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ND Tiwari Ditches Congress for Son Rohit

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ND Tiwari Ditches Congress for Son Rohit

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After refusal from SP, veteran Congressman ND Tiwari switches side and joins BJP just so his son gets a ticket

By Sujit Bhar[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Narayan Dutt Tiwari, a Congress veteran and a Nehru-Gandhi acolyte for most of his 91-year life so far, changed his colours and his identity on January 18. As had been rumoured, he arrived at BJP president Amit Shah’s Asoka Road residence at around 12.30 this afternoon. He was accompanied by his son Rohit Shekhar Sharma, and carried with him the support of many former Uttarakhand chief ministers, except the incumbent Harish Rawat of the Congress.

Tiwari had been once chief minister of Uttarakhand and had also been chief minister of Uttar Pradesh thrice between 1976 and 1989.

Shah welcomed Tiwari with the traditional shawl, symbol of the BJP, and a bouquet of flowers as Tiwari signed on the dotted lines that allowed him to switch allegiance.

Rawat has refused to pay any attention to this, saying the Congress was ready to go it alone in Uttarakhand and would not miss any moral support from outside. Pradeep Tamta, Congress spokesperson, has said: “If he wishes to go, he can. Some vested interests are using him to further their ends.”

Tiwari’s change of heart had nothing to do with his relationship with the Congress. He had been an inner-circle man of the Nehru-Gandhi family and of successive prime ministers, and it was difficult to think of him as anybody but just that. He did it for his son, Rohit, who was refused a ticket by the Samajwadi Party (SP) for the Haldwani seat, where the sitting MLA is Indira Hridyesh of the Congress.

This meant Tiwari could not even approach the Congress for a ticket for his son for that particular seat, because the Congress has declared its alliance with the SP. The only way out was to let go of his very identity, his life’s work and his ideology and join the BJP.

How the BJP will benefit from the 91-year-old Tiwari’s arrival is not clear. Tiwari had been out of politics for some time, and the image the people hold of him at this point isn’t a happy one. If the BJP wants to boost its prospects with the Brahmins in the coming polls, Tiwari, at least, should be visible in campaigns. Considering his physical condition, Tiwari is unlikely to be able to join the campaign for the BJP.

Incidentally, Tiwari becomes the oldest member of the BJP, being older than even the party’s top ideologist and member of the party’s Margdarshak Mandal Lal Krishna Advani, who is reaching 90.

One thing, though, looks eminently possible through this arrangement; Tiwari’s son Rohit should now get a Haldwani ticket from the BJP.

How did it come to such a pass, that a father had to give up decades of hard work and even his identity for a son he not so long ago didn’t even want to recognise? A DNA test has proved that Rohit was his biological son, though out of marriage.

Tiwari, a freedom fighter, an accomplished scholar and a former Minister of External Affairs in Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s cabinet, has been embroiled in sex scandals that have done little to enhance his image. Apart from scandals that rocked the administration when he was governor, Rohit filed a paternity suit against him in 2008. Rohit claimed that Tiwari was his biological father.

This case went completely out of hand, with the court not only ordering a DNA mapping of Tiwari to compare with Rohit, but the Delhi High Court in 2012 also rejected a request from Tiwari’s lawyers to keep the result a secret. Results, available in July that year established Rohit as the son.

In March 2014 Tiwari not only accepted Rohit as his son, but also married Rohit’s mother Ujjwala Sharma.

All that has led to this day’s fiasco. The credibility of politics has been the biggest loser.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Farooq Abdullah accuses PM Modi of trying to divide the country over religion

Faroukh Abdullah reacted to PM Modi’s remark that the Congress will redistribute people’s money and property to Muslims if voted to power and said Muslims respect all religions. He said that they are Muslims and Allah has told them to respect other religions. He further added that a Muslim cannot snatch anyone’s right.

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Farooq Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir’s National Conference President said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to divide the country over religion. He also said that those who will vote for them must prepare for hell. Farooq Abdullah said Muslims cannot snatch away the rights of others.

Farooq Abdullah also called Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government a threat to the survival of the country. Omar Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister cautioned the people not to divide this country on the basis of religion, otherwise a storm will unleash making the survival of the nation difficult. He said it is better to talk about uniting the country, instead of dividing its people.

