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  • Jodhpur clashes: Congress accuses BJP of spreading hatred in poll-bound states

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    NEW DELHI: After clashes between two communities in Rajasthan, the Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of spreading hatred in poll-bound states, together with Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.

    Congress leader spokesperson Randeep Surjewala stated the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP) has “unleashed a sinister and hateful schedule” in Rajasthan as additionally within the different election going states of Gujarat, Himachal, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh.

    He alleged that there might be no communal riots now in Uttar Pradesh or in Uttarakhand as elections are over there and the saffron celebration has served its schedule.

    “Their schedule is to befool other people. Their schedule is to divide other people. Their schedule is all the time to do politics of Hindu-Musalman, Shamshan-Kabristan. Their schedule is to place spiritual and communal divide in the vanguard in order that the problems of inflation, unemployment, development and building get relegated to the dustbin,” Surjewala informed journalists.

    “They would like that Hindus and Muslims must combat in order that no one asks Modi Ji ‘the place are the 15 lakh in each and every account that you just promised’. They would like Hindus and Muslims to combat in election going states in order that other people don’t query them on their promise of two crore jobs a 12 months and the 16 crore jobs to be created over 8 years of the Modi govt,” he stated.

    The Congress chief additional stated the BJP desires Hindu-Muslims to combat in order that no questions are requested on the cost of pulses, meals pieces, atta, greens, milk and suitable for eating oil in order that most of these problems get relegated to the background.

    He appealed to all fellow countrymen, specifically within the state of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Himachal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, not to fall prey to the schedule of communal divide, hate and polarisation of the BJP govt.

    Surjewala additionally drew the eye of the general public to the remarks of a BJP MLA, who stated that if there are ditches within the street and other people can not stroll, they must say “do not be aware of the ditches or loss of building and say – we’re a Hindu Rashtra”.

    “Hinduism is humanity. Hinduism is compassion. Hinduism is recognize for all religions. Hinduism isn’t a device for department. Most effective youngsters of Godse or the successors of Godse can provide you with this type of perverted clarification through disrespecting and dishonouring the tenets of Hinduism,” he added.

  • Buzz over management trade in Ok’taka ‘hypothetical’, CM Bommai a ‘commonplace guy’: Arun Singh 

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    BENGALURU: Terming the excitement over imaginable adjustments of management in Karnataka as “hypothetical”, BJP nationwide Normal Secretary in-charge of the state Arun Singh on Tuesday mentioned Leader Minister Basavaraj Bommai is a “commonplace guy”, and folks right here like him.

    He additionally mentioned the cupboard growth or reshuffle is the prerogative of the Leader Minister.

    “There’s no solution for the query you’re asking, there’s no solution for hypothetical questions. Those are hypothetical questions that you’re elevating, there’s no solution,” Singh instructed newshounds in accordance with a query on management trade.

    Requested whether or not Bommai would be the face of the birthday celebration for 2023 meeting polls, he mentioned, “Basavaraj Bommai is a commonplace guy, the best way he’s running for the deficient and farmers, underneath the management of the Top Minister, folks of the state like him.”

    The recent spherical of hypothesis about management trade within the state, used to be following BJP nationwide common secretary B L Santhosh’s observation on Sunday that the birthday celebration’s power lies within the induction of latest faces.

    State BJP strongman and previous leader minister B S Yediyurappa, who used to be changed by means of Bommai in July closing 12 months, too mentioned there aren’t any such talks about management trade in Karnataka and what’s going on are mere “speculations”.

    He additionally expressed hopes about cupboard growth going down in a few days and Union House Minister Amit Shah, who’s within the state, would possibly announce a call or do it after discussing with PM Modi and different leaders in Delhi.

    BJP’s Karnataka unit President Nalin Kumar Kateel too mentioned there’s no confusion within the birthday celebration at the management factor.

    “The transparent message for individuals who are looking to create confusion is, we’re going to the following polls in combination as a staff underneath the management of present Leader Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Yediyurappa’s steering. We will be able to face the election and win 150 seats. If some persons are in different illusions, it’s just right that they arrive out of it,” he mentioned.

    Shah, who’s within the town as of late, is assembly senior birthday celebration leaders together with Bommai and Yediyurappa, and is more likely to assess the BJP’s arrangements for the elections. His discuss with has come amid buzz over imaginable adjustments within the management, and power to reshuffle or extend the cupboard.

    Bommai, who’s underneath power to extend or reshuffle his cupboard on the earliest, has already indicated that he would check out to talk about it with Shah all through this discuss with.

