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Congress equates Muslim League with RSS

April 18, 2016

Lucknow, Apr 18: Equating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the Jinnah-led Muslim League, senior Congress leader and a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee Mohsina Kidwai on Sunday accused the RSS of spreading communal hatred and indulging in divisive politics. Addressing a meeting of party workers at the culmination of the Bhim Jyoti Yatra, Kidwai, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, said, "The Muslim League led by Mohammed Ali Jinnah was instrumental in dividing India in 1947, while the RSS is hell-bent in dividing the country on communal and caste lines."

congressSpeaking on the occasion, former Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, credited the success of the recently concluded Bhim Jyoti Yatra to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi. "It was Soniaji and Rahulji, who decided that the birth anniversary celebrations of Babasaheb should be held in a grand way across the country. The BJP woke up only after the news spread like wildfire from the AICC office," Shinde said.

He further stated that if people from the upper castes voluntarily associate themselves with the dalits and their cause, then there would be no chances of any conflict.

Showering praises on Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for recognizing and spotting the talent of Ambedkar, Shinde said, "Ambedkar initially wanted separate constituencies for the dalits, which was initially opposed by Mahatma Gandhi.

However, Gandhi changed his stand, when he witnessed the determination and will power of Ambedkar, and later said that it is Ambedkar who is right person to draft India's Constitution."

The former Union home minister also lauded the Congress president and vice president for reposing faith in his abilities, giving him new tasks and assignments (including the leader of the Congress Party in Lok Sabha after elevation of Pranab Mukherjee as President of India). "It is because of this that I despite being a non-general candidate, won from general seats both in the assembly election and parliamentary election," Shinde said, and added that it is because of the co-operation of the Congress that Babasaheb was actually able to draft the Constitution, while the Jan Sangh aggressively opposed it.

Shinde on this occasion also urged the dalits to rise above the lines of sub-castes and integrate to present a single and consolidated face.

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February 10,2020

New Delhi, Feb 10: After an hour-long standoff between the security forces and the students on Monday, the police resorted to a lathi-charge on the protesters near Holy Family hospital which is within walking distance of Jamia Millia Islamia.

A scuffle ensued when police confronted the protesters who tried to push forward towards Parliament. The lathi-charge was made to push back the protesters.

In the melee that ensued, many from both sides fainted.

Some security forces personnel resorted to the lathi-charge while others pushed back the protesters when they threw water pouches at the security forces and abused them.

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April 16,2020

New Delhi, Apr 16: The number of COVID-19 cases in India has reached 12,759, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

According to the official data, India has 10,824 active cases and 1514 discharged and cured cases. Meanwhile, 420 people have died from the disease which originated in China.

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases in the country which stands at 2919, including 295 cured and discharged and 187 deaths.

With 1578 coronavirus cases, Delhi is in the second position of India's tally of corona infected people; followed by Tamil Nadu (1242) and Rajasthan (1023).

Kerala, which reported India's first coronavirus case, has 388 confirmed cases, including 295 cured and discharged and 187 deaths.

On the other hand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, that border the national capital, have 773 and 205 cases, respectively.

Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh and Pudducherry have reported 33, 21 and 7 cases respectively. While West Bengal has 231 coronavirus infected people, Odisha has confirmed 60 cases.

The newly carved union territories -- Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir--- have 17 and 300 cases, respectively.

In the Northeast, 33 people were detected positive for COVID-19 in Assam, which is the worst-affected states in the region. Six corona cases were confirmed from Meghalaya, two each from Manipur and Tripura and one from Arunachal Pradesh. Nagaland remains free from coronavirus till date, said the Ministry.

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June 16,2020

New Delhi, Jun 16: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday demanded a rollback of hike in fuel prices, saying the government's decision to increase the prices of petrol and diesel during the coronavirus crisis is "wholly insensitive" and "ill-advised".

The government is doing nothing short of "profiteering off its people" when they are down and out, she said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked for the 10th day in a row on Tuesday.

"I am deeply distressed that in these exceedingly difficult times since the beginning of March, the government has taken the wholly insensitive decision to increase petrol and diesel prices on no less than ten separate occasions," Gandhi said in her letter.

She accused the government of earning an additional revenue of nearly Rs 2.6 lakh crore through these "ill-advised" hikes in excise duty and increase in prices of petrol and diesel.

"I urge you to roll back these increases and pass on the benefit of low oil prices directly to the citizens of this country.

"If you wish for them to be 'self-reliant' then do not place financial fetters on their ability to move forward," the Congress president said.

Gandhi also urged the government to use its resources to put money directly into the hands of those in need in these times of severe hardship.

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