He was addressing an election rally in Thanamandi area of the Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. The Anantnag parliamentary constituency will go for elections on May 25. Faroukh Abdullah reacted to PM Modi’s remark that the Congress will redistribute people’s money and property to Muslims if voted to power and said Muslims respect all religions. He said that they are Muslims and Allah has told them to respect other religions. He further added that a Muslim cannot snatch anyone’s right.

He remembered an incident when former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi once stopped his car in Pulwama and assured a poor Hindu woman that he would give her a mangalsutra as she could not afford it. Farooq Abdullah said those who were against the INDIA bloc are against the nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier sparked a controversy last month as he commented that the Congress would take away the hard-earned money of the masses and distribute them among infiltrators and those with many children.  Speaking at a rally today, the Prime Minister took a jibe at the Congress and said the governments in the past were not able to implement the Indian Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir. He was referring to the revocation of Article 370.

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Amit Shah says BJP will neither remove reservation for SCs, STs and OBC, nor will allow Congress to do so

The Home Minister alleged that the Congress’ formula was to speak lies loudly, publicly and repetitively. He advised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge not to speak lies for a family as eventually he will have to take the blame for the party’s loss in the Lok Sabha elections

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday continued to attack Congress over reservation row. He was addressing a rally in Katghora town of Chhattisgarh’s Korba district to campaign for Saroj Pandey, BJP candidate from the Korba Lok Sabha seat where Shah said BJP will neither remove reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs, nor will it allow Congress to do so.

The Home Minister alleged that the Congress’ formula was to speak lies loudly, publicly and repetitively. He advised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge not to speak lies for a family as eventually he will have to take the blame for the party’s loss in the Lok Sabha elections. Shah accused Congress of nurturing terrorism and Naxalism to win the Lok Sabha elections.

Shah further added that Congress claims if Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji gets majority for the third term, he will scrap reservation. He said the grand old party has even circulated his fake video. Shah said that have been in power for the last 10 years and PM Modi did not remove reservation, nor will he do it in the future.

The Union Home Minister further asserted Modi ji used the majority to scrap Article 370 and triple talaq, construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and introduce the Citizenship Amendment Act. He further told the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi do not belong to anyone. He said on June 4 Congress will suffer defeat and the brother-sister duo will remain safe, but Kharge ji will be blamed.

Shah further asserted if PM Modi becomes the prime minister for the 3rd straight term, then Naxalism will be uprooted in two years in Chhattisgarh.  Shah targeted the previous Bhupesh Baghel-led government in Chhattisgarh and said, The Bhupesh Kakka government encouraged Naxalism, but after the BJP came to power in the state under CM Vishnu Deo Sai and Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma 95 Naxalites have been eliminated in 4 months.

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Priyanka Gandhi says PM Modi is far away from reality of common people, calls him an egoistic person

The Congress leader also alleged there was a mafia raj in BJP-ruled Assam. She said there have been very serious charges against Himanta Biswa Sarma when he was in the Congress party. As soon as he changed sides to BJP, all charges against him were dropped.

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was addressing a rally in Assam’s Dhubri on Wednesday where she said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not stop JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna from leaving India. She said PM Modi is far away from the reality of common people and has no understanding of their miseries as he has become egoistic.

This was not the first time that Priyanka Gandhi attacked PM Modi over the sex scandal. Earlier this week, she questioned PM Modi’s silence over the matter. Gandhi said Prajwal Revanna who stood along with PM Modi, for whom the prime minister asked for votes, has been accused of abusing thousands of women.  She added the numbers are staggering and asked Modi’s response over the matter. Gandhi said she was keen to hear what the Union home minister had to say on the matter.

Priyanka Gandhi recollected that a few days earlier she had travelled abroad to visit her daughter. She said the Prime Minister and Home Minister are constantly discussing her overseas trips. She said they are well aware about when she is going to travel and are even keeping track of opposition leaders’ travels. Yet, when an accused, someone like him Prajwal Revanna, leaves the country, they claim ignorance. How can anyone accept this? She said the matter has slipped away right under their noses after committing such a grave offence, and yet they remain silent.

The Congress leader also alleged there was a mafia raj in BJP-ruled Assam. She also attacked Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. She said there have been very serious charges against Himanta Biswa Sarma when he was in the Congress party. As soon as he changed sides to BJP, all charges against him were dropped. Gandhi further added the BJP has developed a washing machine where corrupt people are put and the Assam CM was the first one in this regard.

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