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

    By means of PTI

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Hassle for Rahul? BJP to report sedition instances towards Congress chief over his ‘India exists from Gujarat to Bengal’ commentary

    Via ANI

    NEW DELHI: No less than 1000 sedition instances will likely be lodged by way of Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP) in Assam on Monday towards Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his tweet announcing “India exists from Gujarat to West Bengal” thereby conceding to Chinese language call for of Arunachal Pradesh, most sensible resources published to ANI.

    The Wayanad MP, in a tweet on February 10, had stated that there’s a power in our Union.

    “There may be power in our Union. Our Union of Cultures. Our Union of Variety. Our Union of Languages. Our Union of Other people. Our Union of States,” Rahul Gandhi had stated.

    In the similar tweet, he had additional discussed that this union from “Gujarat to West Bengal”. Following the tweet, Leader Ministers of Assam, Tripura and Manipur identified that the Congress chief ignored citing the northeast.

    “From Kashmir to Kerala. From Gujarat to West Bengal. India is gorgeous in all its colors. Do not insult the spirit of India,” Rahul Gandhi had stated.

    The resources say that Rahul Gandhi intentionally disregarded the northeast and thereby conceded to the call for of the Chinese language for Arunachal Pradesh.

    On February 10, taking a dig on the Congress chief, Assam Leader Minister and BJP chief Himanta Biswa Sarma stated, “India is a ways past only a union. We’re a proud Country. Bharat can’t be held hostage on your tukde tukde philosophy. What’s your downside with Country, Nationality and Nationalism? And hello- past Bengal, we North east exist.”

    Launching a blistering assault at the Wayanad MP, Tripura Leader Minister Biplab Kumar Deb stated that his lack of expertise is the cause of Congress’ wipe out from the area.

    “As a way to hold forth, Mr. Rahul Gandhi has forgotten our gorgeous North Japanese states. Similar to his nice grandfather, he excluded our area? We also are a proud a part of India. Your lack of expertise is the rationale of your celebration’s general wipe out from Northeast,” Tripura Leader Minister stated.

    Within the poll-bound state of Manipur, Leader Minister N Biren Singh stated that he’s baffled over the lack of expertise by way of a senior Congress chief of the area and wondered how the celebration is calling the folk of the state to vote for them within the upcoming Meeting elections.

    “It baffles me when a senior @INCIndia chief ignores the life of North East India of their statements. When the life of this area isn’t even said, how is Congress requesting votes to the folk of Manipur for the impending election? Who is dividing the Country?” Manipur Leader Minister had tweeted.

    Indubitably, it used to be no longer simplest the Leader Ministers of the northeastern state who didn’t obtain Rahul Gandhi’s commentary neatly. Union Minister of State within the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik also known as Gandhi’s commentary the “actual insult” and stated that the Congress has and can proceed to forget about the northeastern states.

    “The actual insult is Rahul Gandhi utterly ignoring the states of North-East India even in his criticisms. This displays Congress Birthday party’s true intent. They have got and can all the time overlook the folk of North-East!” she had tweeted.

    Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, BJP’s Nationwide Basic Secretary (Group) BL Santosh stated, “For @INCIndia & its chief, the 7 sisters of North East don’t seem to be even value citing

    The submitting of the sedition case towards the Congress chief comes at a time when Congress’ pupil wing has introduced protests towards the Assam Leader Minister for his commentary towards Rahul Gandhi asking whether or not the BJP had ever demanded evidence of him being the “son of former High Minister Rajiv Gandhi”.

    Addressing a rally in Uttarakhand, the Assam Leader Minister just lately criticised Rahul Gandhi and stated, “He seeks evidence from our Military of the surgical strike, did we ever ask you for evidence of whether or not you’re Rajiv Gandhi’s son or no longer? What proper do you must call for evidence from my Military?”

    Following the incident, Congress had filed court cases towards Sarma around the nation or even demanded him to be right away sacked from the submit.

    The Congress’ call for additionally resonated with Telangana Leader Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao, who used to be as soon as a sour critic of the grand previous celebration. (ANI)

  • Financial institution frauds of Rs 5.35 lakh crore befell below Modi executive: Rahul Gandhi

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that financial institution frauds to the music of Rs 5.35 lakh crore have taken position all through the BJP executive and that those are excellent days just for Top Minister Narendra Modi’s “pals”.

