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  • Sonia Gandhi to proceed as Congress intervening time president, after  four-hour lengthy CWC meet

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Days after its election debacle in 5 states, the Congress’ most sensible decision-making frame on Sunday brainstormed over the best way ahead “and “unanimously reaffirmed” religion within the management of celebration President Sonia Gandhi.

    Amid requires large-scale reforms to restore the celebration’s dwindling electoral fortunes, AICC normal secretary KC Venugopal stated after the over four-hour assembly of the Congress Operating Committee (CWC) that the celebration president will instantly absorb corrective measures to redesign and re-strengthen organisation.

    The Congress will grasp a Chintan Shivir instantly after the Price range Consultation of Parliament and the CWC will meet once more sooner than that, he instructed newshounds Gandhi listened to all leaders on the CWC meet and stated she is prepared to make required adjustments to toughen the celebration, resources stated.

    “Each and every unmarried member of the CWC needs Sonia Gandhi to lead celebration until organisational elections are held,” Congress chief Randeep Surjewala stated.

    The CWC has unanimously reaffirmed religion within the management of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Venugopal added.

    Former celebration leader Rahul Gandhi, normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Venugopal, Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, celebration’s chief in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and P Chidambaram had been amongst those that attended the Congress Operating Committee assembly.

    Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and Mukul Wasnik had been the one 3 from the Staff of 23 leaders who participated within the assembly of the CWC, which has numerous Gandhi circle of relatives loyalists.

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi listened to all leaders on the CWC meet and stated she is prepared to make all required adjustments to toughen the celebration, resources stated.

    Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot instructed on the CWC meet {that a} ‘Chintan Shivir (brainstorming consultation)’ be held by means of Congress in his state.

    Former top minister Manmohan Singh didn’t attend the assembly. Senior celebration chief A Ok Antony was once additionally no longer provide as he has shrunk Covid.

    The Congress misplaced Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Celebration, may no longer wrest Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur from the BJP and the celebration’s tally in politically an important Uttar Pradesh fell to its lowest.

    Whilst Sonia Gandhi has no longer been actively campaigning for a while, Rahul Gandhi, at the side of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were the famous person campaigner for the Congress within the polls, with the brother-sister duo additionally enjoying a significant function in key selections of the celebration.

    In spite of a high-pitched marketing campaign led by means of Priyanka Gandhi, the Congress may set up to win most effective two of the 403 meeting seats in Uttar Pradesh with the vote proportion plummeting to a meagre 2.33 % and maximum of its applicants dropping safety deposits.

    Forward of the assembly, the refrain for making Rahul Gandhi Congress president once more grew louder as a number of leaders and staff voiced strengthen for him to take at the mantle of celebration leader.

    Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot stated no person was once taking up Top Minister Narendra Modi as Rahul Gandhi does and was once preventing resolutely.

    “The top minister has to start out his speech after focused on Rahul Gandhi, you’ll be able to perceive what this implies. All folks need that Rahul ji must take at the mantle of celebration management,” Gehlot instructed newshounds.

    Karnataka Congress president D Ok Shivakumar additionally subsidized the speculation to make Gandhi the celebration leader.

    “As I’ve stated it previous as neatly, Sh. Rahul Gandhi must absorb the Congress presidency in a full-time function instantly. That is the want of tens of millions of Congress staff like me,” he tweeted.

    Congress staff from round Delhi, who converged close to the celebration place of business, weren’t allowed to go into the AICC headquarter as site visitors was once held up and the street out of doors the celebration place of business was once barricaded by means of the police.

    A bunch led by means of Delhi Congress leaders, together with Alka Lamba, voiced strengthen for Rahul Gandhi to guide the celebration and raised slogans in his and Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s favour.

    Rahul Gandhi had resigned as Congress president after the celebration suffered its 2d consecutive defeat typically elections in 2019.

    Sonia Gandhi, who took over the reins of the celebration once more as intervening time president, had additionally introduced to hand over in August 2020 after sturdy complaint by means of a bit of leaders, known as G-23, however the CWC had prompt her to proceed.

    Previous within the day, most sensible Congress leaders mentioned the celebration’s technique for the impending Price range Consultation of Parliament and determined to paintings in coordination with different like-minded events to boost problems with public significance.

