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  • I-T raids on former NSE MD: Cong questions silence of PM, FM on inventory trade’s functioning

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday puzzled the high minister and the finance minister on their silence over the functioning of the Nationwide Inventory Alternate, quickly after the source of revenue tax division raided its former managing director.

    The dep. raided the premises of former NSE MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and staff running officer Anand Subramanian in Mumbai as a part of a tax evasion investigation towards them, professional resources mentioned.

    Ramkrishna hit the headlines after a contemporary Securities and Alternate Board of India (Sebi) order mentioned she used to be suggested via a yogi, residing within the Himalayan levels, within the appointment of Subramanian because the trade’s staff running officer and guide to the MD.

    “On fifteenth February, the Congress raised the problem of a ‘Baba’ working the Nationwide Inventory Alternate (NSE) and a complicit Modi Executive-Finance Ministry-Ministry of Company Affairs-SFIO-FIU-CBI-ED last mum,” Congress common secretary and leader spokesperson Randeep Surjewala mentioned on Twitter.

    “The source of revenue tax (division) has woken up belatedly. The finance and company ministries stay in denial,” he alleged.

    The Congress chief additionally mentioned questions stay as to how a ‘Baba’ used to be remotely working the NSE, which has a marketplace capital of Rs 300 lakh crore.

    “Will the high minister (Narendra Modi) and the finance minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) inform – The place is the ‘Baba’? Why cannot his IP deal with be traced? How do you rule out ‘insider buying and selling’? In spite of information, what have been PM-FM-SEBI doing since 2016,” Surjewala requested.

    The source of revenue tax Division searches are aimed to test and collect proof at the fees of monetary irregularities and alleged tax evasion towards the 2, the resources mentioned.

    The premises of Ramkrishna and Subramanian have been raided via officers of the Mumbai investigation wing of the dept early morning.

    The Sebi charged Ramkrishna and others for alleged governance lapses within the appointment of Subramanian as the executive strategic guide and his re-designation as staff running officer and guide to MD.

    Sebi had levied a wonderful of Rs 3 crore on Ramkrishna, Rs 2 crore every at the NSE, Subramanian, former NSE MD and CEO Ravi Narain, and Rs 6 lakh on V R Narasimhan, who used to be the executive regulatory officer and compliance officer.

  • Congress has at all times betrayed farmers: PM Modi

    In complete Punjab, one voice is popping out and that’s to make the BJP-led alliance victorious and shape a “double engine” executive, the high minister mentioned.

  • Reasonably than admitting errors, BJP government blaming Nehru for other folks’s issues: Manmohan Singh

    By means of PTI

    CHANDIGARH: The BJP have been in energy for greater than seven years and used to be nonetheless blaming first top minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the issues of the folk, former top minister and Congress chief Manmohan Singh mentioned on Thursday in a scathing assault towards the Modi-led executive.

    Focused on the Central executive on a number of problems, together with the farmers’ agitation, overseas coverage, value upward thrust and unemployment, Singh mentioned forward of the Punjab elections on February 20 that the BJP’s nationalism used to be in keeping with the British coverage of “divide and rule”.

    The Congress performed the message delivered in Punjabi at a press convention right here.

    Consistent with Singh, the federal government had proved to be a “entire failure” at the factor of overseas coverage.

    The Chinese language military, he alleged, used to be occupying “our pious land for the final three hundred and sixty five days however efforts are being made to bury this factor”. “Our relationships with neighbouring countries also are deteriorating,” Singh mentioned.

    He mentioned the federal government does no longer have believe within the nation’s charter and “establishments are incessantly being weakened”.

    “At the one hand, individuals are going through issues of value upward thrust and unemployment, at the different, the existing executive, which has been in energy for the final seven and a part years, somewhat than admitting their errors and making amends, remains to be blaming first top minister Jawaharlal Nehru for being answerable for other folks’s issues,” Singh mentioned in his video observation.

