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  • Would’ve been ‘pleasantly shocked’ had it been differently: Manish Tewari on being overlooked of Congress record

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    NEW DELHI: An afternoon after the Congress left out his title from its record of famous person campaigners for the impending Punjab polls, senior birthday party chief Manish Tewari on Saturday mentioned he would had been “pleasantly shocked” if he were incorporated.

    He additionally mentioned the explanations for his title no longer being at the record weren’t a state secret and were a public affair for some time now.

    The Congress on Friday launched a listing of 30 famous person campaigners for the February 20 Punjab Meeting elections and overlooked names of Tewari and Ghulam Nabi Azad, who’re a few of the distinguished participants of the ‘G-23’ leaders who had written to the birthday party management in search of an organisational overhaul.

    Then again, every other participants of the ‘G-23’ akin to Anand Sharma and Bhupinder Singh Hooda have been incorporated within the record.

    “I’d had been pleasantly shocked if it will had been the wrong way round. The explanations also are no state secret,” Tewari mentioned on Twitter, tagging a information document in regards to the Congress’ determination to drop him and Azad from its famous person campaigners’ record.

    Previous, the Congress MP from Anandpur Sahib tweeted pictures of himself campaigning in Punjab’s Kharar and different spaces in his constituency in improve of Congress applicants.

    Abhijit Mukherjee, Trinamool Congress chief and son of ex-president Pranab Mukherjee, got here out in Tewari’s improve and mentioned such narrow-minded steps won’t ever lend a hand the Congress win elections.

    “Unhappy scenario in @INCPunjab as they exclude a distinguished senior congress chief, MP from Punjab & former minister @ManishTewari Ji from the record of famous person campaigners in ballot sure Punjab,” Mukherjee tweeted.

    He mentioned, “Such slim minded steps won’t ever lend a hand Congress to win elections!” Replying to Mukherjee, a former Congress MP, Tewari mentioned, “I’d had been shocked if it will had been the wrong way round.

    The explanations had been a Public Affair now for fairly some time @ABHIJIT_LS Da. Mukherjee wrote again, pronouncing, “Brother @ManishTewari Ji, our folks with their votes are the one solution to such bipartisan mentality!” “By some means, you shall all the time stay indomitable! You might have all the time been one of the vital best parliamentarians i’ve noticed & that has been my overdue father’s opinion too,” he mentioned.

    But even so Sharma and Hooda, Congress’ record of famous person campaigners for the Punjab Meeting elections comprises birthday party president Sonia Gandhi, former high minister Manmohan Singh and senior chief Rahul Gandhi.

    The record additionally comprises Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and birthday party state unit leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.

  • Congress will emerge as biggest celebration in Goa: Sena chief Raut

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    MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday mentioned that Congress will emerge as the one biggest celebration in Goa after the February 14 meeting elections. Raut’s personal celebration is contesting the elections in alliance with the NCP.

    The Sena, NCP, and Congress proportion energy in Maharashtra.

    “The Congress celebration will emerge as the one biggest celebration in Goa. The (ruling) BJP won’t get a decisive lead in those elections,” he advised a Marathi information channel right here.

    “The bottom truth does no longer favour the BJP or its election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis. It kind of feels leader minister Pramod Sawant would no longer get elected as smartly,” the Sena chief claimed.

    Particularly, Congress had gained the best choice of seats in Goa final time, however may just no longer shape a central authority because the BJP trumped it by means of briefly cobbling in combination a coalition with smaller events.

    ALSO READ: Rahul says actual ballot struggle in Goa is between Cong and BJP, talks of ‘Nyay’ scheme

    Polling for all 40 seats within the coastal state will likely be hung on February 14 whilst counting is scheduled for March 10.

    Raut additionally took a jibe on the “secular” Congress for asking its applicants to take an oath of loyalty in temples. Congress calls itself a mundane celebration, so why it’s asking its applicants to take an oath in temples that they’d stay dependable after elections?” he requested.

    The Rajya Sabha member conceded that the Shiv Sena was once no longer totally ready this time, however mentioned it is going to without a doubt have no less than one MLA in Goa Meeting sooner or later.

    “Aam Aadmi Celebration and Trinamool Congress are purported to be B-teams of the BJP. Each events wouldn’t have sufficient cadre power. If votes get divided, it might get advantages the BJP,” he mentioned.

