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  • Congress loses chairmanship of parliamentary committee on IT, House; 6 key panels with BJP

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Opposition events have no longer been given the chairmanship of any of the 4 key parliamentary panels together with the committee on House Affairs and Knowledge Era, that have been with the Congress, in the newest rejig introduced on Tuesday.

    With this, the chair of six primary parliamentary committees — House, IT, Defence, Exterior Affairs, Finance and Well being — all are with the BJP and its allies.

    Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been changed via BJP MP and retired IPS officer Brij Lal because the chairman of the Parliamentary Status committee on House Affairs.

    Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who’s contesting the birthday party’s presidential polls, has been changed via Prataprao Jadhav, a Shiv Sena MP from the Shinde faction, as the pinnacle of the Parliamentary Panel on Knowledge Era.

    The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Meals and Shopper Affairs, has no longer been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle.

    “TMC is the 3rd greatest birthday party in Parliament, additionally the second one greatest opposition birthday party does no longer get a unmarried chairmanship. The biggest opposition birthday party loses two the most important chairmanships of Status committees. That is the stark truth of New India,” TMC chief in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien stated in a commentary.

    Samajwadi Celebration chief Ramgopal Yadav has been changed because the chairperson of the Parliamentary Status Committee on Well being and Circle of relatives Welfare.

    The panel on meals can be chaired via BJP MP Locket Chatterjee and Well being via her birthday party colleague Vivek Thakur.

    Additionally, the DMK has been given chairmanship of parliamentary panel on Trade which used to be until now with the TRS.

    NEW DELHI: Opposition events have no longer been given the chairmanship of any of the 4 key parliamentary panels together with the committee on House Affairs and Knowledge Era, that have been with the Congress, in the newest rejig introduced on Tuesday.

    With this, the chair of six primary parliamentary committees — House, IT, Defence, Exterior Affairs, Finance and Well being — all are with the BJP and its allies.

    Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been changed via BJP MP and retired IPS officer Brij Lal because the chairman of the Parliamentary Status committee on House Affairs.

    Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who’s contesting the birthday party’s presidential polls, has been changed via Prataprao Jadhav, a Shiv Sena MP from the Shinde faction, as the pinnacle of the Parliamentary Panel on Knowledge Era.

    The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Meals and Shopper Affairs, has no longer been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle.

    “TMC is the 3rd greatest birthday party in Parliament, additionally the second one greatest opposition birthday party does no longer get a unmarried chairmanship. The biggest opposition birthday party loses two the most important chairmanships of Status committees. That is the stark truth of New India,” TMC chief in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien stated in a commentary.

    Samajwadi Celebration chief Ramgopal Yadav has been changed because the chairperson of the Parliamentary Status Committee on Well being and Circle of relatives Welfare.

    The panel on meals can be chaired via BJP MP Locket Chatterjee and Well being via her birthday party colleague Vivek Thakur.

    Additionally, the DMK has been given chairmanship of parliamentary panel on Trade which used to be until now with the TRS.

  • Ukrainian ambassador tells Elon Musk to ‘f— off’ after billionaire infuriates country with Twitter ballot

    On this photograph representation, Twitter account of Elon Musk is observed on a smartphone display and Twitter emblem within the background.

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    WASHINGTON — American tech billionaire Elon Musk drew the general public ire of Ukraine’s most sensible officers Monday after the Tesla CEO tweeted what he claimed was once the possibly result of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.

    “F— off is my very diplomatic respond to you,” Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, wrote in line with Musk’s tweet. “The one result is that now no Ukrainian will EVER purchase your f…ing tesla crap. So just right good fortune to you.”

    Musk posted a Twitter ballot gauging strengthen for what he claimed was once a most probably result of the seven-month struggle. In particular:

    That the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, which Russia annexed by way of power in 2014, be completely given to Russia and warranted an everlasting water provide.That the 4 areas of japanese Ukraine the place Russia held sham referendums ultimate month earlier than illegally annexing the land be put to new referendums, this time arranged by way of the United International locations.That Ukraine must be pressured to stay “impartial,” engaging in the long-term Kremlin purpose of barring Ukraine from becoming a member of the NATO defensive alliance.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answered with a Twitter ballot of his personal.

    “Which Elon Musk do you favor extra?” Zelenskyy requested, giving two choices for a solution: “One that helps Ukraine” or “One that helps Russia.”