    The assembly of the Congress Parliamentary technique workforce was once held on the place of dwelling of celebration president Sonia Gandhi.

  • UP Chunav: The celebrities had been there for the marketing campaign, may just no longer land at the flooring… Congress didn’t make complete use of those big name campaigners

    Lucknow: 80 % of the leaders integrated within the listing of big name campaigners of the Congress made for campaigning for the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections didn’t even come. He saved on maintaining small conferences in his personal spaces. Large leaders who got here from out of doors the state had been restricted to only press meetings or going to at least one or two marked puts.

    The listing of big name campaigners of Congress integrated names from Rahul Gandhi to Kamal Nath, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel used to be then a celebrity campaigner and in addition an election observer right here. After Priyanka, he roamed the state essentially the most to marketing campaign.

    Leaders no longer referred to as for campaigning
    Speaking about folks integrated within the listing of big name campaigners of the birthday celebration, lots of the leaders weren’t even referred to as for campaigning. Former Deputy CM of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot joined Priyanka Gandhi in a street display. Deependra Hooda additionally did a street display in Mathura with Priyanka and he saved on coming and going. However his personal conferences didn’t stay within the state.

    Rahul Gandhi’s marketing campaign restricted
    Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s position used to be additionally restricted within the election marketing campaign or moderately he went to Varanasi most effective with the exception of Amethi. With the exception of this, he saved his distance from the state. Digvijay Singh, Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot, Charanjit Singh Channi and Ghulam Nabi Azad had been amongst those that didn’t take part within the marketing campaign for the UP elections. With the exception of this, Kanhaiya Kumar used to be additionally integrated within the big name campaigners of Congress, however his position used to be additionally just for two days.

    Acharya Pramod Krishnam and Imran Pratapgarhi, who had been some of the big name campaigners of the Congress, had been some of the faces who saved on maintaining conferences in want of the applicants. Pramod Tiwari held all election conferences, even supposing he used to be busy more often than not in Rampur Khas. Hardik Patel additionally campaigned in UP at the identical day, that too within the 7th segment.

    Rahul’s low process used to be the topic of dialogue
    The meager presence of alternative big name campaigners within the election used to be felt no longer such a lot throughout the Congress as Rahul’s absence. Congress applicants saved looking ahead to Rahul Gandhi’s conferences in Rae Bareli. In Mathura, Noida, Deoria, Kushinagar and different puts, programs had been made for the potentialities of Rahul, however Rahul reached most effective in Amethi after which Varanasi to marketing campaign for the Congress.

  • UP polls: With heavyweights engaging in rallies, Varanasi turns into closing large battleground

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    VARANASI: With the lengthy drawn, seven segment meeting polls in Uttar Pradesh set to finish with vote casting for 54 seats of 9 jap districts on March 7, Varanasi — probably the most oldest dwelling towns of the arena – became out to be the closing large battleground of all main political events and their most sensible management on Friday.

    Whilst BJP’s most sensible chief within the nation, the Top Minister Narendra Modi (who could also be the two-time sitting MP from Varanasi) launched into a protracted avenue display thru the principle town spaces, BJP’s top opponent, the Samajwadi Birthday party leader and ex-UP CM Akhilesh Yadav too performed a road-show in any other a part of the similar non secular town.

    And if that wasn’t all, the Congress celebration, which is eyeing a revival in its fortunes in those polls, had its two maximum charismatic leaders, the siblings Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, retaining public rallies in rural space, the place their applicants have became the to this point direct contest between BJP alliance and SP alliance into multi-cornered combat.

    The top appeal of the day, alternatively, was once PM Modi’s huge road-show, which waded thru an never-ending crowd of town citizens and BJP supporters, whilst overlaying a distance of 8-odd km, from Maldahiya crossing to Lanka-BHU Gate.

    After reiterating at a public rally in Mirzapur district, the dedication of his executive to soundly evacuate each Indian stranded in warfare torn Ukraine at a time when all of the international was once going thru an excessively crucial, the PM flew to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi at round 4 pm and embarked at the road-show round an hour and 45 mins prolong.

