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  • Had to get up, no longer stand apart: Oppn leaders flay government over stand on UNSC answer on Ukraine

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: A number of opposition leaders criticised the federal government on Saturday after India abstained from vote casting on a UN Safety Council answer at the Russian assault on Ukraine, pronouncing it had to get up in opposition to the incorrect and no longer stand apart.

    Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari mentioned “there comes a time when international locations want to get up and no longer stand apart”. 

    “I sincerely want India had voted in unity with the folk of Ukraine at UNSC who’re dealing with an unparalleled and unjustified aggression. ‘Buddies’ want to be informed when they’re incorrect,” he mentioned.

    Echoing his view, Congress chief Shashi Tharoor mentioned in an editorial: “Invasion is Invasion; we must inform our good friend Russia.” “If ‘pals’ can not talk truthfully to one another, what’s the friendship value,” Tharoor requested.

    “India’s resolution to abstain within the United International locations Safety Council vote on Friday night time, on a answer that will have deplored Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, didn’t actually come as a marvel,” the previous Minister of State for Exterior Affairs mentioned.

    Tharoor additionally mentioned, “After our abstention, many regretted that India had positioned itself at the ‘incorrect facet of historical past’.”

    Shiv Sena chief Priyanka Chaturvedi accused the federal government of hypocrisy and mentioned, “Curiously those that can not forestall abusing and criticising India’s first PM, Nehru, are the use of the non-alignment coverage to justify their place within the UN.”

    “Abstain from vote casting in opposition to a conflict does not make your courting higher however makes your ideas weaker in opposition to violence and human rights violations,” the Rajya Sabha member mentioned.

    “The following day it might be us no longer getting strengthen in opposition to China. As of late we stood at the similar facet as China, that speaks a lot about our international coverage.”

    “Having mentioned that, but even so a answer condemning Russia’s motion, what’s the UN’s function going to be to lend a hand Ukraine on flooring? Best friend nations are expressing phrases of strengthen however have left Ukraine by myself to protect and combat for itself. The UN will want to relook at its relevance within the New International Order,” Chaturvedi mentioned.

    Russia used its veto energy to dam the US-sponsored answer that sought to deplore within the “most powerful phrases” Russia’s “aggression” in opposition to Ukraine.

    Within the 15-member UN Safety Council, the answer gained 11 votes in favour of it, Russia hostile it and India, China and the United Arab Emirates abstained from the vote casting.

    By way of abstaining from vote casting at the answer, India retained the choice of attaining out to all related events to discover a heart flooring and foster discussion and international relations to defuse the disaster, legitimate assets mentioned on Saturday.

    Despite the fact that India abstained from vote casting at the answer, it known as for respecting “sovereignty and territorial integrity” of States and sought speedy cessation of “violence and hostilities”, in feedback that the assets mentioned mirrored a “sharper tone” and grievance of the Russian offensive.

  • Urgently perform evacuation of Indian scholars from Ukraine: Rahul Gandhi to govt 

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday highlighted the plight of Indian scholars stranded in Ukraine and appealed to the central govt to hold out their evacuation urgently. He shared a video of a few Indian scholars from Karnataka who have been caught in a bunker within the nation, which is beneath assault from the Russian forces.

    “Visuals of Indian scholars in bunkers are demanding. Many are caught in jap Ukraine which is beneath heavy assault. My ideas are with their apprehensive members of the family. Once more, I attraction to the Executive of India to execute pressing evacuation,” Gandhi stated on Twitter. One Meghna from Bangalore stated there are lots of individuals who have come from other puts in India to Ukraine.

    “We do want assist from the Indian govt. We can not see any person taking steps, or any upper officers or Indian govt, to assist us. No particular flights were organized for us,” she stated in a video message from a depressing bunker.

    “We now have been staying on this bunker. It’s in point of fact exhausting for all folks. Please, request you to ship us assist once conceivable,” she stated.