    The pointy responses from Ukraine have been the entire extra notable as a result of Musk has earned quasi-folk-hero standing in Ukraine because the get started of the struggle.

    Musk’s Starlink satellite tv for pc verbal exchange machine has allowed Ukrainians and the Ukrainian army to circumvent web outages that experience plagued the rustic.

    But the remarks from Musk don’t seem to be solely out of persona for the political iconoclast and international’s richest guy.

    Whilst the trade pursuits of Tesla have historically aligned with the American political left, Musk has of past due cultivated an hostile dating with primary Democratic political figures together with President Joe Biden, whose management has boosted Ukraine via guns programs and sanctions on Moscow.

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  • Tharoor choices ‘Reinvent Congress’ slogan to garner toughen, regulations out variations with Kharge

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Monday asserted {that a} reimagined birthday party is had to take at the BJP, whilst in the hunt for toughen from birthday party electors for his candidacy to the put up of birthday party leader.

    Tharoor, who’s canvassing for his candidature amongst birthday party delegates, dominated out ideological distinction with veteran chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who could also be within the presidential race.

    “Let me shed light on that I believe @kharge ji that each one folks in @incIndia want to take at the BJP relatively than each and every different. There’s no ideological distinction between us. The selection for our balloting colleagues Oct 17 is simplest on how one can do it maximum successfully,” Tharoor mentioned in a tweet.

    His remarks comes an afternoon after Kharge mentioned he conveyed to Tharoor {that a} consensus candidate can be higher, however the Lok Sabha MP insisted on a competition for the “sake of democracy”.

    Tharoor, who’s in Hyderabad in connection together with his marketing campaign for Congress presidential ballot, mentioned he has “monumental” appreciate for his rival Kharge.

    “I consider we’d like a reinvented, reimagined Congress to take at the BJP. That is why I’ve persisted with my candidacy on this election,” he informed newshounds in Hyderabad.

    The Thiruvananthapuram MP mentioned he would no longer withdraw from the competition in spite of his appreciate for Kharge as that may quantity to betrayal of many colleagues who steered him to contest.

    His marketing campaign is getting just right reaction and he would discuss with towns together with Chennai and Mumbai as smartly, he mentioned.

    “We wish the Congress birthday party to succeed as soon as once more in our nation. So far as I’m involved, the one actual distinction on this election is set how we pass in regards to the demanding situations dealing with the Congress birthday party in overcoming the BJP and its ambitious electoral system,” he mentioned.

    The competition is a “dialogue inside the circle of relatives” and there is not any quarrel, he mentioned.

    Kharge has nice revel in, skill and data, he mentioned. “I carry a unique means and I put that ahead of the electorate to peer what they would like. However, I do wish to rigidity. We’re all on this in combination.”

    On his Twitter deal with, Tharoor mentioned he used to be overjoyed to obtain the endorsement of Telangana Congress running president and cricket legend Mohammed Azharuddin.

    “Azhar joins me in in need of trade & reform in our birthday party so to higher equip us to take at the BJP,” he tweeted.  Tharoor informed newshounds that without reference to who emerges victorious, it will be the greatest victory for the Congress birthday party.

    Requested about Kharge’s feedback in favour of a consensus candidate, Tharoor described Kharge as an enormous within the nation’s politics and mentioned either one of them needed each and every different smartly throughout a telephonic dialog.

    On his remark favouring a public debate with Kharge, he mentioned he used to be simplest responding to a query from a journalist. Tharoor mentioned he used to be requested if he used to be ready for a debate.

    There’s no wish to debate as a result of they each agree at the birthday party’s basic dedication to the tips of India and the beliefs enshrined within the Charter, he mentioned.

    To a query at the Gandhi circle of relatives being impartial vis-a-vis the presidential election, he mentioned they welcome a unfastened and honest election and that they might keep impartial.

    On “G-23 workforce”, he mentioned it used to be a “media introduction”. Recalling previous trends on that topic, he mentioned a few senior leaders had written to the birthday party top command at the desired reforms.

    Because of the COVID caused lockdown in 2020, he mentioned simplest 23 other folks had been to be had to hitch their signatures, backing them.