    After garlanding the statue of Sardar Patel, the PM’s road-show travelled to the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Hall, traversing thru more than a few spaces of Varanasi North, Varanasi South and Varanasi Cantt meeting segments, amid never-ending crowds of native citizens and supporters, elevating slogans in enhance in their two-time MP.

    The street-show which was once dotted with floral welcome at more than a few issues by means of senior BJP leaders, took virtually 3 hours in travelling 3 kms to achieve the KV Dham Hall, the place the PM presented prayers on the international well-known Kashi Vishwanath Temple, after taking part in the king dimension dumroo amid reverberating chants of Kashi’s signature slogan Har Har Mahadev.

    He due to this fact travelled throughout the additional crowded spaces between Godowlia Crossing and Lanka-BHU Gate (overlaying main a part of Varanasi South and Varanasi Cantt seats), however stopped in between to relish kulhad tea with BJP rank and record on the well-known Pappu Tea Store at Assi Crossing, which for lengthy has been probably the most mentioned political gossip level of the traditional town.        

    This was once the PM’s 5th poll-related road-show in Varanasi since 2014, when he first received the LS polls, defeating AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. The Friday’s roadshow was once a re-run of the 2017 polls campaigning, when Modi had performed two back-to-back road-shows according to UP Ke Ladke Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi’s road-shows. It was once in large part geared toward galvanizing the celebration’s rank and record and interesting the voters in 3 city seats, Varanasi South, Varanasi North and Varanasi Cantt, to vote for sitting BJP MLAs (together with two ministers) who’re going through prime anti-incumbency.

    The PM, who would camp in Varanasi for 2 days, will cope with a rally at Khajuri (positioned at the junction of 2 rural Pindra and Sewapuri seats) the place each the BJP applicants are having a difficult time in opposition to prime anti-incumbency.

    The BJP is pinning prime hopes at the PM’s two day keep in Varanasi, as a an identical marketing campaign by means of him within the town in 2017, had helped the celebration no longer handiest win all 8 seats of Varanasi district, however a number of seats of adjacent districts additionally.

    In the meantime, the Congress chief siblings Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, addressed ballot rally in Pindra meeting constituency, the place the celebration’s ex-MLA Ajay Rai (who was once a minister in erstwhile BJP executive up to now) is strongly contesting in opposition to sitting BJP MLA Avdhesh Singh and BSP candidate Babulal Patel.

    Understanding smartly that the BSP candidate may get pleasure from department in higher caste votes between the BJP and Congress candidate, Rahul was once extremely crucial of the BSP, terming the elephant image celebration the B Group of the BJP. He additionally lashed out on the Samajwadi Birthday party for fostering an environment of violence and anarchy all over its previous rule in UP.

     The closing large price tag marketing campaign of the day was once a road-show by means of SP leader Akhilesh Yadav, who needed to commute 1.5 km between Rathyatra Crossing and Girjaghar Crossing, overlaying portions of Varanasi Cantt and Varanasi South seats. The street-show was once on on the time of submitting this information document.

  • We can not abandon our personal other people: Rahul Gandhi on Indian scholars stranded in Ukraine

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday requested the federal government to urgently percentage its evacuation plan with the ones stranded in Ukraine and their households as he shared a video of a few scholars being confused by way of the army there.

    “My center is going out to the Indian scholars struggling such violence and their circle of relatives staring at those movies. No mum or dad will have to undergo this,” he stated on Twitter whilst sharing the video of a few scholars.

    My center is going out to the Indian scholars struggling such violence and their circle of relatives staring at those movies. No mum or dad will have to undergo this.

    GOI will have to urgently percentage the detailed evacuation plan with the ones stranded in addition to their households.

    We will’t abandon our personal other people. percent.twitter.com/MVzOPWIm8D

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 28, 2022

    “The GOI will have to urgently percentage the detailed evacuation plan with the ones stranded in addition to their households. We will’t abandon our personal other people,” Gandhi additionally stated.

    Gandhi and the Congress birthday celebration had been criticising the federal government for no longer evacuating Indian scholars in time from Ukraine and feature known as for pressing steps to evacuate them, after Russia attacked Ukraine.

    Quite a lot of Congress leaders have shared movies of Indian scholars in Ukraine highlighting their plight and making appeals to the Indian executive to evacuate them quickly.