    There are these days 5 positions vacant within the state cupboard, which has 29 ministers, together with the manager minister, towards the sanctioned power of 34.

    Some legislators have even been advocating a Gujarat-like overhaul of the Karnataka cupboard quickly, to make approach for brand spanking new faces, forward of the meeting elections.

  • Priyanka attracts up 3 choices for Congress revival in UP, seeks approval from Sonia

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    LUCKNOW: After tasting a crushing defeat within the lately concluded meeting elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is weighing 3 choices to verify the birthday celebration’s revival and make stronger the organisation from the grassroots within the nation’s politically maximum the most important state.

    As in line with extremely positioned assets of the birthday celebration unit in UP, AICC basic secretary and birthday celebration’s UP in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in session with state management, has thrashed out the 3 choices for the revival of the grand previous birthday celebration in
    UP. She has put the 3 ideas prior to the birthday celebration nationwide president Sonia Gandhi for her perusal and vital motion.

    Considerably, the birthday celebration which dominated Uttar Pradesh until 1989, may win simply two seats within the state meeting polls of 2022. If truth be told, the Congress efficiency has been on a downward trajectory because the 2012 Meeting elections when the birthday celebration had received 28 seats with 11.63 in line with cent vote proportion.

    Its tally got here right down to seven seats with 6.56 in line with cent vote proportion in 2017 when it fought the meeting polls in alliance with the Samajwadi Celebration. Alternatively, within the lately concluded polls, the Congress tally of seats and vote proportion each dwindled enormously. Whilst the birthday celebration tally of seats got here down to 2, its vote proportion additionally fell to two.33 in line with cent.

    With a purpose to breathe a brand new hire of existence into the birthday celebration unit in UP, the primary possibility, as in line with the assets, into consideration is the re-constitution of the Congress Committee below the stewardship of a few senior chief as has been the observe thus far.

    The second one possibility, which Priyanka is thought to have thrashed out, is the appointment of four-five running presidents below the management of the state president who can take care of the revival of the birthday celebration organisation from the grassroots. In the meantime, as in line with the 3rd possibility, the birthday celebration would divided the state into 4 primary unbiased zones — Western UP, Japanese UP, Awadh and Bundelkhand — and arrange unbiased committees for all 4 zones.

    “Priyankaji has mentioned those choices with state leaders and workplace bearers and has despatched the entire 3 ideas for Sonia Gandhi’s perusal. It’s to be observed which of the 3 choices the birthday celebration top command is going with within the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections,” mentioned a senior Congress chief looking for anonymity. He added {that a} choice on those choices is anticipated within the coming month.

    It can be recalled that when the decimation of 2022, the then UP Congress Committee leader Ajay Kumar Lallu had hand over from his publish proudly owning up birthday celebration’s dismal efficiency as its applicants misplaced their deposits in over 399 seats. Even Lallu failed to save lots of his satisfaction on his conventional Tamkuhiraj seat in Kushinagar and remained at quantity 3 place.

    Within the interim, the names of a few senior state-based leaders together with former UPCC president Nirmal Khatri, former Rajya Sabha MPs and senior leaders Pramod Tiwari and PL Punia, birthday celebration’s conversation mobile head Nasimuddin Siddiqui, Acharya Pramod Krishnam and Nadeem Javed are doing the rounds because the conceivable contenders for the UPCC leader’s publish.

    Alternatively, the political actions of the UP Congress had come to a standstill because the resignation of Lallu. Now, the day by day actions of the birthday celebration are being taken care of through senior basic secretary Dinesh Singh.

  • Congress appoints 5 new vice presidents in its Punjab unit

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    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday appointed 5 new vice presidents, a treasurer and a common secretary within the Punjab unit of the celebration.

    “Congress president has licensed the proposal of appointment of treasurer, vice presidents and common secretary of Punab Pradesh Congress Committee,” an authentic commentary from the celebration mentioned.

    Whilst Amit Vij used to be appointed because the treasurer of the PPCC, Aruna Chaudhary, Inderbir Singh Bolaria, Kushaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon, Pargat Singh, Sunder Sham Arora had been made as vice presidents.

    Sandeep Singh Sandhu has been appointed as common secretary of the celebration’s Punjab unit.

    Amrinder Singh Warring used to be appointed as the brand new president of the Punjab Congress just lately, after the celebration remodeled its state unit following its drubbing within the fresh meeting elections.