    “That is why 23 signed. It might had been 100. It might had been much less, it might had been extra. Those had been the individuals who had been to be had to signal,” he mentioned.

    When informed that there’s a chance of a Dalit chief (Kharge) turning into Congress president after a few years if he withdraws from the competition, he mentioned he sees Kharge as an overly nice chief way past any query of caste identification.

    He mentioned he would succeed in out to the balloting delegates around the nation as soon as their telephone numbers are to be had on Wednesday.

    Former Union Minister M M Pallam Raju visited Tharoor. The polling for the Congress presidential election is scheduled to be hung on October 17. The counting of votes can be taken up on October 19 and the consequences are anticipated the similar day. Greater than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates shape the citizens.

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Monday asserted {that a} reimagined birthday party is had to take at the BJP, whilst in the hunt for toughen from birthday party electors for his candidacy to the put up of birthday party leader.

    Tharoor, who’s canvassing for his candidature amongst birthday party delegates, dominated out ideological distinction with veteran chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who could also be within the presidential race.

    “Let me shed light on that I believe @kharge ji that each one folks in @incIndia want to take at the BJP relatively than each and every different. There’s no ideological distinction between us. The selection for our balloting colleagues Oct 17 is simplest on how one can do it maximum successfully,” Tharoor mentioned in a tweet.

    His remarks comes an afternoon after Kharge mentioned he conveyed to Tharoor {that a} consensus candidate can be higher, however the Lok Sabha MP insisted on a competition for the “sake of democracy”.

    Tharoor, who’s in Hyderabad in connection together with his marketing campaign for Congress presidential ballot, mentioned he has “monumental” appreciate for his rival Kharge.

    “I consider we’d like a reinvented, reimagined Congress to take at the BJP. That is why I’ve persisted with my candidacy on this election,” he informed newshounds in Hyderabad.

    The Thiruvananthapuram MP mentioned he would no longer withdraw from the competition in spite of his appreciate for Kharge as that may quantity to betrayal of many colleagues who steered him to contest.

    His marketing campaign is getting just right reaction and he would discuss with towns together with Chennai and Mumbai as smartly, he mentioned.

    “We wish the Congress birthday party to succeed as soon as once more in our nation. So far as I’m involved, the one actual distinction on this election is set how we pass in regards to the demanding situations dealing with the Congress birthday party in overcoming the BJP and its ambitious electoral system,” he mentioned.

    The competition is a “dialogue inside the circle of relatives” and there is not any quarrel, he mentioned.

    Kharge has nice revel in, skill and data, he mentioned. “I carry a unique means and I put that ahead of the electorate to peer what they would like. However, I do wish to rigidity. We’re all on this in combination.”

    On his Twitter deal with, Tharoor mentioned he used to be overjoyed to obtain the endorsement of Telangana Congress running president and cricket legend Mohammed Azharuddin.

    “Azhar joins me in in need of trade & reform in our birthday party so to higher equip us to take at the BJP,” he tweeted.  Tharoor informed newshounds that without reference to who emerges victorious, it will be the greatest victory for the Congress birthday party.

    Requested about Kharge’s feedback in favour of a consensus candidate, Tharoor described Kharge as an enormous within the nation’s politics and mentioned either one of them needed each and every different smartly throughout a telephonic dialog.

    On his remark favouring a public debate with Kharge, he mentioned he used to be simplest responding to a query from a journalist. Tharoor mentioned he used to be requested if he used to be ready for a debate.

    There’s no wish to debate as a result of they each agree at the birthday party’s basic dedication to the tips of India and the beliefs enshrined within the Charter, he mentioned.

    To a query at the Gandhi circle of relatives being impartial vis-a-vis the presidential election, he mentioned they welcome a unfastened and honest election and that they might keep impartial.

    On “G-23 workforce”, he mentioned it used to be a “media introduction”. Recalling previous trends on that topic, he mentioned a few senior leaders had written to the birthday party top command at the desired reforms.

    Because of the COVID caused lockdown in 2020, he mentioned simplest 23 other folks had been to be had to hitch their signatures, backing them.

    “That is why 23 signed. It might had been 100. It might had been much less, it might had been extra. Those had been the individuals who had been to be had to signal,” he mentioned.

    When informed that there’s a chance of a Dalit chief (Kharge) turning into Congress president after a few years if he withdraws from the competition, he mentioned he sees Kharge as an overly nice chief way past any query of caste identification.