  • Rahul says actual ballot struggle in Goa is between Cong and BJP, talks of ‘Nyay’ scheme

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    PANAJI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday stated his birthday celebration has designed a ‘Nyay’ scheme for the deficient within the poll-bound Goa and asserted the true struggle within the coastal state is between his birthday celebration and the ruling BJP and advised folks to not waste their votes through supporting others who’re additionally within the fray.

    Hitting out on the BJP-led central executive over the problem of demonetisation in 2016, he claimed all of the workout handiest helped the wealthy, whilst small companies have been badly affected.

    “The truth is that the struggle in Goa is between the Congress and the BJP, remainder of the political events aren’t within the race. Because of this don’t waste your votes through vote casting for some other political birthday celebration,” Gandhi stated at a public assembly in Sankhalim forward of the February 14 polls for the 40-member meeting.

    The Sankhalim meeting constituency is represented through Leader Minister Pramod Sawant.

    The Congress has solid a pre-poll alliance with the Goa Ahead Birthday party (GFP), a former BJP best friend. Beneath the alliance, the Congress is contesting on 37 seats and the GFP at the last 3.

    But even so the Congress and the BJP, the AAP, the Trinamool Congress, the MGP, the Shiv Sena and the NCP, amongst others, are contesting the polls in Goa.

    Gandhi stated the Congress has taken a ancient resolution for the welfare of the deficient in Goa. “We’ve got designed a Nyay scheme for Goans underneath which each and every month Rs 6,000 can be going immediately to the account of the deficient of the state. It might be transferred robotically,” he stated.

    Wooing electorate, the Lok Sabha MP stated he needs to present assurance to them on behalf of state Congress leaders that if his birthday celebration paperwork a central authority after the polls, it’ll constitute all Goans. “It might no longer be a central authority of the Congress birthday celebration. No matter you need can be fulfilled through the federal government,” he stated.

    The previous Congress president stated a central authority led through his birthday celebration can be run after consulting the folks of the coastal state. “We can no longer let Goa turn into a coal hub. Air pollution and tourism can not cross in combination,” he stated, including that tourism, the mainstay of the state’s financial system, can be advanced after taking all stakeholders into self belief.

    In a veiled assault at the BJP, Gandhi stated two hugely other Hindustans are being created.

    “Some days again, I gave a speech in Parliament declaring that there are two Hindustans which might be being created. One is of wealthy businessmen. That Hindustan has not anything to do with the regulation and the opposite one is of crores of folks. This is deficient Hindustan, unemployed Hindustan. The place you’ll no longer get schooling, well being infrastructure and no longer even jobs underneath MNREGA (rural employment scheme),” he added.

    Stating to the demonetisation of top price forex notes in 2016, Gandhi stated not one of the wealthy folks have been status in lengthy queues out of doors banks to interchange their notes all through that segment.

    “All of the workout of demonetisation helped handiest the wealthy folks whilst small companies have been eradicated,” the Congress chief stated.

    Gandhi stated the Congress had confident that defectors is probably not given tickets for the elections and the birthday celebration has adhered to that promise.

  • Centre robbing deficient and giving all to wealthy: Rahul Gandhi

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    RAIPUR:  Congress chief Rahul Gandhi lashed out at BJP for growing two Indias — one for the wealthy and every other for the deficient. He stated the Centre was once extracting cash from the deficient and giving it to a handful of wealthy.

    He stated there could also be an ideological downside. “Country is going through a perilous scenario, faced with 2-3 main demanding situations owing to BJP and its ideology. One wealthy India of a couple of masses and every other of crores of deficient. The deficient concern none. Over 40% of the folk’s wealth stays with simply 100 wealthy folks.” He added BJP has made positive that 80% of India contributes to the wealth of the rest 20%.

    He stated India is a bouquet of plants, the place enforcing any specific ideology on others is unacceptable. “India doesn’t belong to a specific ideology however a collection of ideals, from other states. BJP and RSS need thrust their ideology on all states. BJP has unfold hatred around the nation. Patriotism manner strengthening and uniting the rustic,” he stated at a meeting at Science Faculty floor in Raipur. 

    Rahul was once accorded a heat welcome in tribal custom. He introduced a scheme of the Congress govt — Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Kisan Mazdoor Yojana for landless agricultural labourers and the ones surviving on conventional occupations and every other programme — Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitan Membership (Early life Pals’ Membership) to be shaped in each village panchayat and municipal our bodies. 

