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  • BJP fumes as Rahul meets identified India baiter Corbyn

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    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s assembly with British MP Jeremy Corbyn, who is understood for his ‘anti-India’ perspectives, in London has snowballed into an issue again house. Rahul, who’s on a talk over with to the United Kingdom, had met Corbyn on Monday and the Indian In another country Congress shared a photograph of the 2 in conjunction with Sam Pitroda, an in depth aide of the Gandhis. 

    Tough a rationalization from the Congress, the BJP on Tuesday alleged the photograph is Rahul’s endorsement of Corbyn’s place on Kashmir. “Rahul Gandhi meets UK MP and Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn who is understood for his hatred and dislike for India, advocates Kashmir’s secession. Or how lengthy and what sort of one can pass on towards one’s personal nation,” tweeted Union minister Kiren Rijiju.

    BJP’s nationwide spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia stated Rahul is a pacesetter whose commentary was once as soon as quoted by way of Pakistan within the file submitted to the UN towards India. “The image wherein Rahul Gandhi is noticed with Corbyn displays how Gandhi scion likes to be with those that nurture anti perspectives towards India”, Bhatia stated. 

    Protecting the assembly, Congress leader spokesperson Randeep Surjewala stated there’s not anything unsual in political leaders having divergent assembly. Surjewala additionally shared an image of Corbyn with PM Modi and requested, “Does it imply PM has recommended Jeremy Corbyn’s perspectives on India?”

  • ‘There may be systematic assault on establishments that let India to talk’: Rahul Gandhi

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    CAMBRIDGE: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has alleged that there’s a “systematic assault” at the establishments that let India to talk and because the dialog is being stamped out, the “deep state” is getting into the ones areas and redefining the way in which that dialog is occurring within the nation.

    Throughout an match entitled ‘India at 75’ at Corpus Christi Faculty on the prestigious Cambridge College on Monday night, Gandhi spoke on a wide vary of topics from Hindu nationalism, the Gandhi circle of relatives’s function inside the Congress birthday party and efforts to mobilise the folk of the rustic as he fielded questions from a in large part Indian scholar base.

    In dialog with Indian-origin educational from the college Dr Shruti Kapila, Gandhi reiterated one of the vital issues he made all over ultimate week’s convention, together with the affect of the “deep state” on Indian politics.

    “For us, India comes alive when India speaks and India dies when India is going silent. What I see as happening is a scientific assault at the establishments that let India to talk. Parliament, election device, the elemental construction of democracy is being captured through one organisation. And, because the dialog is being stamped out, the deep state is getting into the ones areas and redefining the way in which that dialog is occurring,” he mentioned.

    Outdoor the lecture theatre, a small team of scholars had amassed with placards which learn: “Rahul Gandhi stay your promise on mining” on the subject of the adivasis in Chhattisgarh, a subject he mentioned he used to be operating on inside the birthday party.

    He went head-to-head with scholars on a number of different subjects, together with his view of India as a “union of states” versus a country, which he insisted used to be a “gorgeous concept” that provides the folk of each state their rightful position.

    “I believe this is going to the center of Indians,” the previous Congress birthday party leader mentioned.

    Throughout the interactive consultation, Gandhi additionally mentioned that High Minister Narendra Modi is making a imaginative and prescient of India that isn’t inclusive of all portions of the rustic’s inhabitants, which is bigoted and is going in opposition to the speculation of India.

    “I’ve an issue if anyone has a imaginative and prescient for India that excludes folks, I do not care who is being excluded. I’ve an issue with it as a result of it’s utterly unfair, it ignores that there’s super power within the folks being excluded and I’ve an issue with it as a result of that isn’t what India is,” mentioned Gandhi, in accordance with a query about secularism in India.

    “I believe it is going past secularism. It’s a must to come with each unmarried individual with compassion. Mr Modi is establishing a imaginative and prescient of India the place he is leaving out large chunks of our inhabitants. And, that isn’t a imaginative and prescient of India, that is a imaginative and prescient of part of India,” he mentioned.

    The Congress chief asserted that his birthday party’s combat used to be in opposition to an enormous focus of wealth and a seize of establishments inside the nation, together with its media.

    “You’ll no longer see this communicate for greater than 30 seconds anyplace within the Indian media. The reason being the Indian media is captured. It’s managed through a few huge industrialists who strengthen the federal government. So, we aren’t preventing a political birthday party. We are preventing a seize of the Indian state and it is not simple, it’ll take time, it will have a lifestyles, it will be tough however we are doing it,” mentioned Gandhi.

