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28 Oct

BJP won’t go anywhere for next many decades, says Prashant Kishor; takes swipe at Rahul Gandhi

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In a big dampener for Congress, poll strategist Prashant Kishor predicted that BJP will remain a dominant force in Indian politics for the next many decades. Speaking at an event in the Museum of Goa, he disagreed with the opposition's claim that the Narendra Modi-led government will be voted out of power in 2024 merely due to anti-incumbency. To buttress his point, he highlighted the difference in people's approach towards the rise in fuel prices as compared to the UPA government era. According to him, it was difficult to envisage the saffron party fading away easily as it had crossed…

24 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Main accused Ashish Mishra shifted to govt hospital due to suspected dengue

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Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra, who is currently in jail in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, has contracted dengue, a senior police official said on Sunday. "Ashish Mishra is being shifted to district hospital. He has tested positive for dengue. Also, he has diabetes," said Shailendra Bhatnagar, CMO, Lakhimpur Kheri. Four farmers and a journalist were run over on October 3 by a convoy of three vehicles, one of which belongs to Union Minister of state for home, Ajay Mishra. The minister's son was arrested on October 9, five days after he was named in the…

22 Oct

‘Blatant criminal attack’: TMC’s Sushmita Dev slams Tripura’s Biplab govt as car attacked

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All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sushmita Dev's vehicle was allegedly vandalised as she and her party workers were reportedly assaulted in Tripura while campaigning for the 2023 elections on Friday. Along with MPO Sushmita Dev, a member of the TMC's political consultancy agency I-PAC was also brutally attacked, the TMC leader alleged. TMC MP Sushmita Dev, who is spearheading the party's campaign for 2023 assembly polls, had launched the campaign called ' Tripurar Jonno Trinamool' and was travelling around the state campaigning in her car along with other members. The party and TMC MP alleged that the attack was…

21 Oct

Smartphone for inter pass girls, scooty for graduate girls if Cong forms govt in UP: Priyanka Gandhi

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After promising 40 per cent tickets to women in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced on Thursday that all class 12 pass girls will be given a smartphone while all graduate girls will get an electronic scooty if her party forms a government in the state. "Yesterday I met some girl students. They said that they need smartphones for their studies and their security. I am happy that today the UP Congress has decided , with the consent of the manifesto committee, that it will provide smartphones to inter pass girls and electronic…

08 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Updates: Not satisfied with UP govt probe, says SC on status report

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The Supreme Court is hearing a suo motu case arising from the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in which eight persons, including farmers, were killed. Of these, four were farmers, who were allegedly knocked down by vehicle of Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni. Yesterday, the court had asked the UP government to file a status report by today specifying action taken and the eight who were killed on Sunday during a protest. The matter is being heard by a Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli. The Uttar Pradesh Police…

07 Oct

Sitting, Not Retired Judge Should Probe Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Priyanka Gandhi

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The Uttar Pradesh Government has constituted a one-member judicial commission to probe the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed on October 3. Retired Allahabad High Court judge Pradeep Kumar Srivastava has been named to enquire into the eruption of violence on Sunday on the Tikonia-Banbirpur road in Lakhimpur Kheri district. However, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the case should be probed by a sitting Supreme Court or High Court judge, and not a retired judge. The state government has already issued a notification on the constitution of the commission which will be headquartered…

06 Oct

Punjab, Chhattisgarh announce ₹50 lakh ex-gratia for families of those killed in Lakhimpur Kheri incident

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The governments of Punjab and Chhattisgarh will give ₹50 lakh each to families of farmers, journalist killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, news agency PTI reported on Wednesday. As many as eight people died in the Lakhimpur Kheri clash that happened after a vehicle ran over farmers who were gathered there to protest against the three farm laws. Four farmers were among eight killed in Lakhimpur. The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday announced an ex-gratia of ₹45 lakh and a government job for the kin of four farmers who died in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. Another Congress leader and chief minister…

06 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Shiv Sena lauds Priyanka for not ‘buckling under pressure’ during arrest

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In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for arresting Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh recently, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that Ms. Gandhi, who was as sharp as former Prime Minister and her grandmother Indira Gandhi, did not buckle under pressure of the State Government and continued her fight. Ms. Vadra was on her way to meet the family members of farmers who died after being mowed down by a car of a Union Minister’s son in Lakhimpur Kheri. Slamming the Union Government over the killing of farmers while its celebration of ‘Amrut…

05 Oct

Chhattisgarh CM sits on dharna inside Lucknow airport after cops refuse to let him leave

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Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel was stopped by Uttar Pradesh cops at Lucknow airport on Tuesday. The Congress-ruled state’s CM was also recently appointed as a senior poll observer for upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh. Baghel sat on a dharna inside the airport after officials stopped him from leaving the airport. Earlier, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was detained on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri as she wanted to visit the families of farmers who died in violence. Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in clashes following farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur on October 3. In a video tweeted by the…

05 Oct

Release Priyanka, arrest minister’s son, or we march to Lakhimpur Kheri, warns Navjot Singh Sidhu

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Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu warned on Tuesday that his party would march towards Lakhimpur Kheri unless Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is released and Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish is arrested over the killings of farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. “If, by tomorrow, the Union Minister’s son behind the brutal murder of Farmers is not arrested, and our leader @PriyankaGandhi being unlawfully arrested, fighting for farmers is not released, the Punjab Congress will march towards Lakhimpur Kheri,” he said in a tweet. Priyanka Gandhi was detained by Uttar Pradesh Police for alleged violation of section 144 on…