationwide Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) again on rails after the 2 facets virtually reached some degree of no go back. Assets stated the NSCN (IM) management had misplaced religion within the Union executive’s earlier interlocutor R N Ravi for his alleged dilly-dallying on accepting probably the most key components of the 2015 framework settlement signed via him on behalf of the Union executive and the NSCN (IM) management within the presence of Top Minister Narendra Modi and the then house minister Rajnath Singh. The 2015 report stated that it’s an settlement between ‘two entities’. The NSCN (IM) management says that its flag and Charter are two of the most important components setting up the Nagalim (Larger Nagaland) as a separate identification. NSCN (IM) leaders desire a ultimate settlement signed with the federal government of India spotting the separate Naga flag and Charter. Ravi didn’t transfer forward in this call for of the NSCN. As an alternative, he began speaking to Naga teams as opposed to the NSCN (IM). This angered the NSCN (IM) and it shot off an indignant letter to the Top Minister expressing a loss of religion in Ravi. That is when Himanta intervened. Ravi was once transferred as Governor of Tamil Nadu, and previous particular director of Intelligence Bureau A Okay Mishra was once appointed as the brand new interlocutor. However the talks are nonetheless caught on a separate Naga flag and a Charter with out a resolution in sight.

    Media Wars
    Adani would possibly take regulate of NDTV via December

    The inevitability of NDTV’s takeover via India’s richest businessman Gautam Adani was once signalled additionally via the TV channel’s Magsaysay award-winning celebrity anchor Ravish Kumar beginning his personal Youtube channel final week. Kumar has been one of the vocal critics of the Narendra Modi executive. The comic story in media circles is that Adani, who is regarded as as regards to Top Minister Narendra Modi, is purchasing NDTV best to silence Kumar. Adani crew’s media arm — AMG Media Networks Ltd — made a public announcement final month that it had got a 29.18 in step with cent stake within the TV channel. Adani’s acquisition has enabled him to procure every other 26 in step with cent stocks of the corporate making him the bulk shareholder. The promoters of the TV channel have taken prison recourse in opposition to the takeover bid. Assets, then again, say that Adani is more likely to take regulate of NDTV via December this yr. The team of workers has been sounded out in regards to the forthcoming control exchange. NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy have reportedly began completing as their try to thwart the takeover bid has been legally untenable.

    Inner Record
    Congress serving to Tharoor to stay Kharge grounded

    The ideas issued via Congress for the celebration president’s election have raised many eyebrows within the celebration. The ideas purpose to offer a degree taking part in box for the 2 presidential applicants — Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. It says celebration administrative center bearers around the nation must no longer marketing campaign for or in opposition to the 2 contesting applicants. It directs the state Congress gadgets to offer equivalent strengthen and facility to each applicants to assist them meet the citizens. The celebration has additionally knowledgeable all citizens that they’re unfastened to elect any one among them, as in step with their selection. Congress leaders say that is the primary time of their reminiscence that such pointers had been issued. They are saying all administrative center bearers had been prone to brazenly strengthen and marketing campaign in favour of Kharge after it was transparent that he’s a candidate supported via the Gandhi circle of relatives. However this has been disallowed. Congress leaders say the ideas assist Tharoor as he can’t be attacked via outstanding leaders conserving most sensible celebration posts. They are saying the Gandhi circle of relatives does no longer need an absolutely one-sided election in favour of Kharge. It might want an in depth contest to stay Kharge in regulate. Assets identified that outstanding celebration chief Jitendra Prasad were given 96 votes when he contested in opposition to Sonia Gandhi within the final presidential election. Within the election prior to that, Sharad Pawar were given about 800 votes and Rajesh Pilot were given 300 in opposition to Sitaram Kesri. Tharoor overtaking Pawar, Prasad and Pilot could be a humbling enjoy for Kharge. The election pointers are more likely to assist Tharoor give a boost to the challenger’s votes in opposition to the favorite. The election pointers are a part of the celebration’s grand plan of protecting the Gandhis in pole place.

    Tottering Talks
    SARMA stored Naga talks; no pact on flag, statute

    Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s non-public intervention introduced the federal government of India’s talks with the Nationwide Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) again on rails after the 2 facets virtually reached some degree of no go back. Assets stated the NSCN (IM) management had misplaced religion within the Union executive’s earlier interlocutor R N Ravi for his alleged dilly-dallying on accepting probably the most key components of the 2015 framework settlement signed via him on behalf of the Union executive and the NSCN (IM) management within the presence of Top Minister Narendra Modi and the then house minister Rajnath Singh. The 2015 report stated that it’s an settlement between ‘two entities’. The NSCN (IM) management says that its flag and Charter are two of the most important components setting up the Nagalim (Larger Nagaland) as a separate identification. NSCN (IM) leaders desire a ultimate settlement signed with the federal government of India spotting the separate Naga flag and Charter. Ravi didn’t transfer forward in this call for of the NSCN. As an alternative, he began speaking to Naga teams as opposed to the NSCN (IM). This angered the NSCN (IM) and it shot off an indignant letter to the Top Minister expressing a loss of religion in Ravi. That is when Himanta intervened. Ravi was once transferred as Governor of Tamil Nadu, and previous particular director of Intelligence Bureau A Okay Mishra was once appointed as the brand new interlocutor. However the talks are nonetheless caught on a separate Naga flag and a Charter with out a resolution in sight.

    Media Wars
    Adani would possibly take regulate of NDTV via December

    The inevitability of NDTV’s takeover via India’s richest businessman Gautam Adani was once signalled additionally via the TV channel’s Magsaysay award-winning celebrity anchor Ravish Kumar beginning his personal Youtube channel final week. Kumar has been one of the vocal critics of the Narendra Modi executive. The comic story in media circles is that Adani, who is regarded as as regards to Top Minister Narendra Modi, is purchasing NDTV best to silence Kumar. Adani crew’s media arm — AMG Media Networks Ltd — made a public announcement final month that it had got a 29.18 in step with cent stake within the TV channel. Adani’s acquisition has enabled him to procure every other 26 in step with cent stocks of the corporate making him the bulk shareholder. The promoters of the TV channel have taken prison recourse in opposition to the takeover bid. Assets, then again, say that Adani is more likely to take regulate of NDTV via December this yr. The team of workers has been sounded out in regards to the forthcoming control exchange. NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy have reportedly began completing as their try to thwart the takeover bid has been legally untenable.