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Tamil Nadu: 4 women die in stampede during free distribution of sarees, dhotis in Vaniyambadi

Four women who went to collect tokens for free sarees at a private event in Vaniyambadi died in the stampede.

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Tamil Nadu: 4 women die in stampede during free distribution of sarees, dhotis in Vaniyambadi

Four women were killed in a stampede at Vaniyambadi in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupattur on Saturday. Police said a man was distributing free sarees and veshti (white dhoti) tokens on the occasion of Thaipusam festival here. A large number of people gathered to collect the tokens. During this there was a stampede. There is also news of some people getting injured in the accident.

For the unversed, Tamil community celebrates Thaipusam festival. It is the birth anniversary of Lord Murugan. Lord Murugan is Kartikeya, the younger son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. It is believed that on this day Goddess Parvati ordered Lord Murugan to kill a demon named Tarakasura and his army. After which Lord Kartikeya killed Tarakasura. Thaipusam festival is celebrated to commemorate the occasion.

Four women who went to collect tokens for free sarees at a private event in Vaniyambadi died in the stampede.

A private company had announced to provide free sarees on the occasion of Thaipusam at Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur district. Based on this information, more than a thousand women gathered at one place. Because of this there was a crowd. Many women fainted in this crowd. On receiving information, the police took out the people trapped in the crowd and admitted them to the government hospital.

In this case, 4 women admitted to the hospital died before even receiving treatment. Also, 12 people are undergoing treatment in critical condition. The Revenue Department and the police are probing the incident. Along with this, Vaniyambadi Revenue Commissioner Premlata is conducting investigation at Government Hospital.

Moreover, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has announced that Rs 2 lakhs will be given to each as a solatium for the families of the women who lost their lives in a stampede in Vaniyambadi today.

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Bhupesh Baghel cornered as Congress on a downhill roll in Chhattisgarh

Several Congressmen, including grassroots workers, are now making a beeline for the BJP. The Congress is yet to announce its remaining 6 candidates from Chhatisgarh for the Lok Sabha.

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By Neeraj Mishra

The Congress in Chhattisgarh is on a downward slide ever since it lost the Assembly elections three months ago. It has only caught more steam with a slew of new developments. The foremost, of course, is the FIR against former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in the Mahadev App case.

A betting app, Mahadev App had come into the news about eight months ago on the eve of state elections. The people behind this App, Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, are now based out of Dubai and had been running the satta racket which allegedly produced Rs 5000 crore in two years. They are accused by the Enforcement Directorate of making fake PayTm and other digital accounts in thousands of names and transferring money to Dubai via hawala. Mahadev App came into prominence when Chandrakar spent a whopping Rs 200 crore on his wedding celebrations in Dubai inviting the who’s who of  Bollywood from Ranbir Kapoor to Jacqueline Fernandes.

That being the background, developments during the Assembly elections revealed that some Rs 500 crore had been given to Baghel as pay off. The ED had subsequently registered an FIR with the state Economic Offences Wing (EOW) to investigate the case based on information supplied by it against two dozen accused. Subsequently, the EOW carried out raids at the premises of several accused named including former chief secretary Vivek Dhand. Now, Baghel has also been named in the FIR  allegedly filed on March 4 but details were revealed on March 17. Ironically, the FIR was filed under the charge of DM Awasthi, former DGP of Chhattisgarh Police, living on extension granted by Baghel and given charge of EOW.

Ironically, after Awasthi delivered on all the above—filing of FIR, raiding officers and other accused and including Baghel’s name charged under six sections—he was today relieved of his charge. IG Raipur Amresh Mishra has now taken over EOW. Awasthi on a year’s extension has not yet resigned.

As Baghel prepares to fight a losing battle in Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat, he is now under tremendous pressure. More pressure was placed on him today by his own partyman former PCC general secretary Arun Sisodiya, who has accused two of his closest aides of siphoning party funds. In a letter to PCC president Deepak Baij, Sisodiya accused party treasurer Ramgopal Agarwal of giving Rs 5.89 crore to Vinod Verma’s son without due process and proper sanction. Verma was Baghel’s political advisor and brother-in-law. Sisodiya says Verma’s son runs Tesu Media Limited, Ghaziabad and was paid the money by Agarwal without the sanction from then PCC president Mohan Markam. Tesu Media had run part of the election campaign for the Congress during the Assembly elections.

