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  • Congress needs Sharad Pawar as Opposition candidate for Presidential elections, reaches out to NCP leader

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    MUMBAI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi needs to suggest NCP leader Sharad Pawar’s title because the united Opposition candidate within the upcoming Presidential Elections. Then again, Pawar has no longer taken any name over the subject.

    The Presidential polls is scheduled for July 18 whilst counting will happen on July 21.

    Consistent with the extremely positioned resources, senior Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge just lately met the NCP leader at Silver Oak in Mumbai. 

    “On this assembly, Kharge conveyed Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s message that NCP leader Sharad Pawar must contest the presidential elections as a united candidate of Opposition towards the BJP candidate. In presidential elections, smaller and regional events, votes are the most important and play a significant function. NCP leader has members of the family around the birthday celebration and he can simply shore up the specified numbers on this election. Then again, Pawar has no longer mentioned sure or no to Congress. As soon as he made up his thoughts, then this determination will probably be towards mentioned birthday celebration and opposition discussion board to take the general name and make a press release,” mentioned a senior Congress chief who was once aware about building.

    He additional added that Kharge additionally met Maharashtra leader minister Uddhav Thackeray and mentioned Pawar’s title as a president candidate. 

    “Uddhav Thackeray may be sure to peer Sharad Pawar because the president of India. He mentioned that Pawar has 50 years of electoral politics enjoy. He was once leader minister of Maharashtra for 4 occasions and defence minister and agriculture minister. He performed a significant function within the building of Maharashtra and India and he merits this type of coveted publish on the fag finish of his occupation. Thackeray may also dial up different events to garner the make stronger for Pawar in presidential elections,” mentioned the supply asked anonymity.

    Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Sunday mentioned that they’re going to love to make stronger NCP leader because the Presidential candidate. Patole mentioned Congress is able to make stronger the NCP leader. 

    “It’s going to be an honour if Marathi manoos is president of India. We now have determined to make stronger NCP leader Sharad Pawar because the presidential candidate,” Patole mentioned. 

    Assets mentioned that Aam Aadmi Birthday party leaders additionally met with Pawar they usually have been additionally able to make stronger the latter as a Presidential Election candidate. 

    “After Sonia Gandhi’s proposal to Pawar as a candidate for the Presidential polls, West Bengal leader minister Mamata Banerjee had often known as Mr Pawar and prolonged her make stronger. She has additionally promised to rally different regional events in the back of NCP leader,” mentioned the supply asked anonymity.

    Pawar has no longer issued any remark about this building.

    Then again, his birthday celebration leaders mentioned that they’d be at liberty if the NCP turns into the President of India. 

    Senior NCP leader Chagan Bhujbal mentioned that he’ll be more than pleased to peer his birthday celebration supremo in that coveted publish. 

    He additionally added that there was once a favorable dialogue occurring within the Opposition entrance to box the NCP leader. 

    “If it occurs and  Pawar saheb will get elected, then he would be the happiest individual. I will be able to have a good time this second,” Bhujbal mentioned. 

    Curiously, BJP has no longer opened its playing cards but. Significantly, Pawar stocks a excellent courting with High Minister Narendra Modi. 

  • Sonia Gandhi admitted at Ganga Ram because of Covid headaches

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Medical institution right here following Covid-related well being problems on Sunday, stated Congress Basic Secretary Randeep Surjewala, in a tweet. He added that she is strong and underneath statement.

    Officers on Friday had stated that the Enforcement Directorate has issued recent summons to the Congress president to look prior to it for wondering on June 23 in a cash laundering case connected to the Nationwide Bring in newspaper.

    Gandhi, 75, was once previous requested to depose on June 8 however as she had were given inflamed with COVID-19, she sought a recent date from the federal probe company.

    Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi was once admitted to Ganga Ram Medical institution as of late owing to Covid linked problems. She is strong and might be stored on the health center for statement.

    We thank all of the Congress males & ladies as additionally all neatly wishers for his or her fear and excellent needs.

    — Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) June 12, 2022

  • ED problems contemporary summons to Sonia Gandhi for look on June 23

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    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has issued a contemporary summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to look prior to it for wondering on June 23 in a cash laundering case related to the Nationwide Usher in newspaper, officers stated Friday.

