Heated campaigns by heavyweight leaders and speculations on pre-poll alliances stored the political temperature up within the poll-bound states Tuesday.
While Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath educated weapons on the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC authorities for practising “appeasement politics”, Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned her celebration would roll again Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) if voted to energy in Assam.
Down south, AMMK chief TTV Dhinakaran performed down speculations of an alliance between his celebration and AIADMK whereas in Kerala, a CPI(M) MLA and the DYFI all-India president had been despatched to judicial custody in reference to a case in 2009.
Here are all of the necessary poll-related updates you have to know right now.
Love jihad, appeasement politics flourishing in West Bengal: UP CM Yogi Adityanath
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the Malda rally. (Twitter: @BJP4Bengal)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whereas campaigning for BJP in Malda district of West Bengal on Tuesday, launched a powerful assault on the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC authorities saying “appeasement politics has turned Bengal into a lawless state”.
“Love jihad is being executed here. We made a law in UP, but here things are different owing to appeasement politics. It is because of this that the state government is unable to stop cow smuggling and love jihad — dangerous activities that will show results in times to come,” Adityanath mentioned.
He added, “Bengal, which had once led the nation, is now facing a lawless situation because of the TMC government.”
He additionally claimed that Durga Puja is prohibited in Bengal, cows are forcefully slaughtered throughout Eid and other people’s sentiments are being toyed with. “The state government remains silent on all of this. It is now attempting to ban the slogan Jai Sri Ram,” the UP chief minister mentioned.
Will nullify CAA if voted to energy in Assam: Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi
Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi, who’s campaigning in Assam, on Tuesday mentioned her celebration, if voted to energy in Assam, will convey a brand new legislation to ‘nullify’ the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) within the state.
At a mega rally of the Congress celebration in Tezpur, the celebration normal secretary launched the ‘5 Guarantee’ marketing campaign for the 2021 Assam meeting elections.
She mentioned that the Congress, if given an opportunity to type authorities within the northeastern state, will dole out Rs 2,000 each month to homemakers throughout the state, and supply free electrical energy as much as 200 models to all households.
उन्होंने चुनाव से पहले यह कहा था कि CAA को लागू नहीं किया जाएगा, लेकिन आपने देखा कि उन्होंने उसे लागू किया : श्रीमती @priyankagandhi #AssamWithPriyankaGandhi pic.twitter.com/Tl8acQnwi9
— Congress (@INCIndia) March 2, 2021
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) normal secretary, who’s in poll-bound Assam on a two-day go to, additionally claimed that her celebration will hike every day wages of tea backyard staff to Rs 365 from the prevailing Rs 167, and supply at the very least 25,000 authorities jobs to youth.
“People of Assam were cheated by a party (BJP) five years ago that promised them 25 lakh jobs but gave them CAA instead. Our party is not making empty promises but undertaking five guarantees,” the Congress chief, who sported a conventional ‘gamocha’ round her neck with the letters CAA crossed out on it, mentioned.
Parties against DMK in Tamil Nadu welcome to affix AMMK-led alliance, says TTV Dhinakaran
Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) chief TTV Dhinakaran on Tuesday dubbed as “speculations” that his celebration was holding alliance-related talks with the ruling AIADMK and mentioned any celebration against the DMK and keen to just accept his celebration’s management may be a part of its party-led mix.
The AMMK’s “only aim” was to maintain the DMK away from energy and for this objective like-minded events may be a part of its bloc, he mentioned when requested if he was able to align with the BJP and AIADMK.
However, he hastened so as to add that “I know they won’t come” for alliance parleys, referring to the AIADMK and the BJP.
Single-phase Assembly elections are scheduled in Tamil Nadu on April 6.
“Elections are nearing. Our only aim is to prevent the DMK from coming to power. I am taking efforts for that. It is not that this party should come or not …we are ready to include (in AMMK-led alliance) all parties opposed to the DMK and willing to accept our leadership and face the polls,” he advised reporters.
Asked if this meant he was prepared to affix fingers with the BJP and AIADMK to defeat DMK, the impartial legislator mentioned “it’s not like that”.
He reiterated that anybody against DMK was welcome to affix the alliance and mentioned solely the journalists had been specifying events within the context.
“Only you desire to see that I should talk alliance with the BJP and AIADMK…I know they won’t come… everything will be known in two-three days,” he mentioned.
CPI(M) MLA and DYFI all-India president despatched to judicial custody in Kerala
CPI(M) chief and MLA TV Rajesh and Democratic Youth Federation of India all-India president Muhammed Riyaz had been despatched to judicial custody for 14 days in reference to a case in 2009.
Judicial First-Class Magistrate P Vinod ordered the remand within the case associated to a march taken out by DYFI activists to the Air India workplace right here to protest hike in air tariff and discount in flight providers by the nationwide service.
A case was registered in opposition to 4 folks, together with Rajesh, for breaking the legislation as a part of a protest that turned violent.
They had been granted bail within the case earlier and wished to get it prolonged. They approached the JFCM court docket as per a path by the High Court to get the bail prolonged by the path court docket. However, the JFCM remanded them.
DYFI chief Okay Okay Dinesan was additionally remanded within the case until March 16.
Moreover, transport providers had been hit within the state on Tuesday resulting from a 12-hour strike referred to as by joint committee of commerce unions to protest in opposition to rising gas costs.
[With inputs from PTI]