    He mentioned he would succeed in out to the balloting delegates around the nation as soon as their telephone numbers are to be had on Wednesday.

    Former Union Minister M M Pallam Raju visited Tharoor. The polling for the Congress presidential election is scheduled to be hung on October 17. The counting of votes can be taken up on October 19 and the consequences are anticipated the similar day. Greater than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates shape the citizens.

  • Congress president ballot: All in celebration need to tackle BJP and no longer every different, says Tharoor 

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Monday mentioned all within the celebration need to take at the BJP somewhat than every different.

    The Thiruvananthapuram MP who is about for an electoral face-off with Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge for the celebration president’s submit, mentioned the 2 haven’t any ideological distinction.

    “Let me shed light on that I believe @kharge ji that each one people in @incIndia need to take at the BJP somewhat than every different. There’s no ideological distinction between us. The selection for our vote casting colleagues Oct 17 is most effective on the right way to do it maximum successfully,” Tharoor mentioned in a tweet.

    Let me shed light on that I believe @kharge ji that each one people in @incIndia need to tackle theBJP somewhat than every different. There’s no ideological distinction between us. The selection for our vote casting colleagues Oct17 is most effective on the right way to do it maximum successfully.#ThinkTomorrowThinkTharoor

    — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 3, 2022

    His remarks got here an afternoon after Kharge mentioned he instructed Tharoor that it will be higher to have a consensus candidate however the Lok Sabha MP insisted on a competition for the “sake of democracy”.

    The polling for the Congress presidential election can be hung on October 17.

    The counting of votes can be taken up on October 19 and the effects can be declared the similar day. Greater than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Monday mentioned all within the celebration need to take at the BJP somewhat than every different.

    The Thiruvananthapuram MP who is about for an electoral face-off with Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge for the celebration president’s submit, mentioned the 2 haven’t any ideological distinction.

    “Let me shed light on that I believe @kharge ji that each one people in @incIndia need to take at the BJP somewhat than every different. There’s no ideological distinction between us. The selection for our vote casting colleagues Oct 17 is most effective on the right way to do it maximum successfully,” Tharoor mentioned in a tweet.

    Let me shed light on that I believe @kharge ji that each one people in @incIndia need to tackle theBJP somewhat than every different. There’s no ideological distinction between us. The selection for our vote casting colleagues Oct17 is most effective on the right way to do it maximum successfully.#ThinkTomorrowThinkTharoor
    — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 3, 2022
    His remarks got here an afternoon after Kharge mentioned he instructed Tharoor that it will be higher to have a consensus candidate however the Lok Sabha MP insisted on a competition for the “sake of democracy”.

    The polling for the Congress presidential election can be hung on October 17.

    The counting of votes can be taken up on October 19 and the effects can be declared the similar day. Greater than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.

  • Congress president election: Map blunder, typo take sheen off Tharoor’s manifesto

    By way of Categorical Information Carrier

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Shashi Tharoor as soon as once more stood out with ‘Suppose The next day to come, Suppose Tharoor’, his smartly-worked 13-page manifesto for the Congress presidential election even though a blunder and a typo took the sheen off it. The booklet had a map of India with out portions of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and the Thiruvananthapuram MP apologised “unconditionally” for the blunder.

    “Nobody does such issues on function. A small staff of volunteers made a mistake. We rectified it straight away & I apologise unconditionally for the mistake,” he tweeted. Previous in 2019, in his tweet about participation in a rally at Kozhikode towards Citizenship (Modification) Act and Nationwide Sign up of Voters, Tharoor shared a ‘distorted’ map of India on Twitter. The northernmost territory of the rustic was once lacking from the map.

    A typo, “Suppose Tomorror, Suppose Tharoor’’ additionally cropped up within the manifesto.One key level he endorses is a two-year time period for Congress president. He says the birthday party leader will have to be obtainable to all and he/she will have to ceaselessly have interaction with birthday party employees.

    Tharoor additionally requires decentralisation in order that the birthday party delegates powers to the state, district and block-level leaders and empowers grass-root employees. He additionally has promised to put in force the “one individual, one publish” ideology and to face for the rules of secularism and an “lively and assured international coverage”.

