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  • India is now not a democratic nation, tweets Rahul Gandhi

    Image Source : PTI Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
    In what may invite a pointy response from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday mentioned that India was now not a democratic nation.

    “India is no longer a democratic country,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned in his tweet as he shared a information clipping which learn ‘India now as autocratic as Pakistan, worse than Bangladesh: Sweden institute’s Democracy Report’. 

    The former Congress chief has been constantly concentrating on the federal government over the rising gasoline costs, farm legal guidelines and different points. Rahul Gandhi lately accused the Modi authorities of pushing folks within the swamp of value rise simply to earn taxes.

    ALSO READ: ‘I want…’: Jyotiraditya Scindia responds to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘backbencher’ comment

    On the a hundredth day of farmers protest on March 5, the Wayanad MP mentioned that the federal government must repeal the three agriculture legal guidelines beneath any circumstances.  “Those who wait patiently after sowing seeds, they are not afraid of months-long wait or bad weather. The three farm laws have to be repealed,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.

    ALSO READ: Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi govt of insulting sacrifice of jawans after Rajnath’s assertion on Ladakh border row

    Participating within the debate on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha on February 11,  he had alleged that these legislations would injury the nation’s meals safety system and likewise “break the spine of farmers” and that the nation is being run by solely 4 folks with a ‘Hum do, Hamare do’ strategy.
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  • ‘Grateful to voters of Amethi’: Congress firefights after Rahul Gandhi’s ‘north-south’ politics comment

    Image Source : PTI/FILE PHOTO Senior Congress chief Anand Sharma has defended Rahul Gandhi over his ‘north south politics’ comment.
    Facing a extreme assault from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following social gathering chief Rahul Gandhi’s assertion evaluating politics of south India with north, the Congress on Wednesday seemed to be in a injury management mode.

    Senior Congress chief Anand Sharma defended Rahul Gandhi describing the assertion as the previous social gathering president’s private expertise’. Sharma mentioned it was for Rahul Gandhi to make clear his comment.

    “Rahul Gandhi had made observation, perhaps sharing his personal experiences…In what context he made that observation, he can clarify so that there’s no conjecture or misunderstanding,”  Anand Sharma mentioned.

    ALSO READ: South politics is refreshing, says Rahul Gandhi; ‘divide and rule politics gained’t work’, JP Nadda slams him

    “After Independence there have been illustrious PMs – Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Atal Bihari Vajpayee – they all represented UP. Recently it was Dr Manmohan Singh from north India, so Congress has never disrespected a region,” he added. 

    Referring to Union Minister Smriti Irani’s cost that Rahul Gandhi has been ungrateful to the folks of Amethi, the area which he represented thrice in Lok Sabha, Anand Sharma mentioned the Congress has at all times believed in a ‘united India’.

    ALSO READ: ‘Sahabzaade’ has misplaced it, Giriraj Singh responds after Rahul Gandhi repeats Fisheries Ministry gaffe

    “When it comes to Amethi, we’re grateful to voters and respect them. Amethi elected Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Capt Satish Sharma, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. No question of being disrespectful. It’s not the philosophy of Congress. We’ve believed in a united India,” he mentioned.

    Another senior Congress chief Kapil Sibal rejected BJP’s cost that his social gathering was attempting to ‘divide and rule’.

    “Laughable for BJP to say that we’re trying to divide country. It’s a Govt that divided people since it came to power. As far as Rahul Gandhi’s comments are concerned, I’m nobody to comment on what he said. He said it and he can explain in what context he said,” Sibal mentioned.

    What Rahul Gandhi had mentioned

    Addressing a public gathering in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, the Wayanad MP had mentioned, “For the first 15 years, I was an MP in the north. I had got used to a different type of politics. For me, coming to Kerala was very refreshing as suddenly I found that people are interested in issues and not just superficially but going into detail in issues.”

    ALSO READ: BJP launches no-holds-barred assault on Rahul Gandhi over ‘North vs South’ comment

    Labelling these feedback as anti-north Indians, a number of BJP leaders attacked Rahul Gandhi and alleged he was being an opportunist regardless of he and his relations having gained a number of elections from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

    Smriti Irani referred to as him “ungrateful” and mentioned the favored saying about such an individual is “one without much knowledge blabbers more”.

    Irani defeated Gandhi in his household bastion Amethi throughout 2019 basic elections, however he gained from Wayanad in Kerala, the second Lok Sabha seat he had contested from.