  • Congress to undertake ‘One Publish One Guy’ after ‘Chintan Shivir’

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    NEW DELHI: After the resignation of Kamal Nath as Chief of the opposition within the Madhya Pradesh Meeting, the Congress is gearing as much as put into effect ‘One Guy One Publish’ rule on the AICC and state degree after the ‘Chintan Shivir’.

    A number of Congress leaders keeping twin price will face the warmth sooner or later, assets stated, including that the birthday celebration needs the state unit to be extra colourful in its efficiency and actively contain in political actions. The individual with twin or extra fees shall be given one task at a time.

    These days, Congress leaders like Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Mukul Wasnik hang a couple of price.

    Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury holds the price of Ground Chief within the Lok Sabha and West Bengal birthday celebration president, whilst Randeep Singh Surjewala is the birthday celebration’s Karnataka Common Secretary and in price who heads the birthday celebration’s communique division. Mukul Wasnik is Madhya Pradesh birthday celebration common secretary and secretary of Central Election Committee(CEC).

    In the meantime, veteran Congress chief and previous Leader Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath, on Thursday resigned from the publish of LoP within the state Meeting.

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi has authorized his resignation and appointed Govind Singh in his position.

    Congress Common Secretary (Organisation) Okay.C. Venugopal wrote to Kamal Nath on Thursday, pronouncing: “That is to tell you that the Congress President has authorized your resignation from the publish of Chief, Congress Legislature Birthday party, Madhya Pradesh, with rapid impact. The birthday celebration wholeheartedly appreciates your contribution because the CLP Chief, Madhya Pradesh.”

    Kamal Nath used to be keeping the posts of chief of opposition and state Congress President. Now he’s most effective the executive of the state unit of the birthday celebration.

    The veteran chief stated that he had already made up his thoughts to surrender one of the vital two posts, however the birthday celebration had requested him to proceed operating on each positions.

    He has been the objective of the BJP for the previous couple of days for the twin posts he held with the saffron birthday celebration incessantly elevating questions about his duties.

  • Hassle brews for Congress in Chhattisgarh

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    NEW DELHI: Whilst there’s a buzz concerning the alternate of guard in Rajasthan following Sachin Pilot’s fresh assembly with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, bother is brewing in birthday party dominated Chhattisgarh with state cupboard minister TS Singh Deo urgent for a fast determination on his elevation as state CM and emphasising how indecisiveness may hurt the birthday party.

    Deo, who has been looking forward to readability from the highest management at the rotational components promised to him in 2018, used to be confident in August 2021 that the subject might be appeared into later as converting Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel, an OBC, then may affect the birthday party within the five-state meeting elections.

    “He has been in quest of readability from best management on whether or not it is going to enforce a rotational components or now not. However there was no readability. We’ve an excellent chance of profitable again in Chhattisgarh however the subject will have to be addressed well timed,” stated a senior Congress chief.

    Any other birthday party chief from Chhattisgarh cited the caste equation taking part in in opposition to Deo’s elevation with not up to two years left for elections. 

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    “He comes from the higher caste and handiest 6-7 in keeping with cent of the entire state inhabitants is from the higher/minority caste. The state has 32 % tribal inhabitants and 45 in keeping with cent is OBC and Baghel comes from the OBC group. It obviously displays how the chances are stacked in opposition to him (Deo),” stated the chief.

    Prior to now few months, Deo has met best management at the factor. “He’s silent however now not sitting quiet and there are reminders from him that incessantly come to state in-charge PL Punia and best leaders. The ball is within the courtroom of the Congress president,” stated a senior birthday party functionary.

    Deo not too long ago claimed that Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) contacted him however he’s going to now not go away the Congress.  

    “AAP contacted me. I’m brazenly announcing that I’ve now not met AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal. I’m in Congress and can proceed to stay in Congress. I will be able to now not sign up for the BJP as a result of ideological variations… 5 generations of my circle of relatives had been in Congress. I’m really not leaving the birthday party. It’s tricky for me to even suppose past Congress,” he stated.

  • UP Congress watching for appointment of recent state leader, organisational actions at standstill

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    LUCKNOW: After the resignation of UP Pradesh Congress Committee leader Ajay Kumar Lallu proudly owning duty for the birthday celebration’s dismal display within the lately concluded state Meeting elections, the state unit has now not were given a brand new leader even a month after the effects. The Congress may just win simply two seats with a vote proportion of two.33 in line with cent.

    As in line with senior functionaries of the grand previous birthday celebration, the actions of the organisation had come to a grinding halt after a busy election marketing campaign. “The birthday celebration is looking forward to the appointment of the brand new state leader who can breathe recent lifestyles into the organisation. With a bit of luck the prime command will glance into it quickly,” stated a senior birthday celebration chief.