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

    By way of PTI

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Rahul Gandhi Assault on Narendra Modi: ‘In 2014 Modi used to discuss employment, however why no longer now?’, Rahul Gandhi’s assault on PM

    Lucknow: Balloting for the 4 levels of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections has been finished. Now all of the events are engaged with complete pressure within the 5th segment. On Friday, former Congress Nationwide President Rahul Gandhi reached Amethi and Prayagraj and addressed public conferences. All over this, he mentioned that during 2014, Narendra Modi used to provide speeches during the rustic and full Uttar Pradesh and used to mention that he’ll give employment, any person were given it? They are saying that not anything took place in seventy years, nationwide highways had been constructed, railway strains had been laid, who did this? Congress did this.

    Rahul mentioned that the PM now not talks about employment in his speeches. Now he involves UP, then why don’t you inform the early life of UP that I’m going to provide you with employment. If the establishments offering employment are promoting, then how can you speak about employment?

    He mentioned that the PM had promised the farmers that he would double the source of revenue, then applied 3 black rules. The purpose of those black rules used to be to remove what farmers get as of late and hand them over to their billionaire industrialist buddies.

    ‘Modi broke the spine of employment’
    The senior Congress chief mentioned that Narendra Modi did demonetisation, handed flawed GST, introduced black rules for farmers and didn’t assist small, medium companies on the time of Corona. The most important billionaires of the rustic don’t give employment to the rustic, reasonably those small-middle elegance businessmen give employment to the rustic. Oldsters ship their kids to university, in order that they may be able to stand on their ft by way of learning and writing, they are going to get employment, however because of the insurance policies of the BJP executive, the early life of India is not going to get employment within the coming occasions, as a result of Narendra Modi and his Pals have damaged the spine which provides employment to the rustic. On the time of Corona, I warned this executive, didn’t concentrate to me. It’s ok to not consider, however then you definitely didn’t see lifeless our bodies within the Ganges, otherwise you didn’t even see that. You need to acknowledge the reality, the price ticket to generate employment is for your fingers, while you cross to the polling sales space and press the button, that’s the price ticket to employment. Now and again you vote within the identify of faith, every now and then within the identify of caste, however you don’t vote within the identify of having long run.

    The state is not going to development until there’s employment: Rahul Gandhi
    Rahul Gandhi mentioned that like Chhattisgarh, we’re promising in Uttar Pradesh that paddy-wheat costs shall be Rs 2,500 in keeping with quintal. The meals park that I had dreamed of for Amethi is being learned in each district of Chhattisgarh. The Congress executive is putting in meals parks, factories in each district. The place the crop yield is top, meals processing gadgets are being arrange. The farmer of Chhattisgarh sells his produce immediately to the processing unit, he will get the suitable worth. We wish to do that paintings in Uttar Pradesh. Except employment is created in Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh is not going to development. There’s no scarcity on this state, this state can depart everybody in the back of within the nation. The folk of UP cross to different states of the rustic for employment in order that they may be able to run their properties. You selected BSP, SP, BJP, they usually all stole your cash by way of making false guarantees one by one. Now you improve the Congress celebration, make our candidate win.

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

    By means of PTI

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Congress alleges Rs 6,000 crore coal rip-off in Gujarat, seeks time-bound SC probe

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday alleged a coal rip-off of Rs 6,000 crore in Gujarat wherein coal intended for small and medium trade used to be diverted to industries in different states and demanded a time-bound investigation by means of a siting pass judgement on of the Superb Courtroom.

    The opposition birthday celebration stated the probe must examine the position of all of the 4 leader ministers of Gujarat within the ultimate 14 years when the alleged rip-off came about.

    Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi demanded solutions from High Minister Narendra Modi at the “lacking” 60 lakh tonnes of coal.

    “60 lakh tonnes of coal ‘lacking’! Will the High ‘Buddy’ Minister say the rest in this coal rip-off,” Gandhi requested in a tweet in Hindi.

    He cited a information file alleging that 60 lakh tonnes of coal used to be lacking in Gujarat, terming it a Rs 6000 crore rip-off.

    “We call for {that a} time sure investigation must be constituted underneath the sitting pass judgement on of Superb Courtroom. This investigation must examine involvement of all of the 4 leader ministers of Gujarat from 2008 until date (Narendra Modi, Anandiben Patel, Vijay Rupani and BhupendraBhai Patel) on this Rs 6,000 crore rip-off,” Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh instructed newshounds.