  • Punjab polls: Rahul prone to claim Cong’s CM face on Sunday

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    CHANDIGARH: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is prone to announce the identify of his birthday celebration’s leader ministerial candidate for the Punjab polls on Sunday, when he visits Ludhiana for a digital rally, assets mentioned.

    All through his final consult with to Punjab on January 27, Gandhi had introduced that the Congress will quickly claim its leader ministerial face for the February 20 election and a choice on it is going to be taken after consulting the birthday celebration staff.

    But even so taking comments from the leaders and staff of the birthday celebration, Congress may be in quest of the opinion of the general public on who must be its leader ministerial candidate thru an automatic name machine.

    For the final a number of weeks, each Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu have, immediately or not directly, made a case for themselves to be declared because the birthday celebration’s nominee for the highest submit.

    Channi additionally indicated in his constituency Chamkaur Sahib that the executive ministerial face of the Congress might be declared on Sunday.

    Sidhu’s spouse Navjot Kaur Sidhu mentioned regardless of who turns into the executive minister, her husband is a hero and can stay so. “Navjot Singh Sidhu is a hero and he’ll stay a hero,” she advised journalists in Amritsar. “Whosoever the executive minister could also be, it does now not topic,” she added.

    ALSO READ: Punjab polls: Rahul prone to announce CM face of Congress right through digital rally in Ludhiana

    She used to be replying to a query about her husband’s political long run if he does now not turn into the executive minister of Punjab. “Whoever is the executive minister, he must concentrate to his ministers, signal their recordsdata and allow them to do their paintings. Had (former leader minister) Amarinder Singh carried out this, no one would have had any downside with any leader minister,” Navjot Kaur Sidhu mentioned.

    Addressing a digital rally in Jalandhar final week, Gandhi had mentioned each Channi and Sidhu have confident him that whosoever is selected because the birthday celebration’s leader ministerial face, they’re going to stand via the verdict. He had mentioned this after Sidhu demanded on the rally that the Congress claim its leader ministerial face for the Punjab polls and mentioned he does now not need to be a “showpiece”.

    Channi had then mentioned he used to be by no means after any submit and would wholeheartedly again the birthday celebration’s candidate for the highest submit. Channi changed Amarinder Singh as the executive minister in September final yr. He’s the primary Scheduled Caste (SC) leader minister of Punjab.

    Polling for the 117-member Punjab Meeting is scheduled to be hung on February 20 and the counting of votes might be taken up on March 10.

  • BJP taking nation against ‘risk’, desires just one ideology to rule in nation: Rahul

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    RAIPUR: In a scathing assault at the BJP, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the saffron celebration of taking the rustic against “risk” and stated that in conjunction with the RSS, it desires just one ideology to rule over all states, languages and historical past which will by no means occur.

    Reiterating what he stated in Lok Sabha an afternoon in the past, Gandhi stated the “grave risk” is that the BJP is dividing the country into two international locations — one belonging to make a choice billionaires and the opposite to the crores of not unusual other people.

    “I made a speech in Lok Sabha the day prior to this through which I talked in regards to the two-three demanding situations dealing with the rustic. The BJP and its ideology are taking our nation against risk. What’s the risk — the primary grave risk is that the BJP is dividing the rustic into two international locations,” he stated whilst addressing a serve as at Science Faculty floor in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur.

    “One nation is of decided on billionaires, the place there’s the whole thing together with planes, wealth and prime generation, whilst the second is of crores of the folks of the rustic,” he stated.

    “They believe that by means of making two international locations, the rustic which belongs to the deficient is powerless and can stay quiet. They believe the deficient of the rustic are afraid. However the deficient of the rustic don’t seem to be terrified of any person, slightly they’re those who’ve constructed the rustic,” Gandhi stated.

    “If any person has taken India so far and ensured the growth, it isn’t a celebration, however the farmers, labourers and the deficient. So when it’s requested what has took place in 70 years, it’s an insult to farmers, their folks, labourers, and small businessmen, to not the Congress celebration,” he added.

    He stated that the 100 wealthiest other people in India have more cash than 40 according to cent of the inhabitants.

    “Whilst 40 according to cent battle with starvation and poverty, 5-10 capitalist pals of the top minister amass the entire wealth, we do not want a rustic like this. We will be able to now not permit the rustic to develop into so,” Gandhi asserted.

