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  • Congress sounds ballot bugle in Telangana with ‘six ensures’; Rahul dubs BRS ‘BJP Rishtedar Samithi’

    By PTI

    HYDERABAD: The Congress on Sunday sounded the ballot bugle in Telangana by asserting six ensures which included the promise of Rs 2,500 per thirty days and a cooking gasoline cylinder at Rs 500 for ladies, as Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering assault on the state’s ruling BRS, calling it the “BJP Rishtedar Samithi”.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former occasion chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi gave the dedication that the six ensures might be fulfilled as quickly because the occasion kinds the federal government in Telangana.

    Addressing a big gathering in Tukkuguda close to right here, Rahul Gandhi dubbed the BRS because the “BJP Rishtedar Samithi” and mentioned that whereas opposition leaders had been being attacked by authorities businesses, there have been no circumstances in opposition to Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao and AIMIM leaders as a result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi considers them his personal.

    The rally marked the end result of two days of hectic political programmes that included the primary assembly of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC).

    Gandhi mentioned that in Telangana, the Congress is not only preventing the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), but additionally the BJP and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

    “They call each other separate parties but they are working in collusion. I have seen BRS MPs in Lok Sabha. When BJP needed them, their (BRS) people supported it,” he mentioned, citing the BRS’ “support” to the BJP on farm legal guidelines, GST and in elections to the posts of president and vp.

    Whenever the BJP wanted its assist, the BRS supported them, the previous Congress chief mentioned.

    Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who additionally gave a quick speech on the rally, mentioned it’s her dream to see the occasion’s authorities in Telangana that may work for all sections of society and appealed to folks to help the Congress.

    Amid chants of “Sonia amma”, she mentioned that “We are announcing six guarantees and we are committed to fulfil each one of them”.

    Rahul Gandhi additionally asserted that on the formation of the Congress authorities in Telangana, these ensures might be fulfilled within the first cabinet assembly.

    He mentioned the primary assure is “Indiramma Indlu” underneath which Rs 5 lakh might be given for the development of a home to all those that would not have one.

    Under this scheme, he mentioned, a 250 sq. yards home would even be given to those that fought within the Telangana statehood motion.

    “All those listening who don’t have a home, as soon as our government comes, you will get a home,” the previous Congress chief mentioned.

    Under the “Mahalakshmi” assure, the occasion guarantees girls Rs 2,500 per thirty days, a gasoline cylinder for Rs 500 and free journey in buses, Rahul Gandhi mentioned.

    The third assure is “Gruha Jyoti” and underneath this, 200 models of free electrical energy might be given to all households, he mentioned.

    Under the fourth assure, “Yuva Vikasam”, the occasion guarantees Rs 5 lakh help for schooling in school and monetary assist in teaching, he mentioned.

    “Rs 4,000 monthly pension for the elderly and Rs 10 lakh Rajiv Arogyasri insurance would be given under the fifth guarantee ‘Cheyutha’,” the Congress chief mentioned.

    And, lastly, the sixth assure is “Rythu Bharosa”, underneath which Rs 15,000 could be given to farmers and Rs 12,000 to farm labourers yearly, he mentioned.

    Earlier this yr, the Congress had come out with 5 ensures forward of the Karnataka polls and the occasion has mentioned it has fulfilled the guarantees it made to the folks of that state.

    In a no-holds-barred assault on the BRS, BJP and AIMIM, Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “We selected today for a meeting and all three parties (BRS, BJP, AIMIM) held a meeting because they wanted to disturb our meeting. But they have not been able to disturb our meeting. In the evening, they will talk and say that ‘we would have to find a new way to stop the Congress party’,” he mentioned.

    Rahul Gandhi claimed that there’s a case in opposition to each opposition chief and authorities businesses such because the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax Department are after them.

    “But there is no case against KCR (K Chandrashekar Rao). There is no case against AIMIM. Only the opposition is attacked. Modi ji never attacks his own people. He regards your CM and AIMIM leaders as his own, and therefore, there is no case against them,” Rahul Gandhi informed the gathering, in a pointy assault at BRS president Rao and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

    “All corruption records have been broken but there is no case,” he mentioned and termed the BRS “BJP Rishtedaar Samithi. I saw Sonia (Gandhi) ji’s speech. Whatever Sonia ji says she fulfils it. She does not speak loudly but when she says something, she does it,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned and recalled how the Congress fulfilled the promise of creation of Telangana.

    “We did not give statehood to Telangana for the benefit of KCR and his family,” he mentioned.

    “The BRS government will go away in the next 100 days and nobody can change that, be it BJP or AIMIM,” he mentioned.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge additionally slammed the ruling BRS, alleging that it’s the “B team” of the BJP in Telangana and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao have “betrayed” the state.

    He mentioned that the guarantees made to the state within the final 9 years haven’t been fulfilled.

    Highlighting that the Congress created the Telangana state, Kharge mentioned that his occasion does no matter it says, however the BRS is the other.

    “BRS is the BJP’s B team, hence it is helping the BJP. Modi ji and KCR may appear different but they are the same in their ways. Modi ji lies, KCR also lies, both of them have betrayed Telangana,” Kharge mentioned.

    The Congress president sought help from the folks and mentioned he was hopeful that his occasion would kind the federal government within the state after a number of months.

    Assembly polls in Telangana are due later this yr.

    Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi additionally laid the muse stone of the Gandhi Knowledge and Training Centre to be established in Bowenpally, Hyderabad.

    Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Telangana Congress chief A Revath Reddy additionally addressed the gathering, interesting to folks to help the Congress within the upcoming polls.

    The public assembly at nightfall was attended by a number of members of the Congress Working Committee.

    HYDERABAD: The Congress on Sunday sounded the ballot bugle in Telangana by asserting six ensures which included the promise of Rs 2,500 per thirty days and a cooking gasoline cylinder at Rs 500 for ladies, as Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering assault on the state’s ruling BRS, calling it the “BJP Rishtedar Samithi”.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former occasion chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi gave the dedication that the six ensures might be fulfilled as quickly because the occasion kinds the federal government in Telangana.