    Requested about how the Congress plans to combat in opposition to the forces of “Hindu nationalism”, Gandhi declared that he didn’t trust the time period itself.

    “There may be not anything Hindu about it and in truth there is not anything nationalist about it. I believe you will have to recall to mind a brand new title for them however they are not at all Hindu. And, I’ve studied Hinduism in sufficient element to inform you that there is completely not anything Hindu about short of to homicide folks and beat folks up,” he mentioned.

    “My drawback with the RSS and the High Minister is that they’re fidgeting with the foundational construction of India. While you play the politics of polarisation, while you isolate and demonise 200 million folks, you might be doing one thing extraordinarily bad and you might be doing one thing this is basically in opposition to the speculation of India,””he mentioned.

    “I am certain there are excellent issues the High Minister has executed, however for me attacking the speculation of India is unacceptable,” he added.

    The BJP on Saturday had accused Gandhi of harming India in his feedback in opposition to High Minister Modi and alleged his common crucial remarks in regards to the nation from international soils amounted to betraying it.

    In New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia reacted sharply to Gandhi for his remarks at a convention in London organised through non-profit think-tank Bridge India on Friday.

    Gandhi mentioned his birthday party is operating on plans to visit the bottom with padyatras, meet folks and stroll with folks so that you can actively mobilise folks from October-November after the Congress presidential elections in August.

    “That is for the Congress birthday party to come to a decision. There is a presidential election, the birthday party has to come to a decision,” he mentioned, when requested if the birthday party wishes a management out of doors of the Gandhi circle of relatives.

    The development, organised through the Faculty of the Humanities and Social Science at Corpus Christi Faculty, Cambridge College, as a part of a chain of occasions celebrating the seventy fifth yr of Indian independence, marks the belief of Gandhi’s UK excursion which started ultimate week.

  • India seems so much like Sri Lanka, distracting folks may not trade info: Rahul Gandhi

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    NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out on the executive over emerging inflation and unemployment and stated India seems a “lot like Sri Lanka” and the Centre will have to no longer distract folks.

    The Congress has been accusing the federal government of distracting folks with different problems to cover its disasters and problems with value upward thrust and unemployment. “Distracting folks may not trade the info. India seems so much like Sri Lanka,” Gandhi stated on Twitter.

    Distracting folks gained’t trade the info. India seems so much like Sri Lanka. %.twitter.com/q1dptUyZvM

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) Would possibly 18, 2022

    He shared graphs of unemployment, petrol value and communal violence appearing identical pictures of India and Sri Lanka bringing up quite a lot of resources together with armed battle location and match knowledge undertaking, Lok Sabha unstarred query, CMIE, Petroleum Making plans and Research Cellular and Central Financial institution of Sri Lanka.

    The Congress has been attacking the federal government over the problem of value and inflation and emerging unemployment and feature stated that the placement in India goes the Sri Lanka approach, the place the high minister needed to surrender in view of the deteriorating state of affairs.

  • Ballot effects since 2018 puncture Rahul’s declare that Congress is best selection to BJP

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    NEW DELHI: Former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s declare all the way through the ‘Chintan Shivir’ meet in Udaipur that it’s the best selection to the BJP/RSS has come beneath fireplace because the birthday party’s electoral efficiency displays it has misplaced 19 state meeting polls since 2018, many to regional avid gamers which are taking up the gap as soon as occupied via it.

    The knowledge displays that of the 8 states that went to the polls in 2018, the Congress received 3 key states – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. It used to be one of the crucial very best performances because the 2014 Lok Sabha debacle and the credit score used to be given to management of Rahul Gandhi, who took over as birthday party leader in 2017.

    Alternatively, since then, the birthday party has now not received any meeting elections whilst it shaped governments as a junior spouse in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu. In all, the grand previous birthday party misplaced 19 state meeting elections between 2019 and March 2022.

    Rahul’s feedback additionally invited grievance from a number of regional avid gamers who mentioned that the Congress chief must first assess his personal birthday party’s situation.

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    The JMM, which is an best friend of the Congress within the coalition govt in Jharkhand, referred to as it Rahul’s self-assessment. “He’s entitled to his opinion, however who gave him the authority to touch upon ideology? How are we working the birthday party with none ideology?” the birthday party mentioned.

    The Congress has suffered giant losses to regional avid gamers just like the Aam Aadmi Birthday party (AAP), Trinamool Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), who’re within the technique of occupying area at its expense. The newest instance is Punjab, the place the AAP recorded a sweeping victory after the Congress management within the state used to be engaged in infighting. The AAP is having a look to increase its footprint in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the place elections are due later this 12 months.          