    Then again, the names of former UPCC president Nirmal Khatri, former Rajya Sabha MPs and senior leaders Pramod Tiwari and PL Punia are doing the rounds as conceivable contenders for the UPCC leader’s publish.

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    Within the absence of a typical president of the state unit of the birthday celebration, senior basic secretary Dinesh Singh is caring for daily paintings to verify clean functioning of the birthday celebration.

    Except the resignation of the then UPCC leader who himself misplaced his seat, the Congress prime command had entrusted birthday celebration basic secretary Bhanwar Jitendra Singh with the duty to determine the criteria in the back of birthday celebration’s decimation within the meeting elections. Whilst the prime command’s choice is awaited, birthday celebration insiders declare that the comments record discussed that a huge segment of birthday celebration cadre blamed loss of infrastructure at grassroots stage for the rout.

    The Congress’s selection of seats has been dwindling in election after election. In 2012, Congress had received 15 seats. In 2017, the birthday celebration stitched up an alliance with the Samajwadi Birthday party however failed to chop a lot ice a number of the electorate and the selection of its seats got here all the way down to seven beneath the sweeping saffron surge. In 2022, in spite of an competitive marketing campaign by way of AICC basic secretary and UP in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the birthday celebration may just win simply two seats. After the 2022 ballot effects, Priyanka has now not visited the state.

  • Prashant Kishor answerable for our defeat in Goa: State TMC leader Kiran Kandolkar as he resigns

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    PANAJI: Goa Trinamool Congress leader Kiran Kandolkar resigned on Wednesday and alleged that political strategist Prashant Kishor used to be answerable for the “humiliating” defeat of the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday party within the contemporary state Meeting polls who additionally attempted to “blackmail” the Congress.

    Addressing a press convention, Kandolkar claimed that Kishor ended up serving to BJP to shape the federal government after the polls.

    The resignation of Kandolkar and two different leaders, who had contested at the TMC image, got here as some other setback for the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday party which is suffering to retain its flock in Goa because the ballot debacle.

    The TMC drew a clean in its maiden electoral time out in Goa.

    “Prashant Kishor used to be answerable for the TMC’s humiliating defeat in Goa polls. He used to be in Goa to blackmail the Congress and in the end ended up serving to the BJP to shape the federal government once more,” Kandolkar alleged.

    He, on the other hand, did not elaborate at the “blackmail” price towards Kishor, who just lately declined to sign up for Congress.

    Kandolkar, in conjunction with Tarak Arolkar, and Sandeep Vazarkar have resigned from the main club of the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday party.

    Days previous, Kandolkar’s spouse Kavita Kandolkar had additionally hand over the TMC, owing to “power” from her supporters.

    Quickly after Kavita Kandolkar’s resignation transfer, the Goa TMC tweeted that the birthday party used to be restructuring all of the AITC Goa State Committee with fast impact.

    Kiran Kandolkar had hand over because the running president of the Goa Ahead Celebration to sign up for the TMC within the run-up to the polls held in February this 12 months.

    Kandolkar and his spouse had contested on TMC tickets from Aldona and Thivim constituencies, respectively, however misplaced.

    “We did what we felt proper at the moment. It is human to devote a mistake. We did devote a mistake,” Kandolkar mentioned when requested if becoming a member of the TMC used to be a mistake.

    Calling for the entire Opposition events to unite to defeat the BJP, Kandolkar conceded that the break up of votes went in favour of the BJP.

    Kandolkar mentioned he would neither sign up for any political birthday party nor glide a brand new one.

    “I do not wish to break up anti-BJP votes additional,” he added.

    The BJP received 20 seats within the 40-member Area and returned to energy with the reinforce of 2 MLAs of MGP and 3 Independents.

  • Alka Lamba seems earlier than police in Rupnagar, Punjab Congress leaders degree protest

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    RUPNAGAR: Congress chief Alka Lamba, summoned over a case of “inflammatory statements” towards Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal, seemed earlier than the police right here on Wednesday as birthday celebration staff held a protest outdoor the SSP place of work over the topic.

    The case used to be lodged towards former AAP chief Kumar Vishwas in Rupnagar the city’s Sadar police station on April 12.

    Forward of the Meeting polls, Vishwas had accused Kejriwal of supporting separatists.

    Lamba has been accused of backing the remarks made via Vishwas.