    “If there’s growth on this nation – then everybody shall be a part of it, now not only a few industrialists. If there’s growth within the nation, then everybody will receive advantages,” he stated.

    At the instance, Gandhi introduced the Chhattisgarh govt’s ‘Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bhoomihin Krishi Majdoor Nyay Yojana’, beneath which landless labourers in rural spaces shall be given monetary help of Rs 6,000 according to yr in 3 installments. The primary installment of Rs 2,000 was once deposited into the accounts of just about 3.55 lakh landless households of labourers, barbers, blacksmiths, monks, wooded area produce creditors and shepherds, amongst others, at the instance beneath the scheme.

    ALSO READ: Rahul Gandhi launches welfare scheme for landless labourers in Chhattisgarh

    He laid the root stone of a memorial right here that can space an everlasting flame at the traces of the ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’ as a tribute to infantrymen and safety workforce who’ve misplaced their lives within the line of responsibility.

    Gandhi additionally laid the root stone of ‘Gandhi Sevagram’ ashram to be inbuilt Nava Raipur, very similar to the only in Wardha (Maharashtra). In his remarks, Gandhi stated this nation is sort of a bouquet and other people of various ideologies are living in it.

    “The ideology, historical past, and tradition in a single state is other from that of the opposite. But when we are saying that there shall be just one ideology in the entire nation then it’ll be mistaken,” he stated including that this may hurt the rustic.

    “The BJP and RSS need that just one ideology will have to rule over all states, languages, and historical past within the nation, which will by no means occur. For instance, other people of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh can’t inform other people of Chhattisgarh how they will have to are living, what will have to be the relation of tribals right here with forests, and what will have to be the relation of farmers right here with their land. Likewise, you can’t pass to Vidarbha and inform farmers there that ‘you will have to are living on this method,” the previous Congress leader stated.

    That is the bouquet of our nation and this sense of affection and brotherhood, is what we name India, he stated. Gandhi alleged that the BJP has been “attacking this India” and the Congress will oppose this assault and can display them the “actual India”.

    The Congress chief additionally accused the BJP of spreading hatred within the nation and making one faith battle with the opposite. 

    ALSO READ: BJP, RSS need rule of just one ideology, however it could possibly by no means occur: Rahul Gandhi

    “They’ve unfold hatred within the nation. They’re making one state battle with the opposite and one faith battle with the opposite faith. The powers outdoor India take a look at us and say that India is getting susceptible. The Chinese language military may just input Ladakh for the reason that BJP and our top minister stated after their access into our territory that nobody has entered,” he stated.

    “Our paintings and the paintings of patriotism is to reinforce the rustic, lend a hand the deficient and unite the rustic, to not unfold hatred. So this can be a combat of ideology. This isn’t a battle between one celebration and the opposite,” he stated.

    Gandhi praised the Chhattisgarh govt and stated it’s pleasant its guarantees.

    Speaking about his promise of offering Rs 2,500 to farmers, the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad stated that the state govt had fulfilled the promise of paying the real quantity for farmers’ exhausting paintings to them.

    He stated the state govt’s transfer to supply monetary help to landless labourers running in farms is a huge step against the welfare of the deficient and recommended the Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel to extend the volume to be given to labourers beneath the scheme.

    In his remarks, Baghel stated that the state controlled to protect itself from the slowdown have an effect on because it adopted the directives of Rahul Gandhi to empower the hundreds by means of placing cash of their wallet.

    Baghel stated that the farmers in Chhattisgarh have been content material at the same time as they have been protesting in different portions of India. He stated that another step has been taken against making Chhattisgarh a public welfare state.

    Gandhi additionally introduced a espresso desk e-book “Jo Kaha So Kiya” at the achievements of the Chhattisgarh govt within the closing 3 years.

    After an inspection of an exhibition at the construction within the state, Gandhi steered to the manager minister to take the “magic of Chhattisgarh” past the rustic in order that the arena will get the style of the state’s merchandise, wisdom, and historical past. Gandhi additionally attempted his hand at pottery and ‘charkha’.

  • Punjab polls: Rahul prone to announce CM face of Congress throughout digital rally in Ludhiana

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    CHANDIGARH: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is prone to announce the Leader Ministerial candidate of the celebration for the approaching Punjab meeting elections throughout his digital rally in Ludhiana on February 6.