    She additionally stated the malls were closed down and they have got been caught within the bunker for over 24 hours with out meals, water or even correct air flow. Some other pupil Raksha stated, “We request our Indian embassy and our Indian govt please assist us out. Please evacuate all Indian scholars.” She stated there are greater than 15,000 scholars who’re stranded caught within the nation.”Please assist us out. We want assist.”

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    The video confirmed some scholars sitting at the flooring within the bunker. The video ended with a kid named Rishu, who stated Meghna is his sister, interesting for assist. “My sister is caught in Ukraine. Are you able to please assist her. I want your assist. I need her again,” he stated. Gandhi and his birthday celebration were urging the federal government to behave hastily to evacuate all Indians caught in Ukraine.

    Congress has additionally criticised the federal government’s reaction to misery calls from scholars in that nation and accused it of state of being inactive. With Russian troops advancing on Kyiv and different key towns, India on Saturday requested its nationals stranded in Ukraine to workout warning all the time and no longer transfer against any border submit to go out the rustic with out prior coordination with its officers.

    The Indian embassy in Ukraine issued a recent advisory for the Indian voters as the full flooring scenario deteriorated additional with gunfire, bombings and missile assaults proceeding to rock more than a few portions of the rustic, together with its capital Kyiv.

    International Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had on Thursday stated there have been round 20,000 Indians in Ukraine and just about 4,000 of them have returned to India in the previous few days.

  • Ex-student leaders of Lucknow College take a look at political waters in UP polls

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    LUCKNOW: Having their roots in Lucknow College, a number of former scholar leaders have made their approach into the mainstream politics and are in fray within the ongoing Meeting elections in Uttar Pradesh.

    One such distinguished former scholar chief is Uttar Pradesh Regulation Minister Brajesh Pathak, who have been the president of the Lucknow College Scholars Union (LUSU).

    Now a BJP chief, Pathak is looking ahead to the ballot consequence within the Lucknow Cantonment Meeting constituency.

    Pathak received the former election from Lucknow Central.

    Every other alumnus of the college Manoj Tiwari was once in fray from the Lucknow East seat on a Congress price ticket whilst the Samajwadi Birthday party had fielded Ravidas Malhotra from Lucknow Central seat and Pooja Shukla from Lucknow North.

    Pooja Shukla rose to limelight after she was once arrested for waiving black flag at Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath in 2017.

    In Ayodhya, the SP has fielded Tej Narayan Pandey aka Pawan Pandey, some other former Lucknow College scholar chief.

    Pawan, a former minister, is regarded as as regards to SP leader Akhilesh Yadav.

    Brajesh Pathak, who held the submit of the LUSU president within the early nineties, advised PTI that he was once presented to the nuances of politics throughout his school days.

    “I discovered the fundamentals of politics throughout my days at Lucknow College. The teachings I discovered in scholar politics proceed to lend a hand and information me until nowadays. The enjoy as a scholar chief has formed my political profession and can proceed to take action.”

    Pathak first received a parliamentary seat in 2004 on a BSP price ticket.

    Manoj Tiwari, who’s making his political debut within the elections mentioned, “The times of scholar politics taught me to take alongside other folks of various perspectives. That is what’s maximum wanted in as of late’s politics.”

    Former scholar union leaders of LUSU say that scholar union elections was some of the necessary facets of the instructional calendar that concerned nearly everybody within the college.

    Manjul Upadhyay, who had as soon as been energetic in scholar politics at Lucknow College, mentioned, “Pupil union elections have been definitely step one against coming into mainstream politics however that was once now not the purpose of the ones scholars contesting the elections.”

    “Nearly the entire scholars contesting the elections essentially sought after to deliver some certain adjustments within the campus. Safeguarding the rights of the scholars and turning into their voice was once some other necessary facet. The scholar leaders discovered the artwork of public talking, setting up manpower and construction contacts throughout the scholar union elections,” he mentioned.

    Upadhyay mentioned the politicians who’ve a background in scholar politics perceive the bottom realities of the society higher when compared to people who have controlled to get a political place on account of their affiliation with a political circle of relatives or chief.

    The scholar union elections have now not taken position in Lucknow College for greater than a decade on account of a protracted pending courtroom case.

    The ultimate LUSU elections have been held in 2006.