    Gandhi, 75, used to be previous requested to depose on June 8 however as she were given inflamed with Covid-19, she sought a contemporary date from the federal probe company.

    Gandhi has been given the contemporary date for June 23 to look prior to the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi the place her remark shall be recorded beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, officers stated. Her son and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is anticipated to be puzzled in the similar case on June 13.

    The case relates to the probe into the alleged monetary irregularities within the party-promoted Younger Indian that owns the Nationwide Usher in newspaper.

  • Mallikarjun Kharge, Bhupesh Baghel appointed observers forward of Rajya Sabha polls

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    NEW DELHI: Forward of the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed senior celebration leaders, together with Mallikarjun Kharge and Bhupesh Baghel, as observers.

    Whilst Kharge has been made the observer for Maharashtra, Baghel and Rajeev Shukla had been made observers for Haryana, and Pawan Kumar Bansal and T S Singh Deo for Rajasthan.

    The Congress is looking for to make sure that its applicants win the Rajya Sabha (RS) elections in Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, whilst the BJP has put its weight at the back of unbiased applicants in Haryana and Rajasthan.

    AICC basic secretary Ajay Maken is the Congress candidate from Haryana, the place two seats have fallen vacant.

    The Congress and the BJP are more likely to get one seat every, however the BJP has sponsored media baron Kartikeya Sharma as an unbiased.

    Sharma is the son of Venod Sharma and son-in-law of former Haryana Speaker Kuldeep Sharma.

    Each are thought to be on the subject of former Haryana leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

    Congress wishes 31 votes to win the seat and has as many MLAs.

    The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) is banking on cross-voting.

    For the 4 Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, the Congress has fielded 3 applicants — Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari.

    Whilst Congress is bound to get two seats, it wishes 15 extra votes to win the 3rd seat of Tiwari.

    The BJP has fielded its former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari, and sponsored media baron Subhash Chandra as an unbiased for the second one seat.

    In Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena and the BJP will struggle it out for the 6th seat of Rajya Sabha as not one of the seven applicants within the fray — 4 of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and 3 of the BJP — withdrew their nominations on Friday.

    The Congress has additionally fielded every other candidate Mansoor Ali Khan in Karnataka, the place the election shall be hung on June 10 for 4 seats.

    Jairam Ramesh is the opposite Congress candidate.

    The Congress is anticipating 3 seats in Rajasthan and the BJP is anticipating one in all its personal and is supporting an unbiased and Subhash Chandra for the fourth seat.

    In the meantime, just about 70 Congress MLAs from Rajasthan are tenting at a resort in Udaipur forward of the Rajya Sabha elections to the 4 seats by which the celebration fears horse-trading via the opposition BJP, celebration resources stated.

    The Congress, with its 108 MLAs within the state meeting, is about to win two seats.

    After successful the 2 seats, the celebration may have 26 surplus votes, 15 in need of the specified 41 to win the 3rd seat.

    Then again, the BJP has 71 MLAs within the state meeting and is about to win one seat and then it is going to be left with 30 surplus votes.

    The Congress has additionally shifted its MLAs in Haryana to a hotel in Raipur in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh.

    Of the 57 vacancies in Rajya Sabha, 41 applicants in 11 states have thus far been elected unopposed.

    The elections shall be held for 16 seats in 4 states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana and Karnataka.

  • Nationwide Usher in case: ED problems contemporary summons to Rahul Gandhi for June 13

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a contemporary summon to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to look prior to it on June 13 for wondering in a cash laundering case related to the Nationwide Usher in newspaper, officers mentioned on Friday.

    He was once previous requested to depose on June 2 however the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad seat in Kerala sought a contemporary date as he was once in another country.

    Officers mentioned Rahul Gandhi, 51, has now been requested to look on June 13 on the headquarters of the federal company in central Delhi.

    His mom and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, 75, has been requested to depose prior to the company on June 8.

    The case relates to the ED probe into the alleged monetary irregularities within the party-promoted Younger Indian that owns the Nationwide Usher in newspaper.

    The company, officers mentioned, needs to document the statements of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi underneath prison sections of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).

    The Nationwide Usher in is printed via Related Journals Restricted (AJL) and owned via Younger Indian Pvt Restricted.

