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  • ‘Government bypassing status committee’: Manish Tewari writes to Birla over wooded area invoice despatched to joint panel

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday over the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023, being despatched to a joint committee and demanded that or not it’s tested via the status committee.

    Tewari’s letter to Birla comes an afternoon after senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh lodged a protest with Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar over the invoice being despatched to a joint committee and demanded that or not it’s tested via the status committee, headed via Ramesh.

    Setting Minister Bhupender Yadav offered the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023, in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

    The Invoice was once then despatched to a joint committee of each the Properties for dialogue.

    The Invoice seeks to convey readability to the rustic’s wooded area conservation legislation and exempt positive classes of land from its purview to fast-track strategic and security-related tasks of nationwide significance.

    In his letter to Birla, Tewari raised the problem of the “extraordinary means” wherein the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023 was once handled within the Space on March 29, 2023.

    “The Invoice was once ostensibly referred to a ‘Joint Committee of each the Properties’. On the other hand, it is extremely obvious that the subject material of the Invoice falls throughout the remit and belongs to the area of the Status Committee on Science & Generation, Setting, Forests, and Local weather Trade,” the MP from Anandpur Sahib mentioned.

    The status committee already has individuals from each Properties and the reference of the Invoice to a joint committee necessarily results in the previous’s procedure being rendered redundant, Tewari claimed.

    “Via referring the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023 to a joint committee, the Union Govt is intentionally by-passing the status committee which might have tested the Invoice intimately with the total participation of all stakeholders,” he mentioned in his letter to Birla.

    “Beneath those instances, it’s respectfully instructed that right kind parliamentary regulations, procedures, and conventions be kindly noticed and the status committee on Science & Generation, Setting, Forests & Local weather Trade is remitted to inspect the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023,” he mentioned.

    Whilst proposing to ship the invoice to a joint committee, Yadav introduced the charter of the committee comprising 19 individuals from Lok Sabha, 10 from Rajya Sabha and a pair of nominated via the Speaker.

    The Lok Sabha individuals of the committee are — Rajendra Agrawal, Dhal Singh Bisen, Raju Bista, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Tapir Gao, Ajay Tamta, Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Gomati Sai, Sudarshan Bhagat, Pallab Lochan Das, Diya Kumari, T.R.Baalu, Agatha Okay.Sangma, Sajda Ahmed, Kotagiri Sridhar, Rajendra Dhedya Gavit, Alok Kumar Suman, Mahesh Sahoo and Girish Chandra.

    The Rajya Sabha individuals are: Ashok Bajpai, Anil Baluni, Samir Oraon and CM Ramesh (all BJP), Jawhar Sircar (AITC), Prashanta Nanda (BJD), Hishey Lachungpa (SDF), Birendra Prasad Baishya (AGP) within the committee but even so two individuals to be nominated via the chairman.

    Two individuals are to be nominated via the Speaker.

    In a letter to Dhankhar, Ramesh mentioned that sending the invoice to the joint committee of each Properties manner “devaluation and denigration” of the standing and purposes of the status committee.

    Noting that this status committee is without doubt one of the 8 of Rajya Sabha, Ramesh sought Dhankhar’s pressing intervention to forestall its “entire emasculation”.

    “Status committees are essentially to inspect Expenses. However they are able to achieve this provided that Expenses are allowed to be referred to them for scrutiny. Via referring the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice,2023 to a joint committee, the Union executive is intentionally by-passing the status committee which might have subjected the law to detailed exam with the total participation of all stakeholders,” Ramesh had mentioned

    NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday over the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023, being despatched to a joint committee and demanded that or not it’s tested via the status committee.

    Tewari’s letter to Birla comes an afternoon after senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh lodged a protest with Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar over the invoice being despatched to a joint committee and demanded that or not it’s tested via the status committee, headed via Ramesh.

    Setting Minister Bhupender Yadav offered the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023, in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The Invoice was once then despatched to a joint committee of each the Properties for dialogue.

    The Invoice seeks to convey readability to the rustic’s wooded area conservation legislation and exempt positive classes of land from its purview to fast-track strategic and security-related tasks of nationwide significance.

    In his letter to Birla, Tewari raised the problem of the “extraordinary means” wherein the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023 was once handled within the Space on March 29, 2023.

