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  • Rahul Gandhi in Madurai right this moment, to witness Jallikattu in bid to lend ‘ethical’ help to farmers protest

    Image Source : PTI Congress chief Rahul Gandhi 
    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will go to Tamil Nadu on Thursday, the Pongal day and witness a bull-taming occasion, ‘Jallikattu,’ the celebration’s state president Okay S Alagiri earlier mentioned. Gandhi will lend his ethical help to farmers protesting in opposition to the brand new farm legal guidelines throughout the nation by witnessing the game at Avaniapuram in Madurai district.
    “The bull is a symbol of farmers and part of their lives,” the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president mentioned.
    Gandhi’s go to is to “honour the farmers and the valorous Tamil tradition on the day of the harvest competition and he is not going to have interaction within the election marketing campaign right this moment.
    Assembly elections are due throughout April-May within the state.
    “The general public should gather in large numbers for the event.” Billing Gandhi’s occasion as ‘Rahulin Tamil Vanakkam,’ he mentioned it was additionally supposed to dislodge the ‘inept’ AIADMK regime, ‘subservient’ to the Centre.
    Only Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Okay Palaniswami and his celebration the AIADMK supported the Central authorities’s three farm legal guidelines and no different political celebration favoured it, he claimed.
    Gandhi is scheduled to reach at Madurai by 11 am and could be spending about 4 hours within the temple city.

    Though there are not any different scheduled occasions like interplay with farmers, such programmes may happen if the chief so desired, Alagiri mentioned.
    Gandhi additionally has no plans to go to the alliance celebration DMK’s president M Okay Stalin or different leaders, he mentioned.
    During his go to to western Tamil Nadu, probably in the direction of the month-end, Gandhi may meet allies, he mentioned including his celebration senior chief had a plan to marketing campaign extensively in Tamil Nadu. Priyanka Gandhi would even be invited to the state within the run-up to the polls, he mentioned.
    To a query, he mocked on the AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu and alleged the companions within the ruling celebration led mix couldn’t even agree upon the Chief Ministerial candidate.
    The BJP, after sustaining for a while that NDA would announce the CM candidate mentioned on Monday that the AIADMK, the ‘main’ accomplice would resolve it.
    The TNCC chief mentioned his celebration stood behind DMK chief M Okay Stalin and he’s the CM candidate of the alliance.
    Harmony prevailed within the DMK camp and it was absent within the AIADMK mix, he claimed ruling out the scope for discord between Congress and DMK in seat-sharing for the Assembly polls.
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  • UDF to provide you with ‘folks’s manifesto’ for Kerala Assembly polls, says Chennithala

    By Express News Service
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With lower than two months remaining for the Election Commission to come back out with the notification for the Kerala Assembly polls, the Opposition has determined to provide you with a ‘folks’s manifesto’ below the slogan ‘clear and good governance’.

    This was introduced by Opposition chief Ramesh Chennithala throughout a press convention at Cantonment House right here on Wednesday. He sought the views of the general public on points that should be introduced into the election manifesto.

    Chennithala urged the general public to ship their suggestions to [email protected]. At the UDF assembly held on Monday, it was determined to type an election manifesto subcommittee headed by former UDF convener Benny Behanan MP because the chairman and CMP chief C P John as its convener.  Chennithala mentioned the UDF’s election manifesto can be for a “prosperous Kerala”.

    “We have decided to envisage comprehensive development of the state where our thrust would be for clean and good governance where our aim is to ensure a corruption-free state government. The UDF will guarantee that all poor people will get Rs 6000 per month under the Nyay scheme. The manifesto will also ensure that the number of days and the remuneration towards the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act will be increased,” mentioned Chennithala.

    He maintained that not a single particular person within the state would starve to dying. More hospitals can be began to supply free therapy to the folks. Chennithala additionally knowledgeable that get together MP Shashi Tharoor could have an important function in bringing varied pertinent points into the UDF’s election manifesto.

    “Tharoor has informed that he will be associated with the preparations for the UDF’s election manifesto. He will be in Thiruvananthapuram by mid-February and before that we wish to garner maximum recommendations from people belonging to all walks of life,” added Chennithala.

  • TMC appeals to Left, Congress to assist Mamata in combat in opposition to BJP

    Image Source : PTI TMC appeals to Left, Congress to assist Mamata in combat in opposition to BJP
    The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday appealed to the Left Front and the Congress to again West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her combat
    in opposition to the “communal and divisive” politics of the BJP. Elections to the 294-member state meeting are due in April-May.
    “If the Left Front and the Congress are genuinely anti-BJP, they should be behind Mamata Banerjee in her fight against the communal and divisive politics of the saffron party,” senior TMC MP Sougata Roy instructed reporters.
    TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is the “real face of secular politics against the BJP”, he stated.
    Roy claimed that not one of the schemes launched by the BJP-led authorities on the Centre has labored efficiently.