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  • Rahul Gandhi calls for separate fishery ministry, Giriraj Singh’s epic reply in Italian

    Image Source : PTI Union Minister Giriraj Singh invited Rahul Gandhi to go to his ministry to examine new initiatives for the fishery sector. 
    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demanded a separate ministry to handle the grievances of the fishing business. Interacting with the fishermen group throughout his go to to Puducherry, the previous Congress president sought to check farmers with fishermen and mentioned the federal government should have a separate division to look into the difficulty regarding the group.

    “The government passed 3 Bills against farmers, the backbone of a nation. You must be wondering why am I talking about farmers at meeting of fishermen. I consider you as farmers of sea. If farmers of land can have ministry in Delhi, why is that farmers of sea don’t have the same,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned. 

    Union Minister Giriraj Singh’s responds

    Soon after Rahul Gandhi’s assertion, Giriraj Singh, Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying went into motion mode slamming the Wayanad MP for his comment. Giriraj Singh selected to reply in Italian whereas hitting out on the Congress chief. 

    “Dear Raul (@RahulGandhi) There is no separate Ministry of Fisheries in Italy. It comes under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry,” the Union minister mentioned in his Italian tweet. 

    Giriraj Singh additionally ‘invited’ Rahul Gandhi to go to the fishery ministry to get an concept of all of the initiatives being managed by the ministry below him. 

    Union minister Smriti Irani too joined Giriraj Singh in cornering Rahul Gandhi with a separate tweet in Italian. 

    “Dear @girirajsinghbjp They only know one thing. Spreading lies, fear and misinformation,” Irani mentioned.

    ALSO READ: Puducherry Govt Crisis: Oppn calls for flooring take a look at, submits memorandum to LG

    Rahul Gandhi is visiting Puducherry at a time when his occasion’s authorities within the Union Territory is going through a disaster after Chief Minister V Narayanswamy’s shut aide A John Kumar resigned from the occasion on Tuesday, citing “dissatisfaction with the Congress government”.

    Kumar’s resignation has pushed the Congress authorities to the brink of dropping energy in Puducherry. 
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  • GOI being negligent, over assured about COVID-19: Rahul Gandhi

    Image Source : PTI Govt being overconfident about COVID, it is not over but: Rahul Gandhi
    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of being “grossly” negligent and overconfident in regards to the dealing with of the coronavirus state of affairs, saying the pandemic was not over but. The feedback got here after South African and Brazilian variants of the pathogen had been reported to have entered India.
    “GOI is being grossly negligent and overconfident about Covid-19. It’s not over yet,” Gandhi tweeted.

    For the primary time in India, 4 individuals had been detected with the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 and one examined constructive for the Brazil variant within the nation, the well being minister has mentioned.
    In India, the South Africa pressure has been detected in 4 returnees, one from Angola, one from Tanzania and two from South Africa in January, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava mentioned.
    With 11,610 contemporary instances, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,09,37,320 on Wednesday, whereas the variety of recoveries has surged to 1,06,44,858, the ministry mentioned.
    The dying has gone as much as 1,55,913 within the nation with 100 extra fatalities reported in a 24-hour interval, as per the ministry’s knowledge.

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  • BJP MP Manoj Tiwari could face difficulties, grievance made in Varanasi courtroom

    Highlights: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari’s troubles could improve, Varanasi Congress Committee filed grievance in search of motion on BJP MP in CJM courtroom, Manoj Tiwari informed Rahul Gandhi, Chinese MP Abhishek Jaiswal, BJP MP Manoj who referred to as VaranasiRahul Gandhi as China’s agent Tiwari’s difficulties could improve. After disputed remarks on Rahul Gandhi, the Varanasi Congress Committee has filed a grievance within the CJM courtroom demanding motion towards the BJP MP. The subsequent listening to on this case can be held on 26 February. After the grievance within the courtroom, the Congress alleged that BJP MP Manoj Tiwari has made indecent remarks on him for reasonable reputation. In a dialog with NBT Online, Congress Metropolitan President Raghavendra Choubey informed that Rahul Gandhi has uncovered the lies of the federal government on the Indo-China border to the general public by way of a press convention, which has upset the BJP. In this identical rage, BJP leaders are commenting indecently on the Nationalist MP. Which has led to defamation of our chief Rahul Gandhi. Under this, a panel of Congress Legal Cell has filed a grievance in Varanasi CJM Court. Did Manoj Tiwari say? BJP MP Manoj Tiwari from Varanasi, East Delhi on a two-day go to, spoke to the media throughout an occasion Rahul Gandhi Was described as an agent of China. Along with this, he mentioned that ‘Why is the ache in Rahul Gandhi’s chest when the Chinese military goes again from the India-China border. It is obvious that he’s an agent of China. Rahul Gandhi had mentioned this within the press convention, in a press convention in Delhi on 12 February, Rahul Gandhi requested the query to PM Modi, ‘Why PM Modi handed over his territory to the Chinese’. During this time, Rahul made the assertion of the protection minister’s assertion in Parliament. Rahul mentioned that in Pangong Lake space our troopers can be stationed on Finger 3, whereas our space is Finger 4. After this assertion of Rahul Gandhi, BJP was always attacking him and on Monday, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, who visited Varanasi, referred to as him an agent of China. .