    Addressing a big gathering in Tukkuguda close to right here, Rahul Gandhi dubbed the BRS because the “BJP Rishtedar Samithi” and mentioned that whereas opposition leaders had been being attacked by authorities businesses, there have been no circumstances in opposition to Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao and AIMIM leaders as a result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi considers them his personal.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    The rally marked the end result of two days of hectic political programmes that included the primary assembly of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC).

    Gandhi mentioned that in Telangana, the Congress is not only preventing the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), but additionally the BJP and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

    “They call each other separate parties but they are working in collusion. I have seen BRS MPs in Lok Sabha. When BJP needed them, their (BRS) people supported it,” he mentioned, citing the BRS’ “support” to the BJP on farm legal guidelines, GST and in elections to the posts of president and vp.

    Whenever the BJP wanted its assist, the BRS supported them, the previous Congress chief mentioned.

    Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who additionally gave a quick speech on the rally, mentioned it’s her dream to see the occasion’s authorities in Telangana that may work for all sections of society and appealed to folks to help the Congress.

    Amid chants of “Sonia amma”, she mentioned that “We are announcing six guarantees and we are committed to fulfil each one of them”.

    Rahul Gandhi additionally asserted that on the formation of the Congress authorities in Telangana, these ensures might be fulfilled within the first cabinet assembly.

    He mentioned the primary assure is “Indiramma Indlu” underneath which Rs 5 lakh might be given for the development of a home to all those that would not have one.

    Under this scheme, he mentioned, a 250 sq. yards home would even be given to those that fought within the Telangana statehood motion.

    “All those listening who don’t have a home, as soon as our government comes, you will get a home,” the previous Congress chief mentioned.

    Under the “Mahalakshmi” assure, the occasion guarantees girls Rs 2,500 per thirty days, a gasoline cylinder for Rs 500 and free journey in buses, Rahul Gandhi mentioned.

    The third assure is “Gruha Jyoti” and underneath this, 200 models of free electrical energy might be given to all households, he mentioned.

    Under the fourth assure, “Yuva Vikasam”, the occasion guarantees Rs 5 lakh help for schooling in school and monetary assist in teaching, he mentioned.

    “Rs 4,000 monthly pension for the elderly and Rs 10 lakh Rajiv Arogyasri insurance would be given under the fifth guarantee ‘Cheyutha’,” the Congress chief mentioned.

    And, lastly, the sixth assure is “Rythu Bharosa”, underneath which Rs 15,000 could be given to farmers and Rs 12,000 to farm labourers yearly, he mentioned.

    Earlier this yr, the Congress had come out with 5 ensures forward of the Karnataka polls and the occasion has mentioned it has fulfilled the guarantees it made to the folks of that state.

    In a no-holds-barred assault on the BRS, BJP and AIMIM, Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “We selected today for a meeting and all three parties (BRS, BJP, AIMIM) held a meeting because they wanted to disturb our meeting. But they have not been able to disturb our meeting. In the evening, they will talk and say that ‘we would have to find a new way to stop the Congress party’,” he mentioned.

    Rahul Gandhi claimed that there’s a case in opposition to each opposition chief and authorities businesses such because the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax Department are after them.

    “But there is no case against KCR (K Chandrashekar Rao). There is no case against AIMIM. Only the opposition is attacked. Modi ji never attacks his own people. He regards your CM and AIMIM leaders as his own, and therefore, there is no case against them,” Rahul Gandhi informed the gathering, in a pointy assault at BRS president Rao and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

    “All corruption records have been broken but there is no case,” he mentioned and termed the BRS “BJP Rishtedaar Samithi. I saw Sonia (Gandhi) ji’s speech. Whatever Sonia ji says she fulfils it. She does not speak loudly but when she says something, she does it,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned and recalled how the Congress fulfilled the promise of creation of Telangana.

    “We did not give statehood to Telangana for the benefit of KCR and his family,” he mentioned.

    “The BRS government will go away in the next 100 days and nobody can change that, be it BJP or AIMIM,” he mentioned.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge additionally slammed the ruling BRS, alleging that it’s the “B team” of the BJP in Telangana and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao have “betrayed” the state.

    He mentioned that the guarantees made to the state within the final 9 years haven’t been fulfilled.

    Highlighting that the Congress created the Telangana state, Kharge mentioned that his occasion does no matter it says, however the BRS is the other.

    “BRS is the BJP’s B team, hence it is helping the BJP. Modi ji and KCR may appear different but they are the same in their ways. Modi ji lies, KCR also lies, both of them have betrayed Telangana,” Kharge mentioned.

    The Congress president sought help from the folks and mentioned he was hopeful that his occasion would kind the federal government within the state after a number of months.

    Assembly polls in Telangana are due later this yr.

    Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi additionally laid the muse stone of the Gandhi Knowledge and Training Centre to be established in Bowenpally, Hyderabad.

    Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Telangana Congress chief A Revath Reddy additionally addressed the gathering, interesting to folks to help the Congress within the upcoming polls.

    The public assembly at nightfall was attended by a number of members of the Congress Working Committee.

  • Holding on to Telangana | A disaster earlier than KCR

    His dream of main the Opposition alliance in 2024 quick fading, the BRS chief finds himself waging a lonely battle. Can he retain Telangana at the very least?

    ISSUE DATE: Aug 14, 2023 | UPDATED: Aug 4, 2023 16:15 IST

    IN THE DOLE-DRUMS: KCR with the beneficiary of a housing scheme in Sangareddy district, June 22 (Photo: ANI)

    The going is getting robust for Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo and Telangana chief minister Ok. Chandrashekar Rao. KCR, as he’s popularly identified, finds himself backed right into a nook with no takers for his nationwide foray, barring a number of farmer leaders in neighbouring Maharashtra. Back house, he has to fight the rising sentiment of anti-incumbency as he seeks a 3rd consecutive time period within the Telangana meeting election later this 12 months.

    Published By:

    Arindam Mukherjee

    Published On:

    Aug 4, 2023

  • The new opposition | Miles to go

    An bold nationwide alliance-building train to problem PM Modi and the BJP in 2024 takes child steps. But many contradictions nonetheless want ironing out

    ISSUE DATE: Jul 10, 2023 | UPDATED: Jun 30, 2023 16:10 IST

    COME TOGETHER: Leaders of the assorted events on the Patna meet, June 23 (Photo: Ranjan Rahi)

    It got here after a lot cogitation, lots of pre-nuptial bargaining and a minimum of one false begin. But the muhurat lastly got here on June 23, when all of 32 leaders from 15 events—former and present chief ministers amongst them—converged on Patna. They had one widespread mission: dislodging the Narendra Modi-led BJP authorities on the Centre within the 2024 common election. Convened by Bihar chief minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, its acknowledged goal was to “save Indian democracy” from Modi’s “fascist, autocratic regime”. West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee took the mic to subject a dire warning: “If the BJP wins the next [Lok Sabha] election, India may no longer exist in the futureâ€æthere will be no more elections.”