    The previous top minister additionally referred to the safety lapse of Top Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy being caught on a flyover in Ferozepur final month.

    “A couple of days in the past, within the identify of the top minister’s safety, an try used to be made to defame Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and the folk of the state,” he mentioned.

    “Right through the farmers’ agitation too, an try used to be made to defame Punjab and Punjabiyat,” he mentioned.

    The arena salutes the bravery, patriotism and sacrifice of Punjabis, however the NDA executive didn’t discuss any of this, Singh mentioned.

    “As a real Indian hailing from Punjab, some of these issues deeply harm me,” he added.

    Singh mentioned there are lots of demanding situations earlier than the folk of Punjab and you will need to to maintain them successfully. You will need to to handle the problems of Punjab’s building, its farming and unemployment, he mentioned.

    “And this paintings can best be performed by means of the Congress,” he mentioned as he appealed to the folk of Punjab to vote for the Congress.

    The Congress chief mentioned he had labored as top minister for 10 years and had at all times most well-liked that his paintings will have to discuss for itself.

    “We by no means divided the rustic for political good points. We by no means attempted to position curtains at the fact. By no means allowed the rustic’s status to be decreased,” he mentioned.

    On the global degree, status of India and Indians used to be enhanced, he mentioned, whilst including that the rustic recalls the nice paintings performed right through the Congress-led UPA rule.

  • Elizabeth Warren Needs Inventory Buying and selling Ban For State Lawmakers, Different Elected Officers, Too

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) stated Wednesday she desires to increase proposals to prohibit inventory buying and selling amongst contributors of Congress to all state lawmakers, development on rising momentum in Washington to rein within the monetary dealings of elected officers.

    “Public officers must take away all conflicts of pastime — whether or not you’re on the federal or the state stage,” Warren advised Industry Insider on Wednesday. “It’s additionally true whether or not we’re speaking about elected officers or sitting judges, or contributors of the Federal Reserve. The general public has a proper to understand that after other people in energy make choices, that they’re doing it to advance the most efficient pastime of the general public, to not advance their very own non-public monetary pursuits.”

    Her feedback come every week after Space Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stated Democratic leaders had been taking a look at proposals that will bar contributors of Congress from buying and selling person shares, pronouncing she anticipated law to be put ahead at the factor “lovely quickly.” It was once a shocking shift in tone for Pelosi — probably the most wealthiest contributors of Congress — but it surely comes amid rising force from lawmakers on each side of the aisle and a public involved that some in Washington have profited from their positions.

    “I do consider within the integrity of other people in public carrier,” Pelosi stated ultimate week. “I would like the general public to have that working out. We need to do that to discourage one thing that we see as an issue, however this is a self assurance factor. And if that’s what the contributors need to do, then that’s what we will be able to do.”

    Ethics teams have discovered repeated violations of the STOCK Act of 2012, which seeks to battle insider buying and selling, from lawmakers in each events, and Pelosi herself has stated the legislation isn’t sturdy sufficient.

    A number of lawmakers, Warren integrated, have presented proposals to restrict or ban inventory buying and selling. Warren unveiled a bipartisan invoice with Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) ultimate week that will ban contributors of Congress and their spouses from proudly owning or buying and selling person shares. The invoice would institute heavy consequences for violations.

    Different proposals would simply mandate that investments be positioned in a blind consider or exclude lawmakers’ members of the family and spouses.

    “Now could be the time to mention to the American other people: You’ll be able to be assured that after a consultant or senator is vote casting on one thing, they’re doing it as a result of they consider within the nation, now not only for themselves financially,” Warren advised CNN this week.