    “The Invoice was once ostensibly referred to a ‘Joint Committee of each the Properties’. On the other hand, it is extremely obvious that the subject material of the Invoice falls throughout the remit and belongs to the area of the Status Committee on Science & Generation, Setting, Forests, and Local weather Trade,” the MP from Anandpur Sahib mentioned.

    The status committee already has individuals from each Properties and the reference of the Invoice to a joint committee necessarily results in the previous’s procedure being rendered redundant, Tewari claimed.

    “Via referring the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023 to a joint committee, the Union Govt is intentionally by-passing the status committee which might have tested the Invoice intimately with the total participation of all stakeholders,” he mentioned in his letter to Birla.

    “Beneath those instances, it’s respectfully instructed that right kind parliamentary regulations, procedures, and conventions be kindly noticed and the status committee on Science & Generation, Setting, Forests & Local weather Trade is remitted to inspect the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice, 2023,” he mentioned.

    Whilst proposing to ship the invoice to a joint committee, Yadav introduced the charter of the committee comprising 19 individuals from Lok Sabha, 10 from Rajya Sabha and a pair of nominated via the Speaker.

    The Lok Sabha individuals of the committee are — Rajendra Agrawal, Dhal Singh Bisen, Raju Bista, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Tapir Gao, Ajay Tamta, Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Gomati Sai, Sudarshan Bhagat, Pallab Lochan Das, Diya Kumari, T.R.Baalu, Agatha Okay.Sangma, Sajda Ahmed, Kotagiri Sridhar, Rajendra Dhedya Gavit, Alok Kumar Suman, Mahesh Sahoo and Girish Chandra.

    The Rajya Sabha individuals are: Ashok Bajpai, Anil Baluni, Samir Oraon and CM Ramesh (all BJP), Jawhar Sircar (AITC), Prashanta Nanda (BJD), Hishey Lachungpa (SDF), Birendra Prasad Baishya (AGP) within the committee but even so two individuals to be nominated via the chairman.

    Two individuals are to be nominated via the Speaker.

    In a letter to Dhankhar, Ramesh mentioned that sending the invoice to the joint committee of each Properties manner “devaluation and denigration” of the standing and purposes of the status committee.

    Noting that this status committee is without doubt one of the 8 of Rajya Sabha, Ramesh sought Dhankhar’s pressing intervention to forestall its “entire emasculation”.

    “Status committees are essentially to inspect Expenses. However they are able to achieve this provided that Expenses are allowed to be referred to them for scrutiny. Via referring the Woodland (Conservation) Modification Invoice,2023 to a joint committee, the Union executive is intentionally by-passing the status committee which might have subjected the law to detailed exam with the total participation of all stakeholders,” Ramesh had mentioned

  • Outlined visual choice will have to for opposition to tackle Modi, BJP: Manish Tewari

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    CHENNAI: Congress chief and Member of Parliament (MP) Manish Tewari displayed an uncanny openness in suggesting that the opposition must vault a robust challenger and articulate another imaginative and prescient to India’s polity to counter the Modi wave within the nation. He was once talking on the ThinkEdu Conclave right through a dialog with The New Indian Categorical’ Editor Santwana Bhattacharya. 

    “The BJP isn’t even provide uniformly around the nation and in lots of states, it’s the opposition events which can be combating every different. Ultimately, if you’re taking a look at a metamorphosis of presidency you wish to have an identifiable challenger or a chain of identifiable challengers who’re keen to articulate another imaginative and prescient. The opposition would require a first-rate ministerial candidate or plural top ministerial applicants, who can articulate to the rustic how they want to run it otherwise from how it has been run over the last 9 years.” He mentioned that greater than opposition it’s in truth the electorate who can result in alternate within the nation.

    Complete Protection: ThinEdu

    In what may just replicate the Congress birthday celebration’s message to different regional events, Manish Tewari said that the Congress was once keen to concede flooring as the large brother some of the fractured opposition if this kind of resolution had been to result in a consensus at the opposition projecting itself as a united entrance. 

    In his responses to the consultation’s host, he cited circumstances of restlessness at the flooring that lead him to imagine {that a} alternate may well be within the offing. “We want a lights rod round which the restlessness can crystalise,” he mentioned. 

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    CHENNAI: Congress chief and Member of Parliament (MP) Manish Tewari displayed an uncanny openness in suggesting that the opposition must vault a robust challenger and articulate another imaginative and prescient to India’s polity to counter the Modi wave within the nation. He was once talking on the ThinkEdu Conclave right through a dialog with The New Indian Categorical’ Editor Santwana Bhattacharya. 