    Published By:

    Arindam Mukherjee

    Published On:

    Jun 30, 2023

  • Corralling troops for an election | Nitish performs unifier

    The Bihar chief minister has set himself the responsibility of aligning opposition occasions in the direction of the BJP for the 2024 frequent election. Not solely does it indicate bringing quite a few regional forces collectively, however as well as getting the Congress to scale down its ambitions wherever wished

    ISSUE DATE: May 1, 2023 | UPDATED: Apr 21, 2023 18:21 IST

    Nitish Kumar addresses mediapersons in New Delhi on April 12 as Tejashwi Yadav, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi look on. (Photo: ANI)

    Ask Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar and Janata Dal (United) supremo, how loads sugar he wants in his cup of tea, and he’ll most likely inform you, solely 1 / 4 spoon, not a pinch further. Any further, he thinks, will injury his cuppa. That an identical consideration to aspect and the willingness to achieve a perfect stability would possibly perhaps turn into helpful as, a yr ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, he items out to restore a novel, loads bigger, boiling pot: of an implosive, perpetually scorching nationwide opposition.

    Published By:

    Arindam Mukherjee

    Published On:

    Apr 21, 2023

  • Knowing the place to attract the road: Indian politics

    Express News Service

    Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and ‘attack on democracy’ diatribe might have put him in direct confrontation with the BJP, however his social gathering finds itself more and more remoted by the regional outfits regardless of periodic episodes of bonhomie among the many Opposition.

    The regional satraps be it West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee or BRS supremo Ok Chandrasekhar Rao are averse to any direct alliance with the Congress and making efforts to sew their very own coalitions to tackle the BJP within the 2024 elections. The TMC chief, who has been rallying behind the concept of a non-Congress Third Front has been assembly key leaders from completely different regional events throughout India. Last week, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met her in Kolkata. This Friday, it was Janata Dal (S) chief HD Kumaraswamy who referred to as on her within the West Bengal capital.

    In between, Mamata got here on a three-day go to to Odisha. While the professed purpose was to put the inspiration of a Biswa Bangla Bhawan for her state’s vacationers at Puri and provide prayers to Lord Jagannath, she got here bearing items for her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik and expressed her profound admiration for him.

    Needless to say, there was a convincing clamour round her assembly with Naveen on Thursday. However, the BJD supremo who had earlier summarily dismissed having any agenda on Third Front talks was his typical self – he calmly termed it a courtesy name by Mamata and mentioned there was no dialogue on critical political issues.

    “The federal structure in India should remain permanent and strong” was how he encapsulated the assembly which was endorsed by the TMC boss too. Given the BJP’s deteriorating phrases with many Opposition-ruled state governments, the BJD boss’ federal construction comment raised curiosity.

    But the very subsequent day, the BJD selected to current extra readability. Cabinet minister Pratap Keshari Deb mentioned there was no dialogue between the 2 CMs on Third Front and the ruling social gathering continues to undertake the equidistance stand from each Congress and BJP.

    Around the identical time, Rahul had been disqualified from Lok Sabha and Deb’s colleague and Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallick mentioned it was as per regulation and court docket’s order and no person can disrespect the decision of the court docket.

    Most regional events together with Mamata condemned the disqualification whereas BJD endorsed it. Two distinguished regional social gathering leaders from the southern states – YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in addition to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu kept away from making any feedback, and expectedly so.

    BJD’s quiet endorsement of Rahul’s disqualification and a reiteration of the equidistance stand comes at a time when it has been engaged in an acrimonious battle with BJP within the state. Both events have been at one another’s throats since final yr’s Dhamnagar bypoll, and after the surprising homicide of state Health minister Naba Kishore Das, it has simply boiled over. Allegations of all types, political and private as properly have flown thick and quick and spilt over to the streets. Even the proceedings within the state Assembly have been affected.

    What’s fascinating, nonetheless, is how the BJD supremo has been capable of separate state politics from the nationwide discourse. When the Opposition (learn primarily BJP) focused his authorities over the regulation and order scenario disrupting the functioning of the Assembly, he took them head-on.

    “By accusing the state as lawless, the Opposition is insulting the peace-loving people of Odisha,” Naveen mentioned within the Assembly. Yet, solely a few days later, within the face of a nationwide political assault on the BJP over the disqualification of Rahul, his social gathering has chosen to facet with its fundamental rival within the state, albeit not directly.

    Naveen has indirectly reacted to the event, however his social gathering chief’s observations couldn’t be with out his nod. The BJD chief has been referred to as an unofficial member of the NDA authorities on the Centre whereas being in a direct struggle with the BJP within the state since 2014. The newest solely buttresses the accusations.

    But, it received’t make a distinction. Eventually, sensible politics is all about fantastic balancing. Naveen is miles forward of the rivals within the state and has no nationwide ambitions like Mamata or KCR. He is evident in his technique and performs the sport accordingly.

    Siba Mohanty
    Resident Editor, Odisha
    [email protected]

    Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and ‘attack on democracy’ diatribe might have put him in direct confrontation with the BJP, however his social gathering finds itself more and more remoted by the regional outfits regardless of periodic episodes of bonhomie among the many Opposition.

    The regional satraps be it West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee or BRS supremo Ok Chandrasekhar Rao are averse to any direct alliance with the Congress and making efforts to sew their very own coalitions to tackle the BJP within the 2024 elections. The TMC chief, who has been rallying behind the concept of a non-Congress Third Front has been assembly key leaders from completely different regional events throughout India. Last week, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met her in Kolkata. This Friday, it was Janata Dal (S) chief HD Kumaraswamy who referred to as on her within the West Bengal capital.