    “The TMC’s narrative is of constructive criticism in the interests of development,” he stated.
    Referring to cattle-smuggling that has kicked up a political storm in poll-bound West Bengal, Roy stated it’s the obligation of the Border Security Force (BSF) and never the state police to stop this.
    “The BSF, which is under the central government, looks after the borders of the country. It is their duty and not that of the police to prevent cross-border smuggling of cattle,” the TMC MP stated.
    Launching a stinging assault in opposition to Union Home Amit Shah, who had visited the state final month, the senior lawmaker stated, “Instead of having lunch at different places, he should have visited the border to check whether the BSF is doing its job properly or not.”
    Responding to a question whether or not BJP state chief Dilip Ghosh would be the saffron social gathering’s chief ministerial candidate for the elections, he stated it’s an inner matter of the BJP.
    “Diamond Harbour MP and TMC youth wing chief Abhishek Banerjee has a much greater political experience than Ghosh, who has joined politics only in 2015, but even he never claimed to be the CM face of the TMC,” he added.

  • SC stays farm legal guidelines: Court ruling a means out for govt, Minister calls on all to honour order

    EVEN AS the Government referred to as on all sides to “honour” the Supreme Court’s ruling on the brand new agriculture legal guidelines, there was a palpable sense of reduction throughout the institution and the ruling BJP, which had been determined to finish the statemate with out being seen as “anti-farmer”.
    Speaking to The Indian Express, Commerce and Industry MoS Som Prakash mentioned: “The Supreme Court is the apex court of the land. All of us should honour its order. Be it the government or farmers, all of us should work for the progress of the country.”
    Som Prakash is a part of the three-member ministerial committee, additionally comprising Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Power Minister Piyush Goyal, that’s holding talks with farm leaders. On Tuesday night, sources mentioned, Tomar “discussed the latest development” with the Ministry’s Secretary Sanjay Agarwal.
    With the subsequent spherical of talks slated for January 15, the Government can be learnt to be taking authorized recommendation on the subsequent steps.
    Meanwhile, sources within the ruling institution and get together described the court docket’s order as a “blessing” that “showed us a way out”. Several BJP leaders informed The Indian Express that if the farmers proceed to protest and block roads regardless of the order, they could lose public help.
    “Although the court’s move is a bit embarrassing for the Government because of its aggressive position during the deadlock, this is perhaps the best way to get out of the crisis,” mentioned a senior BJP chief.
    Acknowledging that the farm protests had been largely peaceable, which meant that the Government couldn’t take a very aggressive line, the chief mentioned: “There was no other way out. Without the court’s intervention, the Government could not have opted for the constitution of any such committee.”
    Two key BJP leaders expressed hope that public sentiment would shift if the protesters didn’t settle for the court docket’s order.
    “The Government kept negotiation channels open and offered compromises but the farmers did not budge. With incidents like what happened in Karnal (where protesters stormed a Kisan Panchayat) and the damage done to Jio towers in Punjab, it is clear that there are some unruly elements among the farmers. Now if they defy the Supreme Court’s attempt to find a solution, it will not go down well with the public,” mentioned one among them.

    Government sources additionally hoped that those that insist on repealing the legal guidelines wouldn’t take such a tough line earlier than the committee arrange by the apex court docket.
    However, a minimum of two senior get together leaders additionally expressed resentment over “judicial overreach”. “It’s probably for the first time that the court is staying laws that are already implemented… Even in the Ram Janmabhoomi case, the issue before the court was to give an order on the title suit. But the court also ordered the grant of land for the construction of a masjid,” mentioned one among them.
    Drawing a parallel to the then Congress authorities’s transfer to strategy the Supreme Court to determine on the Ayodhya dispute after the Babri Masjid demolition, the chief mentioned: “This Government, too, did not have any other way out to resolve the issue.”

  • Congress youth leaders pattern #shameonyouKamal

    By Express News Service
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Youth leaders of the Congress on Tuesday launched a social media marketing campaign in opposition to Kerala Chalachitra Academy (KCA) chairman Kamal over the movie director’s controversial letter to Culture Minister A Ok Balan urging him to regularise 4 contract workers of the KCA. The hashtag, #shameonyou- Kamal, was began by KPCC vice-president P C Vishnunadh and Youth Congress state vice-president and MLA Ok S Sabarinadhan on social media and was picked up by a number of Congress leaders. Kamal remained incommunicado following the controversy.

    Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala had launched Kamal’s letter within the meeting on Tuesday. In his Facebook put up, Vishnunadh took a jibe at Kamal citing that the job of the Public Service Commission (PSC) will likely be made simpler if all authorities establishments take a leaf out of the movie director’s e book by accommodating Leftleaning individuals.