    “The BJP isn’t even provide uniformly around the nation and in lots of states, it’s the opposition events which can be combating every different. Ultimately, if you’re taking a look at a metamorphosis of presidency you wish to have an identifiable challenger or a chain of identifiable challengers who’re keen to articulate another imaginative and prescient. The opposition would require a first-rate ministerial candidate or plural top ministerial applicants, who can articulate to the rustic how they want to run it otherwise from how it has been run over the last 9 years.” He mentioned that greater than opposition it’s in truth the electorate who can result in alternate within the nation.

    Complete Protection: ThinEdu

    In what may just replicate the Congress birthday celebration’s message to different regional events, Manish Tewari said that the Congress was once keen to concede flooring as the large brother some of the fractured opposition if this kind of resolution had been to result in a consensus at the opposition projecting itself as a united entrance. 

    In his responses to the consultation’s host, he cited circumstances of restlessness at the flooring that lead him to imagine {that a} alternate may well be within the offing. “We want a lights rod round which the restlessness can crystalise,” he mentioned. 

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  • BJP government’s selections have hit 25 crore families, widened divide between wealthy and the deficient: Congress

    Whilst the selection of billionaires in India higher from 100 to 142 in those years, the source of revenue of the ones within the decrease strata has been reducing day-to-day, Manish Tewari stated.

  • ‘Rashtrapatni’ row: Congress’ Manish Tewari downplays the ‘gender’ factor; Trinamool assaults BJP

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Amid a row over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s “rashtrapatni” statement, Congress chief Manish Tewari Friday mentioned any person occupying a constitutional workplace is similarly honourable and there is not any level in “getting misplaced within the maze of gender”.

    A big political row broke out on Thursday over the ‘rashtrapatni’ statement by way of the Congress chief within the Lok Sabha with the BJP launching an all-out offensive in opposition to the opposition birthday party.

    The ruling birthday party accused Chowdhury of hurling a “planned sexist insult” at President Droupadi Murmu and demanded an apology from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.

    In his defence, Chowdhury, who’s the chief of the Congress within the Lok Sabha, mentioned he by no means meant to disrespect the President and his ‘rashtrapatni’ statement used to be a “slip of the tongue”.

    Accusing the BJP of constructing a “mountain out of a molehill” over the problem, he had mentioned he’ll apologise to President Murmu however to not “those pakhandis” (hypocrites).

    Amid the brouhaha, Congress’ Anandpur Sahib MP Tewari, posted a cryptic tweet during which he asserted that there is not any level in getting misplaced within the maze of gender.

    “Woman or gentleman, any person occupying a constitutional workplace is similarly Hon’ble. Admire needs to be given & must be accorded to that establishment,” Tewari mentioned.

    “Anyone on a specific place turns into analogous to or with that workplace. No level in getting misplaced within the maze of gender,” the previous Union minister mentioned.

    The TMC on Friday centered the Centre over the problem of girls protection bringing up a case of a Gujarat BJP MLA allegedly raping a girl, an afternoon after the BJP accused the Congress of hurling a “planned sexist insult” at President Droupadi Murmu.

    Each the Properties of Parliament had been adjourned on Friday amid uproar over Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ statement.

    “Pricey PM @narendramodi and @AmitShah. Stay up for seeing you each Monday morning #ParliamentMonsoonSession. Because you are ever so keen to boost problems with Oppn disrespecting #ladies All folks will likely be ready. 11am Monday. See then you definately. P. S. If 56 inch can not come, ship #2,” tweeted TMC RS MP Derek O’Brien.

    He additionally hooked up a information record about police investigating allegations of rape and unlawful confinement of a girl in opposition to Gujarat’s Rural Building Minister and BJP MLA from Mahmedavad Arjunsinh Chauhan.

    The TMC, in its legitimate Twitter care for, too raised the problem of girls protection regarding the similar allegations.

    “BJP Cupboard Minister and MLA @iarjunsinhbjp from Gujarat allegedly RAPED and ILLEGALLY CONFINED a girl. PM @narendramodi, the place are your tall claims of effectively making sure ladies’s protection, now? This is going on in your house turf! #ShameOnBJP,” it tweeted.

    A big political row broke out on Thursday over Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ statement with the BJP launching an all-out offensive in opposition to the opposition birthday party, accusing Chowdhury of hurling a “planned sexist insult” at President Murmu and critical an apology from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.