    In between, Mamata got here on a three-day go to to Odisha. While the professed purpose was to put the inspiration of a Biswa Bangla Bhawan for her state’s vacationers at Puri and provide prayers to Lord Jagannath, she got here bearing items for her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik and expressed her profound admiration for him.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Needless to say, there was a convincing clamour round her assembly with Naveen on Thursday. However, the BJD supremo who had earlier summarily dismissed having any agenda on Third Front talks was his typical self – he calmly termed it a courtesy name by Mamata and mentioned there was no dialogue on critical political issues.

    “The federal structure in India should remain permanent and strong” was how he encapsulated the assembly which was endorsed by the TMC boss too. Given the BJP’s deteriorating phrases with many Opposition-ruled state governments, the BJD boss’ federal construction comment raised curiosity.

    But the very subsequent day, the BJD selected to current extra readability. Cabinet minister Pratap Keshari Deb mentioned there was no dialogue between the 2 CMs on Third Front and the ruling social gathering continues to undertake the equidistance stand from each Congress and BJP.

    Around the identical time, Rahul had been disqualified from Lok Sabha and Deb’s colleague and Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallick mentioned it was as per regulation and court docket’s order and no person can disrespect the decision of the court docket.

    Most regional events together with Mamata condemned the disqualification whereas BJD endorsed it. Two distinguished regional social gathering leaders from the southern states – YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in addition to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu kept away from making any feedback, and expectedly so.

    BJD’s quiet endorsement of Rahul’s disqualification and a reiteration of the equidistance stand comes at a time when it has been engaged in an acrimonious battle with BJP within the state. Both events have been at one another’s throats since final yr’s Dhamnagar bypoll, and after the surprising homicide of state Health minister Naba Kishore Das, it has simply boiled over. Allegations of all types, political and private as properly have flown thick and quick and spilt over to the streets. Even the proceedings within the state Assembly have been affected.

    What’s fascinating, nonetheless, is how the BJD supremo has been capable of separate state politics from the nationwide discourse. When the Opposition (learn primarily BJP) focused his authorities over the regulation and order scenario disrupting the functioning of the Assembly, he took them head-on.

    “By accusing the state as lawless, the Opposition is insulting the peace-loving people of Odisha,” Naveen mentioned within the Assembly. Yet, solely a few days later, within the face of a nationwide political assault on the BJP over the disqualification of Rahul, his social gathering has chosen to facet with its fundamental rival within the state, albeit not directly.

    Naveen has indirectly reacted to the event, however his social gathering chief’s observations couldn’t be with out his nod. The BJD chief has been referred to as an unofficial member of the NDA authorities on the Centre whereas being in a direct struggle with the BJP within the state since 2014. The newest solely buttresses the accusations.

    But, it received’t make a distinction. Eventually, sensible politics is all about fantastic balancing. Naveen is miles forward of the rivals within the state and has no nationwide ambitions like Mamata or KCR. He is evident in his technique and performs the sport accordingly.

    Siba Mohanty
    Resident Editor, Odisha
    [email protected]

  • Delhi excise coverage case: BRS chief Kavitha questioned by ED for 9 hrs, summoned once more

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief Ok Kavitha deposed earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 9 hours on Saturday in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned.

    The 44-year-old daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao left the federal company’s headquarters round 8 pm after 9 hours of questioning and recording of her assertion beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they mentioned.

    The officers mentioned the BRS chief has been summoned once more on March 16 in reference to the case.

    Kavitha had the headquarters of the Directorate on Saturday round 11.15 am to reply questions concerning her alleged position within the manipulation of  Liquor coverage to learn liquor merchants, together with her and the laundering of kickbacks generated following the tweaks within the coverage.

    There was a heavy presence of Delhi Police and central paramilitary forces personnel for barricading the ED workplace even because the supporters of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief staged a protest.

    #WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC and Telangana CM’s daughter Ok Kavitha arrives at her residence after she was questioned by the ED officers associated to Delhi liquor coverage case. pic.twitter.com/8KQJ2l4ZOY

    — ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023

    The BRS chief had skipped the March 9 summon, when the ED had known as her for questioning, citing her commitments to a political rally at Jantar Mantar looking for the introduction and passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, by the ruling BJP-led authorities on the centre.

    The questioning of Kavitha coincides with the arrest of Delhi ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Hyderabad-based businessman Arun R Pillar – at present in ED custody, who in accordance with the company are deeply concerned in tweaking the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 via a deliberate conspiracy to learn liquor merchants of the South Group of which Kavitha was half and siphoning the kickbacks out of the system.

    BRS MLC and Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, Ok Kavitha leaves for the ED workplace. (Photo | Shekar Yadav, EPS)

    The coverage which was allegedly tweaked and carried out by Sisodia because the Delhi excise minister led to large earnings for a liquor group known as South Group and resulted in income losses to the tune of round 2973 crores to the Delhi Government. The Excise coverage allegedly violated all provisions which have been supplied to safeguard the curiosity of the Delhi authorities and supply a good alternative to licensees and stakeholders the ED alleged.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha has no ethical proper to demand Women’s Bill: BJP

    Seeking the ex-Deputy CM’s remand, the ED on Friday mentioned Sisodia conspired with others to border a defective excise coverage with a purpose to generate kickbacks and proceeds of crime to the tune of greater than Rs 290 crore. The ED claimed that to tweak the coverage to permit windfall positive aspects to liquor merchants – violating a number of provisions of the Excise Policy to safeguard the Delhi exchequer’s curiosity – the AAM celebration via its media supervisor Vijay Nair had acquired Rs 100 crore “kickbacks” as advance from the ‘South Group’. A particular courtroom remanded Sisodia to ED custody until March 17.

    About Pillai, the ED alleged that the Hyderabad-based businessman who was the consultant of the South Group was allegedly concerned within the tweaking of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 on the formulation stage – by collaborating with Vijay Nair – and was one of many beneficiaries of kickback cash which he laundered subsequently.  He is at present being interrogated in ED custody because the company secured his remand until March 13.

    According to the ED, Pillai was the 32.5 per cent proprietor of a entrance by which Kavitha had a considerable stake. He was the consultant of the ‘South Group’ of liquor merchants and was a direct beneficiary of the kickback cash and was additionally concerned in laundering it.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha’s present of energy forward of ED questioning

    The liquor merchants of the South Group embrace outstanding individuals and politicians together with Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Kavitha herself.