    “Financial institution frauds of Rs 5,35,000 crore have came about up to now all through the Modi technology — in 75 years there hasn’t ever been this type of fraud with the cash of folks of India,” Gandhi stated on Twitter. “At the present time of loot and deceit are excellent days just for Modi’s pals. #KiskeAccheDin,” he additionally stated, taking a swipe on the executive over the ‘achhe din’ slogan.

    The Congress birthday celebration has additionally accused the Modi dispensation of complicity, collusion and connivance within the alleged fraud of Rs 22,842 crore by way of the Gujarat-based ABG Shipyard, which it dubbed as “India’s largest financial institution fraud”. The opposition birthday celebration has been accusing the Modi dispensation of serving to a make a selection few large companies.

  • ‘BJP leaders will have to wash their face with Datun…’, Jayant Choudhary livid with Assam CM’s commentary on Rahul Gandhi

    Lucknow: The subject is heating up over the arguable remarks made via Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in opposition to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. Now Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Jayant Choudhary centered the Assam CM on Sunday. Chowdhary mentioned that BJP leaders will have to wash their faces with Datun every now and then.

    RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary tweeted and wrote- ‘Assam Leader Minister has used abusive language. Every so often, BJP leaders will have to wash their faces with Datun!’

    Himanta Biswa Sarma made this arguable statement
    Addressing a meeting in Uttarakhand, Assam CM Himanta Biswa mentioned, ‘Have a look at the mentality of those folks. Normal Bipin Rawat was once the pleasure of the rustic. India performed surgical moves in Pakistan beneath his management. Rahul Gandhi requested for evidence of the strike. Have we ever requested you for evidence whether or not you might be Rajiv Gandhi’s son or no longer? What proper do it’s important to call for evidence from my military?’

    CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is out of thoughts, apologise: Congress MP
    At the commentary of the CM of Assam, many politicians demanded his resignation from BJP, whilst many leaders demanded an apology from Himanta Biswa Sarma. Congress MP Manickam Tagore mentioned that Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has misplaced his thoughts. Rahul Gandhi by no means wondered the military. His members of the family have sacrificed their lives for this nation. I urge his apology.

  • Union ​executive answerable for unemployment emergency: Rahul Gandhi

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held the Union executive answerable for the “unemployment emergency” within the nation and alleged that suicides have risen because of it.

    He cited a media document which claimed that over 25,000 folks have dedicated suicide between 2018 and 2020 because of debt and unemployment.

    Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge additionally centered the BJP executive alleging that as a substitute of “Amrit Kaal” as claimed by way of the federal government, India used to be going via “Andh Kaal” (darkish age) beneath a “blind king”.

    The Congress has been attacking the federal government over unemployment and has belied the BJP’s claims of India going via ‘Amrit Kaal’, a connection with the most productive and maximum auspicious instances.

    In a tweet in Hindi with the hashtag ‘KiskeAccheDin’, Gandhi mentioned, “Suicides rose because of unemployment. And what ended in the upward thrust in unemployment? The Central executive is answerable for this unemployment emergency.”

    Kharge additionally tweeted, “Twenty-four according to cent building up in suicides because of unemployment. 80-four according to cent of households noticed a decline in source of revenue. But, Modi and his ministers name those tough instances as ‘Amrit Kaal’. That is India’s ‘Andh Kaal’ with an ‘Andha Raja’ as PM.”

    “For the sake and welfare of ‘Double A’, 27 crore Indians were driven into poverty by way of ‘Hum Do’. That is the truth of ‘Amrit Kaal’,” the senior Congress chief mentioned.

  • ‘Himanta tarnishing Assam’s symbol’: Congress on CM’s father-son observation towards Rahul Gandhi

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    GUWAHATI: The Congress in Assam slammed Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged offensive observation towards celebration stalwart Rahul Gandhi and his circle of relatives.

    In poll-bound Uttarakhand, Sarma had on Friday come down closely on Gandhi for not easy evidence of the 2016 surgical strike and instructed the Congress chief if the BJP ever requested him to end up he used to be the son of former High Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

    The Assam Congress mentioned this type of observation from a CM used to be uncalled for. “A highly-educated and civilised guy does no longer make this type of remark. He used to be elected because the CM by means of the folks of Assam and he represented the state in Uttarakhand. His observation, made for some votes, used to be each towards Indian civilisation and Assamese tradition,” Assam Congress chief Debabrata Saikia mentioned.

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    It’s not truthful for any person to make this type of “derogatory” remark towards an individual and his circle of relatives. This may increasingly take the rustic’s politics down, the Congress chief mentioned.