  • UP Chunav: Rahul has no longer but entered the electoral fray in UP, 80 % of Congress’ superstar campaigners are lacking

    Lucknow: The method of vote casting for the 2 levels of the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections has been finished, however until now the Congress does no longer appear to be hanging its complete emphasis. Even after two levels of vote casting, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi remains to be clear of campaigning in UP. At the factor of UP, he used to be remaining noticed issuing the manifesto for the early life. There are a wide variety of discussions amongst Congress leaders and staff about his no longer being lively within the UP elections to this point. No longer most effective Rahul, 80 % of the names of the superstar campaigners of the Congress didn’t seem within the marketing campaign.

    A piece of Congress leaders and staff consider that Priyanka Gandhi herself is lively in UP. In this kind of state of affairs, Rahul’s engagement has larger in the rest 4 states. He’ll be lively in UP as quickly because the election marketing campaign leads to Punjab. Vote casting for the meeting elections in Punjab is on February 20. On that day, the 3rd segment of vote casting shall be held in UP. In this kind of state of affairs, in 4 levels, he will also be noticed campaigning within the electoral box of UP.

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    Within the first two levels of elections, most effective Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, former Rajasthan deputy CMs Sachin Pilot and Deepender Singh Hooda and Chhattisgarh House Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu got here from different states to take part within the marketing campaign. In this kind of state of affairs, questions are being raised whether or not the methods of the leaders concerned within the superstar campaigners weren’t arranged or the applicants didn’t display pastime of their assembly? In this, a pacesetter of Congress says that how will the applicants call for. The ones whose methods are being arranged, the ones leaders are coming.

    Discussions after Yogi’s commentary
    A couple of days in the past, Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath had mentioned in regards to the discomfort within the dating between Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. Alternatively, Priyanka additionally replied about this and denied such issues. Alternatively, the dialogue amongst Congress leaders about this has no longer stopped. A pacesetter says, there may be some fact on this, which we also are feeling. Both it is going to occur that whole UP has been passed over to Priyanka and Rahul does no longer wish to intervene.

    The pair of Rahul and Priyanka isn’t visual within the election box of UP

  • Congress lacks inspirational management, birthday celebration faces existential problem: Ashwani Kumar

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Former Legislation Minister Ashwani Kumar, who resigned from the Congress on Tuesday in the middle of the election cycle, mentioned the grand previous birthday celebration had misplaced contact with the bottom fact and not mirrored the nationwide temper.

    In a no-holds-barred interview to PTI after quitting the Congress, the 69-year-old former Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab mentioned he had reached his limits of perseverance within the birthday celebration, which, he mentioned, lacked inspirational management and is going through an existential problem.

    He additionally accused the birthday celebration of failing to reinvent itself regardless of its decline.

    Expressing anguish over contemporary controversies over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’ statue at India Gate and Padma Bhushan award to senior birthday celebration chief Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kumar mentioned those occasions betrayed a narrowness of way now not anticipated of the Congress.

    He additionally mentioned the Congress must glance inwards as a substitute of discovering fault with the ones quitting it. Excerpts of the interview.

    What induced you to go away the Congress after many years of affiliation with the birthday celebration going again for your father’s days? 

    Loss of inspirational management, absence of a way of belonging and debilitating processes of interior functioning mixed to make imaginable a painful choice to finish a 46-year-long affiliation with the Congress with which two previous generations of my circle of relatives have been carefully attached all the way through the liberty fight.

    Unnecessary controversy round Netaji’s statute and Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nationwide award additionally disillusioned me in up to those betrayed a narrowness of way now not anticipated of the Congress.

    As has been mentioned, “Concepts wait upon occasions, which offer them start”.

    Absent an inspiring management and captive to its interior compulsions, the birthday celebration has did not reinvent itself regardless of unmistakable indicators of decline over time.

    I don’t want to criticise somebody however failings of the ones accountable can’t be brushed apart.

    Any particular reason why for quitting the birthday celebration at the moment at the eve of Punjab elections the place you might have been energetic? 

    In Punjab, the political discourse used to be by no means as low.

    The open struggle over the place of job of leader minister confirmed Congress in deficient mild and lowered us all within the procedure.