    Pillai, ED alleged, acquired the kickback cash amounting to a number of crores as a consequence of which the company has already hooked up a number of movable and immovable properties of Pillai and his spouse in Hyderabad and different locations price Rs. 5.72 crore as a part of its motion to recuperate the federal government cash which was allegedly generated as kickback and laundered within the Delhi Excise rip-off.

    (with inputs from PTI)

    NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief Ok Kavitha deposed earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 9 hours on Saturday in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned.

    The 44-year-old daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao left the federal company’s headquarters round 8 pm after 9 hours of questioning and recording of her assertion beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they mentioned.

    The officers mentioned the BRS chief has been summoned once more on March 16 in reference to the case.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Kavitha had the headquarters of the Directorate on Saturday round 11.15 am to reply questions concerning her alleged position within the manipulation of  Liquor coverage to learn liquor merchants, together with her and the laundering of kickbacks generated following the tweaks within the coverage.

    There was a heavy presence of Delhi Police and central paramilitary forces personnel for barricading the ED workplace even because the supporters of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief staged a protest.

    #WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC and Telangana CM’s daughter Ok Kavitha arrives at her residence after she was questioned by the ED officers associated to Delhi liquor coverage case. pic.twitter.com/8KQJ2l4ZOY
    — ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023
    The BRS chief had skipped the March 9 summon, when the ED had known as her for questioning, citing her commitments to a political rally at Jantar Mantar looking for the introduction and passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, by the ruling BJP-led authorities on the centre.

    The questioning of Kavitha coincides with the arrest of Delhi ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Hyderabad-based businessman Arun R Pillar – at present in ED custody, who in accordance with the company are deeply concerned in tweaking the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 via a deliberate conspiracy to learn liquor merchants of the South Group of which Kavitha was half and siphoning the kickbacks out of the system.

    BRS MLC and Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, Ok Kavitha leaves for the ED workplace. (Photo | Shekar Yadav, EPS)

    The coverage which was allegedly tweaked and carried out by Sisodia because the Delhi excise minister led to large earnings for a liquor group known as South Group and resulted in income losses to the tune of round 2973 crores to the Delhi Government. The Excise coverage allegedly violated all provisions which have been supplied to safeguard the curiosity of the Delhi authorities and supply a good alternative to licensees and stakeholders the ED alleged.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha has no ethical proper to demand Women’s Bill: BJP

    Seeking the ex-Deputy CM’s remand, the ED on Friday mentioned Sisodia conspired with others to border a defective excise coverage with a purpose to generate kickbacks and proceeds of crime to the tune of greater than Rs 290 crore. The ED claimed that to tweak the coverage to permit windfall positive aspects to liquor merchants – violating a number of provisions of the Excise Policy to safeguard the Delhi exchequer’s curiosity – the AAM celebration via its media supervisor Vijay Nair had acquired Rs 100 crore “kickbacks” as advance from the ‘South Group’. A particular courtroom remanded Sisodia to ED custody until March 17.

    About Pillai, the ED alleged that the Hyderabad-based businessman who was the consultant of the South Group was allegedly concerned within the tweaking of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 on the formulation stage – by collaborating with Vijay Nair – and was one of many beneficiaries of kickback cash which he laundered subsequently.  He is at present being interrogated in ED custody because the company secured his remand until March 13.

    According to the ED, Pillai was the 32.5 per cent proprietor of a entrance by which Kavitha had a considerable stake. He was the consultant of the ‘South Group’ of liquor merchants and was a direct beneficiary of the kickback cash and was additionally concerned in laundering it.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha’s present of energy forward of ED questioning

    The liquor merchants of the South Group embrace outstanding individuals and politicians together with Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Kavitha herself.

    Pillai, ED alleged, acquired the kickback cash amounting to a number of crores as a consequence of which the company has already hooked up a number of movable and immovable properties of Pillai and his spouse in Hyderabad and different locations price Rs. 5.72 crore as a part of its motion to recuperate the federal government cash which was allegedly generated as kickback and laundered within the Delhi Excise rip-off.

    (with inputs from PTI)

  • BRS chief Kavitha leads starvation strike demanding early passage of Women’s Reservation invoice 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A day forward of her look earlier than the Enforcement Directorate within the Delhi liquor rip-off, BRS chief Okay Kavitha on Friday commenced a six-hour starvation strike looking for early passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill.

    CPI-M chief Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the strike programme at Jantar Mantar right here.

    Among the leaders current on the strike had been Samajwadi Party chief Seema Shukla, Telangana Education Minister Savita Indra Reddy in addition to state Women and Child Welfare Minister Sathyavathi Rathore.

    Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara (AAP), Naresh Gujral (Akali Dal), Anjum Javed Mirza (PDP), Shami Firdous (NC), Sushmita Dev (TMC), KC Tyagi (JDU), Seema Malik (NCP), Narayana Okay (CPI), Shyam Rajak (RLD), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiva Sena) and ex-Congress chief Kapil Sibal have confirmed their participation.

    ALSO READ | BRS chief Kavitha calls Cong conceited, Jairam asks her to fret about ED as an alternative

    “Our party will extend support to Kavitha in this protest till the bill is passed. It is important to bring this bill to give equal opportunity to women in politics,” Yechury mentioned in his inaugural tackle.

    Kavitha mentioned, “If India needs to develop, women should play a key role in politics. For which, it is important to bring this bill which is pending for the last 27 years. This is just the beginning and the protest will continue across the country,” she added.

    The invoice, which seeks to order 33 per cent seats in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies for ladies, was initially launched in Lok Sabha on September 12, 1996 by the United Front authorities.

    The Vajpayee authorities pushed for the invoice in Lok Sabha however it nonetheless wasn’t handed.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha enacting Women’s Bill drama to divert consideration: Bandi

    However, the UPA-I authorities, led by Congress, once more launched it in May 2008 and was handed within the Rajya Sabha however it was referred to a standing committee.

    In 2010, it was handed within the House and transmitted lastly to the Lok Sabha. However, the invoice lapsed with the fifteenth Lok Sabha. Since then, the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage.

    Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister M Okay Chandrasekhar Rao, had on Thursday mentioned the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage since 2010 and the Modi authorities has a historic alternative to get it handed in Parliament earlier than 2024.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in each 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls that his authorities would convey this invoice and that it was additionally a part of the BJP’s election manifesto.

    None of the BJP leaders raised this difficulty and the Modi authorities has did not get this invoice handed in Parliament regardless of having a majority, she mentioned, and added, “This is a very saddening issue.”

    Kavitha had additionally mentioned the starvation strike was deliberate every week earlier than however the ED summoned her to depose earlier than it on March 9, only a day earlier than the deliberate agitation.

    The company agreed to her request to look on March 11 after the agitation.

    The BRS chief has been summoned by the ED in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the excise coverage.

    NEW DELHI: A day forward of her look earlier than the Enforcement Directorate within the Delhi liquor rip-off, BRS chief Okay Kavitha on Friday commenced a six-hour starvation strike looking for early passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill.

    CPI-M chief Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the strike programme at Jantar Mantar right here.

    Among the leaders current on the strike had been Samajwadi Party chief Seema Shukla, Telangana Education Minister Savita Indra Reddy in addition to state Women and Child Welfare Minister Sathyavathi Rathore.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara (AAP), Naresh Gujral (Akali Dal), Anjum Javed Mirza (PDP), Shami Firdous (NC), Sushmita Dev (TMC), KC Tyagi (JDU), Seema Malik (NCP), Narayana Okay (CPI), Shyam Rajak (RLD), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiva Sena) and ex-Congress chief Kapil Sibal have confirmed their participation.

    ALSO READ | BRS chief Kavitha calls Cong conceited, Jairam asks her to fret about ED as an alternative

    “Our party will extend support to Kavitha in this protest till the bill is passed. It is important to bring this bill to give equal opportunity to women in politics,” Yechury mentioned in his inaugural tackle.

    Kavitha mentioned, “If India needs to develop, women should play a key role in politics. For which, it is important to bring this bill which is pending for the last 27 years. This is just the beginning and the protest will continue across the country,” she added.

    The invoice, which seeks to order 33 per cent seats in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies for ladies, was initially launched in Lok Sabha on September 12, 1996 by the United Front authorities.

    The Vajpayee authorities pushed for the invoice in Lok Sabha however it nonetheless wasn’t handed.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha enacting Women’s Bill drama to divert consideration: Bandi

    However, the UPA-I authorities, led by Congress, once more launched it in May 2008 and was handed within the Rajya Sabha however it was referred to a standing committee.

    In 2010, it was handed within the House and transmitted lastly to the Lok Sabha. However, the invoice lapsed with the fifteenth Lok Sabha. Since then, the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage.

    Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister M Okay Chandrasekhar Rao, had on Thursday mentioned the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage since 2010 and the Modi authorities has a historic alternative to get it handed in Parliament earlier than 2024.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in each 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls that his authorities would convey this invoice and that it was additionally a part of the BJP’s election manifesto.

    None of the BJP leaders raised this difficulty and the Modi authorities has did not get this invoice handed in Parliament regardless of having a majority, she mentioned, and added, “This is a very saddening issue.”

    Kavitha had additionally mentioned the starvation strike was deliberate every week earlier than however the ED summoned her to depose earlier than it on March 9, only a day earlier than the deliberate agitation.

    The company agreed to her request to look on March 11 after the agitation.

    The BRS chief has been summoned by the ED in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the excise coverage.

  • Women’s Reservation Bill: BRS chief Kavitha to carry starvation strike in Delhi

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief Okay Kavitha introduced a day-long starvation strike within the nationwide capital on Friday to press the demand for the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill.

    Addressing the media, Kavitha — the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao — stated the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage since 2010 and the Modi authorities has a historic alternative to get it handed in Parliament earlier than 2024.

    The starvation strike might be held by her NGO Bharat Jagriti, she stated and added all political events have been invited to affix it. So far, 18 events, together with the CPI-M and the Shiv Sena, have confirmed their participation.

    “About 500-600 members will sit on a hunger strike, but the attendance will be much more. More than 6,000 people and 18 political parties have confirmed their participation,” she stated.

    CPI-M chief Sitaram Yechury will inaugurate the programme at 10 am.

    The invoice, which seeks to order 33 per cent of seats in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies for ladies, was launched within the Rajya Sabha in May 2008 and was referred to a standing committee.

    In 2010, it was handed within the House and transmitted lastly to the Lok Sabha.

    However, the invoice lapsed with the fifteenth Lok Sabha.

    Kavitha stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in each the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls that his authorities would carry this invoice and that it was additionally a part of the BJP’s election manifesto.

    None of the BJP leaders raised this difficulty and the Modi authorities has did not get this invoice handed in Parliament regardless of having a majority, she stated, and added, “This is very saddening issue.”

    The world is progressing solely by taking girls on equal footing with males.

    This sadly has not occurred in India.

    “I want to urge PM, all political leaders and especially President Droupadi Murmu and request the Government of India that it still has an opportunity as two more Parliament sessions are there (before the next election for passage of this bill),” she stated.

    The Modi authorities, if it needs, can get the Women’s Reservation Bill handed similar to the Aadhaar Bill which was handed by it as a monetary invoice and by bypassing the Rajya Sabha, she added.

    Further, Kavitha stated that India is in 148th place amongst 193 international locations by way of girls’s illustration.

    There are solely 78 girls members out of 543 in Parliament, which is 14.4 per cent.

    Unfortunately, it is extremely lower than the worldwide common.

    In neighbouring Pakistan, there’s a 17 per cent reservation for ladies and their illustration in Bangladesh is greater than in India, she stated.

    NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief Okay Kavitha introduced a day-long starvation strike within the nationwide capital on Friday to press the demand for the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill.

    Addressing the media, Kavitha — the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao — stated the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage since 2010 and the Modi authorities has a historic alternative to get it handed in Parliament earlier than 2024.

    The starvation strike might be held by her NGO Bharat Jagriti, she stated and added all political events have been invited to affix it. So far, 18 events, together with the CPI-M and the Shiv Sena, have confirmed their participation.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “About 500-600 members will sit on a hunger strike, but the attendance will be much more. More than 6,000 people and 18 political parties have confirmed their participation,” she stated.

    CPI-M chief Sitaram Yechury will inaugurate the programme at 10 am.

