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With Tamil Nadu polls 6 months away, Khushbu Sundar joins BJP after quitting Congress
In her resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sundar wrote that people like her who wanted to work for the party sincerely, were being pushed and suppressed.
Former Congress spokesperson Khushbu Sundar joined the BJP on Monday in New Delhi. She was welcomed into the party by BJP leaders CT Ravi and Sambit Patra. She tendered her resignation from the Congress alleging that she was pressured and could not continue in the party because of senior leaders. The Congress dropped the actor-politician from its list of spokespersons with immediate effect.
In her resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, she wrote that people like her who wanted to work for the party sincerely were being pushed and suppressed. Few elements at higher levels within the party had no ground reality and public recognition were dictating terms, she said. She has extended her gratitude to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in the letter.
After a thorough and prolonged thought process, Sundar said she decided to end her association with the grand old party, which she joined 2014.
The resignation emerged as Sundar headed to Delhi on Sunday, where she is expected to join BJP later today. However, at the airport, when she was asked by the media, she refused to comment.
Speculations of her joining the saffron party intensified on Sunday, when she tweeted that change was inevitable. She said that with age one evolves, the thoughts and ideas take a new shape, and one understands the difference between right and wrong.
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The developments come ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year. As per reports, the BJP state unit was quoted saying that Sundar will change the perception of the party in the state. It is expected that the party may also rope her in for the 2021 assembly elections to break new ground in the state, said sources.
Earlier this year, Sundar had faced a rift with Congress when she backed the Centre’s new National Education Policy, following which she tweeted an apology to Rahul Gandhi on differing opinions.
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PM Modi to announce projects worth Rs 13,500 crore in Telangana today
Both the BRS and the Congress, according to Prime Minister Modi, are dynastic parties that don’t care about the needs of the general public.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is today expected to hold a rally in Telangana, which is up for election. The Telangana people are bored of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s (BRS) lacklustre governance, and they are equally distrustful of the Congress, according to the Prime Minister, who announced his visit to the state.
Both the BRS and the Congress, according to Prime Minister Modi, are dynastic parties that don’t care about the needs of the general public.
Taking to X, formerly known Twitter, PM Modi tweeted on Saturday, he will be addressing a Telangana rally in Mahbubnagar tomorrow, October 1. The people of Telangana are tired of the lacklustre governance of BRS. They are equally distrustful of Congress.
During his visit to Telangana, Prime Minister Modi will also lay the cornerstones for numerous development projects worth more than Rs 13,500 crore and dedicate them to the country.
PM Modi wrote on X, he is looking forward to being in Mahbubnagar tomorrow, October 1 to launch and lay the foundation stones for development works worth over Rs. 13,500 crore.
According to him, these initiatives span a variety of industries, including roadways, connectivity, energy, railroads, and more.
The Prime Minister claimed that they will be very helpful to the people of Telangana.
The 108 km long four lane access controlled greenfield highway from Warangal to Khammam and the 90 km long four lane access controlled greenfield highway from Khammam to Vijayawada section of NH-163G will both have their foundation stones laid by PM Modi as part of the Nagpur-Vijayawada Economic Corridor.
The Prime Minister’s Office stated in a statement that the overall cost of these road improvements will be around Rs 6,400 crore.
The 59-kilometer-long portion of NH-365BB from Suryapet to Khammam will be four-laned, and Prime Minister Modi will dedicate this project to the nation.
The project, which was constructed for roughly Rs. 2,460 crore as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana, runs along the Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Corridor.
37 km of the Jaklair-Krishna New Railway Line will also be dedicated by the prime minister. The new rail line stretch, which was constructed at a cost of more than Rs 500 crore, officially places portions of the underdeveloped Narayanpet district on the railway’s map.