    It confirmed that apart from a couple of other folks no person else used to be related or entitled to recognize.

    A bit of Congress veterans used to be very disillusioned on the method Capt Amarinder Singh used to be ousted in Punjab. Has your resignation the rest to do with that factor?

    The way by which Capt Amarinder Singh used to be humiliated and compelled to surrender used to be an ominous sign. He deserved higher.

    The dismal State of Punjab’s financial system calls for an raising and consensual politics and shunning of slim non-public prejudices.

    What’s your long run plan? Are you going to sign up for any birthday celebration? 

    I’ve now not considered becoming a member of every other political birthday celebration but however intend to stay energetic in pursuit of public and nationwide reasons as perfect as imaginable. What the long run holds can’t be predicted as of late.

    What’s your affect of Punjab elections?

    Election leads to Punjab will marvel many.

    In line with the groundswell of common beef up, I think that AAP will very easily shape the following Executive in Punjab and Bhagwant Mann would be the state’s subsequent leader minister.

    Punjab is in a position for a sensational political alternate.

    Is your choice to hand over the Congress attached with the aspirations of G 23? 

    My choice has not anything to do with G23. I used to be by no means part of that grouping.

    You’ve gotten labored with many PMs and Congress presidents. What’s other now that a number of leaders are leaving the birthday celebration? Rahul Gandhi says the ones leaving the Congress are fearful of taking at the BJP and that the fewer courageous are unfastened to go away. Your take?

    A number of leaders leaving the birthday celebration in fast succession let us know that one thing could be very incorrect with the oldest birthday celebration. It’s higher for the management to appear inwards somewhat than to find fault with those that are forced to go away the birthday celebration.

    Do you assume the life of Congress as a countrywide birthday celebration is in peril taking into account handiest the regional avid gamers seem to be ready to problem the ruling BJP. Bengal and Uttar Pradesh are instances in level.

    Congress is going through an existentialist problem as a countrywide birthday celebration. The birthday celebration has misplaced contact with the bottom and not displays that nationwide temper. Regional events have stuck the creativeness of the folk, in particular of the adolescence. Congress is nearly a 3 states birthday celebration now.

    Regional events may just come in combination at a long run date at the foundation of a minimal commonplace programme however none of them can in my view problem the BJP’s dominant political place within the nation.

    Ideological battles want transformative management that may upward push above particular person vanities and aspirations. This isn’t taking place, sadly.

    Did you succeed in out to Sonia Gandhi together with your grievances given your shut affiliation along with her over the past a number of years? 

    Sure, however there’s a prohibit to perseverance. Let me resolution you in verse. “Chup si ho gayin dil ki dhadkane, so gayi kahin saari aahatein, charsoo yahaan sirf khamoshi, ab sadayein dein kya kisi ko hum, waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam. (There’s silence/indifference throughout. Who must I summon to my name. What a tragedy of our occasions).

    Is the Congress ready to fulfil aspirations of other folks nationally?

    I don’t believe so. I see an extra decline in its relevance as a countrywide birthday celebration sooner or later.

  • BJP MLAs elevate slogans in Rajasthan Meeting, call for probe in REET paper leak case

    Via PTI

    JAIPUR: Opposition BJP MLAs on Tuesday created uproar within the Rajasthan Meeting hard a CBI inquiry into the Rajasthan Eligibility Exam for Academics (REET)-2021 paper leak case.

    As quickly because the Space complaints started at 11 am, BJP MLAs raised slogans in fortify in their call for.

    Speaker C P Joshi requested them to not disrupt the Query Hour.

    Because the protest endured, the Speaker warned them of strict motion.

    “You make data of breaking parliamentary traditions. When you are going to come to energy, you are going to have an issue. Perceive the significance of the Query Hour and don’t disturb it. I will be able to need to take strict motion if you happen to compel me,” the speaker mentioned.

    Then again, the BJP MLAs endured shouting slogans.

