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  • Bhupesh Baghel : Congress will form govt in MP, win in Chhattisgarh

    In Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath will lead the Congress in forming a new government while the party will win the Marwahi seat in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel asserted on Tuesday.

    Baghel was interacting with the media before leaving for the Kadwa Assembly constituency in Bihar. He is one of the star campaigners for the Congress in the Bihar Assembly polls. It is Baghel’s second visit to Bihar for election campaign.

    The Chief Minister said the Congress is sure to win the by-election in Marwahi but will have to wait and see the victory margin.

    The Congress is winning in Madhya Pradesh, he said, adding that when the results are declared on November 10, Kamal Nath will form the government.

    Commenting on the BJP’s allegations on paddy procurement, the Chief Minister said the BJP had lost the last Assembly election in Chhattisgarh because of farmers. The BJP is again making all out efforts to regain its lost ground.

    He said the reason for delay in procurement of paddy is due to lack of     adequate number of gunny bags. The arrival of gunny bags had just started in the state.

  • Former Gujarat CM and BJP veteran Keshubhai Patel no more; President, PM Modi express condolences

    Former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel has passed away at the age of 92. He was admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad. Keshubhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 92.

    He had earlier been admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state, Dr Akshay Kiledar, representative of the Sterling Hospital in Ahmedabad said.

    We rushed him to a hospital here after his health deteriorated today morning. Though doctors tried hard, he could not survive,” Bharat Patel told reporters.

    “We tried to revive him but couldn’t after he was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state, following sudden cardiac arrest. He was declared dead at 11:55 am. He didn’t die due to coronavirus: Dr Akshay Kiledar, administration, Sterling Hospital, said.

  • JP Nadda To BJP Workers At Organisational Meet In Bengal ‘: Expose All Corruption In TMC

    BJP national president JP Nadda on Monday directed the party workers to expose all the corruption in the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal. In an emergency organizational meeting held with BJP workers in Siliguri, Nadda directed them to inform people about the tyranny of the ruling party and the culture of cut-money in the state.

    After the meeting, West Bengal BJP General Secretary Sayantan Basu told reporters that detailed discussion was held on the preparations for each Assembly constituency in light of the upcoming elections. Nadda laid emphasized on enhancing the performance and efficiency of the party at the booth level.

    Basu said the BJP national President expressed dissatisfaction with the TMC’s terror in the state. BJP workers in Bengal are facing fierce struggle every day and he also expressed concern over the killing of more than a hundred party workers. Besides, the State Government’s negligence in dealing with Coronavirus pandemic was also discussed in the meeting, he added. 

    During his day-long visit to North Bengal, JP Nadda paid tributes to Tagore Panchanan Burman at a ceremony at Nauka Ghat and later visited the Anandamoyi Kalibari Temple.

  • NDA may get 160 seats, but BJP will dominate Nitish

    According to a survey conducted for the Bihar Assembly elections, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government can be formed once again in the state. A similar figure has been encountered in the Open Now poll of Times Now and Sea Voters. According to the survey, the NDA can win 160 seats out of the total 243 assembly seats in Bihar. 

    While the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) -led grand alliance can get 76 seats. Others have 7 seats, of which five can get LJP. If we talk about party wise seats, then BJP can get 85 seats in JDU, 70 seats in JDU and 5 seats for us and VIPs in 160 seats of NDA. At the same time, RJD can get 56 seats in the grand alliance, Congress 15 and the Left 5 seats. 

    Voters were also questioned in this survey conducted for the Bihar Assembly Election, which has revealed the answer. People were asked in the survey, which is the most important issue for them in this election? In response to which about 49 percent people said that the biggest issue for them is job. At the same time, electricity, water and road is the issue for 12.9 percent people. Corruption was the issue for 8.7 per cent of the people, At the same time, in response to a question about the performance of the current Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, 43.6 per cent people have said bad, while 29 per cent people have said good and 27.5 per cent people have given average. In response to a question mainly about how Nitish Kumar’s performance is rated, 28.2 percent people have described it as good. 42 per cent of the people reported poor and 29.2 per cent rated Nitish Kumar’s performance as average. At the same time, the answer to the question of who is preferred as Chief Minister, 32 per cent people have agreed to the name of Nitish Kumar, second place 17.6 per cent took the name of Tejashwi Yadav and 12.5 per cent took the name of Sushil Modi.while women safety was for 7.1 per cent and education for 6.7 per cent.