    Former LUSU president and member of Communist Birthday party of India Atul Kumar Anjan mentioned the absence of LUSU elections has ended in a scarcity of vivid and high quality politicians in Lucknow and within sight districts.

    “The scholar union elections are nurseries of politics. The scholar unions have given leaders for our freedom fight and so they in flip gave a brand new imaginative and prescient to our freedom motion. The LUSU polls used to groom scholars into vivid and accountable politicians. This has taken a beating stopped within the absence of scholar polls.”

    “I consider that no political birthday celebration needs to reinstate the LUSU polls and by means of doing so, they’re hampering the method of social and political figuring out for college students. Thus, affecting the colourful democratic procedure within the state,” he mentioned.

    Outdoor the capital Lucknow, SP chief Arvind Singh Gope, who was once the LUSU president, is within the fray from Barabanki’s Dariyabad seat.

    BJP’s sitting MLA from Gainsari seat of Balrampur Shailesh Singh Shailu, who was once the Basic Secretary of LUSU, is contesting once more from the similar seat.

    Dayashankar Singh, some other alumnus of Lucknow College, is contesting from Ballia Sadar seat as a BJP candidate.

    Dhirendra Bahadur Singh is contesting as a BJP candidate from the Congress stronghold seat of Sareni in Rae Bareli.

    Pawan Pandey, who’s in fray from Ayodhya, advised PTI that he has benefitted in his political profession together with his enjoy in scholar politics.

    “I realised the real energy of vote and virtues of democracy throughout my days in scholar politics. I additionally realised that everybody, regardless of from which elegance, caste or neighborhood he belongs, has an equivalent risk of turning into a pace-setter in a democratic setup.”

    Leader Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami and previous leader minister Rawat, have been each energetic in scholar politics throughout their days at Lucknow College.

    Uttarakhand was once carved out of Uttar Pradesh as a separate state in 2000.

  • U.S. to impose sanctions on Vladimir Putin and most sensible aide, White Space says

    WASHINGTON — America will impose a slate of sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and International Minister Sergey Lavrov, the White Space introduced Friday.

    The UK and the Eu Union had introduced equivalent sanctions previous within the day.

    Putin and Lavrov sign up for a rising listing of elite Russian govt officers the U.S. has sanctioned based on Russia’s movements in Ukraine.

    Two times this week, the USA has introduced new sanctions towards Russia’s greatest banks and its sovereign debt, reducing them off from the U.S. banking machine.

    Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov appears on, subsequent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they watch for the US-Russia summit on the Villa L. a. Grange, in Geneva on June 16, 2021.

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    Russia introduced an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday, sending tens of hundreds of Russian troops into dozens of Ukrainian towns with the plain goal of shooting Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.

    Within the weeks main as much as the invasion, the Biden management stated the specter of serious sanctions used to be supposed to function a deterrent to Putin.

    However that technique failed this week, and because then the White Space has shifted its message to concentrate on the punitive have an effect on of sanctions.

    It is unclear how a lot will probably be achieved by way of sanctioning Putin in my view, then again.

    Putin publicly claims his wage of more or less $140,000 is his best supply of source of revenue and lists his belongings as two residences and a couple of cars.

    In truth, Putin lives in a palatial house better than Buckingham Palace and has been photographed again and again dressed in watches that price loads of hundreds of bucks.

    Professionals and previous Kremlin insiders consider Putin is price billions of bucks and that he makes use of the worldwide shadow banking machine to cover his cash.

    Putin additionally seems to regulate belongings in Europe, in line with the Pandora Papers investigation, printed in October 2021. The leaked paperwork printed a $4.1 million condominium in Monaco that used to be owned by way of a Russian lady who didn’t have any obvious supply of source of revenue however who have been romantically connected to Putin for years.

    That very same lady, Svetlana Krivonogikh, used to be additionally indexed in 2010 because the registered proprietor of a shell corporate that used to be one of the most primary shareholders in a Russian state-linked financial institution sanctioned by way of the USA in 2014.

    The sanctions towards Putin will probably be welcome information to Ukrainian diplomats in the USA.

