UP Govt creating
hurdles in Amethi's development: Rahul
Jagdishpur
(Uttar Pradesh): Congress General secretary Rahul
Gandhi on Monday blamed the Uttar Pradesh government
for creating hurdles in the development of his parliamentary
constituency, Amethi. Rahul was speaking at a gathering
after inaugurating a stamping unit of State-run power
equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
in Jagdishpur area during a three-day visit to his constituency.
Gandhi said that the Central government sanctioned a
paper mill project worth rupees 30 billion, which would
create 25,000 jobs, in Amethi. But the Mayawati-led
State government did not allot land for the project.
"As the minister (Minister for Heavy Industries and
Public Enterprises, Vilasrao Deshmukh accompanying Rahul)
said government will pay money to people for their lands,
and a member of the family whose land would be taken
for the project, will be employed. This way there would
be benefit to the people of Rae Bareli, Amethi and Uttar
Pradesh but the government of Uttar Pradesh has stalled
this project and for this they (government) say there
is no land in Amethi. The project will generate employment
to 25,000 people but they say since there is no land
therefore we cannot give it," Rahul said. "It is unfortunate
that the Central government wants to invest here but
we don't get support. The state government has returned
the money we gave for the project," said Vilasrao Deshmukh,
Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
on this occasion.
Raje may not resign
for now, say her supporters Top
Jaipur:
The crisis within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over
Vasundhara Raje's resignation as Leader of Opposition
in the Rajasthan Assembly deepened on Monday with her
supporters saying that she may not resign for now. According
to Raje's supporters, she would call a meeting of the
legislature party by August 26 to decide on the issue.
According to sources, Raje's supporters decided against
her stepping down. Raje's close aide Gyandeo Ahuja said
"Since the party president, Rajnath Singh has himself
not given any time limit for Raje to concede to his
direction, she is not resigning for now, and would call
a legislative party meeting between August 19 and August
26." Ahuja also said as the party is preparing for the
election of cooperative societies in the state, slated
for August 19, Assembly's session also scheduled to
meet briefly, there was no question of Raje quitting
the post. Ahuja clamed that Raje and her supporters
were not going against the parliamentary board's directions
and were following the direction. Party president Rajnath
Singh has expressed confidence that Raje would comply
with the party's decision.
RSS disapproves
of Jaswant Singh's views on Jinnah Top
New Delhi:
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday expressed
disapproval of the views of former External Affairs
Minister Jaswant Singh on Pakistan's founder, Mohammad
Ali Jinnah. Reacting to Singh's statement RSS National
Executive Committee member Ram Madhav said, the Sangh
did not agree with his views. Madhav, also said he has
not gone through the book, and added that it is premature
to make any comments on the views expressed by Singh.
In an interview to a private news channel on Saturday
Singh said "Jinnah was demonized by India while it was
actually India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's
belief in a centralized polity that led to partition."
Singh who has penned a Jinnah's biography titled, "Jinnah
- India, Partition Independence" is scheduled to be
released on Monday evening. In the interview Singh also
categorically made it clear that the views on Jinnah
are his own. Singh strongly contested the popular Indian
view that Jinnah was the man responsible for the country's
partition, and said there was a need to correct this
distortion of history. "I think we have misunderstood
Jinnah because we needed to create a demon. We needed
a demon because in the 20th century the most telling
event in the subcontinent was the partition of the country,"
Singh said. August 17, 2009
BJP stages protest
in Delhi against rising prices of essential commodities
Top
New Delhi:
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Monday
staged a protest against the rising prices of essential
commodities. Holding placards and banners condemning
the economic and foreign policies of the Congress, hundreds
of party workers gathered at Jantar Mantar. Many senior
party leaders were present in the rally including Arun
Jaitley, Vijay Kumar Malhotra and Madan Lal Khurana.
BJP president Rajnath Singh hailed party workers for
turning up in large numbers and said masses were angered
on price rise. "It is evident from the number of people
gathered in the demonstration that there is anger among
masses on this price rise issue," said Rajnath Singh.
He also criticised India-Pakistan Joint statement during
recently concluded NAM summit, with Pakistan. "Pakistan's
President made a promise not only to India but to the
world on January 6, 2004 that Pakistan will not allow
its soil to be used for terror activities. And until
Pakistan stops it, we should not have a dialogue with
them. But still the government ignored our stand and
hold talks with Pakistan," he added. Meanwhile, BJP
workers also held a demonstration in Patna.
