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Rahul on campaign trail: Gujarat a fight between truth and falsehood, truth on our side

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Rahul on campaign trail: Gujarat a fight between truth and falsehood, truth on our side

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Rahul Gandhi launches all out attack at PM Narendra Modi, BJP on last day of his 3-day Saurashtra campaign, set to meet Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani

On the last day of his three-day-long election campaign in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, on Friday, launched an all out attack against the incumbent BJP government of the poll-bound state and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attacking the saffron party for spreading falsehoods while asserting that his party would win with the truth on its side.

“This is a fight between truth and falsehood. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the police, the Army as well as the government in Gujarat, Centre, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa and many other states. However, despite of all this, the Congress is going to win the Gujarat elections because we have truth on our side,” Rahul said while addressing a public meeting in Pardi district.

Joining the campaign trail and his party’s the ongoing Gujarat Navsarjan Yatra on Friday, after a brief absence caused by his emergency visit to Rae Bareli to take stock of the aftermath of the NTPC boiler explosion incident which claimed 29 lives in his mother’s Lok Sabha constituency earlier this week, the Congress vice president held no punches while attacking the BJP.

“Gujarat’s truth is youth unemployment, farmers’ helplessness, expensive private education, expensive medical care, corruption in every field, land stealing, bullets on Patidar, sticks on Dalits in Una, and hunger of Adivasis. However, the BJP’s truth is their relation with 5-10 high profile industrialists who use money, electricity, water, and land of the Gujarat public,” Rahul alleged while addressing the electorate at different venue across South Gujarat.
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A day after the Congress party’s efforts to convince Patidar Andolan leader Hardik Patel to endorse their bid for power in the state paid off, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is, on Fridayevening, set to meet Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, with the obvious hope that he too would back the grand old party in the state where the BJP has ruled for 22 consecutive years.

Mevani, who has been critical of the ruling BJP in the state, is expected to discuss the demands of his community when he meets Rahul in Navsari. If Rahul’s assurances to Mevani are in line with the latter’s expectations, then the Dalit leader could rally his massive army of supporters behind the Congress, giving the party a huge boost in its battle for Gujarat. The Congress has already roped in OBC leader Alpesh Thakore within its ranks.

The troika of Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani and Alpesh Thakore – representing a huge votebank of Patidars, Dalits and OBCs respectively – present a formidable electoral challenge to the BJP in Gujarat and if all of them openly back the Congress, the endorsement could prove to be a game-changer in the poll-bound state where BJP is currently projected to register another win.
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Reiterating his attack against the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Tata Nano project – the project was re-located from West Bengal to Gujarat when Modi was Gujarat chief minister – Rahul said: “The BJP’s truth is the amount of Rs. 33,000 crore, given to Tata for Nano cars. I haven’t seen a single Nano in the past 10-15 days. I’ve been looking for one, but couldn’t find it.”

“The Congress had provided employment to crores of people in the same amount of money through MNREGA,” Rahul said at another rally.

Addressing farmers in Valsad, the Nehru-Gandhi scion who is leading his party’s charge against the BJP in Gujarat raked up the issue of land acquisition for industrial corridors by the state government, alleging that this was “the biggest corruption” perpetrated by the saffron party in the state.

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In a move, albeit only a formality, that is clearly aimed at giving Rahul Gandhi a much clearer and enhanced political profile in the run up to the high-stakes Gujarat elections (due in two phases scheduled for December 9 and 14), the Congress party could elevate the Nehru-Gandhi scion as party president by November-end.

Rahul’s elevation as Congress president has been a foregone conclusion ever since he joined the party but its actual implementation has been hastened in recent months due to an order expected from the Election Commission by December-end in a petition filed before the poll panel seeking organizational elections within the Congress.

With Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s poor health and frequent visits to hospitals becoming a cause for speculation on how long she can actively play the role of party chief, Congress sources say this is perhaps the best time for Rahul to replace his mother as head of the grand-old party.

“Elevating Rahul as Congress president before Gujarat goes to polls will give him a much larger political profile and is likely to play out well before the electorate as his image of a reluctant politician which was created by the BJP has now changed to one of a combative leader who can talk about the people and take on Narendra Modi. A string section within the party believes that there is now point in delaying the inevitable and that Rahul should be elevated as Congress president before the Gujarat polls,” a senior AICC general secretary told APNLive.

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Stressing that his party, if voted to power in Gujarat, would change the land acquisition laws in the state, Rahul said the incumbent state government under chief minister Vijay Rupani was “snatching away” the land of the poor and giving it to rich industrialists.

Farmers who have lost their land or have received notices for land acquisition had come to meet Rahul during the Valsad meeting. Most of these farmers claimed that their lands were being taken without consent for projects like the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Vapi-Vadodara Express way, and the Mumbai-Ahmadabad bullet train – a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Rahul reminded the farmers of the Land Acquisition Act passed by the UPA government and stressed that the legislation was meant to empower farmers and make the acquisition process more transparent was opposed by the BJP at the Centre and that Modi, after becoming prime minister “tried to change the Land Acquisition Act thrice due to pressure from businessmen.

