Union Minister Jitendra Singh mocks Priyanka Gandhi over plucking tea leaves in Assam during off-season ANI | Updated: Mar 06, 2021 16:05 IST
By Aiman Khan
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region, Jitendra Singh on Friday ridiculed Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh stating that her recent visit to poll-bound Assam looked more like a film shoot as she plucked leaves at a tea estate there in the off-season. Priyanka Gandhi is choosing tea leaves in the off-season. It seems as if a film is being shot, the BJP leader told ANI here on Friday. Recently, Gandhi had visited the tea gardens in Assam and got photographed while plucking tea leaves with a basket on her head.
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Modi government committed to progress, welfare of Assam, North-East, says EAM Jaishankar
Modi government committed to progress, welfare of Assam, North-East, says EAM Jaishankar
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is deeply committed to the development of Assam.
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S Jaishankar, accompanied by Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki, was in Guwahati to review JICA-assisted projects in Assam. (Photo: India Today)
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Centre gave Rs 262 crore to Assam for fight against COVID-19, public donated Rs 116.89 crore
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Presenting the Vote on Account Budget for 2021-22 , Sarma said the government allocated an additional Rs 760 crore for prevention and management of the pandemic to the general budget grant of Rs 6,126 crore to the Health Department in the ongoing fiscal.
GUWAHATI: The Assam government has received financial assistance of over Rs 262 crore from the Centre for management of COVID-19 pandemic and rolling out the vaccination drive, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. Presenting the Vote on Account Budget for 2021-22 , Sarma said the government allocated an additional Rs 760 crore for prevention and management of the pandemic to the general budget grant of Rs 6,126 crore to the Health Department in the ongoing fiscal.