    Led via the Congress’ state unit leader Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, the birthday celebration staff staged the protest outdoor the place of work of Rupnagar senior superintendent of police (SSP) and raised slogans towards the Bhagwant Mann executive.

    But even so Warring, senior birthday celebration leaders, together with Punjab Congress Legislature birthday celebration chief Partap Singh Bajwa, MLAs Sukhjinder Randhawa, Raj Kumar Chabbewal, former ministers Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Balbir Sidhu, Gurkirat Kotli and Punjab Adolescence Congress leader Brinder Dhillon accompanied Lamba when she reached Rupnagar to look earlier than the police.

    Addressing the protesters, Warring slammed the AAP executive in Punjab, accusing it of “misusing” the police for political vendetta.

    He stated all the state management of the birthday celebration got here to Rupnagar in beef up of Lamba.

    “We can now not tolerate any injustice towards our sister (Lamba),” Warring stated.

    Former Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu reached Rupnagar, one at a time, in beef up of Lamba.

    “You (AAP) are seeking to scare Alka Lamba. The folks of Punjab have at all times stood via their daughters and sisters. All of us stand via her,” he advised journalists outdoor the Rupnagar SSP place of work The previous cricketer left where after speaking to journalists.

    Lamba, whilst speaking to the journalists, slammed the Mann-led executive for sending police to her area to summon her.

    She accused the AAP executive of “misusing” the police towards its political opponents.

    A heavy police drive used to be deployed outdoor the Rupnagar SSP place of work. The Punjab police on had on April 20 visited the houses of Vishwas and Lamba in reference to a case registered over “inflammatory statements” towards Kejriwal.

    Police had previous summoned Lamba, the previous AAP chief, on April 26 however she used to be later requested to look earlier than it on April 27.

  • Prashant Kishor-Congress fallout: What had been the dealbreakers?

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    NEW DELHI: Say in management appointments and authority for an entire overhaul of the birthday celebration became out to be key causes that resulted in the breakdown of talks between Congress and ballot strategist Prashant Kishor.  

    The talks, virtually within the closing level, headed to a useless finish after the birthday celebration introduced the formation of an Empowered Team 2024 on Monday, and Kishor used to be introduced to sign up for the gang and plan for the birthday celebration’s revival and election technique.

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    Assets in Congress mentioned the Indian Political Motion Committee (I-PAC)’s care for the TRS used to be no explanation why for the botched deal however many birthday celebration leaders mentioned that it used to be a sticking level and puzzled Kishor’s aim to satisfy Telangana Leader Minister KC Rao, as his talks about becoming a member of the Congress had been virtually finalized.

    A senior birthday celebration chief mentioned that right through his conferences with the highest birthday celebration management, Kishor has all the time discussed that he must be given loose hand to hold out reforms within the birthday celebration and that still incorporated say in key appointments, together with Congress president, Congress Parliamentary birthday celebration chief amongst others.  

    I declined the beneficiant be offering of #congress to sign up for the birthday celebration as a part of the EAG & take duty for the elections.

    In my humble opinion, greater than me the birthday celebration wishes management and collective will to mend the deep rooted structural issues via transformational reforms.

    — Prashant Kishor (@PrashantKishor) April 26, 2022

    Maintaining in thoughts his sour enjoy with the Congress and Samajwadi Birthday party alliance in UP meeting elections in 2017, the ballot strategist sought after readability on his roles and authority within the birthday celebration. He had publicly mentioned his enjoy with the grand previous birthday celebration and that he didn’t need to sign up for the birthday celebration along with his palms tied.

    Either side introduced the deal breakup via tweets.

    “Following a presentation and discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted an Empowered Motion Team 2024 and invited him to sign up for the birthday celebration as a part of the gang with outlined duty. He declined. We recognize his efforts and recommendations given to the birthday celebration,” tweeted RS Surjewala, birthday celebration media incharge.

    Quickly, Kishor answered: “I declined the beneficiant be offering of Congress to sign up for the birthday celebration as a part of the EAG and take duty for the elections. In my humble opinion, greater than me the birthday celebration wishes management and collective will to mend the deep-rooted structural issues via transformational reforms.”   

    The rift over his induction into the birthday celebration used to be identified to him as even 8 participants of the committee assessing his revival plan had been break up on his position and duties within the birthday celebration. “It is usually mentioned that Rahul’s camp didn’t need PK given a large authority within the birthday celebration,” mentioned a senior birthday celebration chief.

    Getting a touch over long term demanding situations to push for large organisational reforms in a birthday celebration this is but to grasp want for holding with the converting instances, Kishor determined to name it quits.