  • we need somebody like PM Modi to take country in right direction: Kushboo after joining BJP

    Khushboo Sundar joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of senior BJP leaders at BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

    After joining BJP she said that if nation has to move forward, then we need somebody like PM Modi to take country in right direction. My expectation from BJP isn’t about what party is going to do for me,but about what party is going to do for ppl of the country. When you’ve 128 cr ppl actually believing in 1 man & that’s our PM, I think they’re doing something absolutely right, she added.

    She also met BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda after joining the party.

    Earlier in the day, she tendered her resignation in a letter addressed to INC president Sonia Gandhi and extended ‘gratitude’ towards Rahul Gandhi. “Thank you very much for providing me the opportunity to serve my nation as a National Spokesperson and a Primary member of Indian National Congress. I Have always taken great pride to represent the Party on different platforms in most trying situations. I came into the fold of INC at the time when it was at its lowest,
    being defeated in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections .1 did not walk into the Party for any monetary gains, name or fame.

  • PM Modi to release ₹100 commemorative coin in honour of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a commemorative coin of ₹100 in honour of Vijaya Raje Scindia today through a virtual ceremony. Vijaya Raje Scindia is popularly known as the Rajmata of Gwalior. The coin is being released in celebration of birth centenary of Vijaya Raje Scindia.

    “Tomorrow, 12th October is the Jayanti of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia. On this special day, commemorative coin of ₹100 would be released at 11 AM. This is a part of her birth centenary celebrations and is yet another occasion to pay tributes to her great personality,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet.

    Family members of Rajmata Scindia along with other dignitaries will also join the ceremony from different locations all over the country through virtual platform.

    The special commemorative coin was minted by the Finance Ministry as a part of these celebrations.

    She was a Jana Sangh leader and one of the founding members of the BJP.

    Coming from a royal family, Scindia was one of the major faces of the saffron party and vocal proponent of its core Hindutva issues.

    She was born on October 12, 1919. Her daughter Vasundhara Raje and grandson Jyotiraditya Scindia are senior BJP leaders.

  • Chhattisgarh ranks 15th in the country in the death of Corona

    So far 1045 people have died due to corona infection in the state. Chhattisgarh is at number 15 in terms of death. Most of the people who died of corona in the state had complaints of corona infection along with other diseases. Who died in hospital during treatment.

    According to the Health Department, about 65 percent of the patients had complaints of other diseases with corona. The immunity in these patients decreases due to other diseases. Due to this, these patients died during treatment. The first death from Corona in the state was on May 29, while the number of dead reached 277 by August. In September, that is, the number of dead increased to 680 in just 30 days. From October 1 to 3, 74 people have died after being corona infected.1924 coronas have been found infected in the state, including the wife of BJP leader and former Raipur collector OP Chaudhary. At the same time, 2220 healthy and 14 people died. Giving information via social media, the BJP leader said that his wife’s corona report is positive. They are also having symptoms, because of this, they will conduct a sample test soon. Chaudhary has appealed to the people coming in contact with him to be isolated and to check if the symptoms are male. According to the health department, 307 patients in Raipur, 185 in Raigad, 126 in Bilaspur, 128 in Rajnandgaon, 119 in Durg, including patients from other districts. Of the healthy patients, 496 have been discharged from the hospital, 1724 infected have completed home isolation. In cases of death, 8 patients had infections with other diseases, While six people lost their lives due to Corona. So far, in the state, 11 lakh 68 defeats, 578 sample investigations have found a total of one lakh 23 defeats 324 patients.

  • Ramdev says ‘very difficult’ to predict next PM

    Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has said it was “very difficult” to predict the country’s next Prime Minister in view of the current political situation.

    Noting that he was “not focussed” on politics, the 53-year-old yoga guru said he would not support or oppose anyone in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

    Talking to reporters at the airport here Tuesday, Ramdev said, “We can’t say who will become the next prime minister (after the 2019 general elections).”