    “He (Sarma) says he’ll deliver new tradition, exchange in Assam. If that is what he’s going to deliver, nobody can save the state,” Saikia mentioned.

    He mentioned everybody must condemn the remark.

    Congress’ scholars’ wing Nationwide Scholars’ Union of India (NSUI) demanded that Sarma surrender as CM and apologise for the observation.

    The participants of NSUI additionally staged a protest in New Delhi. They chanted slogans towards Sarma and smeared his posters and effigy in black.

    The Assam CM, alternatively, remained unfazed.

    “Karma hits us again. We will be able to by no means realise the ache of a soldier, who dangers his existence to behavior surgical strike on enemy land, when a Congress chief insults his patriotic act by means of not easy evidence of it. Time for any individual to introspect,” he tweeted on Saturday.

  • Congress: Long gone with the wind

    Every week after the Congress’s humiliating defeat within the 2014 Lok Sabha election, one of the vital birthday party’s younger Turks who additionally took place to had been a minister in each regimes of the United Modern Alliance (UPA), instructed India Nowadays: “Now Pappu will perceive what it way to be in politics. It’s no longer simple surviving within the Opposition camp.” Pappu, in fact, is a derogatory connection with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, popularised in social media by means of his detractors.

    Every week after the Congress’s humiliating defeat within the 2014 Lok Sabha election, one of the vital birthday party’s younger Turks who additionally took place to had been a minister in each regimes of the United Modern Alliance (UPA), instructed India Nowadays: “Now Pappu will perceive what it way to be in politics. It’s no longer simple surviving within the Opposition camp.” Pappu, in fact, is a derogatory connection with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, popularised in social media by means of his detractors.

    The remark was once later withheld on the chief’s request, but it surely was once one of the vital first signs of disgruntlement a number of the more youthful lot who had come to the fore after Rahul joined politics in 2004. Whilst the Gandhi scion has ‘survived’—even helmed the birthday party at one level regardless of the a couple of electoral debacles since that disastrous summer season of 2014—a number of leaders of his technology, together with the minister who had made the aforementioned remark, have abandoned Rahul and the birthday party.

    On January 25, R.P.N Singh become simplest the most recent member of ‘Staff Rahul’ to abandon the Congress send. This formidable coterie took form in July 2003 at a three-day chintan shivir (brainstorming consultation) of the Congress in Shimla. On the shivir, a Congress basic secretary recognized for his proximity to the Gandhi circle of relatives, had long past round asking the individuals to call younger Congressmen who might be groomed as long term leaders. At the ultimate day of the consultation, on July 9, a couple of names had been scribbled on a work of paper—Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada and R.P.N. Singh. They had been anticipated to paintings intently with Rahul, and they all, but even so two others—Ajay Maken and Manish Tewari—got tickets to contest the Lok Sabha election in 2004 during which Rahul too made his debut. 5 years later, two extra names—Jitendra Singh and Milind Deora—had been added to the record made up most commonly of scions of political dynasties.

    Rahul now not depends upon the suggest of any specific chief and has followed what one chief calls a horses-for-courses means

    Just about twenty years later, his crew—all of whom have served as Union min­isters—has disintegrated. 3 of them—Scindia, Prasada and RPN—have joined the BJP. Pilot and Deora have expressed discontent on many events. Tewari, one of the vital Team of 23 leaders who had written a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 in search of an overhaul of the birthday party organisation and management, has no longer been given any important project regardless of being a senior chief within the Lok Sabha. Best Maken and Jitendra Singh have proven unwavering dedication to Rahul even though they too have no longer gained a unmarried election since 2014.

    With the exception of the unique crew, down the years, Rahul additionally sponsored a number of different younger women and men, giving them important roles within the birthday party. A 38-year-old Ashok Tanwar, who was once additionally a former Early life Congress president, was once made president of the Haryana Congress. Sushmita Dev, daughter of Gandhi circle of relatives loyalist and previous Union minister Santosh Mohan Dev, was once made head of the All India Mahila Congress. Each joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) final 12 months. Regardless that not one of the breakaway leaders has publicly uttered a phrase in opposition to Rahul, assets characteristic their disillusionment to the latter’s management taste and the failure of the birthday party to get a hold of a story that may draw in citizens.