    Ukraine’s Ambassador to the USA Oksana Markarova stated Friday that sanctions towards Putin “will be the proper factor.”

    Markarova, who’s the previous minister of finance, welcomed the Eu Union’s determination to sanction Putin and Lavrov.

    Markarova additionally stated that Kyiv used to be thankful for the sanctions introduced Thursday by way of the Biden management.

    “I used to be more than pleased to peer the sanctions towards primary Russian banks. I used to be more than pleased to peer their export controls, I used to be more than pleased to peer the non-public sanctions,” she advised newshounds Friday on the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.

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  • Odisha’s former Leader Minister Hemananda Biswal dies at age 82

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    BHUBANESWAR: Former Odisha Leader Minister and outstanding tribal Congress chief Hemananda Biswal died whilst present process remedy for pneumonia right here on the age of 82 years Friday, members of the family stated.

    Biswal’s daughter Sunita stated the previous leader minister breathed his ultimate at a non-public medical institution right here. He was once affected by pneumonia and is survived by way of 5 daughters- Sabita, Sanjukya, Manjiulata, Sunita and Anita.

    Biswal additionally represented Sundergarh Constituency within the Lok Sabha, and was once a six-time MLA from Jharsuguda district, but even so being the state’s leader minister two times. He was once elected leader minister for the primary time for the duration December 7,1989 to March 5, 1990 and once more from December 6,1999 to March 5, 2000.

    He was once the primary tribal leader minister of Odisha. He was once elected to the Meeting for the primary time in 1974 and persevered until 1977. Later he turn out to be an MLA in 1980 and held the put up until 2004 from Laikera Meeting section.

    Biswal began his occupation from panchayat politics after a temporary stint as a college instructor in Jharsugudda district. Condolence poured in after the scoop broke.

    OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik stated Congress has misplaced a powerful fighter and a protector of tribal hobby.

    Union Minister and senior BJP chief Dharmendra Pradhan stated: “Saddened to find out about Biswal’s dying. Odisha misplaced an effective and skilled flesh presser.”

    BJP MP Suresh Pujari stated, Biswal’s dying was once a significant loss for the state and western Odisha particularly.

  • Non-Congress govts stored UP backward, compelled other folks emigrate: Rahul in Amethi

    By means of PTI

    AMETHI: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday blamed successive governments of rival events in Uttar Pradesh for its financial backwardness, forcing other folks emigrate to different states as labourers.

    Taking a swipe at Top Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi mentioned he has been operating just for the billionaires, who don’t give employment.

    Coming in combination for a joint rally at Kali Maidan in Amethi, which has lengthy been the pocket borough of the birthday celebration until Rahul Gandhi misplaced it to Smriti Irani within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the leaders requested other folks to vote for their very own excellent and youngsters, and no longer on emotional problems with caste and faith.

    “Uttar Pradesh does not lack anything else and it might go away all different states at the back of. You cross to Punjab, Maharashtra and different states to paintings as labourers looking for livelihood. Why cannot you get it right here,” Rahul Gandhi requested.

    “It is because for years you elected the Samajwadi Birthday celebration, BJP and the BSP. Most of these made improper guarantees one by one and stole cash from you,” he added, it appears responding to allegation through the competitors, who’ve been blaming the Congress for other folks’s migration.

    Accusing PM Modi of serving to handiest large industrialists, he mentioned the billionaires don’t give employment.

    “It’s small and medium buyers and farmers who generate employment and this segment, which is the spine of task givers, has been damaged,” he mentioned, including that during those cases there may not be any task for the formative years, even for the ones with correct training.

    Pronouncing that the PM Modi had promised two crore jobs to the formative years, he requested, “Why is he no longer talking about it in electioneering this time?” Persons are neatly acutely aware of his “lies” now, mentioned the previous Congress president.

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned the citizens must make up their thoughts whether or not they would like politics of construction or the person who entangles them in a “faux internet of faith and caste”.

    Regarding her discuss with to a locality in Lucknow not too long ago, the Congress chief mentioned she there met some kids, who had been certified however unemployed.