    “We do not have a political or religious agenda… We want to make a spiritual India and world… Not Hindu India or communal India,” he added.

    His comments come days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a big blow as it lost power in its earlier ruled Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

    The Congress won convincingly in Chhattisgarh, less so in Rajasthan and edged out the saffron party in a cliffhanger in Madhya Pradesh.

    Referring to the Ayodhya dispute, Ramdev claimed that the BJP would lose trust if the ‘Ram Mandir’ was not built in Ayodhya now.

    The yoga guru was in the state to attend a national executive meeting of Bharat Swabhiman in Rameswaram.

    On Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah’s remarks on mob violence in Uttar Pradesh, he said, “accusing India of religious intolerance amounts to degrading the country’s pride”.

    The charge that country was religiously intolerant was tantamount to “ungratefulness, disrespect and treason,” he added.

    Apparently referring to the recent violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, Shah had said that at many places in the country the “death of a cow is being given more importance than the killing of a policeman”.

    The veteran actor had also expressed anxiety over the well-being of his children, who he said, have not been brought up as followers of any particular religion.

    The violence, which occurred earlier this month over an incident of alleged cow slaughter, had claimed two lives, including that of a police inspector.

  • Rahul takes tuition to dream: Irani

    The BJP on Wednesday  attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi for lacking originality and living off borrowed ideas on loan waivers  with Union Minister Smriti Irani wondering if he was taking tuitions for even dreaming. Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar also took a dig saying Rahul’s statement is like “maano na maano, main hi champion”.

    Irani hit out at Rahul and made a satirical comment, “Aj kal sapna dikhane ke liye be tuition leni padti hai???”. This after an audible Pre-press conference conversation suggested that Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia prompted Rahul on loan waivers to farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

    Before his impromptu statement to the media, the Congress president is seen nodding as colleague Scindia leans in and advises him on what to say. “You need to say what Modi could not do, I have done,” Scindia audibly says adding “…and don’t ask for Centre’s assistance…”

    Latching on to the video, Irani  tweeted, “”Rahul Gandhi takes tuition to dream and the current video shows that he doesn’t trust his own words but he relies on others who teach him what to speak. It is a warning for the people of this country to know that he is not eligible for any electoral post.”

    At the same press conference, Rahul had also made the catchy  comment ” sone nahin dunga” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  He said the Opposition “would not allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sleep” until farm loans are waived.

    The loan waivers are seen as populist political measures to woo voters rather than provide a long-term solution to the agrarian crisis faced by the farmers in the country. It is estimated that around three lakh farmers have committed suicide from 1995 to 2015  and around 17 crore debt-ridden farmers have turned labourers as agriculture ceased to be remunerative over a period.

    As one State Government after another announces populist loan waivers, it is not known who would foot the bill for the thousands of crore of rupees.

    Soon after his party’s poll victories in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh,  Congress president moved fast to take credit for any potential farm loan waiver the Modi-Government might announce ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

    The BJP Government in Assam on Tuesday announced the approval of Rs 600 crore farm loan waivers, which it said will benefit around eight lakh farmers of the State.  The same day, the party’s Government in Gujarat announced a complete waiver of Rs 625 crore in unpaid electricity bills, under its one-time settlement scheme for over six lakh people living in rural parts of the State.

    “What can I say? It’s like ‘maano na maano main hi champion’. Govt works after looking at everything. I don’t think any other Govt has ever worked for farmers as much as the present Govt is doing”, claimed Niti Ayog Vice-Chairman in a tweet while reacting to Rahul’s pronouncements on loan waivers.

  • Yogi: BJP to rename Hyd, Karimnagar if it forms Govt in T

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said if BJP forms Government in Telangana it would work towards respecting the people’s sentiments by renaming Hyderabad as ‘Bhagyanagar’ and Karimnagar district as ‘Karipuram’.

    Addressing election rallies in Karimnagar district and Bodhan town of Nizamabad district, Yogi said: “If BJP comes to power in Telangana, then the BJP will work towards renaming Karimnagar into ‘Karipuram’ and respect your sentiments.