Several Congressmen, including grassroots workers, are now making a beeline for the BJP. Saroj Pandey, former Rajya Sabha member, who is now contesting from the Korba seat recently inducted a couple of hundred Congress workers in her new constituency. Sakti is part of her constituency and today, the son of former Sakti Congress MLA Surendra Bahadur joined the BJP.

The Congress has not yet been able to announce candidates for six of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies. Chhattisgarh will vote in three phases between April 27 and May 7.

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Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s sister-in-law Sita Soren joins BJP after quitting JMM

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s sister-in-law Sita Soren joined BJP today.

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Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and a legislator for Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), joined BJP today, March 19. Hours before joining the BJP, Sita Soren announced her resignation from the JMM, citing of being neglected and isolated in the state’s ruling party.

At the BJP’s headquarters in New Delhi, Sita Soren joined the party in the presence of party’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde, and Jharkhand poll in-charge Laxmikant Bajpai.

The three-term MLA’s decision to join the BJP is encouraging for the party’s attempts to strengthen ties with the scheduled tribes, the JMM’s main vote base.

Sita Soren wrote her resignation letter to the party supremo and her father-in-law Shibu Soren, in which she expressed her grief and said the JMM had not given her and her family enough assistance after her husband Durga Soren passed away.

Reluctantly, Sita Soren announced her resignation from the party’s primary membership, saying that she felt abandoned.

She expressed her dismay as well, pointing out that the party has deviated from its tenets by accepting individuals whose beliefs conflict with its ethos.  Sita said she has learned that her family and she are the targets of a conspiracy. The former JMM MLA said, she had no choice except to submit her resignation.

JMM’s spokesman Supriyo Bhattacharyya acknowledged hearing about the resignation when he was contacted for comment, but he said he had not yet received the formal letter.

Meanwhile, following her first election as an MLA in 2009 from the Jama Assembly constituency, Sita climbed to the position of national general secretary within the party.

She contested for the Jama assembly seat again in 2014 and registered her victory. She won the seat again in 2019.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, and ASJU each won one seat, while the BJP secured 11 seats with a 51.9 percent vote share.

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RLJP President Pashupathi Kumar Paras resigns from Modi Cabinet after his party is denied seats in upcoming Lok Sabha Elections in Bihar

Pashupathi Kumar Paras said his party had 5 MPs and they had worked with utmost sincerity. He added injustice has been done to him and his party. As a result he is resigning from the post of the Union Minister.

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Rashtriya  Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) President  Pashupathi Kumar Paras on Tuesday resigned from the Modi cabinet, a day after his party was denied any seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. He said the NDA alliance announced the list of 40 candidates for Bihar Lok Sabha election.

He said his party had 5 MPs and they had worked with utmost sincerity. He added injustice has been done to him and his party. As a result he is resigning from the post of the Union Minister. He had on Friday accused the BJP of not doing justice to his LJP faction and indicated that he may walkout of the ruling National Democratic Alliance. He said they are free to go anywhere and the doors are open.

On Monday, the NDA partners announced seat sharing in Bihar. According to the deal, the BJP will contest 17 seats, while Nitish Kumar led JD(U) will contest 16 and Chirag Paswan’s LJP will fight on 5.

Chirag-led LJP will contest on 5 seats- Jamui, Khagariya, Samastipur, Hajipur and Vaishali. In the last election, the undivided LJP had won 6 seats. Pashupati Paras was expecting these seats for his party. But the BJP went with Chirag. There was no mention of seat sharing with the LJP faction led by Minister Pashupati Paras. When Bihar BJP chief Samrat Chaudhary was asked about it, he said talks with him are undergoing.

Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) will contest 1 seat each. Among the key seats that the BJP will be contesting from are Pashchim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Aurangabad, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzzaffarpur, Maharajganj, Saran, Begusarai, Nawada, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Aara, Buxar and Sasaram.

The JD(U) has been given Valmikinagar, Sitamadhi, Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Madhepura, Gopalganj, Siwan, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Nalanda, Jehanabad and Sheohar seats.

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