    Calling it unlucky, the RJD, the birthday party’s best friend in Bihar, used to be of the opinion that had the previous Congress president been aware of the result of ballot fights towards the BJP, he would have realised “the ideological and electoral dedication this is introduced via such regional outfits, which he mentioned should not have the capability”.

    The birthday party additionally noticed a humiliating defeat within the Kerala meeting elections closing 12 months, with the Left events coming again for a document 2nd time period within the state. On the contemporary CPI (M) birthday party Congress, birthday party normal secretary Sitaram Yechury spoke a couple of weakened Congress and the way the birthday party isn’t observed as an electoral danger via the BJP/RSS.

  • Rahul’s feedback at regional events ‘peculiar’, out of sync with Congress’ personal declaration: RJD

    He referred to the Congress declaration on the camp to take a swipe at him, announcing Gandhi will revise his remark if he appears at information. These types of statements haven’t any traction with historical past, he stated

  • BJP executive destroyed financial system, says Rahul Gandhi

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    JAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Top Minister Narendra Modi of destroying the rustic’s financial system, which was once “reinforced” via the previous UPA executive.

    At a rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara district, he additionally charged that the BJP and Top Minister Modi wish to create two Hindustans, with one for the wealthy and make a choice two-three industrialists and the opposite of Dalits, farmers, the deficient and underprivileged.

    The Congress, he stated, desires just one Hindustan. The Congress chief, who has been focused on the federal government over the state of the financial system and factor of unemployment, stated,”The BJP executive has attacked our financial system. PM did demonetisation, wrongly applied GST because of which the financial system were given destroyed. UPA labored to improve the financial system however Narendra Modi led to hurt to our financial system”.

    Slamming the ruling birthday celebration on the Centre, he charged that the “BJP desires to create two Hindustans and we would like one Hindustan. That is the struggle within the nation”.

  • Congress’ reference to other folks ‘damaged’, we need to re-establish it: Rahul Gandhi

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    UDAIPUR: Acknowledging that the Congress’ reference to other folks has been “damaged”, Rahul Gandhi introduced on Sunday that the celebration will adopt a yatra in October to re-establish and give a boost to it.

    He additionally laid emphasis at the “one relations, one price tag” rule to be sure that a couple of individuals of 1 relations don’t contest polls with out running for the celebration.

    The Congress on Sunday followed a ‘Nav Sankalp’ — a highway map for wide-ranging reforms within the celebration organisation to make it battle-ready for the following spherical of meeting and Lok Sabha polls.

    The celebration has followed the ‘one-family, one price tag’ formulation with the rider that any other relations member searching for to contest elections must have labored within the celebration in an exemplary means for no less than 5 years.

    Addressing the final consultation of the celebration’s three-day ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir’ right here, Gandhi mentioned, “We need to settle for that the Congress’ reference to the folks has been damaged.”

    “Our combat is for ideology. We need to cross to the folks and sit down with them, the relationship the celebration had with other folks must be re-established,” he mentioned.

    “We’ve determined that the Congress celebration in October will were given to other folks and take out a yatra and give a boost to the relation…with other folks. This can’t occur with short-cuts,” he mentioned.

    Hailing the frank discussions on the Shivir, Gandhi mentioned which different political celebration would permit this type of a dialogue the place the celebration management is bluntly informed what the Congress celebration feels.

    “For sure, the BJP, and RSS would by no means permit this type of factor,” he mentioned.

    The Congress has at all times equipped a platform the place other folks can hang deliberations with none worry or concern, he mentioned.

    Announcing that India is a Union of States, Gandhi mentioned, “It’s important for the union of the rustic that the states and the persons are allowed to have a dialog. The one selection to a dialog between the folks of India is violence between other folks of India,” he mentioned.

    He alleged a “systematic destruction” of more than a few establishments used to be happening.

    “The day this nation’s establishments prevent running, the day this nation stops having a dialog with itself, we will be able to be in deep trouble,” he mentioned.

    He mentioned there’s worry that the rustic’s demographic dividend will change into a demographic crisis and alleged that the BJP govt used to be chargeable for it.

  • ‘50% under 50 from block to CWC’ set to result in main management revamp in Congress

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    NEW DELHI: With the Congress having a look at 50 in line with cent of office-bearers, together with the Congress Running Committee (CWC), being under the age staff of fifty years, a significant overhaul within the celebration’s very best decision-making frame and AICC committees and departments appears to be within the offing. The existing reasonable age of CWC individuals is 68 years with now not even one particular person being under 50 years.  

    The present CWC headed by means of Congress President Sonia Gandhi has 55 individuals – 21 major individuals, 25 everlasting invitees and 9 particular invitees. A few of the 21 major individuals, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (50 years) is the youngest whilst Manmohan Singh (89) is the oldest.