    “Society should react to this as lakhs of youths who are waiting for a call letter from PSC are being cheated,” he stated. Going a step additional, Sabarinadhan in his Facebook put up stated although Kamal’s movies mirrored humanitarian values, in actual life the values had been thrown to the wind by regularising Left followers within the KCA.

    “The manner in which Kamal wrote the letter should be viewed seriously. He says the four employees are followers of the Left and the Left progressive movement and are active in the cultural milieu. He says the move will help KCA showcase its Left leanings. A cultural leader like Kamal is a disgrace to the state at a time when a youth Anu committed suicide for not having a j o b and when lakhs of jobless youths are wandering the streets,” he stated. Congress chief and former minister Pandalam Sudhakaran stated Kamal ought to realise that KCA just isn’t his personal possession. “It is deplorable that Kamal stooped to the level of a party slave,” he stated.

    Yuva Morcha burns Kamal in effigy

    T’Puram: Yuva Morcha activists took out a march to the Secretariat and burnt Chalachitra Academy chairman Kamal in effigy in protest in opposition to his letter. BJP district treasurer Nishanth Sugunan stated Kamal had violated Constitutional rules and will step down from his put up.

  • After BJP, now Congress broadcasts Pongal celebrations, Rahul to attend Jallikattu

    While nationwide and state leaders of the BJP have already began taking part within the celebration’s statewide celebrations of the Tamil competition Pongal, the Congress has additionally introduced that senior chief Rahul Gandhi will attain the state for Pongal celebrations and attend the normal bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’ on the well-known Avaniyapuram area close to Madurai on Pongal day on January 14.
    Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Ok S Alagiri confirmed Gandhi’s one-day go to to Madurai — reportedly the primary of a number of programmes being deliberate within the state forward of the May 2021 Assembly polls.
    A senior Congress chief mentioned there can be yet another occasion in January when Gandhi “may be doing a roadshow in western Tamil Nadu covering regions of Salem, Coimbatore, Tirupur and Karur for three days”.
    BJP nationwide president J P Nadda, who earlier had plans to attend the identical Jallikattu occasion in Madurai, can be a part of festivities in Chennai on the identical day.

    ExplainedBreak with previous, with eye on pollsThe new-found love of the BJP and Congress for Pongal and Jallikattu is aimed on the upcoming polls and to ship out a message that they endorse Tamil tradition. Both events earlier saved a secure distance from politics surrounding Tamil identification and had hardly made efforts to vary their picture as north Indian events.

    While BJP’s celebrations have been named as “Namma Ooru Pongal,” Congress too has named their occasion “Rahul’s Thamizh Vanakkam”.
    Contradictions are seen too, forward of polls, when it comes to the strategic method between the nationwide and state models of the 2 events.
    A day after C T Ravi, the BJP basic secretary accountable for the state, clarified that the bigger alliance accomplice AIADMK will decide the CM candidate, the celebration’s state chief L Murugan Tuesday mentioned they have been the views of a nationwide chief.
    Murugan has repeatedly said that his celebration will determine the CM candidate of the AIADMK-BJP alliance.
    In the Congress, remarks in opposition to the rejig within the state unit by Karti Chidambaram, son of senior chief P Chidambaram, raised eyebrows amongst office-bearers of the Tamil Nadu. “These jumbo committees serve no purpose. 32 VP, 57 GS, 104 Secretaries. None will have any authority which means no accountability,” he had tweeted.

    An office-bearer mentioned the leaders got new tasks by the excessive command for his or her laborious work and never for being the son of a senior chief.
    A senior Congress chief mentioned Karti’s remarks might have been averted at the least throughout election time. “TNCC chief Alagiri was known as a leader closer to Chidambaram than anyone else. But Karti’s statement shows that there may be a communication gap between them now. Alagiri’s recent decisions were mostly in consultation with many more leaders in Delhi. As a state party, we see it as a positive change,” he mentioned.

  • ‘My household, my advantages’ first for political dynasts, nation comes second: PM Modi

    Image Source : PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the ultimate perform of the second National Youth Parliament Festival through video conferencing, in New Delhi.
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing assault on the ideology of dynastic politics saying it’s a illness and termed it the most important enemy of democracy. The Prime Minister was talking on the second National Youth Parliament Festival. Addressing the youth of the nation, PM Modi mentioned the day of these profitable elections on the premise of their surnames have been numbered, including there have been few who nonetheless take into consideration defending dynastic politics.

    “There are nonetheless individuals who wish to do politics solely to avoid wasting their household’s identify in politics. This form of politics retains ‘nation first’ on the second place and ‘my household and my advantages’ as first precedence.