    Amid the din, the Query Hour endured.

    The opposition BJP has been hard a CBI inquiry within the paper leak case.

    Ever because the Price range Consultation started on Wednesday closing week, the opposition has been developing uproar over the call for.

    Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal has already made it transparent that the state govt has no goal at hand over the case to the CBI.

    The Particular Operation Workforce of the Rajasthan Police is investigating the paper leak case.

    REET-2021 was once held in September closing yr.

    The state govt cancelled the extent two examination of the REET following the paper leak.

  • Sonia Gandhi now not amongst Congress famous person campaigners for UP 6th section polls

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi does now not determine some of the birthday celebration’s famous person campaigners for the 6th section of meeting elections in Uttar Pradesh on March 3.

    Former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, All India Congress Committee (AICC) normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and leader ministers of Congress-ruled states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh are amongst the ones named through the birthday celebration as its famous person campaigners in Uttar Pradesh.

    Sonia Gandhi has now not to this point campaigned on this election season although she figures some of the famous person campaigners of the birthday celebration in some states.

    She used to be now not some of the famous person campaigners for the meeting section that incorporates constituencies falling beneath her Lok Sabha seat of Rae Bareli.

    Within the listing of 30 famous person campaigners despatched through the birthday celebration to the Election Fee, the Congress has named Uttar Pradesh birthday celebration leader Ajay Kumar Lallu and Congress Legislature Birthday party (CLP) chief Aradhna Misra ‘Mona’, but even so Uttarakhand former leader minister Harish Rawat and Madhya Pradesh former leader minister Kamal Nath.

    Amongst others named through the birthday celebration as its famous person campaigners come with former deputy leader minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot, who rebelled in opposition to its personal executive within the state in 2020, but even so birthday celebration MP Deepinder Singh Hooda, former MPs Salman Khurshid and Pramod Tiwari.

    The 6th section of meeting polls comprises the districts of Ambedkar Nagar, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Deoria and Balia.

    In the meantime, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday held ballot campaigns for birthday celebration applicants within the Bundelkhand area of Uttar Pradesh the place meeting election is due on February 20.

    The Congress normal secretary and birthday celebration affairs in-charge within the state sat atop an SUV as she held door-to-door campaigns in Orai and Kalpi of Jalaun district.

    Flanked through birthday celebration staff and supporters, Gandhi additionally visited Maudaha in Hamirpur district for the ballot marketing campaign the place she made fervent pitches for Congress applicants.

    Purported visuals from the rally confirmed when the Congress chief used to be passing in the course of the Maudaha marketplace, she noticed a tender lady within the crowd who used to be cheering for her.

    She then known as the lady to her automotive.

    Gandhi tied what birthday celebration staff stated used to be the ‘Ladki hoon lad sakti hoon’ band at the lady’s wrist prior to her convoy moved forward as soon as once more.

    Priyanka Gandhi, who arrived in Hamirpur’s Maudaha for a door-to-door public family members marketing campaign, appealed to the folks to vote in favour of Congress candidate Rajkumari Chandel, whilst in Kalpi she sought votes for Umakanti Singh.

    UP Congress Committee spokesperson Krishankant Pandey stated his birthday celebration used to be enthused with the electorate’ reaction within the first and 2d section of meeting polls and claimed it used to be forward of the opponents within the state.

    “Priyanka Gandhi has pledged for the total construction and prosperity of the folks of Uttar Pradesh with the promise letter, ‘shakti vidhan’ for ladies, ‘bharti vidhan’ for formative years, and ‘unnati vidhan’ for all sections,” he stated.

    “With the general public welfare guarantees, individuals are additionally reposing their religion within the Congress. The sure impact of this has been noticed within the first two stages and Congress will indisputably shape executive within the state,” he claimed.

    Hamirpur and Jalaun within the Bundelkhand area will move to polls on February 20 all the way through the 3rd section of meeting elections within the state.