    A number of younger celebration leaders, who had been as soon as just about Rahul Gandhi, have joined different events mentioning higher possibilities. The outstanding ones come with Sushmita Dev, Jitin Prasada, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Pradyot Deb Barman amongst others. All over his tenure as celebration leader from December 2017-August 2019, Rahul had inducted younger leaders into quite a lot of committees and departments to verify a more youthful management profile.   

    However now, amongst 25 everlasting invitees to the CWC, best Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore (47 years) is under 50, and amongst particular invitees, best 3 — Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda (43 years), Nationwide Scholars Union of India (NSUI) head Neeraj Kundan and Indian Early life Congress leader BV Srinivas (41 years) — are within the under-50 bracket.

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    Because the celebration began the three-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Udaipur, celebration common secretary Ajay Maken introduced that the celebration is thinking about making sure that fifty in line with cent of all office-bearers from the highest to backside will probably be under 50 years of the age, retaining in thoughts the rustic’s youths.

    ’50 under 50 from block to CWC’ is the time period coined by means of the committee on formative years.  

    An research of different key committees and posts within the celebration’s central workplace presentations {that a} main revamp needs to be performed to enforce this purpose. The celebration’s five-member Central Election Authority has just one particular person under the age of fifty – Kerala MP S Jothimani (47 years).

    Amongst 9 common secretaries within the Congress, none is under 50 years. Amongst state in-charges, there may be simply Telangana in-charge, Manickam Tagore (47), who falls on this class.

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    In different AICC committees, the celebration has constituted, former Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot (44 years) is a part of the gang to appear into long term demanding situations whilst the exposure and newsletter wing has Milind Deora  (45 years). The knowledge mobile leader Parveen Chakravarty  (49 years), celebration spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill (38 years) and social media mobile head Rohan Gupta  (44 years) are different notable under-50-year-olds. There may be former MP Meenakshi Natarajn (48 years) within the manifesto committee.

  • Rahul takes educate to Udaipur to wait Cong’s 3-day Chintan Shivir

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    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday boarded a educate for Udaipur from Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla railway station in conjunction with another senior leaders of the celebration as he headed to the celebration’s three-day ‘Chintan Shivir’.

    Gandhi was once greeted with vegetation and slogans by means of celebration staff as he reached the railway station within the night time. The previous Congress leader was once additionally welcomed by means of coolies on the Sarai Rohilla station and their delegation shared its considerations with him.

    The Congress had booked two bogies of the educate as many celebration leaders, together with Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel and previous Union minister Jairam Ramesh, have been travelling in conjunction with Gandhi within the educate to wait the consultation from Would possibly 13 to Would possibly 15.

    The 3-day ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir’ is being held within the backdrop of a string of electoral defeats and dissent within the celebration for the previous a few years.

    The Shivir will focal point on time-bound celebration restructuring, discovering techniques to fight politics of polarisation and getting battle-ready for upcoming electoral demanding situations.

    #WATCH | Delhi: Railway porters have interaction with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on board a educate to Udaipur, Rajasthan. Congress leaders are heading to Udaipur for the celebration’s Chintan Shivir that starts the next day to come.

    (Supply: AICC) percent.twitter.com/dxAufjQID1

    — ANI (@ANI) Would possibly 12, 2022

    It’ll start Friday afternoon following which over 400 delegates will speak about subject-specific problems throughout six teams.

    Those discussions will proceed at the first and 2d day and the conclusions shall be recorded within the type of a declaration, a draft of which shall be mentioned on the CWC assembly to be held there at the 3rd and remaining day.

  • Gujarat BJP rift involves fore

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    AHMEDABAD: Aggressive activism over the Patidar motion involving Hardik Patel uncovered a rift inside the Gujarat BJP on Wednesday. State celebration spokesperson Yagnesh Dave accused Rahul Gandhi of being racist for praising Dalit activist Jignesh Mewani in his Tuesday rally whilst ignoring Hardik Patel, the sulking state Congress operating president. 

    “There’s horrible racism occurring within the Congress. Rahul Gandhi discussed Jignesh Mewani’s title whilst Hardik Patel spent extra time in prison than Jignesh Mewani,” stated Dave.

    Alternatively, two BJP leaders — Varun Patel and Chirag Patel — antagonistic Dave’s remark. The 2 Patels had joined the BJP after the Patidar agitation. Chirag tweeted: “I’ve additionally been in prison all over the Patidar agitation. As a substitute of praising Hardik, display some sympathy and love for us too.”