    In his defence, Chowdhury, who’s the chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha, mentioned he by no means meant to disrespect the President and that his ‘rashtrapatni’ statement used to be a “slip of the tongue”.

    NEW DELHI: Amid a row over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s “rashtrapatni” statement, Congress chief Manish Tewari Friday mentioned any person occupying a constitutional workplace is similarly honourable and there is not any level in “getting misplaced within the maze of gender”.

    A big political row broke out on Thursday over the ‘rashtrapatni’ statement by way of the Congress chief within the Lok Sabha with the BJP launching an all-out offensive in opposition to the opposition birthday party.

    The ruling birthday party accused Chowdhury of hurling a “planned sexist insult” at President Droupadi Murmu and demanded an apology from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.

    In his defence, Chowdhury, who’s the chief of the Congress within the Lok Sabha, mentioned he by no means meant to disrespect the President and his ‘rashtrapatni’ statement used to be a “slip of the tongue”.

    Accusing the BJP of constructing a “mountain out of a molehill” over the problem, he had mentioned he’ll apologise to President Murmu however to not “those pakhandis” (hypocrites).

    Amid the brouhaha, Congress’ Anandpur Sahib MP Tewari, posted a cryptic tweet during which he asserted that there is not any level in getting misplaced within the maze of gender.

    “Woman or gentleman, any person occupying a constitutional workplace is similarly Hon’ble. Admire needs to be given & must be accorded to that establishment,” Tewari mentioned.

    “Anyone on a specific place turns into analogous to or with that workplace. No level in getting misplaced within the maze of gender,” the previous Union minister mentioned.

    The TMC on Friday centered the Centre over the problem of girls protection bringing up a case of a Gujarat BJP MLA allegedly raping a girl, an afternoon after the BJP accused the Congress of hurling a “planned sexist insult” at President Droupadi Murmu.

    Each the Properties of Parliament had been adjourned on Friday amid uproar over Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ statement.

    “Pricey PM @narendramodi and @AmitShah. Stay up for seeing you each Monday morning #ParliamentMonsoonSession. Because you are ever so keen to boost problems with Oppn disrespecting #ladies All folks will likely be ready. 11am Monday. See then you definately. P. S. If 56 inch can not come, ship #2,” tweeted TMC RS MP Derek O’Brien.

    He additionally hooked up a information record about police investigating allegations of rape and unlawful confinement of a girl in opposition to Gujarat’s Rural Building Minister and BJP MLA from Mahmedavad Arjunsinh Chauhan.

    The TMC, in its legitimate Twitter care for, too raised the problem of girls protection regarding the similar allegations.

    “BJP Cupboard Minister and MLA @iarjunsinhbjp from Gujarat allegedly RAPED and ILLEGALLY CONFINED a girl. PM @narendramodi, the place are your tall claims of effectively making sure ladies’s protection, now? This is going on in your house turf! #ShameOnBJP,” it tweeted.

    A big political row broke out on Thursday over Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ statement with the BJP launching an all-out offensive in opposition to the opposition birthday party, accusing Chowdhury of hurling a “planned sexist insult” at President Murmu and critical an apology from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.

    In his defence, Chowdhury, who’s the chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha, mentioned he by no means meant to disrespect the President and that his ‘rashtrapatni’ statement used to be a “slip of the tongue”.

  • Nuclear guns intended to discourage, says Lt Gen Prakash Menon

    By means of Categorical Information Provider

    BENGALURU: Former Union Knowledge and Broadcasting Minister and present Lok Sabha Member Manish Tewari mentioned that knowledge coverage regimes in India are non-existent. “This basic mindset that ‘I’ve not anything to cover’ is an excessively giant obstacle in developing public drive which might make sure the suitable to privateness turns into substantive,” he mentioned. Tewari was once talking in Bengaluru on Thursday, along former Nationwide Safety Council Secretariat army guide Lt Gen Prakash Menon, on his guide ‘10 Flashpoints 20 Years: Nationwide Safety Eventualities that Impacted India’.

    Except knowledge coverage, each Tewari and Menon spoke on quite a few problems pervading India. At the factor of nuclear guns, particularly within the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine struggle, Menon mentioned the usage of nuclear guns was once extra mental than bodily.