“If the panchayat opposes, no one can take an acre of land. We had made provisions that if land is acquired then the compensation should be four times… If our government comes to power in Gujarat we will not allow land to be taken without your permission,” Rahul announced.

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Delhi LG VK Saxena directs probe into remarks against Kangana Ranaut by Congress leader Supriya Shrinate

The Delhi Police will investigate who was behind the said social media post and whose mobile phone was used for the purpose.

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Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena today sought a detailed probe from Delhi Police commissioner Sanjay Arora in relation with the alleged defamatory social media post made by Congress’s Supriya Shrinate against actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut.

Reportedly, BJP candidate from New Delhi Bansuri Swaraj had given a complaint to the LG seeking probe and registration of an FIR against Shrinate for outraging the modesty of a woman. Subsequently, the Delhi LG has forwarded the complaint to the Delhi Police Commissioner, directing a scientific investigation in the matter and initiation of legal action, if necessary.

Reports said that the Delhi Police will also investigate who was behind the said social media post and whose mobile phone was used for the purpose. A major controversy erupted on Monday after an objectionable post from Supriya Shrinate’s social media handle against Kangana Ranaut, who has been announced as the BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi.

Responding to the remarks, Kangana Ranaut said that they must free the daughters from the shackles of prejudices and must rise above the curiosity about their body parts. She added that people must refrain from using sex workers’ challenging lives or circumstances as some kind of abuse or slur. She concluded that every woman deserves her dignity. As the controversy intensified, the Congress leader asserted that someone else had posted the objectionable content from her handle. 

Meanwhile, the Election Commission on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to Congress leader Supriya Shrinate for her derogatory remarks against Kangana Ranaut. The Election Commission observed that the remarks are undignified and in a bad taste. The election body asked the Congress leader to respond to the commission by Friday. In the notice, the Election Commission stated that the statements made by the leader is prima facie violative of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) being in force ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. 

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Bollywood actor Govinda joins Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena

Govinda on his official induction in the party by CM Eknath Shinde said he is joining Shiv Sena and it is a blessing from God. He said he thought he would not enter politics again. Govinda said Mumbai looks cleaner and better now.

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Bollywood actor Govinda joined Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena on Thursday ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. In 2004 Govinda contested from Mumbai North Lok Sabha on a Congress ticket and earned the nickname of a giant slayer as he defeated BJP’s Ram Naik. He resigned from the party and said that he had decided to take a break from politics.

Govinda on his official induction in the party by CM Eknath Shinde said he is joining Shiv Sena and it is a blessing from God. He said he thought he would not enter politics again. Govinda said Mumbai looks cleaner and better now. He said his parents had a good relationship with Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray.

Shiv Sena leader Krishna Hedge met the Bollywood actor at his residence in Juhu. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said the actor’s joining the Shiv Sena does not come with a rider. Govinda said whatever work is assigned to him, he will do it to the best of the ability. He said he was a part of the 14th Lok Sabha and has returned to politics after 14 years.

Speaking about his role in politics, the actor said he would transform the film city of Mumbai. He did not reply when he was asked about contesting elections. Govinda said everybody has seen the same level of progress in Maharashtra in the last 2 years, as it has been seen in the country in the last 10 years. He said he is going to focus on the beautification of the state and work towards the growth of art and culture.

Rajya Sabha MP Milind Deora welcomed Govida into the party and said he has known the veteran Bollywood actor for almost 25 years. He recalled the 2004 election and said both of them had fought elections together.

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Delhi Court extends ED custody of CM Arvind Kejriwal till April 1

CM Kejriwal made a submission in front of the court, where he said that in the 31,000 page document prepared by the ED, there is no concrete proof or allegations against him on the basis of which he has been arrested.

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The Delhi Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday has extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 1. The Chief Minister will remain in custody till Monday, after which he will be presented in front of the court bench for further proceedings in the case.

The court has passed its order for the extension of the remand in the money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy, being investigated by the ED for the last two years. Arvind Kejriwal is the fourth Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader to be arrested in this case. Previously, Satyendar Jain, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh were arrested in the same case. 

During the hearing today, the ED argued that Arvind Kejriwal needs to be brought face to face with some of the accused in the excise policy case. The ED further said that the data in one of the mobile phones, belonging to Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita, was extracted and is being analyzed.

Nonetheless, data from the other 4 digital devices seized during search at Arvind Kejriwal’s premises on March 21 are yet to be extracted as the arrestee has sought time to provide password/login credentials after consulting with his lawyers.

In its fresh remand plea, the investigation agency said that during Arvind Kejriwal’s custodial interrogation, his statements were recorded on five days and that he was giving evasive replies. It further said the statements of three other persons have also been recorded during the remand.

CM Kejriwal made a submission in front of the court on Thursday, where he said that in the 31,000 page document prepared by the ED, there is no concrete proof or allegations against him on the basis of which he has been arrested.

Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal said on March 28 that the AAP national convener is not keeping well and is being harassed a lot while in ED custody over the past week. She asserted that the Chief Minister is being harassed a lot and his sugar levels are fluctuating.

CM Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 and was sent to 7-days of custody. His arrest has triggered protests in the national capital and the nearby northern state of Punjab, which is also governed by AAP, over the last few days.

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