    Privately, many whinge that the Congress chief will also be ‘flighty’, periodically converting his advisors and selling a brand new coterie whilst others fall off the radar. Additionally, as soon as he turns his again on any individual, it turns into very tricky to get an target market once more. After dropping endurance, and believe, with many, Rahul now doesn’t depend at the suggest of any specific chief and has followed what one chief describes as a horses-for-courses means. “That is making his selections appear extra random. At some point he’s consulting Jairam Ramesh, the following Ok.C. Venugopal. A birthday party choice may also be made after an informal dialog with any individual from some other birthday party, like CPI(M) basic secretary Sitaram Yechury. That is making his personal leaders stressed,” says a CWC (Congress Operating Committee) member.

    Rahul’s supporters disregard such grievance and declare “the deserters” moved as a result of they couldn’t even give protection to their very own constituencies. “The birthday party persevered to provide tickets and no matter else they sought after to those leaders. Rahul and Priyanka campaigned for a few of them too. However they spent little time on birthday party paintings of their constituencies, so that they saved dropping. How can Rahul be blamed for this?” asks a Lok Sabha MP from the birthday party. Whilst Scindia and Sushmita gained the 2014 Lok Sabha ballot, they misplaced in 2019. Prasada, Tanwar and Jitendra Singh had been dropping since 2014.

    A number of Congress leaders even declare that the belief that those leaders had been on the subject of Rahul was once a “sparsely cultivated PR workout”. They had been noticed transferring round with him in Parliament round the similar time he become a Lok Sabha member for the primary time, and he interacted extra with them as a result of they had been his contemporaries. “As a pace-setter, Rahul may be very affectionate in opposition to his colleagues. Many amongst us misunderstand it as a passport to get the positions we aspire for. However on the subject of birthday party and organisation, he helps to keep the bigger pastime in thoughts and doesn’t practise favouritism. Then the so-called pals get disappointed and blame him for his or her incapability to ship,” says Lok Sabha MP and Congress CWC member Manickam Tagore.

    But even so the shrinking electoral capital, what afflicted those former pals was once the slow sidelining inside the birthday party organisation. The birthday party’s de facto chief it appears additionally didn’t intrude to offer protection to their “legitimate issues”. In 2018, Rahul selected veteran Kamal Nath over Scindia as the executive ministerial selection for Madhya Pradesh. In Uttar Pradesh, Prasada sought to place himself as a Brahmin chief. But if Priyanka Gandhi become basic secretary in-charge of UP, he discovered he had no function in her scheme of items. Former royal and Kurmi chief R.P.N. Singh was once focused on a turf struggle with state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu whose meeting constituency Tamkuhi Raj falls inside of Kushi Nagar, the Lok Sabha constituency RPN contests from. Lallu, by the way, is an in depth confidant of Priyanka.

    Tanwar was once disappointed as a result of he was once got rid of as Haryana Congress president in 2019. Rahul additionally did little to offer protection to him in opposition to state satraps similar to former leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who had allegedly made issues tricky for Tanwar. However, as a Congress MP from Haryana asks, “Why does he blame others when he may no longer win his personal seat two times?”

    Many inside the birthday party admit that Sushmita Dev’s departure was once necessitated by means of the converting sociopolitical situation in Assam’s Barak Valley the place her constituency, Silchar, falls. The Barak Valley is ruled by means of Bangla-speaking Hindus and Muslim. Many of the immigrant Hindus improve the Citizenship (Modification) Act, however the Congress is in opposition to it. Regardless that Sushmita took a separate stand from the Congress at the factor, this was once no longer sufficient to persuade the Hindu vote financial institution. Weighing her choices, she selected to enroll in the TMC, which is wooing citizens as a birthday party for the Bangla-speaking inhabitants in Assam, without reference to their faith.

    The desertions have no longer affected the birthday party a lot however they have got brought about a large dent within the political emblem fairness of Rahul Gandhi

    Congress insiders say in contrast to Scindia, who was once instrumental in dethroning the Congress govt in MP, the opposite turncoats won’t reason any important injury to the birthday party. Scindia and Sushmita have taken the Rajya Sabha path to Parliament whilst Prasada entered the higher space of the UP legislature. RPN and Tanwar are nonetheless not sure on their long term plan of action. However the desertions have brought about a large dent within the political emblem fairness of Rahul Gandhi as those leaders had been gave the impression to be on the subject of him.

    The redemption will now dep­finish on his newest gamble—deciding on Charanjit Singh Channi because the Congress CM candidate for Punjab and ignoring the mercurial Navjot Singh Sidhu. Simply months in the past, Sidhu was once the selected soldier of Rahul and Priyanka of their plan to neutralise former leader minister Amarinder Singh. The result of the Punjab meeting election will decide whether or not this new transfer was once a masterstroke or some other dud by means of the perennial prince of the birthday party. n

  • Vote to unfastened nation from “each and every worry”: Rahul Gandhi

    Via ANI

    NEW DELHI: Former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi steered folks to vote to unfastened the rustic from “worry” as polling in 11 districts for the primary section of Meeting elections in Uttar Pradesh commenced on Thursday morning.