    The invoice, which seeks to order 33 per cent of seats in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies for ladies, was launched within the Rajya Sabha in May 2008 and was referred to a standing committee.

    In 2010, it was handed within the House and transmitted lastly to the Lok Sabha.

    However, the invoice lapsed with the fifteenth Lok Sabha.

    Kavitha stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in each the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls that his authorities would carry this invoice and that it was additionally a part of the BJP’s election manifesto.

    None of the BJP leaders raised this difficulty and the Modi authorities has did not get this invoice handed in Parliament regardless of having a majority, she stated, and added, “This is very saddening issue.”

    The world is progressing solely by taking girls on equal footing with males.

    This sadly has not occurred in India.

    “I want to urge PM, all political leaders and especially President Droupadi Murmu and request the Government of India that it still has an opportunity as two more Parliament sessions are there (before the next election for passage of this bill),” she stated.

    The Modi authorities, if it needs, can get the Women’s Reservation Bill handed similar to the Aadhaar Bill which was handed by it as a monetary invoice and by bypassing the Rajya Sabha, she added.

    Further, Kavitha stated that India is in 148th place amongst 193 international locations by way of girls’s illustration.

    There are solely 78 girls members out of 543 in Parliament, which is 14.4 per cent.

    Unfortunately, it is extremely lower than the worldwide common.

    In neighbouring Pakistan, there’s a 17 per cent reservation for ladies and their illustration in Bangladesh is greater than in India, she stated.

  • Delhi excise coverage case: ED summons Telangana CM’s daughter Okay Kavitha

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter Okay Kavitha in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned on Wednesday.

    Kavitha, 44, a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) social gathering MLC, has been requested to depose on March 9 earlier than the federal company within the nationwide capital.

    She has been referred to as in order that she might be confronted with Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, an alleged frontman of the ‘south group’, who was arrested by the ED on Monday.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had earlier mentioned that Pillai “represented the south group”, an alleged liquor cartel linked to Kavitha and others.

    The ‘south group, in keeping with the company, “comprises” Sarath Reddy (promoter of Aurobindo Pharma), Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (YSR Congress MP from Ongole Lok Sabha seat), Kavitha and others.

    Kavitha had mentioned she can be in Delhi for holding a one-day starvation strike on the Jantar Mantar on March 10 to hunt the introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill within the upcoming session of Parliament.

    The BRS chief has been questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on this case earlier.

    It is alleged that the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor merchants allowed cartelisation and favoured sure sellers, who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a cost strongly refuted by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) right here.

    The coverage was later scrapped and the Delhi Lt Governor had advisable a CBI probe following which the ED registered a case underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter Okay Kavitha in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned on Wednesday.

    Kavitha, 44, a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) social gathering MLC, has been requested to depose on March 9 earlier than the federal company within the nationwide capital.

    She has been referred to as in order that she might be confronted with Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, an alleged frontman of the ‘south group’, who was arrested by the ED on Monday.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had earlier mentioned that Pillai “represented the south group”, an alleged liquor cartel linked to Kavitha and others.

    The ‘south group, in keeping with the company, “comprises” Sarath Reddy (promoter of Aurobindo Pharma), Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (YSR Congress MP from Ongole Lok Sabha seat), Kavitha and others.

    Kavitha had mentioned she can be in Delhi for holding a one-day starvation strike on the Jantar Mantar on March 10 to hunt the introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill within the upcoming session of Parliament.

    The BRS chief has been questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on this case earlier.

    It is alleged that the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor merchants allowed cartelisation and favoured sure sellers, who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a cost strongly refuted by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) right here.

    The coverage was later scrapped and the Delhi Lt Governor had advisable a CBI probe following which the ED registered a case underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

  • Stalin and KCR: A story of two anti-BJP gatherings in South India

    By PTI

    CHENNAI/HYDERABAD: In a span of two months, leaders of varied political events descended south to affix two anti-BJP gatherings with a watch on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, though the central characters differed quite a bit.

    While Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao has made his nationwide ambitions amply clear, even rechristening his get together to help the method, his Tamil Nadu counterpart M Ok Stalin insists he’s already on the nationwide scene and used his birthday rally on March 1 to not solely strongly pitch for the Congress as a pressure to reckon with within the efforts to dislodge the Narendra Modi-led dispensation on the Centre but additionally sought to shoot down the prospects of a Third Front.

    Rao and Stalin have proved to be regional satraps who can tackle the would possibly of the BJP and each had been seen within the firm of prime nationwide leaders lately.

    If the January 18 assembly convened by Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), the erstwhile Telangana Rashtra Samiti, in Khammam noticed a clarion name for a regime change in New Delhi subsequent yr, the Chennai rally organised to mark Stalin’s seventieth birthday, harped on opposition unity.

     (From L to R) Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao, CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI Gen Secy D Raja and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Party’s public assembly, in Khammam, Jan.18, 2023. (ANI Photo)

    While the BRS-led assembly stood decided on the necessity for a change of presidency on the Centre, the audio system on the Chennai occasion underlined the widespread connection of a socialist imaginative and prescient that binds them collectively whereas leaders together with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah batted for Stalin to take up an even bigger nationwide function.

    Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned his get together and the DMK shared a standard social imaginative and prescient. It is anyone’s guess that the events have set their eyes on making a wealthy harvest of the 40 parliamentary seats up for grabs in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

    Incidentally, in 2004, below then DMK chief, the late M Karunanidhi’s management, the alliance gained all 40, giving UPA-I the much-needed numbers to type a authorities below Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

    DMK President and TN CM MK Stalin with opposition leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Farooq Abdullah, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and DMK senior leaders at a public assembly in Chennai, March 1, 2023. (Photo | PTI)

    Political analyst Ramu Suravajjula mentioned the assembly organised in January by KCR, as Rao is popularly identified, at Khammam was seen because the Telangana Chief Minister’s mega present of energy projecting his nationwide ambitions. However, his political dilemma was on show on the public assembly, Suravajjula opined.

    KCR neither spelt out the BRS agenda nor did he go away a touch about his political mates on the nationwide stage. The visiting leaders, which included Chief Ministers of Kerala and Delhi, Pinarayi Vijayan and Arvind Kejriwal, respectively, moreover CPI prime chief D Raja, additionally didn’t declare KCR as their chief, he mentioned.