    A video has long past viral through which Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is heard telling this to his supporters throughout an election assembly at Chamkaur Sahib. “I will be able to be with Rahul Gandhi at a digital rally in Ludhiana on February 6 and there he’s anticipated to make the announcement of the CM face,” he mentioned.

    He instructed them to look at the digital rally and accordingly make preparations. This video went viral.

    This may be Rahul’s 2d consult with to Punjab after the announcement of the meeting elections after his previous consult with to Amritsar and Jalandhar. Within the digital rally in Jalandhar, he declared that on the request of each Navjot Singh Sidhu and Charanjit Singh Channi, a CM face shall be introduced quickly.

    Following this, the Congress has began taking comments from employees and electorate on who will have to be the celebration’s CM face. A pre-recorded message during the Interactive Voice Reaction Machine (IVRS) is being despatched out to cell numbers of electorate around the state, pronouncing, “Sat Sri Akal Ji. I’m calling on behalf of AICC, New Delhi. We’re searching for your comments for the number of the candidate for the put up of Punjab Leader Minister; Press 1 after the beep for Charanjit Singh Channi; Press 2 for Navjot Singh Sidhu; Press 3 if you’re feeling the Congress will have to pass with no CM face.”

    The celebration has already were given roughly 52 lakh responses from electorate during the IVRS machine until date. Additionally, comments is being taken from district presidents, block presidents, celebration applicants, AICC coordinators and survey groups unfold around the 117 meeting seats, mentioned resources.

    Each Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu have, immediately or not directly, made a case for themselves to be declared because the celebration’s candidate for the highest put up.

  • 40% jobs for ladies in Uttarakhand: Promisess Priyanka Gandhi if celebration paperwork govt in state

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    DEHRADUN:  Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday stated that if the celebration paperwork govt within the state, ladies will likely be supplied 40% reservation in govt jobs. 

    After liberating the celebration’s manifesto for the hill state, she addressed other people throughout 70 Meeting seats nearly. “In our manifesto, we’ve promised to restrict the LPG cylinder value to Rs 500, 40% reservation for ladies in govt jobs in Uttarakhand, charter of a separate ‘Tourism Police’, 40% reservation for ladies  in police jobs in Uttarakhand, increment in salaries of ASHA employees,” stated the Congress chief. 

    Priyanka stated the PM purchased himself two airplane for Rs 16,000 crore. “He will have paid Rs 14,000 crore to sugarcane farmers. He selected his planes over farmers,” she stated.

  • Uttarakhand polls: Congress manifesto filled with false guarantees, says BJP

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    DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand BJP on Wednesday mentioned the Congress manifesto launched by way of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra right here for the meeting polls within the state is filled with false guarantees.

    Describing the manifesto as a “pack of lies”, Uttarakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik mentioned the Congress has achieved precisely the other of what it has promised within the record whilst distributing tickets within the state for the elections.

    In spite of promising to offer 40 consistent with cent of tickets to ladies, the celebration cancelled the candidatures of a few ladies it had fielded, together with Dalit candidate Barkha Rani and Sandhya Dalakoti from Lalkuan, Kaushik alleged.

    “Priyanka Gandhi will have to first provide an explanation for this anomaly,” he added.

    Kaushik mentioned Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel used to be right here just lately to announce that LPG costs might not be allowed to pass Rs 500 if the Congress used to be elected to energy.

    “He will have to first provide an explanation for why LPG cylinders are promoting for Rs 1,000 in his state,” the BJP chief mentioned.

    Former Rajasthan deputy leader minister Sachin Pilot comes right here and talks about unemployment, however the unemployment fee in his state is upper than Uttarakhand, Kaushik added.

    In Rajasthan, the velocity of unemployment is 20.3 consistent with cent, whilst it’s 5.6 consistent with cent in Uttarakhand, the BJP chief mentioned.

  • Congress releases listing of 27 applicants for UP polls

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    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday launched its 7th listing of 27 applicants for the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections.

    The listing has 11 ladies, together with 4 changing applicants in the past introduced.

    The birthday party has changed its Lucknow East candidate, nominating Manoj Tiwari rather than Pankaj Tiwari.

    The Congress is contesting the state polls with ladies in focal point and has additionally launched a separate manifesto for early life, assuring them of employment alternatives and feature laid down a roadmap of methods to supply jobs, if elected to energy.