    “Unfastened the rustic from each and every fear- Pop out, vote!” the Congress chief tweeted.

    Vote casting for the primary section of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections started on Thursday at 7 am.

    Overlaying the Jat-dominant belt of western Uttar Pradesh, the primary section of polls covers 58 Meeting constituencies throughout 11 districts of the state.

    The poll-bound districts are Shamli, Meerut, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, and Mathura.

    The balloting, which is able to conclude at 6 pm these days, is going down at 25,849 polling stations and 10,766 polling centres.

    As many as 623 applicants are within the fray on 58 Meeting seats the place polls are being held these days.

    As according to the norms, the campaigning for the primary section of the UP polls ended on Tuesday (February 8) at 6 pm, marking the beginning of a 48-hour-long silence length.

    The police have sealed the borders of the state and strict vigilance is underway to handle peace in 58 constituencies the place elections are underway.

    In the meantime, Top Minister Narendra Modi previous within the day steered all of the citizens in Uttar Pradesh to take part within the elections whilst following the vital COVID-19 tips.

    “As of late is the primary section of balloting within the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections, I request all of the citizens to take part enthusiastically on this holy pageant of democracy by way of following the foundations of COVID. Take into accout – Vote first, then refreshments,” learn PM Modi’s tweet posted in Hindi.

    The 403-member Uttar Pradesh Meeting is scheduled to visit the polls in seven stages on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, March 3, and seven. The counting of votes will happen on March 10.

  • Punjab polls: BJP questions Rahul Gandhi’s locus standi to call Congress CM face

    By means of PTI

    CHANDIGARH: The BJP on Sunday wondered the locus standi of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to announce his birthday party’s leader ministerial face for the Punjab Meeting polls, pronouncing he does not grasp any place within the birthday party presently.

    Rahul Gandhi on Sunday arrived in Ludhiana for a digital rally and he’s going to announce the executive ministerial face of the birthday party.

    “Rahul Gandhi does no longer grasp any place within the birthday party so in what capability and authority will he be saying the birthday party’s CM candidate as of late,” Union Minister for Jal Shakti and BJP chief Gajendra Singh Shekhawat requested in a commentary.

    Whilst opting for the CM candidate is certainly the birthday party’s prerogative however other people of Punjab want to know what authority Gandhi has within the birthday party presently, instead of being probably the most 50-odd MPs belonging to the Congress, he mentioned.

    Shekhawat mentioned Gandhi had resigned because the Congress president in 2019 within the aftermath of the birthday party’s defeat within the Lok Sabha polls.

    His best qualification now’s that he possesses the surname “Gandhi” surname, he mentioned.

    The union minister additionally criticised the Congress for with the exception of from the CM race Sunil Jakhar “simply because he belonged to a selected faith”.

    “The Congress birthday party owes a proof no longer best to the folk of Punjab however the nation as a complete, as to why Mr Jakhar used to be no longer regarded as for the CM’s place,” mentioned Shekhawat.

    Sunil Jakhar had claimed not too long ago that 42 MLAs sought after him to be the executive minister of the state after the unceremonious go out of Amarinder Singh closing yr.

    Jakhar might be heard pronouncing this in a video, which had surfaced on-line, whilst addressing a meeting in Abohar on Tuesday.

  • Rahul Gandhi plays ‘Ganga Aarti’ in Haridwar

    Via PTI

    HARIDWAR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday carried out ‘Ganga aarti’ on the well-known Har Ki Pauri Ghat right here all over his consult with to Uttarakhand and mentioned that he prayed for the “vibrant long term” of the state.

    He posted on Twitter 3 movies of himself collaborating within the ‘Ganga aarti’ amid ‘Har Har Gange’ chants by means of the large crowd provide there.

    गंगा आरती https://t.co/NFs057L9BV

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 5, 2022

    Tweeting one video of himself providing prayers, Gandhi mentioned in Hindi, “Salutations to Ganga ji! Praying for the brilliant long term of Uttarakhand.”

    Previous within the day, at a farmers rally within the state, he accused Top Minister Narendra Modi of leaving protesting farmers on roads for a 12 months amid the pandemic and alleged India now has a king who believes folks will have to stay quiet when he decides.