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Himachal Pradesh elections 2022: PM Modi slams Congress in Mandi, says false promises have been an old trick of party
As Himachal Pradesh is all set to witness the assembly election, which is scheduled for November 12. Amid this, PM Narendra Modi visited the state on Saturday to address a rally in Mandi. While addressing the crowd, PM Modi in his speech launched a sharp attack on the opposition party Congress.
During his speech, he said the Congress party often makes false promises and false guarantees from them have been an old trick of the party. He said that congress never gave priority to the development of Himachal. While appreciating his party, PM said the BJP has fulfilled all its promises made to the people.
Take a look at PM Modi speech in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi
During his poll rally, PM told the crowd that every vote cast which will be cast on 12 November will define the state’s development journey over 25 years. PM also informed people about the One Rank One Pension scheme, which will provide pensions to all army families in the state.
PM Modi also repeated the term double engine government in his speech, which already used Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Goa, ahead of the elections. He said for better development in Himachal Pradesh in upcoming years, it is time for people to choose the double-engine government.
He also called out the opposition party and said If there was a Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, the Covid vaccines might reach them in the last. As the public voted for the right government in the state which is why people got the free vaccine on time, PM added in his speech.
“We gave free vaccines. If there was a Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, then vaccines would have reached Himachal Pradesh at last. You (public) voted on the right button and that’s why so much development happened”
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Manipur: Mobile internet services to be restored today, says CM N Biren Singh
Mobile internet services have been banned continuously for the past four-and-a-half months
In a major development, Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh announced on Saturday morning that mobile internet services in the state would be restored from Saturday, nearly five months after they were banned in view of the communal violence that broke out in the state.
As far as reports are concerned, the internet services, both mobile internet and broadband, were banned in the northeastern state of Manipur on May 3, the day when the violence first broke out. The ban on internet services was first imposed for a period of five days and continued to be extended for five days at a time, underlining the law-and-order situation in the violence-hit state.
According to The Indian Express report, a member of Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s team stated that the decision has been relayed to the relevant teams and it is likely that mobile internet service will resume within a few hours. While mobile internet services, which is how most people access the internet, have been banned continuously for the past four-and-a-half months, broadband services had been conditionally restored following a government order on July 25.
During that time, while creating provisions for the restoration of broadband services, the order had stated that the suspension of mobile internet services would continue to be in place, mentioning that there are yet apprehensions that the spread of disinformation and false rumours through several social media platforms and sending bulk SMS, for facilitating and or/mobilization of mobs of agitators and demonstrations, which can cause loss of life and/or damage to public/private property.
In the last month, the Manipur High Court had also directed the state government led by N Biren Singh to devise a mechanism for facilitating internet services through mobile phones by whitelisting the mobile numbers on case-to-case basis and in a phase-wise manner.
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Canadian PM Trudeau wants to work constructively with India, says Canada shared credible allegations with New Delhi weeks ago
India has repeatedly denied claims of receiving any intel regarding the allegations from Canada before Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday revealing them.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday asserted that Canada shared credible allegations that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar weeks ago, according to reports.
The Canadian Prime MInister added that his country wants to work constructively with India and hope that New Delhi engages with them so that they can get to the bottom of this very serious matter. Meanwhile, India has repeatedly denied claims of receiving any intel regarding the allegations from Canada before Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday revealing them.
On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that there was a potential link between an Indian government agent and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force, who was gunned down in Surrey in June. Justin Trudeau made the allegations in the Canadian Parliament.
India has debunked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s statement deeming the allegations of the Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada as both absurd and motivated. Issuing a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that they have seen and rejected the statement made by the Canadian Prime Minister in their Parliament. It added that they also rejected the statement made by their Foreign Minister.
After the allegations by PM Trudeau, the Canadian government expelled a top Indian diplomat. In a tit for tat move, New Delhi also expelled a Canadian diplomat. The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also claimed that the Indian High Commission and consulates are facing security threats in Canada and therefore cannot process visa applications temporarily.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was among India’s most-wanted terrorists, carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head. He was fatally gunned down by two unidentified assailants outside a gurdwara in Surrey, a province of British Columbia in Canada, on June 18, according to reports.
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Janata Dal (Secular) joins NDA alliance in the presence of Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda in Delhi
A day after meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda in Parliament, Janata Dal (Secular) founder and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy party joined the National Democratic Alliance on Friday in New Delhi.
A day after meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda in Parliament, Janata Dal (Secular) founder and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy party joined the National Democratic Alliance on Friday in New Delhi.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was also present.
After officially joining the alliance, Kumaraswamy said this was a formal meeting. He also said that there is no confusion about seat sharing, which is going to be discussed in the coming days. Asserting that, he said right now, the important point is to win all 28 seats in Karnataka and his party will be supporting the NDA in every way.
Meanwhile, BJP President Nadda took to X, formerly Twitter and expressed his happiness over JD(S) joining the NDA alliance. Nadda said he is happy that JD(S) has decided to be the part of National Democratic Alliance. We wholeheartedly welcome them in the NDA, Nadda added.
The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing development work, no party will say no to joining NDA. I also welcome JD(S). Additionally, the NDA is going to come to power once again in the upcoming elections. We are going to win all Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, he claimed.
On September 21, HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy met with Amit Shah and JP Nadda in Parliament and discussed the alliance between JD(S) and the BJP in Karnataka for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The speculation arose about the alliance between JD(S) and NDA when Karnataka BJP leader BS Yediyurappa said that BJP was considering an understanding with the JD(S) ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, JD(S) was in alliance with Congress. They ran the coalition government in Karnataka when HD Kumaraswamy was the chief minister.