    Tharoor mentioned youths, amongst whom he has an enormous fan following, will have to be given an opportunity. He added extra management roles will have to be given to girls. Within the ultimate 3 Lok Sabha elections, Tharoor’s marketing campaign in Thiruvananthapuram was once run through his personal staff, with exterior companies acting the duty as an alternative of native birthday party management. The Thiruvananthapuram district Congress management joined best against the tip, now not involving an excessive amount of.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Shashi Tharoor as soon as once more stood out with ‘Suppose The next day to come, Suppose Tharoor’, his smartly-worked 13-page manifesto for the Congress presidential election even though a blunder and a typo took the sheen off it. The booklet had a map of India with out portions of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and the Thiruvananthapuram MP apologised “unconditionally” for the blunder.

    “Nobody does such issues on function. A small staff of volunteers made a mistake. We rectified it straight away & I apologise unconditionally for the mistake,” he tweeted. Previous in 2019, in his tweet about participation in a rally at Kozhikode towards Citizenship (Modification) Act and Nationwide Sign up of Voters, Tharoor shared a ‘distorted’ map of India on Twitter. The northernmost territory of the rustic was once lacking from the map.

    A typo, “Suppose Tomorror, Suppose Tharoor’’ additionally cropped up within the manifesto.One key level he endorses is a two-year time period for Congress president. He says the birthday party leader will have to be obtainable to all and he/she will have to ceaselessly have interaction with birthday party employees.

    Tharoor additionally requires decentralisation in order that the birthday party delegates powers to the state, district and block-level leaders and empowers grass-root employees. He additionally has promised to put in force the “one individual, one publish” ideology and to face for the rules of secularism and an “lively and assured international coverage”.

    Tharoor mentioned youths, amongst whom he has an enormous fan following, will have to be given an opportunity. He added extra management roles will have to be given to girls. Within the ultimate 3 Lok Sabha elections, Tharoor’s marketing campaign in Thiruvananthapuram was once run through his personal staff, with exterior companies acting the duty as an alternative of native birthday party management. The Thiruvananthapuram district Congress management joined best against the tip, now not involving an excessive amount of.

  • Shashi Tharoor recordsdata nomination for Congress president polls

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Friday filed his nomination for the publish of Congress president on the birthday celebration headquarters right here.

    The Thiruvananthapuram MP submitted his papers to the birthday celebration’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry at his place of business on the AICC headquarters.

    Amid the sound of drumbeats and fanfare, he made an access on the AICC headquarters.

    #CongressPresidentElection | Senior Congress chief & MP Shashi Tharoor reaches the AICC place of business in Delhi to document his nomination for the publish of #CongressPresident percent.twitter.com/cI5vMGogSJ

    — ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2022

    Tharoor visited Rajghat within the morning and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi forward of submitting his nomination papers for the birthday celebration’s presidential ballot. “Paid tribute to the person who constructed India’s bridge to the twenty first century this morning,” Tharoor stated in a tweet.

    He quoted former high minister Rajiv Gandhi as announcing, “India is an Outdated nation however a tender country. I dream of India Robust, Unbiased, Self-Reliant and within the entrance rank of the countries of the arena, within the provider of mankind.” Polling will happen on October 17 and the end result shall be introduced on October 19.

    NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Friday filed his nomination for the publish of Congress president on the birthday celebration headquarters right here.

    The Thiruvananthapuram MP submitted his papers to the birthday celebration’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry at his place of business on the AICC headquarters.

    Amid the sound of drumbeats and fanfare, he made an access on the AICC headquarters.

    #CongressPresidentElection | Senior Congress chief & MP Shashi Tharoor reaches the AICC place of business in Delhi to document his nomination for the publish of #CongressPresident percent.twitter.com/cI5vMGogSJ
    — ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2022
    Tharoor visited Rajghat within the morning and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi forward of submitting his nomination papers for the birthday celebration’s presidential ballot. “Paid tribute to the person who constructed India’s bridge to the twenty first century this morning,” Tharoor stated in a tweet.

    He quoted former high minister Rajiv Gandhi as announcing, “India is an Outdated nation however a tender country. I dream of India Robust, Unbiased, Self-Reliant and within the entrance rank of the countries of the arena, within the provider of mankind.” Polling will happen on October 17 and the end result shall be introduced on October 19.