    The elections to the 403 meeting seats in Uttar Pradesh are being held in seven stages and votes might be counted on March 10.

  • Rahul asks folks to not ‘experiment’ in Punjab polls, to select Congress

    By means of PTI

    HOSHIARPUR/GURDASPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday cautioned folks towards going for any “experiment” within the Punjab meeting polls, pronouncing that keeping up peace used to be maximum necessary for the state and handiest his birthday celebration used to be in a position to it.

    Addressing ballot rallies in Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur, Gandhi asserted that his birthday celebration understands Punjab rather well and will take the state ahead.

    The Congress chief additionally centered High Minister Narendra Modi over unemployment, pronouncing he does now not discuss it and black cash in his election speeches.

    Gandhi additionally attacked Union House Minister Amit Shah over his observation at the drug threat in Punjab, and requested him why he didn’t talk at the matter when his birthday celebration’s earlier alliance spouse Shiromani Akali Dal used to be in energy within the state.

    Gandhi additionally promised that the drug downside can be burnt up from Punjab if his birthday celebration returns to energy within the state.

    He stated Punjab is a “delicate” state and it is just the Congress which is aware of how to offer protection to peace within the state.

    “Punjab’s peace is an important factor. Take note, this isn’t a laboratory, now not a chemistry lab to hold out an experiment, as a result of if peace is going and if hatred begins to unfold right here, it is going to now not handiest be Punjab’s, however country’s loss.”

    “You realize the Congress birthday celebration. It could possibly take everybody alongside and care for peace. We now have revel in in doing so. This isn’t the time to experiment,” stated Gandhi, whilst in search of a transparent mandate to carry his birthday celebration to energy within the state once more.

    Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who used to be scheduled to wait the Hoshiarpur rally, used to be not able to take action.

    He later stated that his chopper used to be now not allowed to fly on account of the no-fly zone declared in view of High Minister Narendra Modi’s Punjab seek advice from.

    Taking at the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration, Gandhi stated it does now not perceive Punjab and can’t care for the state.

    “They can’t care for Punjab and so they have no idea methods to do it. Handiest the Congress can care for Punjab. The Congress can care for peace in Punjab. We deeply perceive Punjab. We all know that an important factor for Punjab is peace, brotherhood and harmony and for this, the Congress birthday celebration can do the rest,” he stated.

    Attacking Congress’ opponents, he stated the state can’t be run with false guarantees.

    Deriding the AAP over its claims of putting in place mohalla clinics, Gandhi stated everybody noticed the situation all the way through the second one wave of COVID-19 in Delhi.

    “In the event that they (AAP) modified Delhi’s image, why Congress employees had to offer oxygen cylinders to folks all the way through the second one wave of Covid. The AAP govt in Delhi utterly failed all the way through Covid,” he stated.

    Focused on AAP over its promise of giving Rs 1,000 to each girl in Punjab elderly 18 years each and every month if it involves energy, Gandhi stated as Navjot Singh Sidhu identified within the rally the age bracket over 18 used to be selected with a watch to garner votes.

    “They (Kejriwal-AAP) can do the rest for vote, they may be able to search apology (regarding Kejriwal) from (SAD chief) Bikram Majithia,” he stated.

    “However Congress birthday celebration does now not do vote financial institution politics. Punjab for us isn’t just a state, it’s India’s soul, it safeguards our country, this state must by no means develop into susceptible and if all sections stand in combination, no energy can contact Punjab,” he stated.

    The Congress chief centered the Centre over demonetisation and items and services and products tax, alleging that handiest two-three billionaires benefited from it.

    Mentioning that Channi understands poverty smartly, Gandhi stated Channi will lead a central authority of deficient folks, farmers, small investors and small and medium companies, now not of ‘arabpatis’ (billionaires).

    “We now have Punjab elections ahead of us. This isn’t an unusual election. You need to elect a brand new govt,” stated Gandhi.