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PM Modi says change in government certain in Chhattisgarh
According to PM Modi, the second Parivartan Yatra was launched from Jashpur in north Chhattisgarh on September 15 while the first one left Dantewada in south Chhattisgarh on September 12.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the closing ceremony of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) two Parivartan Yatras in Bilaspur. This is PM Modi’s third trip to the state, which is governed by the Congress and will host assembly elections later this year.
The Prime Minister attacked the Bhupesh Baghel-led governance during a public rally by claiming that Chhattisgarh is steeped in corruption and misrule. Every plan of the Congress government contains a fraud.
According to PM Modi, the second Parivartan Yatra was launched from Jashpur in north Chhattisgarh on September 15 while the first one left Dantewada in south Chhattisgarh on September 12.
Before reaching their conclusion in Bilaspur, both yatras covered a distance of more than 3,000 km over 87 assembly segments (out of the total 90), he said, and included 83 Swagat Sabhas (welcome gatherings), four roadshows, and several public meetings.
The Maoist-affected districts of Bijapur, Sukma, and Antagarh are not on the schedule, although residents from these districts participated in the yatra when it went through their neighbouring districts.
The party officials and employees spirits were unaffected by the rain, he said, and they joyfully took part in the two yatras, which attracted a large number of people.
According to Sao, who expressed confidence that the Congress will be defeated in the 2019 elections, the two yatras, in which almost 50 lakh people participated, have converted the tide of change into a storm.
The program’s location has been heavily fortified with security, according to the police. There will be a total of 1,500 security personnel deployed, including police officers, members of the Special Protection Group (SPG), members of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force, and members of the National Security Guard (NSG).
According to a police, a three-kilometer radius around the city has been designated a no-fly zone, and anti-drone weaponry have also been deployed in anticipation of the PM’s visit.
The Congress gave the BJP, which had been in power for 15 years under Raman Singh, a crushing loss in the 2018 assembly elections. The BJP had only won 15 seats, while the Congress had won 68. There are 71 seats in the current Congress.
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Punjab: Farmer’s rail roko protest enters 3rd day, disrupts train services
Many trains have been cancelled, short-terminated, or diverted as a result of the unrest, according to railway officials.
The rail roko protest of Punjabi farmers demanding MSP legal protection, a broad debt relief, and compensation for crops damaged in the recent floods began its third day today.
Many trains have been cancelled, short-terminated, or diverted as a result of the unrest, according to railway officials.
As part of their three-day agitation, the farmers have been blocking railway tracks at various locations in Faridkot, Samrala, Moga, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Sangrur, Patiala, Ferozepur, Bathinda, and Amritsar since Thursday.
In Punjab and Haryana, the protest has halted hundreds of rail passengers.
A train passenger at the Ludhiana station claimed that he had travelled by road from Jalandhar City in order to board a train to Gorakhpur, but the arrival time of the train was unknown.
Another passenger at the station claimed that the Amritsar-bound train that was scheduled to carry 12 members of his family to Bihar had to be cancelled due to the unrest.
Later, they discovered that the family had journeyed by road from Amritsar and that the train would leave from Ludhiana. He continued, however, there has still been no update on the train.
According to officials, the Ambala and Ferozepur railway divisions have suffered specifically as a result of the farmers’ unrest.
The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union (Krantikari), Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Azaad), Azaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, Bharti Kisan Union (Behramke), Bharti Kisan Union (Shaheed Bhagat Singh), and Bharti Kisan Union (Chottu Ram) are among the farmer organisations taking part in the three-day demonstration.
The angry farmers have stated that the three-day protest will end on Saturday.
Their requests include a financial aid package for those in north India hit by floods, a statutory guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP) for all crops, and a farmer debt forgiveness programme.
The Swaminathan Commission report’s proposals for MSP and a 50,000 crore flood relief package for the states of northern India are what the farmers are asking for.
In addition, they want the debt of all farmers and labourers to be forgiven, as well as compensation of Rs 10 lakh and a government job for the families of each farmer killed during the protests against the three farm laws that have since been repealed.
