Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi in a public rally in Moradabad said the Samajwadi Party was keen on forging an alliance with the Congress for the Uttar Pradesh assembly poll but his party had rejected it. Our alliance is only with the people,” the Gandhi scion said. the Congress general secretary accused Mulayam of making promises to Muslims on job quota which he could not fulfil.
If the SP supremo is sincere about giving quota to backward Muslims, then he should try to emulate the track record of Congress-ruled states including Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. But he will never do it,…
Congress key campaigner Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said his party, if voted to power, would generate adequate employment opportunities for them. “The Congress will ensure that people of Uttar Pradesh, especially youths, do not have to migrate to other states for jobs.
During the rule of BSP, SP and BJP in the state in the past 22 years, the youths had suffered a lot, the Congress general secretary said.
The congress leader Beni Prasad Verma to meet EC on minority quota issue, The Election Commission has accepted Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma’s request to hear him. The poll panel is likely to meet with Mr Verma and his counsel on Friday. Last week, Mr Verma had said that his comments could have been a ‘slip of the tongue’ and he respected the poll panel.
Mr Verma, who is the union minister of steel, was issued a notice by the election commission for violating the moral code of conduct during an election speech in Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh where he had…
Congress Senior minister Kapil Sibal said that the Congress has decided to go to court against an FIR filed against Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh. “We had got the permission,” Mr Sibal said, “even then it was known that it would be Shivratri.”
Yesterday, local officials in Kanpur objected to Mr Gandhi’s roadshow for allegedly violating the terms of permission – the Congress leader’s journey lasted six hours instead of two, according to officials. They also say that Mr Gandhi travelled through areas which were off-limits because of huge celebrations for Shivratri.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh alleged: “The action was taken on the direction of Mayawati as they are scared of the successful campaign by Rahul Gandhi. We will go to the high court for quashing the FIR registered against him for violating restrictions under Section 144.” He also denied any violation of the election model code of conduct during Gandhi’s road show in Kanpur Monday.
According to the Kanpur district administration, Gandhi was granted permission to undertake his roadshow along a 20-km route against the party’s application for covering a 37-km route. Gandhi faced the charge after choosing to undertake a longer…
The Kanpur district administration registered a case agninst congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi for flouting restrictions on his six-hour road show in the city on Sunday.Police slapped cases on Rahul and the Kanpur district Congress chief for disobedience to order by public servant’, causing ‘danger or obstruction in public way’ and creating ‘public nuisance’. The case was registered on a complaint by area police chowkiin-charge Satyendra Singh.
Rahul’s roadshow started in Maharajpur and ended at Tatmill roundabout, took six hours, covered almost 35 km and at least seven constituencies. In several areas, curbs were in place ahead of Shivratri celebrations. Permission…