Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra issued a statement a day ahead of the ground-breaking ceremony in Ayodhya, signing off with ‘Jai Siya Ram’.
As both crime and Covid increase uncontrollably in the state, the UP Congress in-charge wrote that there is a sense of fear among the people due to incidents of crime happening in daylight.
Priyanka Gandhi says Kafeel Khan has worked selflessly to serve people. Khan was arrested on 29 January for an alleged inflammatory speech made last year.
The leaderships of these parties have instructed their UP leaders to refrain from staging any kind of protest, or raising the issue of social distancing.
In a letter to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Baluni cited his recent cancer treatment to turn down her invitation at the Lutyens’ home, but promised her sumptuous pahadi lunch.
As part of the campaign, Congress started collecting signatures Friday. The party said this is also an effort to show Muslims in UP that Congress stands with them.
Hardeep Puri says a Congress leader asked for Priyanka Gandhi to be allowed to stay on at 35, Lodhi Estate, but she says she’ll vacate before 1 August deadline.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra listened to Sachin Pilot patiently as he said he was not being given his due and, instead, was at the receiving end of petty politics by Ashok Gehlot.
India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
But PAtel, Nehru, Gandhi and other Freedom Fighters belong the Congress Party…. I guess most other parties selectively do not want them either… that is a different matter.
Had the construction of a magnificent Ram temple been taking place in a pristine forest glade, 1.3 billion Indians would have felt emotionally invested in the project. The Babri Masjid was not simply a disputed structure. This site itself was cleared for construction on 6th December 1992. The same apex court which has delivered a remarkable, unanimous judgment on its ownership has been unable to quash the criminal trial. 2. The remarks of various Congress leaders reek of cynicism and opportunism. One is not sure how many Hindu votes these statements will inveigle. However, Muslims will make their own assessments. As so many Dalits have.
It is important to reiterate the reason why 5 August has been chosen by BJP to build Ram Mandir and was chosen to abrogate Article 370 so that people understand the philosophy of the party in power. It was in 1938 that the Muslim Conference (which later became the National Conference) headed by Sheikh Abdullah gave the call for observing 5th August 1938 as Responsible Government day. This was a revolutionary step for till then the National Conference was chiefly agitating for more jobs and other facilities for Muslims changed tack and started agitating for the change from feudal rule by a Hindu Maharajah to a responsible government in which all people of the State irrespective of caste,creed or religion would be stake holders. Some Hindus and Sikhs including Jia Lal Kilam, Kashyap Bandhu and Sardar Budh Singh supported this demand and took part in Drafting the National Demands Document.This led to a National Demands agitation which was supported by All India States People Conference led by Jawaharlal Nehru. The National Demands document was adopted first by the people of Rajkot and then by people of many other Princely States kick starting a struggle for responsible government in all Princely States. The movement against feudal rule and the anger against feudal rulers was according to Ian Copland used by Patel and Menon to persuade the rulers of Princely States ruled by Hindu Rulers to submit to the rule of a secular Congress. BJP considers the 5th August Responsible Government Day celebrated on 5th August 1938 in Kashmir as responsible for the ultimate replacement of Hindu Rule by a secular rule and hence its choice of 5th August for fragmenting and destroying the Jammu and Kashmir State. It may seem odd to many but there is a big group represented by the party in power which believes in Hindutva and would have preferred an India with Hindu Maharajahs i.e. a Hindu Rashtra. It considers the integration of States ruled by Hindu Maharajahs into a secular India by Nehru’s party as a great setback.The Malegaon episode shows that this viewpoint is very much alive.As it was the Responsible Government Day celebrated on 5th August 1938 which kick started the movement in Princely States against the Maharajahs hence it is considered a black day by Hindutva parties .This is why Article 370 was abrogated on August 5.
But PAtel, Nehru, Gandhi and other Freedom Fighters belong the Congress Party…. I guess most other parties selectively do not want them either… that is a different matter.
Had the construction of a magnificent Ram temple been taking place in a pristine forest glade, 1.3 billion Indians would have felt emotionally invested in the project. The Babri Masjid was not simply a disputed structure. This site itself was cleared for construction on 6th December 1992. The same apex court which has delivered a remarkable, unanimous judgment on its ownership has been unable to quash the criminal trial. 2. The remarks of various Congress leaders reek of cynicism and opportunism. One is not sure how many Hindu votes these statements will inveigle. However, Muslims will make their own assessments. As so many Dalits have.
“…..belongs to everyone.”
Really?
Why did you wake up so late?
Appeasement of special people is now a failed business model, is it?
It is important to reiterate the reason why 5 August has been chosen by BJP to build Ram Mandir and was chosen to abrogate Article 370 so that people understand the philosophy of the party in power. It was in 1938 that the Muslim Conference (which later became the National Conference) headed by Sheikh Abdullah gave the call for observing 5th August 1938 as Responsible Government day. This was a revolutionary step for till then the National Conference was chiefly agitating for more jobs and other facilities for Muslims changed tack and started agitating for the change from feudal rule by a Hindu Maharajah to a responsible government in which all people of the State irrespective of caste,creed or religion would be stake holders. Some Hindus and Sikhs including Jia Lal Kilam, Kashyap Bandhu and Sardar Budh Singh supported this demand and took part in Drafting the National Demands Document.This led to a National Demands agitation which was supported by All India States People Conference led by Jawaharlal Nehru. The National Demands document was adopted first by the people of Rajkot and then by people of many other Princely States kick starting a struggle for responsible government in all Princely States. The movement against feudal rule and the anger against feudal rulers was according to Ian Copland used by Patel and Menon to persuade the rulers of Princely States ruled by Hindu Rulers to submit to the rule of a secular Congress. BJP considers the 5th August Responsible Government Day celebrated on 5th August 1938 in Kashmir as responsible for the ultimate replacement of Hindu Rule by a secular rule and hence its choice of 5th August for fragmenting and destroying the Jammu and Kashmir State. It may seem odd to many but there is a big group represented by the party in power which believes in Hindutva and would have preferred an India with Hindu Maharajahs i.e. a Hindu Rashtra. It considers the integration of States ruled by Hindu Maharajahs into a secular India by Nehru’s party as a great setback.The Malegaon episode shows that this viewpoint is very much alive.As it was the Responsible Government Day celebrated on 5th August 1938 which kick started the movement in Princely States against the Maharajahs hence it is considered a black day by Hindutva parties .This is why Article 370 was abrogated on August 5.