  • Sirf ‘do’ ka vikas: Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over LPG cylinder value hike

    Image Source : PTI Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over LPG cylinder value hike
    Taking a dig on the Central authorities over the liquefied petroleum gasoline (LPG) home cylinder value hike in Delhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday stated the federal government is ‘looting’ from the general public. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi stated, “Loot from the public, Development of only two.” He additionally shared a information clipping which reported on the hike in LPG cylinder costs.”
    The value of the LPG home cylinder in Delhi has been elevated by Rs 50 per unit on Sunday.

    The new value of Rs 769 per 14.2 kilograms LPG cylinder is relevant within the nationwide capital from 12 am right this moment.
    This is the second value hike within the month of February. The oil advertising firms had elevated the value of non-subsidised LPG cylinders by Rs 25 in metro cities on February 4.
    The rise within the value of LPG comes at a time when petrol and diesel costs in India have touched an all-time excessive. The cooking gasoline is derived from crude oil and pure gasoline.

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  • PM has given us choices of starvation, unemployment and suicide: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

    Image Source : LOK SABHA TV GRAB Congress chief Rahul Gandhi talking in Lok Sabha.
    A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted in Lok Sabha that he holds farmers agitation as ‘sacred’, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi responded on Thursday accusing the federal government of making an attempt to destroy the agriculture sector by way of the three new farm legal guidelines. 

    Speaking in Lok Sabha, a visibly charged Rahul Gandhi referred to PM Modi’s ‘content material and intent’ comment, and mentioned,” Yesterday while addressing the House, PM said that the Opposition is talking about the agitation but not about the content and intent of Farm Laws. I thought I should make him happy today and speak on the content and intent of the laws.” 

    ALSO READ: PM Modi calls farmers’ protest ‘pavitra’ however cautions in opposition to ‘andolanjeevis’ hijacking it

    The former Congress president then went on to trash the brand new farm legal guidelines, claiming that the legislations would destroy the mandi system within the nation. 

    “The content of the first law is that one can have unlimited purchase of foodgrains, fruits and vegetables anywhere in the country. If the purchase is unlimited anywhere in the country, then who would go to Mandis? The content of the first law is to finish the mandis,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned. 

    “Prime minister has given us options of unemployment, hunger and suicide,” the Congress chief mentioned amid repeated objections by the treasury benches. 

    ALSO READ: ‘Ab zyada ho raha hai’: When PM Modi reprimanded Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

    Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla interrupted Rahul Gandhi reminding him that the House was discussing the Budget. However, Gandhi insisted that he’ll communicate solely concerning the farm legal guidelines and farmers’ points. 

    “I will talk only about farm laws, not budget,” he mentioned. 

    Taking on the critics of the farm legal guidelines, PM Modi had mentioned in Lok Sabha on Wednesday that they’ve been fuelling worry amongst farmers that it’s going to result in the weakening of the mandi system and MSP mechanism.

    “After the legal guidelines have been handed by Parliament, no mandi was shut. In reality extra allocation has been made within the finances to modernise the farm mandis and enhance the infrastructure. Likewise, MSP has remained. Procurement on MSP has remained.
    These details cannot be ignored,” he mentioned.

    Modi additionally hit out at opposition members who had requested why these Acts once they weren’t demanded by farmers, saying he was shocked on the argument and asserted that his authorities believes in repeatedly empowering individuals.

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  • PM has given us choices of starvation, unemployment and suicide: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

    Image Source : LOK SABHA TV GRAB Congress chief Rahul Gandhi talking in Lok Sabha.
    A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted in Lok Sabha that he holds farmers agitation as ‘sacred’, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi responded on Thursday accusing the federal government of attempting to destroy the agriculture sector by means of the three new farm legal guidelines. 

    Speaking in Lok Sabha, a visibly charged Rahul Gandhi referred to PM Modi’s ‘content material and intent’ comment, and stated,” Yesterday while addressing the House, PM said that the Opposition is talking about the agitation but not about the content and intent of Farm Laws. I thought I should make him happy today and speak on the content and intent of the laws.” 

