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  • PM Modi releases the installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi

    Narendra Modi will allay the concerns of the farmers related to the farm laws and also release Rs 18,000 crore as the next installment under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to over 9 crore farmers. Several central ministers, MPs, MLAs, and BJP office bearers will be present among the electorate to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with farmers on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

    He will also have a conversation with farmers from six different states during the event.

    Union Agriculture Minister said that, “Today, we can say with confidence that the entire amount will reach the farmers’ accounts directly. This will greatly benefit the farmers.”

  • Senior Congress leader Shri Motilal Vora, Shri Bhupesh Baghel and members of the Council of Ministers at Rajiv Bhavan in the capital Raipur today…

    Motilal Vora, former Chief Minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh and former Congress leader who was Governor of Uttar Pradesh, paid floral tributes at Rajiv Bhawan in the capital Raipur today, including Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, members of the Council of Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, MLAs, people’s representatives. There was an influx of people for the last darshan of their leader. Chief Minister Mr. Baghel and State President Mr. Mohan Markam took the dead body of the late Mr. Motilal Vora to the chariot and left for the fort. Where he will be given a final farewell with state honors.

  • BTP pulls out of Gehlot government in Rajasthan, withdraws its 2 MLAs

    Ashok Gehlot government received another blow on Friday, with Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) withdrawing support from state govt.

    Yesterday, Congress party lost to BJP in Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections, despite its support to farmers protesting against new farm laws.

    BTP withdrew its 2 MLAs from Gehlot government, however, this doesn’t put latter at any risk as Congress has around 118 MLAs in 200-member assembly.

    BTP extended support to Ashok Gehlot govt during confidence vote earlier this year.

    The two MLA had supported Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in August when his government was under a political crisis after former deputy CM Sachin Pilot rebelled.

    Election to posts of ‘pramukh’ and ‘pradhan’ were held in 20 zila parishad and 221 gram panchayat, respectively.

    Not long ago, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot had alleged that BJP was making fresh attempt to topple Congress government in Rajasthan.

  • Veggies rot, broken stretch in Simaria shatters farmers’ hopes

    A broken 5-km stretch of road connecting Dadhi and Tetar More of Simaria block in Chatra district has shattered dreams of farmers who are finding it hard to sell their produce as businessmen refuse to use the road because of its condition. Repeated requests to the administration and lawmakers have also not helped and eventually led to around 50 quintal vegetable to rot.
    Simaria block is the highest producer of vegetables in the entire district. The contentious stretch of road is a lifeline for the people of Aidla and Dadhi panchyat with more than four dozen villages falling on its sides. Around 10,000 people, including farmers, businessmen and students, avail this road filled with potholes and craters daily.
    Social worker Jageshwar Prasad Kushwaha said the road was constructed in 2007. He said, “Not a single penny was spent by the government since then to even repair the road. Due to this negligence, the road has turned bad to worse with craters and potholes all over. Many bikers fall here and get injured.”
    Former representative of the district board, Rohini Devi said, “Simaria is known for its high productivity of green vegetables in the state. Due to lack of proper connectivity, farmers working in their fields are not able to sell the produce. None come here to buy the vegetables and this is the reason why around 50 quintal vegetable got rotten, rendering huge losses to the farmers.”
    Some farmers said that they have been are running from pillar-to-post for the last three years to get the road constructed. “We have even given it in writing to the MP, MLAs and block officials, but in vain,” said a farmer.
    Simaria MLA Kishun Kumar Das said, “I met the chief secretary and spoke about this issue, but the fact is that the state government is not releasing funds for construction and repairing of roads. I will take up the issue again to sort out the problem of the farmers.”

  • BJP headed for a landslide victory in Gujarat by-polls, leads in all 8 seats: Details of seats and vote-share

    In Gujarat, 8 seats are in play in the by-polls and BJP is leading in all 8 seats. In Gujarat, the bye-elections were necessitated on eight seats after the sitting Congress MLAs resigned ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls held in June this year. Five of them later joined the BJP and are contesting the bypolls on the saffron party ticket.

    According to the Election Commission website, BJP is leading in all 8 seats that are in play during the by-elections.

    According to the ECI website, BJP has so far got 53.71% votes and Congress has got 34.51% votes. NOTA, on the other hand, has got a 2.09% vote which is not considered terribly high in any election.

    In 7 out of 8 seats, BJP has zoomed ahead decisively.

    In Abdasa, the difference between the BJP and Congress votes is over 20,000 with BJP getting 46.04% of the votes.