    “Have you ever introduced up your kids in order that they don’t have any long term and that they proceed to get a sack of foodgrain and stay depending on it. It is a conspiracy of those political events to stay you deficient, stay your stomachs empty in order that your feelings might be exploited through them,” the Congress chief alleged.

    That is the federal government of the wealthy and there is not any listening to of the deficient, she alleged. “When there’s harassment, neither Akhilesh Yadav nor Mayawati pop out in their houses, go away on my own Yogi and Modi.

    They make the daddy of an accused stand with them at the dais,” she mentioned relating to the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. “Their minister’s son killed farmers. Exchange those cases,” she mentioned, stressing that individuals must inform events both to paintings for construction or go away.

    8 other folks, together with 4 farmers, had been killed within the violence remaining October. The farmers had been mowed down through automobiles allegedly wearing through BJP staff. Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish was once arrested within the case.

    The Congress leaders additionally spoke in regards to the construction and infrastructure construction that came about in Amethi right through the Congress-led UPA govt up to now.

    Addressing some other election assembly, Rahul Gandhi mentioned his Rahul Gandhi mentioned his courting with Amethi isn’t political however a non-public one. “Regardless of the other folks of Amethi would wish me to do, I’m in a position for it,” he mentioned.

    The Congress chief mentioned Top Minister Modi says that not anything has been executed within the nation up to now 70 years.

    “However who had setup up the IIT, BHEL, HAL and the community of nationwide highways,” he requested, alleging that like Air India, BHEL and HAL will probably be “bought”.

    “I sought after to carry a meals park, Hindustan paper mill right here. Now, you inform me what Amethi has were given up to now 5 years,” he requested. “The Congress is the birthday celebration of other folks. Other people must keep in mind that UP needs to be modified with out which the rustic can’t be modified,” he added.

    The Amethi Lok Sabha constituency were represented through Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi up to now.

    Rahul Gandhi gained from right here in 2009 and was once elected to the Lok Sabha from right here in 2014. On the other hand, he misplaced to Union minister Smriti Irani within the 2019 common election. The joint rally through the brother-sister duo got here an afternoon after Top Minister Narendra Modi held a rally right here.

    Rahul Gandhi addressed the second one election assembly on my own as Priyanka Gandhi had long past to some other election assembly in Rampur Khas. 5 Meeting seats within the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency will cross to vote within the 5th segment of the UP Meeting polls on February 27. The Congress was once burnt up within the 2017 state polls in Amethi.

  • Battered through defections however Congress desires large in Manipur

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    IMPHAL: The Congress in Manipur misplaced part its MLAs, most commonly to the ruling BJP over the last 5 years, however the celebration isn’t brief on self assurance. It believes the BJP’s alleged misgovernance will see the grand outdated celebration via within the upcoming polls.

    “We gained’t be suffering from the defections (of our MLAs) as a result of a few of those that left have no longer were given tickets. A number of BJP leaders additionally defected to different events after being denied tickets,” Manipur Congress leader Nameirakpam Loken Singh, who’s contesting the polls from the Nambol seat within the Imphal Valley, advised TNIE. He mentioned all over the ultimate elections, other folks had reposed their religion within the BJP but it surely allow them to down.

    “They failed to provide jobs to the adolescence in ultimate 5 years and claim the result of some aggressive checks. The federal government claims it’s blank however it’s doing a large number of corruption,” Singh alleged.

    He mentioned the state govt additionally did not pay those that had carried out paintings beneath the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Act because it diverted cash within the identify of preventing the pandemic.

    The Congress has no longer but declared the identify of its leader ministerial candidate and is depending at the seasoned flesh presser Okram Ibobi Singh, who’s a former CM, to heat as much as the citizens. “The MLAs will make a decision the CM face after the celebration’s victory. All wings of the Congress are operating exhausting for victory. We will be able to be in energy. We hope to get 32 seats,” Singh mentioned with a bit of luck.

