Modi's 35-minute speech in Lucknow, about 150 km away from Lakhimpur Kheri site where four farmers were mowed down allegedly by BJP minister Ajay Mishra's son, was bad timing.
Gandhi was detained by police Monday in UP's Sitapur as she was going to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet family members of the farmers killed in violence during a protest Sunday.
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.
When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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