    The company just lately puzzled senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Pawan Bansal as a part of the investigation.

    The wondering of the senior Congress leaders and the Gandhis is a part of the ED’s investigation to grasp the percentage retaining development, monetary transactions and position of the promoters of Younger Indian and AJL, officers had mentioned.

    The company registered a contemporary case underneath the prison provisions of the PMLA after a tribulation courtroom right here took cognisance of an Source of revenue Tax Division probe towards Younger Indian Pvt Ltd at the foundation of a personal prison criticism filed via BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in 2013.

    The Congress occasion had known as the ED motion as “vendetta”.

    “The Modi executive must know that via registering such faux and fabricated circumstances, they can’t be successful of their cowardly conspiracy,” Congress chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi had informed journalists early this week.

  • Priyanka Gandhi Corona: After Sonia, Priyanka Gandhi could also be Corona sure, tweeted data

    Lucknow: Now Priyanka’s file has additionally come sure after Congress period in-between president Sonia Gandhi were given corona inflamed. On Friday, Priyanka has given this knowledge by way of tweeting. He informed that his corona file has come sure with delicate signs. Since then he has quarantined himself. Priyanka has additionally asked the ones individuals who got here in touch together with her to go through a corona take a look at.

    Previous on Thursday, after Sonia Gandhi was once discovered corona sure, Priyanka had canceled her Lucknow excursion halfway and returned to Delhi. She had reached Lucknow on a two-day discuss with to wait Nav Sankalp Shivir.

  • Sonia Gandhi assessments Covid sure, Congress says her plan to talk over with ED stands 

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has examined sure for COVID-19 and he or she has remoted herself underneath clinical recommendation, get together leader spokesperson Randeep Surjewala stated on Thursday.

    He stated the Congress leader had a gentle fever and he or she examined sure this morning.

    Surjewala stated, “We are hoping she is going to get well. We will be able to get her examined once more and her plan of visiting the ED stands”.

    The case to probe alleged monetary irregularities within the party-promoted Younger Indian that owns the Nationwide Bring in newspaper used to be registered not too long ago.

    In the meantime, Rahul Gandhi, who additionally has been summoned in reference to the Nationwide Bring in case, has asked the probe company to offer him some extra time to enroll in the investigation.

    Sonia Gandhi used to be on Wednesday summoned by way of the Enforcement Directorate in a cash laundering case to look ahead of it on June 8.

  • If fees are incorrect then get them quashed from courts: BJP leader JP Nadda on ED summoning Sonia, Rahul

    Via PTI

    BHOPAL: After the Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summonses to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi for wondering in a money-laundering case, BJP president JP Nadda on Wednesday stated a good particular person strikes court docket to get the costs quashed.

    “Have you ever ever heard any felony pronouncing that he’s cheating? No felony ever says that he’s cheating. Even after being punished and spending years in jail, they (criminals) say they have been framed,” Nadda advised a press convention when requested if the ED summoned Sonia and Rahul within the Nationwide Bring in case to bother them.

    “The person who’s status in a witness field and on bail…why can not they get the costs got rid of. They don’t seem to be doing so as a result of papers in opposition to them have been true and papers are everlasting and they’re forcing him (the individual within the witness field) to face there,” Nadda stated.

    It’s like your face isn’t just right and you might be cleansing the replicate, he stated.

    “This can be a corruption case and courts are taking a look into it. Why must I remark? However I think that if a chargesheet is filed in opposition to you, you then transfer the court docket to get it quashed as you might be a good particular person. Those that don’t seem to be fair, they safe bail and use different provisions,” Nadda stated when requested to remark at the ED summoning Sonia and Rahul.

    The ED has summoned the Congress president and her MP son Rahul Gandhi for wondering in a money-laundering case related to the Nationwide Bring in newspaper, officers stated.

    Whilst Sonia Gandhi (75) has been requested to depose ahead of the federal company at its headquarters in central Delhi on June 8, Rahul Gandhi has been requested to look on Thursday (June 2).

  • Nationwide Usher in case: ED summons Sonia, Rahul Gandhi for ‘cash laundering’

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI:  The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi for wondering in a cash laundering case connected to the Nationwide Usher in newspaper, officers stated.

