Priyanka Gandhi Vadra & Akhilesh Yadav are among leaders detained for attempting to reach Lakhimpur Kheri, where nine people have died due to Sunday violence.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav was also detained outside his residence where he staged a sit-in after being stopped from visiting Lakhimpur, where 8 people, including farmers, died Sunday.
G-22 members must feel stuck. The Gandhis won’t let them survive and the members' loyalty and core ideological beliefs won’t let them quit. That's where Mamata Banerjee comes in.
The UP Congress in-charge had also visited the state for five days earlier this month, during which decisions regarding ticket distribution were taken.
Gandhi said news of deaths due to fever in Firozabad, Agra & other places in UP is worrying and alleged that concrete steps had not been taken to strengthen the health system.
UP Congress leaders say alliance with the party will be helpful for any opposition unit. But SP leaders say Congress has limited winnability prospects. BSP not interested either.
Former BJP MP Sidhu takes charge as Punjab Congress chief, days after ex-ABVP-TRS-TDP Revanth Reddy became Telangana chief. Nana Patole became Maharashtra party chief in February.
Asked whether the Congress will go alone on all the 403 assembly seats in UP or align with some political party, Gandhi said, "It is too early to say now."
The AICC general secretary's visit comes as UP prepares for Assembly polls early next year. She was joined by her party leaders including state Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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