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“Hate-in-India and Make-in-India can’t coexist”: Rahul Gandhi Targets PM Modi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the exit of some global brands from India and said “Hate-in-India” and “Make-in-India” cannot coexist.

The congress leader also talked about the high unemployment rate in the country and asked PM Modi to focus on the “devastating unemployment crisis”.

Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “The ease of driving business out of India. 7 Global Brands. 9 Factories. 649 Dealerships. 84,000 Jobs. Modi ji, Hate-in-India and Make-in-India can’t coexist! Time to focus on India’s devastating unemployment crisis instead.”

In another tweet on Tuesday Gandhi said that over 450 million Indians had lost their hope of getting a job due to Modi’s “masterstrokes.”

“New Slogan of New India: Har ghar berozegaari, ghar ghar berozegaari (there is unemployment in every household). In 75 years, Modi ji is the first Prime Minister of the country whose ‘masterstrokes’ have left more than 450 million people in hope of getting a job,” tweeted the Congress leader.

West Bengal Police uses water cannon on BJP protest rally

Police on Tuesday used water cannons to disperse BJP workers who were taking out a protest rally against Mamata Banerjee-led government in Kolkata. The protest rally was being led by party MP and BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya.

BJP was doing a march in protest against the alleged irregularities in the appointment of teachers in state-run schools.

Tejasvi Surya have claimed that more than 15 BJP Karyakartas were injured and alleged that Kolkata police didn’t provide ambulance or any transport to shift them to hospital.

“The barbaric attempt by Mamata Banerjee’s police force to curtail our constitutional freedoms has resulted in more than 15 of our karyakartas hospitalised,” said Tejasvi Surya.

Reacting sharply to this incident BJP MP Raju Bista tweeted, “The brutality of facist TMC regime in WB is such, they are unable to digest educated youths demanding their right to employment.”

The police had set up barricades to stop the protesters from reaching Bikash Bhawan and asked the protestors to stop their march. But the protestors broke through the first barricade, prompting the police to use water cannons against them.

 

BJP Registers Landslide Victory In Guwahati Municipal Polls, Wins In 58 Wards Out Of 60

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) recorded a landslide victory in the Guwahati Municipal polls. The alliance won 58 out of the total 60 seats, with the BJP winning 52 wards while the AGP securing six. The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won one seat each. Meanwhile, Congress, the state’s second-largest party, failed to even open its account.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Guwahati for the massive victory.

“Thank you Guwahati! The people of this lovely city have given a resounding mandate to @BJP4Assam to build on the agenda of development. They have also blessed the hardwork of the state government under CM @himantabiswa. My gratitude to every BJP Karyakarta for the hardwork,” tweeted PM Modi.

 

Dilip Ghosh takes jibe at current BJP leadership in West Bengal

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Thursday took aim at party leadership in West Bengal and told ANI that current BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar “lacks organizational experience”.

“The team that is working now (in WB) is new & lacks organizational experience. State chief (Sukanta Majumdar) is also new…It’s taking time, which is why people are disappointed. A decision should be taken soon…with participation of experienced leaders,” Dilip Ghosh told ANI.

The remark comes after the party’s defeat in the by-polls to Kolkata’s Ballygunge assembly and Asansol Lok Sabha seats on April 16.

Talking about political strategist Prashant Kishor’s joining with Congress he said that it’s Prashant Kishor’s business and that he will soon have a membership card of every party.

“It’s his (Prashant Kishor’s) business. He had joined TMC too…Whichever party he works for, gets its membership…He’ll have a membership card of every party, will show the card saying I’m from your party, give me order,” Dilip Ghosh told ANI on Kishor joining Congress.

Bengal means Blood: BJP`s Suvendu Adikhari slams Mamata Banerjee over business summit

On Wednesday BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari slammed Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government and said that Bengal cannot have industries because of the bad land policy. He further took a jibe at the TMC for failing to curb post-poll violence and told ANI that it’s not ‘Bengal for business’ but ‘Bengal for blood’.

“Can’t have industries in Bengal, land policy is bad. There is syndicate raj here, be it coal…This is not Bengal for business, but Bengal for blood, and Bengal for ‘Birbhum bomb’,” Suvendu Adhikari was quoted as saying by ANI.

When asked on whether he received the invitation to Bengal global business summit, Adhikari told ANI that the leader of opposition has no recognition in Bengal.

“No question of invitation…LoP in Bengal has no recognition. The system is such that it’s for the family, by the family, & of the ‘Kalighat Banerjee family,” Suvendu Adhikari told ANI.

BJP worker’s body found hanging from a tree in Birbhum; family, party alleges murder

Amidst the tense political situation in Bengal, a BJP worker’s body has been found mysteriously hanging from a tree in the Mayureshwar assembly constituency in Birbhum District, on Tuesday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Purnachandra Laha, a 40-year-old BJP worker.