    “It’s been mentioned that during a nuclear struggle, no one wins. So any use of nuclear guns would now not be intentional, reasonably unintended, which is the larger risk,” he mentioned, mentioning the unintended firing of the BrahMos missile into Pakistan in March. He mentioned it was once time for each India and China to guide on a World No First Use (GNFU) coverage relating to nuclear guns.

    Talking at the guide itself, Tewari mentioned it was once now not geared toward servicemen, reasonably at his personal colleagues in Parliament and legislature to sensitise them at the demanding situations the rustic faces. “We will have to use legislative powers to handle a few of these problems,” he mentioned, citing that 37 of his Parliament questions at the 2020 India-China skirmishes were rejected. Echoing this, Menon mentioned, “The principle purpose of the guide to teach Tewari’s contemporaries in Parliament and assemblies, I’m hoping will likely be met quicker, reasonably than later.”

  • Want for institutionalised discussion with Pakistan on nuclear problems: Manish Tewari

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Voicing worry over the unintended firing of a missile that landed in Pakistan, Congress chief Manish Tewari on Tuesday referred to as for an institutionalised discussion on nuclear problems.

    Elevating the topic throughout 0 Hour, he mentioned details recommend that Pakistan had ready a retaliatory strike when the missile had entered their territory.

    “The trajectory of the missile had numerous civilian airplane in its neighborhood and there will have been an unintentional disaster. We have been fortunate on that exact day,” Tewari mentioned.

    The Lok Sabha member from Anandpur Sahib mentioned the incident makes a robust case for an institutionalised discussion with Pakistan on nuclear problems.

    He mentioned Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had made a remark at the factor on March 15 and knowledgeable the Space {that a} Courtroom of Inquiry have been ordered to probe the incident.

    In step with the defence ministry, one missile were given by chance launched round 7 pm on March 9 throughout a regimen repairs and inspection of the missile unit.

    It mentioned the missile used to be learnt to have landed in a space in Pakistan. “Whilst this incident is regretted, we’re relieved that no person used to be harm because of the twist of fate,” Singh had advised the Lok Sabha on March 15.

  • ‘Undertake fashion of collective, inclusive management’: G-23 to Congress best brass as Sonia suggests adjustments

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    NEW DELHI:  Amid fast moving traits within the beleaguered  Congress on Wednesday, its G-23 rebels urged the birthday celebration management that the one method ahead is to undertake a fashion of collective and inclusive management and choice making in any respect ranges.

    The commentary was once issued after a dinner assembly at veteran chief Ghulam Nabi Azad’s place of dwelling. 

    The G-23 assembly was once previous scheduled to be held at Kapil Sibal’s space however was once shifted on the ultimate minute as leaders like ex-Haryana leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda weren’t relaxed together with his assault at the Gandhis.

    Sibal is lately within the eye of a hurricane as he stated in advance that the Gandhis will have to let somebody else head the Congress. 

    The G-23 commentary additionally demanded that the birthday celebration management start up talks with like-minded forces to construct a reputable choice forward of the following Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

    “The following steps on this regard will likely be introduced quickly,” the commentary collectively issued by way of 18 leaders stated. 

    What was once fascinating concerning the collecting was once the presence of Rajiv Gandhi loyalist Mani Shankar Aiyar. Different additions have been Patiala MP Preneet Kaur and ex-Gujarat CM S S Vaghela. Outdated faces like Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor,  Prithviraj Chavan, Vivek Tankha, Raj Babbar, Akhilesh Prasad Singh and Sandeep Dikshit have been additionally provide. 

    The dissidents had thrown the door open to people who weren’t a part of G-23 however shared considerations concerning the birthday celebration’s long term. In Parliament, Congress president Sonia Gandhi aggressively attacked social media giants for allegedly siding with the ruling BJP throughout the hot state elections.

    Later within the day, she appointed senior leaders to evaluate the placement and counsel organisational adjustments in the entire 5 states the place Congress was once routed.

    An afternoon previous, she had sought the resignations of 5 PCC chiefs.

    The newly appointed leaders are Jairam Ramesh (for Manipur), Ajay Maken (Punjab), Rajani Patil (Goa), Jitendra Singh (UP) and Avinash Pandey (Uttarakhand). 

    The G-23 noticed some extra leaders becoming a member of the dinner assembly at Azad’s place of dwelling, which was once convened to determine the grouping’s long term technique and talk about the Congress’s debacle within the just-concluded Meeting polls in 5 states.

    The assembly lasted for over 4 hours and the entire leaders spoke concerning the solution to be followed.