    Given the political scenario, other folks, who apply Manipur politics intently, felt the Congress puffed up its possibilities. “The Congress misplaced part its MLAs. Many of the closing 13-14 MLAs are more likely to get re-elected. We would possibly be expecting the celebration to win 10-12 of the state’s 60 seats. It may well be 15 at the upper facet,” Prof L Rajen of Manipur College advised TNIE.

    He used to be no longer very positive concerning the possibilities of the rest Congress applicants. He mentioned the Janata Dal (United) would possibly win two-three seats and the Nationwide Other folks’s Birthday party greater than 10. “Lots of the NPP applicants are wealthy and that is more likely to lend a hand the celebration,” Rajen mentioned.

    “The NPP is not on just right phrases with best friend BJP. They’re overtly criticising and accusing every different. The BJP could also be extra visual in comparison to different events however our persons are delicate and they aren’t very ok with the way in which the BJP operates,” he added.

  • Nawab Malik has no proper to proceed in Maha cupboard, says BJP

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    MUMBAI: Maharashtra BJP leader Chandrakant Patil on Thursday stated state minister Nawab Malik has no proper to stay part of the state cupboard following his arrest by way of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in reference to a cash laundering probe connected to the actions of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.

    He stated that Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray additionally has no ethical proper to stay in energy as the placement within the state is “extraordinarily chaotic”.

    Patil made the statements right here whilst collaborating in an agitation in opposition to Malik.

    Malik (62) used to be arrested on Wednesday after being puzzled for approximately 5 hours on the ED place of work in south Mumbai’s Ballard Property space and later produced sooner than particular pass judgement on R N Rokade, who remanded him within the ED custody until March 3.

    “Malik has no proper to be a part of the Maharashtra executive’s cupboard. Additionally CM Uddhav Thackeray can not stay on the helm of affairs,” Patil stated.

    “The placement in Maharastra is such that it calls for imposition of President’s rule. The placement within the state is terribly chaotic,” the previous minister added.

    After Malik’s arrest, the opposition BJP is vociferously hard his resignation, however the ruling NCP and its allies – Shiv Sena and Congress – have pop out in strengthen of the minister.

    The events have dominated out the potential of his resignation.

  • Rajasthan govt items all MLAs newest iPhone, BJP lawmakers come to a decision to go back

    Via PTI

    JAIPUR: The Rajasthan govt Wednesday talented the newest iPhone to all of the 200 MLAs after presenting the state price range.

    On the other hand, BJP legislators made up our minds to go back the iPhones “retaining in view the monetary burden” it entailed at the state exchequer.

    Closing yr, all of the 200 MLAs have been talented I-pads, simply after the tabling of the price range by way of Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot.

    On Wednesday, after the manager minister introduced price range and the home used to be adjourned for the day, all of the MLAs got a briefcase with an iPhone 13 on the time of go out.

    The telephone prices above Rs 70,000.

    A ruling celebration MLA mentioned, “The meeting goes paperless and the trouble is to make contributors of the home hi-tech.”

    PHED Minister Mahesh Joshi additionally mentioned the smartphones were dispensed to make the machine paperless and MLAs hi-tech.

    On the other hand, the Opposition BJP has made up our minds to go back the reward.

    “After dialogue with honorable @Gulab_kataria ji and @Rajendra4BJP ji and different legislators, it’s been made up our minds that all of the @BJP4Rajasthan MLAs will go back the iPhone given by way of the Congress govt retaining in view the monetary burden at the state govt,” he tweet this night.

    The BJP has 71 MLAs in the home of 200.

    Criticising the federal government transfer, BJP MLA and previous minister Vasudev Devnani mentioned it is excellent and inviting to move paperless and change into hi-tech, however spending this type of massive quantity, “that too when the state’s economic system is in a deficient form, isn’t justified”.

    ‘These days’s price range is taking the state in opposition to greater than Rs 5 lakh crore debt. The income assortment is declining. In this type of time how a ways is it justified to shop for such a pricey telephone?” he requested.

  • Rajasthan finances development-oriented, provides reduction to not unusual guy: Pilot

    The proposal of the Congress govt to shape a company for the challenge is a commendable step, he mentioned.