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GUWAHATI: The Congress, which has stepped up its campaign in the state for the upcoming assembly election, is targeting to corner the BJP on the price rise issue. Skyrocketing prices have burned deep holes in pockets of consumers and the party could use this issue as a ‘trump card’.
In election-bound Assam, where protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have almost petered out because of the pandemic, Congress on Saturday announced large-scale protests over price rise. Rahul Gandhi, who kicked off the campaign in the state recently from Sivasagar, has stirred up the citizenship debate all over again, but BJP leaders have said CAA protests do not matter in Assam politics now.
To oust BJP, Congress begins Save Assam campaign with CAA as core poll issue
To oust BJP, Congress begins Save Assam campaign with CAA as core poll issue
To oust the BJP from power in Assam, which has seen several protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Congress has started a Save Assam campaign to spread awareness about the anti-CAA movement ahead of the polls.
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UPDATED: February 19, 2021 14:31 IST
Congress leaders visiting assembly constituencies as part of Save Assam campaign ahead of assembly elections in the state (India Today photo)
As the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) is back in political discourse in Assam with elections to its assembly just weeks away, Congress has made it the party s core issue to save the poll-bound state. Congress leaders have started visiting assembly constituencies in the state to spread awareness about the anti-CAA movement ahead of the polls.
Updated Feb 18, 2021 | 11:04 IST
Satish Sharma was a former fellow-pilot and friend of Rajiv Gandhi. Their friendship stitched up their political journey together. Sharma was a loyal Congressman till his death at 73 in Goa on 17 February 2021. Captain Satish Sharma | Photo Credit: Twitter
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Captain Satish Sharma - a pilot and friend of Rajiv Gandhi - is said to have taken the political plunge in 1983 at the behest of the latter.
After Rajiv Gandhis death in 1991, Sharma contested from his constituency Amethi and held it for Congress
Later, he was moved to Rae Bareli which too he vacated to help Sonia Gandhi win from the safe seat.
Twitter war over Disha Ravi s arrest intensifies further
How can the act of supporting farmers be charged under sedition, Congress wants to know
Tuesday February 16, 2021 8:55 AM, IANS
Bengaluru: Even as the scenario post arrest of 22-year-old Bengaluru based climate change activist Disha Ravi is evolving elsewhere in the country, a full-blown twitter war has erupted in Karnataka between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress party.
Coming out in support of Ravi, Karnataka Congress launched #DishaRaviArrested Twitter campaign, as Leader of the Opposition Siddarmaiah said that her arrest has exposed the cracks in the Indian democracy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Greta Toolkit case: Ruling BJP and Oppn exchange barbs over Twitter
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Greta Toolkit case: Ruling BJP and Oppn exchange barbs over Twitter. Image Source: IANS News
Bengaluru, Feb 16 : Even as the scenario post arrest of 22-year-old Bengaluru based climate change activist Disha Ravi is evolving elsewhere in the country, a full-blown twitter war has erupted in Karnataka between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress party.
Coming out in support of Ravi, Karnataka Congress launched #DishaRaviArrested Twitter campaign, as Leader of the Opposition Siddarmaiah said that her arrest has exposed the cracks in the Indian democracy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.