    Resources stated Azad additionally spoke to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and conveyed to her the emotions of the grouping whilst assuring her in their enhance in strengthening the organisation.

    Azad and Anand Sharma reposed religion in Gandhi’s management on the Congress Running Committee (CWC) assembly on Sunday.

    By the way, the grouping sidestepped the problem of management, after Kapil Sibal stated Gandhi will have to step apart and pave the way in which for any other chief.

    The leaders stated they met to planned at the demoralising consequence of the hot ballot effects and the consistent exodus of birthday celebration leaders and employees.

    “We consider that the one future of the Congress is to undertake a fashion of collective and inclusive management and choice making in any respect ranges.”

    “So as to oppose the BJP, it is crucial to toughen the Congress birthday celebration. We call for the Congress birthday celebration to start up discussion with different like-minded forces to create a platform to pave the way in which for a reputable choice for 2024,” the joint commentary of the G-23 stated.

    The following steps on this regard will likely be introduced quickly, it added.

    Resources stated the grouping had previous deliberate a dinner at Sibal’s place of dwelling, nevertheless it was once modified on the ultimate minute.

    A few of the leaders who attended the assembly have been Sibal, Sharma, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Prithviraj Chavan, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Vivek Tankha, Raj Babbar, Akhilesh Prasad Singh and Sandeep Dikshit.

    The ambit of the G-23 grouping widened this time as some extra leaders — Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, former Gujarat leader minister Shankar Singh Vaghela, former Punjab leader minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, former Union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurian and previous Haryana speaker Kuldeep Sharma joined the dinner assembly, but even so MA Khan.

    The grouping had given an open invite to different Congressmen to enroll in them on the dinner assembly.

    The assets stated the assembly was once convened to apprise the entire G-23 contributors of the selections taken on the the most important CWC meet.

    Two distinguished G-23 contributors — Azad and Sharma — have been to appraise the opposite contributors of the traits on the CWC assembly and what they stated on strengthening the birthday celebration within the wake of its drubbing within the Meeting polls, they stated.

    The efficiency of the Congress in those states was once deficient because it did not win any of the 4 BJP-ruled states — Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur — whilst it misplaced Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP).

    The G-23 grouping has been vital of Congress’ management.

    It’s been tough an organisational overhaul after its contributors wrote a joint letter to Gandhi in 2020.

    The assets stated invites have been additionally prolonged to the Congressmen who don’t represent the bloc however really feel that adjustments are required, together with on the management degree, to restore the birthday celebration’s electoral fortunes.

    The verdict to convene a gathering of the G-23 got here an afternoon after Gandhi sought the resignation of the Congress presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.

    Sibal, in his newest salvo focused on the Congress management, had stated the Gandhis will have to step apart and provides every other chief a possibility to helm the birthday celebration, upsetting a backlash from the Gandhi circle of relatives loyalists, who accused him of talking the language of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

    The G-23 has, then again, were given weakened through the years with senior chief M Veerappa Moily distancing himself from the gang, Jitin Prasada becoming a member of the BJP and Mukul Wasnik now not attending its conferences lately.

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday engaged 5 senior leaders to evaluate the post-poll scenario in 5 states and counsel organisational adjustments following its electoral debacle, an afternoon after the state unit chiefs have been requested to renounce.

    Rajya Sabha MP Rajani Patil has been requested to evaluate the placement in Goa, Jairam Ramesh in Manipur and Ajay Maken in Punjab, the place the Congress misplaced energy to the Aam Aadmi Celebration.

    Congress chief Jitendra Singh will to asses the post-poll scenario in Uttar Pradesh and counsel adjustments, whilst Avinash Pandey has been requested to take action in Uttarakhand.

    “Congress president has appointed leaders to evaluate the post-poll scenario and counsel organisational adjustments within the states (with inputs) from MLA applicants and essential leaders with rapid impact,” an professional conversation stated.

    The Congress fared poorly within the just-concluded meeting elections by way of failing to win again any of the BJP-ruled states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur and dropping Punjab to the AAP.

    The Congress Running Committee had mentioned the explanations for the ballot debacle and accepted Sonia Gandhi to start up essential adjustments in those states after the drubbing.

    Gandhi Tuesday had requested the chiefs of its Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur devices to put up their resignations.