    ALSO READ: PM Modi calls farmers’ protest ‘pavitra’ however cautions towards ‘andolanjeevis’ hijacking it

    The former Congress president then went on to trash the brand new farm legal guidelines, claiming that the legislations would destroy the mandi system within the nation. 

    “The content of the first law is that one can have unlimited purchase of foodgrains, fruits and vegetables anywhere in the country. If the purchase is unlimited anywhere in the country, then who would go to Mandis? The content of the first law is to finish the mandis,” Rahul Gandhi stated. 

    “Prime minister has given us options of unemployment, hunger and suicide,” the Congress chief stated amid repeated objections by the treasury benches. 

    ALSO READ: ‘Ab zyada ho raha hai’: When PM Modi reprimanded Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

    Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla interrupted Rahul Gandhi reminding him that the House was discussing the Budget. However, Gandhi insisted that he’ll converse solely in regards to the farm legal guidelines and farmers’ points. 

    “I will talk only about farm laws, not budget,” he stated. 

    Taking on the critics of the farm legal guidelines, PM Modi had stated in Lok Sabha on Wednesday that they’ve been fuelling concern amongst farmers that it’s going to result in the weakening of the mandi system and MSP mechanism.

    “After the legal guidelines had been handed by Parliament, no mandi was shut. In truth extra allocation has been made within the funds to modernise the farm mandis and increase the infrastructure. Likewise, MSP has remained. Procurement on MSP has remained.
    These info cannot be ignored,” he stated.

    Modi additionally hit out at opposition members who had requested why these Acts once they weren’t demanded by farmers, saying he was shocked on the argument and asserted that his authorities believes in constantly empowering folks.

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  • Build bridges, not partitions: Rahul Gandhi on border safety amid farmers’ protest

    Image Source : PTI Build bridges, not partitions: Rahul Gandhi on border safety amid farmers’ protest
    As safety was beefed up at totally different borders of the nationwide capital in mild of the continued farmers’ protest, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday suggested the BJP-led central authorities to ‘construct bridges and never partitions’. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “GOI, Build bridges, not walls!”
    GOI,Build bridges, not partitions! pic.twitter.com/C7gXKsUJAi— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 2, 2021

    This comes as barricades have been positioned with nails cemented close to them on the Ghazipur and Tikri borders of the nationwide capital within the wake of the continued farmers’ protest.

    Last week, throughout a press convention, Gandhi accused the federal government of “beating, threatening and bullying” farmers, including that the three new farm legal guidelines needs to be repealed instantly and it might be incorrect for the ruling coalition to suppose that the protests will finish.
    Meanwhile, safety has additionally been tightened at Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri borders, as farmers proceed to make their strategy to the protest web site for the previous two to 3 days.
    The Delhi Police have blocked roads close to Akshardham and vehicular motion has been restricted between Delhi and Ghaziabad on National Highway-24.
    Farmers have been protesting on the totally different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 in opposition to the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

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  • Rahul Gandhi to return from international journey tonight, prone to go to TN for ‘Jallikattu’ tomorrow

    Image Source : INDIA TV Rahul Gandhi to return from international journey tonight
    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is ready to return to India tonight. Rahul had left for overseas final month in December for a “short personal visit”, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala had confirmed. He, nevertheless, had not disclosed Rahul Gandhi’s vacation spot, however sources revealed he left for Milan in Italy on a Qatar Airways flight within the morning. His maternal grandmother stays in Italy and he visited her earlier too.

    Rahul Gandhi can be set to go to Tamil Nadu on January 14, the Pongal day and witness a bull-taming occasion, ‘Jallikattu,’ the celebration’s state president KS Alagiri mentioned on Tuesday.

    Gandhi would lend his ethical assist to farmers protesting in opposition to the brand new farm legal guidelines throughout the nation by witnessing the game at Avaniapuram in Madurai district, he advised reporters.

    “The bull is a symbol of farmers and part of their lives,” the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president mentioned.

    His go to is to “honour the farmers and the valorous Tamil culture on the day of harvest festival and he will not engage in the election campaign on that day,” he mentioned.

    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 meant 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 on Pongal day and can be spending about 4 hours within the temple city.

    Though there are not any different scheduled occasions like interplay with farmers, such programmes would possibly happen if the chief so desired, Alagiri mentioned.

    Gandhi additionally has no plans to go to the alliance celebration DMK’s president MK Stalin or different leaders, he mentioned.

    During his go to to western Tamil Nadu, probably in the direction of the month-end, Gandhi might 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.

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