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Hindustan Times
11 hours ago
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UP Cong releases list of committees under Rahul's social justice formula
Sticking to the social justice call by senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Uttar Pradesh Congress on Thursday released a list of its office-bearers from the newly constituted district and city committees made under the 'Sangathan Srijan' exercise—the first phase of which has been completed. A delegation of UP Congress led by state president Ajai Rai on June 26 met family members of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian ever to enter the International Space Station. (Sourced) A total 38 committees were announced during the day out of the total 133 that will be announced by the month end. 'Out committees have at least 50% people from OBC, minority, Dalit communities apart from women representation. In several districts, this figure is over 70% depending on the size of the district and the committee,' said UP Congress Committee media cell chief CP Rai. 'The process of Sangathan Srijan focuses on all 403 assembly seats of the state and aims to strengthen organisation with inclusion of all communities and class,' said UP Congress chief Ajai Rai. During the review meetings, at least 90% of committees that were proposed before the state committee were rejected and office-bearers were asked to revise the list. The zonal review started on June 15 with the west zone, Braj zone on June 15, Bundelkhand zone on June 16, Purvanchal on June 17 and Prayag zone on June 18. Under the Awadh zone, lists have been declared for the district committees of Balrampur, Shravasti, Sitapur, Unnao and the city committee of Rae Bareilly. In the Braj zone, the district committee for Pilibhit and city committees for Aligarh, Bareilly have been declared. In the Bundelkhand zone, district committees for Etawah, Hamirpur, Kannauj, Kanpur, Lalitpur, Kanpur Dehat and Auraiya have been declared along with the city committee for Orai. Under Prayag zone, district units of Amethi, Chandauli, Jaunpur, Bhadohi, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj trans-Ganga, Prayagraj trans-Yamuna and Ghazipur have been declared along with city units of Mirzapur, Sultanpur and Mugalsarai. Under the Purvanchal zone, committees of Ayodhya, Ballia and Basti have been declared and in the west zone, committees of Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Moradabad, Rampur and Shamli have been declared. Cong panel meets Shubhanshu's kin A delegation of UP Congress led by state president Ajai Rai on Thursday met family members of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian ever to enter the International Space Station, in Lucknow. 'The country is proud of Shubhanshu who has made history,' Rai said. Other members in the delegation included vice chairman of Congress's media cell Manish Srivastava, former minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui among leaders.
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Business Standard
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Cong acting like 'fifth column' against Indian armed forces, alleges BJP
Sudhanshu Trivedi noted that it is in a series of comments from opposition leaders aimed at demoralising the armed forces Press Trust of India New Delhi The BJP on Monday alleged that the Congress and its allies have become a "fifth column" working to lower the morale of armed forces after the Uttar Pradesh Congress president took a 'toy Rafale' jibe at the government over its response to the Pahalgam terror attack. BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi sought to draw a parallel between Pakistani army and leaders of INDIA bloc, saying the former is bombarding the Indian armed forces from across the border by violating the ceasefire while opposition leaders are targeting them with their comments from within. The ruling party's fresh attack on opposition parties, especially the Congress, came following Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajai Rai's taunting remarks for the alleged lack of action by the government against terrorists. Rai showed a toy plane depicting Rafale fighter aircraft with lemon and chillies hanging from it and targeted the government for not putting them to use. Trivedi noted that it is in a series of comments from opposition leaders aimed at demoralising the armed forces. Citing past comments of a number of Congress leaders, he said while hardly any Pakistani leader is being quoted in the Indian media for any remarks against the Pakistani army, Indian politicians are being frequently cited in the neighbouring country for their criticism of the government and allegedly lowering the more of Indian armed forces. The BJP leader said the Indian Army is much stronger than its Pakistani counterpart and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has showed a determined leadership, adding that Pakistan, however, scores over India when it comes to leaders speaking in once voice. He mocked the Congress official stand of supporting the government in its action following the Pahalgam terror attack, likening it to Pakistan's pronouncement of supporting peace while promoting terrorism in India behind the scene.