    (With PTI Inputs)

  • AAP invited me for Mann’s swearing-in, Congress did not name for Channi’s oath-taking: Manish Tewari

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Highlighting that the AAP had invited him for Bhagwant Mann’s swearing-in as Punjab’s leader minister, Congress chief Manish Tewari on Wednesday took a swipe at his personal birthday party announcing he used to be no longer an invitee to former leader minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s oath taking rite.

    Tewari shared an invitation for the swearing-in of Mann on Twitter, however stated he would no longer be capable to make it as Parliament used to be in consultation.

    Mann used to be sworn in as the executive minister of Punjab at a easy rite at Khatkar Kalan, the local village of freedom fighter Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

    “I congratulate Bhagwant Mann on being sworn in as Leader Minister I thank him for inviting me to his swearing in. Because of Parliament being in consultation I can no longer be capable to make it,” he stated on Twitter.

    “It’s ironic I used to be no longer invited to Charanjit Singh Channi’s swearing in regardless that he used to be one in every of my MLA’s (sic),” his tweet additional learn.

    Channi used to be sworn in closing 12 months after the Congress management sacked Amarinder Singh as the executive minister.

    Tewari, a Lok Sabha MP from Anandpur Sahib in Punjab and chief of the G-23, which has been important of the birthday party management, is thought of as with regards to Amarinder Singh.

  • They’re nowhere to be noticed when youngsters are caught in Ukraine: Tewari assaults Congress

    By means of PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday took on his personal birthday celebration leaders in Punjab, claiming they had been nowhere to be noticed when 1000’s of Indian kids had been in jeopardy in war-ravaged Ukraine and his head “hangs in disgrace” on the callousness.

    Tewari requested if simplest the Punjab MPs had been intended to be doing all paintings and puzzled the place had been Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, state Congress leader Navjot Sidhu, former state unit leader Sunil Jakhar and AICC incharge Punjab affairs Harish Chaudhary.

    His outburst got here on an afternoon when he, along side different Congress MPs Gurjeet Aujla, Amar Singh, Santokh Chaudhary, Jasbir Singh Gill and Ravneet Bittu, met Union Minister of State for Exterior Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi, in the hunt for larger efforts for evacuation of the scholars caught within the jap Eu nation.

    In a chain of tweets, Tewari, who’s an MP from Anandpur Sahib, mentioned, “I am appalled nice leaders of @INCPunjab Congress are nowhere to be noticed/heard when 1000’s of our youngsters our in jeopardy. Is it simplest Punjab MPs who must do heavy lifting? The place is @CHARANJITCHANNI, @sherryontopp, @Suniljakhar, @Barmer_Harish. Is energy be and finish all?”

    “The explanation to be in public existence is public carrier. Elections aren’t the start and the top of politics. Cannot you notice the movies, pay attention the cries of our youngsters? Is that this your Punjab fashion? I cling my head in disgrace at your sheer callousness. Get up gentleman there’s a existence past elections,” he additional tweeted.

    He additionally hit out on the AAP, the SAD and the BJP, telling them, “when you take care of Punjab get up and be counted”.

    “The place are the remainder of the political events who fought the Punjab elections so passionately? @AamAadmiParty, @Akali_Dal, @BJP4India. Why are you MIA? When you take care of Punjab get up and be counted when our youngsters are in transparent and provide threat,” Tewari mentioned in every other tweet.

    On Punjab MPs assembly Lekhi, he mentioned in every other tweet, “MPs from Punjab referred to as on @M_Lekhi Minister of State Exterior Affairs asked her to sensitise GoI in regards to the want to additional increase and support evacuation efforts of Indian nationals caught in warfare zone in Ukraine particularly our children in Karkiv, a ways from the western borders of Ukraine.”

    Khadoor Sahib MP Jasbir Singh Gill mentioned the delegation of MPs from Punjab met Lekhi to press upon the federal government to evacuate the Indians stranded in Ukraine and to forestall the barbaric assaults on scholars through the Ukrainian police.

    He mentioned Lekhi confident the delegation that each and every Indian shall be introduced again safely on the earliest safely.

    Amritsar MP Gurjeet Aujla mentioned in a tweet {that a} record of folks caught in Ukraine was once shared with the Union minister.

    “Joined through colleagues from Parliament met Minister of State for Exterior Affairs @M_Lekhi ji referring to evacuation of Indians stranded at Ukraine’s inaccessible hotspots. Additionally passed over the record of the people with whom households misplaced all communique,” Aujla mentioned.

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

    Through PTI

    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.