    “The youth need to enter politics to end this practice of family-based politics. It is important to save our democratic practices,” he mentioned at a valedictory perform of the second Youth Parliament. “Dynasts are the biggest threat to democracy and this leads to social corruption; more youths should come forward to curb this problem.”

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    The Prime Minister maintained that individuals these days supported those that labored with honesty and sincerity. Modi mentioned that politics of nepotism was nearing its finish, including that it hadn’t ended fully although.

    “Those who have corruption as part of their legacy now are not able to come out of that burden.”

    Invoking Swami Vivekananda, the Prime Minister suggested the youth to imagine in themselves and take the nation ahead. The new National Education Policy 2020 will take the youth in the direction of trendy schooling and studying, he added.

    ALSO READ | Will go forward with ‘peaceable’ protest on Jan 26, say farmer leaders as they flip down SC’s proposal

    The PM additionally listened to the prize winners of National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF)that goals to lend voice to youths between the age of 18 and 25.

    NYPF relies on an concept put forth by the Prime Minister in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio deal with on December 31, 2017. The first NYPF was organised from January 12 to February 27, 2019 with the theme of ‘Be the Voice of New India and Find Solutions and Contribute to Policy’.

    The second NYPF was held on December 23, 2020 by the digital mode, during which 2.34 lakh youths from throughout the nation participated within the first stage. It was adopted by state Youth Parliaments by the digital mode from January 1 to five, 2021. The remaining of the second NYPF was held within the Central Hall of Parliament on January 11, 2021.

    (With inputs from IANS)

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  • Congress targets ex-tehsildar for land deal

    By Express News Service
    ROURKELA: Former Rourkela tehsildar Manas Ranjan Sahu has landed in controversy over transaction of a chief authorities plot of two.79 acre at Panposh right here. Sahu, 28, went on coaching for India Railway Service (IRS) final month after clearing the Indian Civil Services examination. 

    On Monday, members of the district Congress committee (DCC) staged protest in entrance of the workplace of Rourkela ADM Aboli Sunil Naravane searching for inquiry into all land transactions throughout Sahu’s tenure as tehsildar. They handed over a memorandum addressed to Sundargarh Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan on this regard. 

    The memorandum said {that a} retired income worker, Ambika Swain, was making an attempt to get a plot of two.79 acre beneath Khata no 307 of Rourkela Town Unit-40 in his identify since 2014 and a miscellaneous case with file quantity 33/2014 was created on this regard. 

    As Swain’s software was in contravention of the income legal guidelines and no different tehsildar thought of it, Sahu transferred the land to Swain on December 1, 2020 via mutation case no. 551/2020. However, on the final day of his workplace on December 18, Sahu filed one other miscellaneous case (No 36/2020) and cancelled the transaction, the memorandum alleged. 

    Rourkela DCC president George Tirkey stated Sahu’s conduct was doubtful and demanded a radical probe into the circumstances of switch of land and its cancellation. He sought inquiry into all transactions of land switch, land report corrections and adjustments of land sort throughout Sahu’s tenure from May 1 to December 18, 2020.Sahu, a local of Bisra block in Sundargarh district, had secured 567th rank in UPSC.

  • Sonia dials Opposition leaders, Sharad Pawar meets Left leaders

    As the Supreme Court criticised the Centre over the farmers’ protests, the Congress on Monday mentioned the difficulty was neither “legal” nor “legalistic” and requested the federal government to repeal the three farm legal guidelines paying heed to the court docket’s observations.
    Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in the meantime, started speaking to Opposition leaders and is planning to convene a gathering to formulate a joint Opposition technique on the protests. Her initiative got here on a day NCP chief Sharad Pawar met Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja. The Left leaders mentioned they mentioned the difficulty of farmer protests.
    While the Congress is enthused on the sturdy observations made by the court docket, social gathering leaders mentioned farmer unions view the petitions within the apex court docket with suspicion.
    “We respect the Supreme Court and its concern… but ultimately repeal of the laws and the discretion to repeal the laws…lies at the doorsteps of the government and not the Supreme Court,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala mentioned.

  • Congress to mark farmers’ rights day on Jan 15

    The Congress on Saturday determined to launch one more marketing campaign in opposition to the BJP authorities demanding repeal of the three farm legal guidelines.
    The social gathering has determined to watch ‘Kisan Adhikar Diwas’ (Farmers” Rights Day) on January 15, the day authorities and the farmer unions will meet for the following spherical of talks. The Congress will take out protests and lay siege to Raj Bhawans in state capitals.
    The determination was taken at a gathering AICC basic secretary Okay C Venugopal had with basic secretaries and in fees of states.

    Congress communication division head Randeep Surjewala mentioned. “The Modi government is answerable to the people for taking decisions and not the Supreme Court. The responsibility of making and repealing the laws wrests with Parliament and not the court.”