    An observer of Tamil Nadu politics mentioned a Third Front might not have its desired affect and identified the bold ‘Makkal Nala Kootani’ (People’s Welfare Front), headed by actor-politician Vijayakant’s DMDK, coming a cropper within the 2016 Assembly polls in that state, even because the AIADMK secured a uncommon successive time period in a detailed combat involving the DMK.

    The DMDK-led alliance included MDMK and the 2 Left events, who at the moment are a part of the DMK-led bloc.

    Suravajjula mentioned, Stalin, throughout his birthday celebrations in Chennai, displayed political pragmatism. KCR obtained alienated in his combat towards the BJP with Kharge and Stalin sending out a message loud and clear that no coalition meant to successfully tackle the BJP can succeed with out the Congress, he mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Opposition unity ineffective with out us, says Congress

    Some insist that the Rao-led assembly largely spoke about dethroning the BJP-led Central authorities whereas the contributors of the Chennai gathering made a acutely aware push to model the bloc as pro-social justice and ideologically oriented.

    Chennai-based political observer Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan mentioned each groupings needed to see the again of Modi in 2024 however had been confused about who ought to lead. “There is a lot of confusion among the opposition parties on who should lead an alliance. These kinds of confusions and non-cooperation will lead Modi to form his own government for the third time next year,” he mentioned.

    Ramakrishnan indicated that even after the Khammam assembly, nationwide leaders didn’t present curiosity in projecting KCR as a PM candidate, however that Abdullah had even supported the “Stalin for PM” slogan emanating primarily from Tamil Nadu and the DMK chief’s supporters.

    Another political analyst Telakapalli Ravi mentioned Congress was the foremost distinction between the 2 conferences. While the grand outdated get together is a rival of the BRS in Telangana, Stalin gave a decent place to Congress by inviting it to his birthday celebrations in Chennai, he mentioned.

    CHENNAI/HYDERABAD: In a span of two months, leaders of varied political events descended south to affix two anti-BJP gatherings with a watch on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, though the central characters differed quite a bit.

    While Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao has made his nationwide ambitions amply clear, even rechristening his get together to help the method, his Tamil Nadu counterpart M Ok Stalin insists he’s already on the nationwide scene and used his birthday rally on March 1 to not solely strongly pitch for the Congress as a pressure to reckon with within the efforts to dislodge the Narendra Modi-led dispensation on the Centre but additionally sought to shoot down the prospects of a Third Front.

    Rao and Stalin have proved to be regional satraps who can tackle the would possibly of the BJP and each had been seen within the firm of prime nationwide leaders lately.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    If the January 18 assembly convened by Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), the erstwhile Telangana Rashtra Samiti, in Khammam noticed a clarion name for a regime change in New Delhi subsequent yr, the Chennai rally organised to mark Stalin’s seventieth birthday, harped on opposition unity.

     (From L to R) Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao, CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI Gen Secy D Raja and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Party’s public assembly, in Khammam, Jan.18, 2023. (ANI Photo)

    While the BRS-led assembly stood decided on the necessity for a change of presidency on the Centre, the audio system on the Chennai occasion underlined the widespread connection of a socialist imaginative and prescient that binds them collectively whereas leaders together with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah batted for Stalin to take up an even bigger nationwide function.

    Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned his get together and the DMK shared a standard social imaginative and prescient. It is anyone’s guess that the events have set their eyes on making a wealthy harvest of the 40 parliamentary seats up for grabs in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

    Incidentally, in 2004, below then DMK chief, the late M Karunanidhi’s management, the alliance gained all 40, giving UPA-I the much-needed numbers to type a authorities below Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

    DMK President and TN CM MK Stalin with opposition leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Farooq Abdullah, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and DMK senior leaders at a public assembly in Chennai, March 1, 2023. (Photo | PTI)

    Political analyst Ramu Suravajjula mentioned the assembly organised in January by KCR, as Rao is popularly identified, at Khammam was seen because the Telangana Chief Minister’s mega present of energy projecting his nationwide ambitions. However, his political dilemma was on show on the public assembly, Suravajjula opined.

    KCR neither spelt out the BRS agenda nor did he go away a touch about his political mates on the nationwide stage. The visiting leaders, which included Chief Ministers of Kerala and Delhi, Pinarayi Vijayan and Arvind Kejriwal, respectively, moreover CPI prime chief D Raja, additionally didn’t declare KCR as their chief, he mentioned.

    An observer of Tamil Nadu politics mentioned a Third Front might not have its desired affect and identified the bold ‘Makkal Nala Kootani’ (People’s Welfare Front), headed by actor-politician Vijayakant’s DMDK, coming a cropper within the 2016 Assembly polls in that state, even because the AIADMK secured a uncommon successive time period in a detailed combat involving the DMK.

    The DMDK-led alliance included MDMK and the 2 Left events, who at the moment are a part of the DMK-led bloc.

    Suravajjula mentioned, Stalin, throughout his birthday celebrations in Chennai, displayed political pragmatism. KCR obtained alienated in his combat towards the BJP with Kharge and Stalin sending out a message loud and clear that no coalition meant to successfully tackle the BJP can succeed with out the Congress, he mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Opposition unity ineffective with out us, says Congress

    Some insist that the Rao-led assembly largely spoke about dethroning the BJP-led Central authorities whereas the contributors of the Chennai gathering made a acutely aware push to model the bloc as pro-social justice and ideologically oriented.

    Chennai-based political observer Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan mentioned each groupings needed to see the again of Modi in 2024 however had been confused about who ought to lead. “There is a lot of confusion among the opposition parties on who should lead an alliance. These kinds of confusions and non-cooperation will lead Modi to form his own government for the third time next year,” he mentioned.

    Ramakrishnan indicated that even after the Khammam assembly, nationwide leaders didn’t present curiosity in projecting KCR as a PM candidate, however that Abdullah had even supported the “Stalin for PM” slogan emanating primarily from Tamil Nadu and the DMK chief’s supporters.

    Another political analyst Telakapalli Ravi mentioned Congress was the foremost distinction between the 2 conferences. While the grand outdated get together is a rival of the BRS in Telangana, Stalin gave a decent place to Congress by inviting it to his birthday celebrations in Chennai, he mentioned.