    He alleged {that a} coal rip-off of Rs 6,000 crore has come to gentle in Gujarat, wherein within the ultimate 14 years, as an alternative of giving coal to the small and medium degree industries of the state, businesses of the Gujarat govt have offered it to the industries of different states at a better worth.

    He alleged that coal extracted from quite a lot of mines of Coal India didn’t succeed in the industries for which it used to be extracted.

    In ultimate 14 years, 60 lakh tonnes of coal were despatched from the mines of Coal India within the title of investors and small industries of Gujarat, the Congress chief alleged and stated its moderate worth is Rs 1,800 crore at Rs 3,000 according to tonne, however as an alternative of marketing it to investors and industries, it’s been offered in different states at a worth of Rs 8,000 to ten,000/tonne.

    Vallabh stated it’s attention-grabbing to notice that Narendra Modi (Leader Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014) used to be additionally maintaining the price of Business, Mines and Minerals Division of Executive of Gujarat (December 2007 to December 2012) and then Vijay Rupani (August 2016 to September 2021) and Bhupendra Patel (Sept 2021 until date) additionally saved the Business, Mines and Minerals Division of Executive of Gujarat with them.

    He requested why within the ultimate 14 years, when this rip-off came about, for greater than 10 years the manager minister of Gujarat used to be additionally maintaining price of Business, Mines and Minerals division.

    “Is that this an insignificant twist of fate or an experiment,” he requested.

    “ED, SFIO, Source of revenue Tax, FIU and different businesses must sign up a case and examine in this Rs 6,000 Crore rip-off as it’s conceivable that the businesses (SNA) have created faux expenses for this sport and avoided Source of revenue Tax, Gross sales Tax and GST,” Vallabh demanded.

    The Congress chief stated the UPA Executive had formulated a coverage in 2007 to offer just right high quality coal at inexpensive charges to the small industries around the nation.

    Underneath this coverage, coal is extracted each and every month from West Coal Box and South-East Coal Box of Coal India for Small and Medium Industries of Gujarat.

    He stated the industries within the title of which coal used to be extracted from Coal India within the paperwork didn’t succeed in the ones industries.

    “Why most effective few personal businesses have been appointed as state nominated company yr after yr while in different states respective departments of state governments have been doing the duty assigned to the nominated company,” Vallabh additionally requested.

  • Rahul Gandhi in Varanasi: Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi reached the Ravidas temple in Varanasi, after serving the langar sitting within the pangat

    Varanasi
    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday arrived in Varanasi with sister and celebration normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi at the instance of Ravidas Jayanti, amid the hustle and bustle of Uttar Pradesh elections. Rahul and Priyanka additionally served after taking langar at Ravidas temple.

    Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi reached Ravidas temple at Ksheer Govardhan in Kashi to participate within the grand rite arranged at the instance of Jayanti. Each worshiped the darshan of Sant Ravidas. After this he additionally ate langar whilst sitting within the pot. Rahul Gandhi additionally did langar carrier and fed meals to the folk.

    Rahul Gandhi, whilst paying tribute to Sant Guru Ravidas, wrote, ‘There are caste in caste-caste. Which is Ketan’s toes. Raidas Manush may just no longer sign up for. Until the caste does no longer cross away. Previous, Rahul prolonged his heat needs at the delivery anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas ji, who gave the message of cohesion and brotherhood.

    Previous, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi reached Ravidas temple and took langar. CM Yogi introduced prayers right here.

    On the identical time, BSP supremo Mayawati has additionally remembered him on Sant Ravidas Jayanti. He wrote on his Twitter account, ‘Guy changa to kathoti mein ganga’ and salute to the nice saint Guru Ravidas ji on his delivery anniversary. Within the custom of saints of social trade, Sant Guru Ravidas ji, a well known saint, struggled arduous all the way through his existence in opposition to caste-discrimination. In keeping with the lessons of any such saint, if the governments will paintings after therapeutic the thoughts, then simplest the folk will probably be smartly and the Ganga of construction within the nation will for sure fulfill the average guy.

  • 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.

    no longer requested or known as
    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