BJP has alleged that Purnachandra Laha has been killed by goons of Trinamool Congress.

“TMC goons killed Purnachandra Laha, a 40-year-old BJP activist from the Mayureshwar assembly constituency, Birbhum. Blood politics of Mamata Banerjee & her party persists in Bengal. The rule of law doesn’t exist in Bengal, but the law of the ruler!” BJP West Bengal wrote on their official Twitter handle.

BJP IT Cell in charge Amit Malviya said that the family has alleged TMC of killing Purnachandra Laha for his association with the BJP. Amit Malviya further said that Mamata Banerjee presides over a criminal organisation.

“Purna Chandra Laha (44), BJP karyakarta, from Birbhum, left home on the afternoon of 18th Apr, his body found hanging by the lake next morning. Family alleges he was murdered by local TMC men for his association with the BJP. Mamata Banerjee presides over a criminal organisation,” wrote Amit Malviya in his Twitter.

Hanskhali rape case: BJP’s Khushbu Sundar demands Mamata Banerjee’s apology

A five-member fact-finding committee formed by BJP president J P Nadda to look into the Hanskhali rape case today met the victim’s family.  The committee will hand over the report written by them on Saturday to J P Nadda.

Meanwhile, during the visit one of the members of the fact-finding committee Khushbu Sundar demanded an apology from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her remarks regarding the Hanskhali rape case victim. She further demanded the President’s rule in the state and said Mamata Banerjee should quit her seat, as per ANI.

“A woman CM (Mamata Banerjee) is making condemnable statements about the rape of a 14-year-old & overlooking the matter. She should apologize. We demand President’s rule in the state; she should quit her seat,” Khushbu Sundar told ANI.

The fact-finding committee includes the party’s vice president and MP Rekha Verma, Uttar Pradesh government minister Baby Rani Maurya, Tamil Nadu MLA, and BJP’s National President Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan, Kushbu Sunder, and West Bengal MLA Rupmitra Chaudhury.

 

BJP forms fact-finding committee to look into Hanskhali rape case

On Wednesday BJP president J P Nadda formed a five-member fact-finding committee of the party to look into the Hanskhali rape case. The committee will visit the site of the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Nadia in West Bengal to enquire into the incident.

The party said the members of the fact-finding committee are the party’s vice president and MP Rekha Verma, Uttar Pradesh government minister Baby Rani Maurya, Tamil Nadu MLA and BJP’s National President Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan, Kushbu Sunder, and West Bengal MLA Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury.

The son of a Trinamool Congress gram panchayat member was arrested for the alleged rape of a minor that led to her death. The incident took place in Hanskhali of Nadia. Allegedly, the minor girl was raped by the son of a TMC leader.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the Hanskhali rape case.

Local TMC leader says, ‘We can blow up area in 10 mins’; Amit Malviya shares video

BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya on Saturday took to Twitter alleging that the recent violent altercation in West Bengal’s Rampurhat was only the ‘trailer’. He shared a video in which a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader can be seen threatening to blow up an entire village within a span of 10 minutes.

The accused TMC leader is identified as Shakir Ahmed from Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal.

“In this video from Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur, TMC’s deputy pradhan Sakir Ahmad can be heard saying, “don’t worry we have so much stock of bombs and guns that we can blow up the whole area in 10 min.” WB, under Mamata Banerjee, is waiting to explode, Rampurhat massacre is trailer,” tweeted Amit Malviya along with the video.

 

This comes amidst the ongoing investigation by the CBI of the Rampurhat violence o that took place last month. A total of eight people were burnt to death in the Rampurhat area of West Bengal’s Birbhum, following the killing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bhadu Sheikh.

 

 

‘Parivarwadi’ parties have never allowed the youth of the country to progress: PM Modi

The Bharatiya Janata Party today is celebrating its 42nd foundation day.

Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi took a dig at the opposition parties while addressing the party’s workers, MPs and MLAs on the occasion of its 42nd foundation day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that family-led parties have never allowed the youth of the country to progress.

“These parties have never allowed the youth of the country to progress. Today, we should be proud that BJP is the only party that is making the country aware of this challenge, warning the country about it,” said PM Modi.

Narendra Modi said that the BJP is dedicated to “rashtra bhakti” while the opposition stand for “parivar bhakti”.

“Two kinds of politics are going on now – one is parivar bhakti, other one is rashtra bhakti. There are some political parties in different states that work only for interests of their respective parivar,” said PM Modi.

Amit Shah also wished all the BJP workers and tweeted, “Under the leadership of Narendra Modi ji and J P Nadda ji, BJP is moving towards the welfare of the nation with constant service. I wish all the workers a Happy Foundation Day.”