    Whilst Sonia Gandhi, 75, has been requested to depose prior to the federal company on June 8, Rahul Gandhi is known to had been requested to look previous.

    Congress chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated at a press convention that the senior Gandhi will conform to the summons.

    “Rahul Gandhi will pass if he’s right here or he might search a recent date,” Singhvi added.

    The case to probe alleged monetary irregularities within the party-promoted Younger Indian that owns the Nationwide Usher in newspaper used to be registered not too long ago.

    The company, officers stated, desires to document the statements of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi beneath prison sections of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).

    The Nationwide Usher in is revealed via Related Journals Restricted (AJL) and owned via Younger Indian Pvt Restricted.

    The company not too long ago puzzled senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Pawan Bansal as a part of the investigation.

    The wondering of the senior Congress leaders and the Gandhis is a part of ED’s investigation to know the percentage conserving trend, monetary transactions and position of the promoters of Younger Indian and AJL, officers stated.

    The company registered a recent case beneath the prison provisions of the PMLA after a tribulation courtroom right here took cognisance of an Source of revenue Tax Division probe in opposition to Younger Indian Pvt Ltd at the foundation of a personal prison grievance filed via BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in 2013.

    The primary circle of relatives of the Congress occasion, together with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, are some of the promoters and shareholders of Younger Indian.

    After the ED tested Kharge remaining month, the Congress’ whip within the Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore accused the federal government of “harassing” him.

    Tagore stated the federal government desires to insult Dalit leaders and added that Kharge would now not give up to such techniques.

    BJP MP Swamy had accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate price range with Younger Indian Pvt Ltd paying best Rs 50 lakh to procure the best to get better Rs 90.25 crore that Affiliate Journals Ltd owed to the Congress.

    The Delhi Prime Court docket in February remaining yr issued a realize to the Gandhis for his or her reaction on Swamy’s plea in the hunt for to guide proof within the subject prior to the trial courtroom.

    They, alternatively, contended within the Delhi Prime Court docket that the plea via Swamy used to be “misconceived and untimely”.

    The opposite accused on this case filed via Swamy are Suman Dubey and technocrat Sam Pitroda.

    They’ve previous stated that they did not anything improper.

  • Congress president Sonia Gandhi bureaucracy 3 teams to chart street forward for birthday party

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: To chart the Congress’ long run path, its leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday shaped 3 teams — on political views for steering on key problems, Activity Pressure-2024 to put into effect the Udaipur ‘Nav Sankalp’ declaration and every other to coordinate the October 2 ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.

    Whilst Rahul Gandhi and two outstanding individuals of the G23 — Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma — are a part of the political views team, senior leaders P Chidambaram and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are individuals of the Activity Pressure-2024.

    G-23 is a gaggle of dissenting Congress leaders who’ve demanded an organisational overhaul.

    Sonia Gandhi has additionally arrange every other team to coordinate the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ deliberate from Kanyakumari to Kashmir from Gandhi Jayanti.

    “Following the Udaipur Nav Sankalp Shivir, the Congress president has constituted a Political Affairs Staff that will probably be presided over by means of her, a Activity-Pressure-2024 and a Central Making plans Staff for the coordination of the “Bharat Jodo Yatra”, an legit verbal exchange from the birthday party stated.

    The Political Affairs Staff, headed by means of Sonia Gandhi, accommodates Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ambika Soni, Digvijaya Singh, Anand Sharma, Okay C Venugopal and Jitendra Singh.

    The individuals of the Activity Pressure-2024 are P Chidambaram, Mukul Wasnik, Jairam Ramesh, Okay C Venugopal, Ajay Maken, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Sunil Kanugolu.

    “Each and every member of the Activity Pressure will be assigned explicit duties associated with group, communications and media, outreach, finance and election Control.

    “They shall have designated groups which will probably be notified therefore,” the remark stated, including the Activity Pressure may also apply up at the Udaipur Nav Sankalp declaration.

    The Central Making plans Staff for the Coordination of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ comprises Digvijaya Singh, Sachin Pilot, Shashi Tharoor, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Okay J George, Jothi Mani, Pradyut Bordoloi, Jitu Patwari and Saleem Ahmed.

    All individuals of the duty power and all heads of the Congress’ frontal organisations will probably be ex officio individuals of the central team, the remark stated.