  • Rahul calls Kerala 2nd house, to pen e-book on Bharat Jodo Yatra

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    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress former president Rahul Gandhi has termed Kerala his “2nd house” on seeing the large public reaction to his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Because the Kerala leg of the yatra after traversing 540km thru 8 districts finished on Thursday morning, the Gandhi scion wrote in his Fb web page, “House is the place you get love, and Kerala is house for me. Regardless of how a lot affection I give, I all the time get extra in go back from the folks right here…”

    Rahul Gandhi has recorded the necessary traits right through his padayatra as a part of a plan to write down a e-book at the venture he has undertaken. On Thursday, he and his entourage needed to stroll best 8km from Marthoma School Junction, Chungathara, Nilambur, ahead of crossing over to Gudalur in Tamil Nadu on his method to Karnataka.

    At the eve of the fruits of the yatra in Nilambur, Rahul Gandhi convened a unique assembly of the Congress state leaders who had taken phase within the stroll within the ultimate 18 days. On the assembly at Wandoor, Rahul Gandhi specifically congratulated senior Congress MP Okay Muraleedharan who he termed “Number one” and UDF convener M M Hassan “Quantity 2” who walked together with him for the utmost distance.

    He posted a video of him interacting with the leaders which printed how he had persisted the hard stroll in spite of having a knee downside. Rahul Gandhi took out a work of paper from his trouser pocket and browse out a observe written through a small lady to him, “With hardship, there needs to be eased.” He additional added, “I’m pondering of hardship, hardship, hardship and it needs to be eased. Any person (the lady) has now come and helped me in my maximum tough time. Each time, I had hassle, anyone from the general public or anyone from right here (Kerala leaders) got here and pulled me out of the difficulty.”

    Hassan who walked together with him for 11 days recalled how Rahul Gandhi had hugged him and senior Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala which used to be a solemn second ahead of he bade adieu at Vazhimukku.

    “When Rahul Gandhi requested us to percentage our studies ahead of the digital camera at the padayatra, the political sides and the response of the folks, a few of us had been shy, however he implored us to talk with none inhibition as it will be edited correctly. It used to be then that we had been advised that Rahul Gandhi used to be penning a e-book on his historic Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Hassan advised TNIE.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress former president Rahul Gandhi has termed Kerala his “2nd house” on seeing the large public reaction to his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Because the Kerala leg of the yatra after traversing 540km thru 8 districts finished on Thursday morning, the Gandhi scion wrote in his Fb web page, “House is the place you get love, and Kerala is house for me. Regardless of how a lot affection I give, I all the time get extra in go back from the folks right here…”

    Rahul Gandhi has recorded the necessary traits right through his padayatra as a part of a plan to write down a e-book at the venture he has undertaken. On Thursday, he and his entourage needed to stroll best 8km from Marthoma School Junction, Chungathara, Nilambur, ahead of crossing over to Gudalur in Tamil Nadu on his method to Karnataka.

    At the eve of the fruits of the yatra in Nilambur, Rahul Gandhi convened a unique assembly of the Congress state leaders who had taken phase within the stroll within the ultimate 18 days. On the assembly at Wandoor, Rahul Gandhi specifically congratulated senior Congress MP Okay Muraleedharan who he termed “Number one” and UDF convener M M Hassan “Quantity 2” who walked together with him for the utmost distance.

    He posted a video of him interacting with the leaders which printed how he had persisted the hard stroll in spite of having a knee downside. Rahul Gandhi took out a work of paper from his trouser pocket and browse out a observe written through a small lady to him, “With hardship, there needs to be eased.” He additional added, “I’m pondering of hardship, hardship, hardship and it needs to be eased. Any person (the lady) has now come and helped me in my maximum tough time. Each time, I had hassle, anyone from the general public or anyone from right here (Kerala leaders) got here and pulled me out of the difficulty.”

    Hassan who walked together with him for 11 days recalled how Rahul Gandhi had hugged him and senior Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala which used to be a solemn second ahead of he bade adieu at Vazhimukku.
    “When Rahul Gandhi requested us to percentage our studies ahead of the digital camera at the padayatra, the political sides and the response of the folks, a few of us had been shy, however he implored us to talk with none inhibition as it will be edited correctly. It used to be then that we had been advised that Rahul Gandhi used to be penning a e-book on his historic Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Hassan advised TNIE.