    Hitting out on the Centre, he stated, “Within the nation these days, unemployment is emerging in each state.”

    The Congress chief recalled how the SAD and the BJP had made a laugh of him when he had raised the drug downside factor in Punjab.

    Gandhi additionally recalled how the BJP had mocked him when he had cautioned how adversely Covid would have an effect on India.

    He stated the folk had been advised a “lie” on Covid deaths and the in fact choice of fatalities is 5 to seven occasions greater than what has been formally introduced.

    It seems that regarding the registration of NDPS case towards Akali chief Bikram Singh Majithia, Gandhi stated, “We can proceed to do so and wipe out medication from Punjab.”

    He additional stated, “Our govt isn’t of 2 or 3 billionaires. If our govt used to be of 2 to a few billionaires, then in Punjab, the Congress birthday celebration do not need stood towards farm regulations. Our govt is pro-farmer which is why we stood with farmers and attempted to prevent those agri regulations in Parliament.”

    He lauded Punjab farmers for agitating towards the farm regulations and stated, “Had you now not compelled the repeal of those regulations, then now not handiest Punjab however farmers throughout India would have suffered losses.”

    He additionally stated the Congress govt even gave reimbursement to the households of farmers who died all the way through the agitation.

    “I had previous stated that Narendra Modi must withdraw those farm regulations as a result of I do know the energy of farmers. What I say is with cautious idea,” stated Gandhi.

    In his cope with, Punjab Congress president Sidhu stated, “There have been two cancers in Punjab, one Capt Amarinder Singh who used to be thrown out (as CM via Congress). And 2nd most cancers, I will be able to guarantee you that Punjab’s mafia will likely be eradicated from Punjab’s map when the birthday celebration returns to energy.”

  • Congress questions ‘silence’ of PM, FM on banking fraud by means of ABG Shipyard

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday stepped up its assault at the BJP executive asking why the high minister and the finance minister have been silent at the giant banking fraud of Rs 22,842 crore by means of ABG Shipyard.

    The opposition birthday party additionally requested why Rishi Agarwal, the promoter of the Gujarat-based corporate, have been no longer arrested until date.

    Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh alleged that Top Minister Narendra Modi had promised to make India’s financial system of USD 5 trillion however as a substitute gave the rustic financial institution frauds of Rs 5.35 trillion within the remaining 7.5 years.

    He claimed that consistent with an RTI answer by means of the RBI, restoration fee in 2020-21 of those frauds is 0.7 in keeping with cent. He additionally claimed that the common day by day loss to the banking trade because of frauds used to be Rs 195.5 crore.

    “After Rs 22,842 crore of public cash used to be swindled, the convenience of committing fraud within the nation is the brand new scheme introduced by means of the Modi executive for financial institution fraudsters,” he advised newshounds.

    Vallabh stated the largest financial institution fraud of Rs 22,842 crore came about beneath the Modi executive and after a 5 12 months lengthen, the CBI in the end registered an FIR on February 7, 2022, towards ABG Shipyard, owned by means of Agarwal and others, for duping 28 banks.

    “The Modi executive is operating ‘Loot and Get away’ and ‘ease of committing fraud’ as a flagship scheme for financial institution fraudsters.

    The fraudsters’ lists come with Nirav Modi i.e. Chhota Modi, Mehul Choksi, Ami Modi, Neeshal Modi, Lalit Modi, Vijay Mallya, Jatin Mehta, Chetan Sandesara, Nitin Sandesara and lots of others, and Rishi Agarwal and others are the brand new entrants within the record of fraudsters.

    “Why are the PM and the FM mum on India’s largest banking fraud of Rs 22,842 crore? Why has Rishi Agarwal, the promoter of ABG Shipyard, no longer been arrested until date,” the Congress chief requested.

    He additionally wondered the standing of Agarwal’s citizenship and why the RBI is behaving as a trifling spectator with none motion.