‘Course Correction’ call meant to protect Gandhis, feel Congress leaders
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Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 08:10 AM IST
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The leadership had since systematically side-lined many change seekers and removed many of them from party posts and campaign assignments, especially in this round of assembly elections. These actions, incidentally, came despite Sonia Gandhi called them for a discussion in December end.
Rahul Gandhi
The All India Congress Committee’s ‘course correction’ offer after the party’s electoral debacle was aimed at protecting the leadership against any inhouse attacks and was not part of a belated realisation, feel ‘loyalists’ outside Gandhis’ charmed circle and some change seekers.
NEW DELHI: Slamming the Centre over its Central Vista project, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said that at a time when people are grappling with the shortage of oxygen and vaccines in the country, it would be better if the government deploys all resources in saving lives instead of building a new house for the prime minister.
Her attack on the government came over reports that the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has informed a government-appointed expert panel that the construction of the prime minister s residence under the ambitious Central Vista project will be completed by December 2022. At a time when the people of the country are struggling with shortage of oxygen, vaccines, hospital beds, medicines, it would be better if the government deploys all resources in saving the lives of the people rather than building a new house for the PM at Rs 13,000 crore, Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
Rafiqul Islam (centre) won the Jania seat by a record 144,775 votes
GUWAHATI: Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF has not only emerged as one of the biggest winners in the Assam assembly elections by winning 80% of the seats it contested, it has also ended its “political untouchability” since its emergence in 2005 by aligning with the 10-Party “Grand Alliance” led by Congress.
AIUDF, which banks on Bengali-speaking Muslims of Assam, won 16 of the 20 seats seats it contested. The spectacular showing has been attributed to consolidation of Muslim votes in favour of the Grand Alliance.
Political analysts believe that being part of the alliance made AIUDF more “acceptable and ended its political isolation”. It has finished behind BJP (60) and Congress (29) with its seat tally, more than any other national or regional parties that contested the polls.
Full lockdown only way to stop COVID-19 spread, says Rahul Gandhi amid rising cases
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Central government over the surge in COVID-19 deaths, saying that the government s inaction is killing innocent people.
The Congress leader said the only way to stop the spread of coronavirus now is a full lockdown with the protection of minimum income guarantee scheme, NYAY, for the vulnerable sections.
Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi said: GOI doesn t get it. The only way to stop the spread of Corona now is a full lockdown- with the protection of NYAY for the vulnerable sections. GOI s inaction is killing many innocent people.
“DMK’s vote share in 2021 has improved by 5% compared to the 32% it got in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In 2016, DMK’s vote share was around 31%,” a poll strategist said. “The increase is partly due to the party’s move to restrict seats allotted to ally Congress at 25. This brought down the Congress’s vote share by around 5% from the 12.5% it got in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. By contesting from 173 seats, DMK managed to transfer a part of the Congress’s vote share to itself the strategist said.
In the case of AIADMK, the party managed to improve its vote share to 34.2% in 2021 as against the 18% it got in 2019 LS polls. Though this is almost 7% lower than what it achieved in 2016, the party has managed to improve its 2021 vote share tally at the cost of PMK which was restricted to a mere 23 seats. “This way AIADMK managed to transfer 2% of PMK’s vote share to its kitty,” the strategist pointed out. One cannot compare apples with oranges, says Manuraj Shanmugasu