  • G-23 leaders meet in Delhi as Congress prez ballot race heats up

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Because the Congress president’s election race heats up, some G-23 leaders, together with Prithviraj Chavan, Bhupinder Hooda and Manish Tewari, met on the place of abode of Anand Sharma and are learnt to have mentioned the present scenario.

    Assets mentioned that Tewari used to be willing to document his nomination papers for the election however there used to be no affirmation at the identical.

    Shashi Tharoor, who used to be a part of the G-23, shall be submitting his nomination papers for the highest birthday celebration publish on Friday.

    Tewari later advised journalists that nobody has filed the nominations but and issues shall be transparent simplest after the next day. He mentioned they sat for deliberations and mentioned the placement.

    Chavan additionally mentioned that it used to be just right that inner polls have been being held in a democratic approach and said that they’d previous thanked Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for the unfastened and honest elections.

    “Allow us to see who information the nominations and we will be able to enhance the most efficient candidate within the fray,” he mentioned after the assembly.

    The G-23 grouping had written to Sonia Gandhi in quest of organisational overhaul and inner polls in any respect ranges.

    NEW DELHI: Because the Congress president’s election race heats up, some G-23 leaders, together with Prithviraj Chavan, Bhupinder Hooda and Manish Tewari, met on the place of abode of Anand Sharma and are learnt to have mentioned the present scenario.

    Assets mentioned that Tewari used to be willing to document his nomination papers for the election however there used to be no affirmation at the identical.

    Shashi Tharoor, who used to be a part of the G-23, shall be submitting his nomination papers for the highest birthday celebration publish on Friday.

    Tewari later advised journalists that nobody has filed the nominations but and issues shall be transparent simplest after the next day. He mentioned they sat for deliberations and mentioned the placement.

    Chavan additionally mentioned that it used to be just right that inner polls have been being held in a democratic approach and said that they’d previous thanked Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for the unfastened and honest elections.

    “Allow us to see who information the nominations and we will be able to enhance the most efficient candidate within the fray,” he mentioned after the assembly.

    The G-23 grouping had written to Sonia Gandhi in quest of organisational overhaul and inner polls in any respect ranges.

  • Sachin Pilot meets Sonia Gandhi in Delhi, discusses occasions in Rajasthan

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Former Rajasthan deputy leader minister Sachin Pilot on Thursday night time met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and mentioned he mentioned the occasions within the state intimately and expressed his sentiments at the scenario.

    Pilot spent round an hour at Gandhi’s place of dwelling and likewise conveyed his comments to her. “I met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and we mentioned the occasions in Rajasthan intimately,” Pilot mentioned after assembly the Congress leader.

    Pilot met hours after his bete noire Ashok Gehlot met Sonia Gandhi within the afternoon, and then the Rajasthan leader minister introduced that he’ll choose out of the Congress president’s race.

    “I’ve conveyed my sentiments, given my comments to Sonia Gandhi. Our precedence is to win 2023 meeting polls in Rajasthan for which we can must paintings in combination,” Pilot mentioned after the assembly.

    “No matter certain choices need to be curious about recognize to Rajasthan, Congress president will take,” Pilot mentioned when requested at the motion to be taken by means of the birthday celebration after the occasions in Rajasthan.

    NEW DELHI: Former Rajasthan deputy leader minister Sachin Pilot on Thursday night time met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and mentioned he mentioned the occasions within the state intimately and expressed his sentiments at the scenario.

    Pilot spent round an hour at Gandhi’s place of dwelling and likewise conveyed his comments to her. “I met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and we mentioned the occasions in Rajasthan intimately,” Pilot mentioned after assembly the Congress leader.

    Pilot met hours after his bete noire Ashok Gehlot met Sonia Gandhi within the afternoon, and then the Rajasthan leader minister introduced that he’ll choose out of the Congress president’s race.

    “I’ve conveyed my sentiments, given my comments to Sonia Gandhi. Our precedence is to win 2023 meeting polls in Rajasthan for which we can must paintings in combination,” Pilot mentioned after the assembly.

    “No matter certain choices need to be curious about recognize to Rajasthan, Congress president will take,” Pilot mentioned when requested at the motion to be taken by means of the birthday celebration after the occasions in Rajasthan.