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Janata Parivar leaders to merge parties

November 7, 2014

Janata ParivarNew Delhi,Nov 7: With an aim of forming an effective counterweight to the Narendra Modi-led BJP, stalwarts of the Janata Parivar such as Sharad Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav and H D Deve Gowda on Thursday met at the residence of SP chief Mulayam Singh’s residence and decided to merge their outfits into a single party.

The leaders also decided to work together in Parliament by adopting common stand and confront the BJP.

“We will convene one more meeting to discuss the future form. It can lead towards unity and forming one party,” Nitish Kumar told reporters after the lunch meeting hosted by the SP president. He said the parties present at Thursday’s meeting have decided to pool their strength and take unified stand in Parliament.

Kumar said the leaders at the meeting discussed the “political situation” in the country. “We will talk to all the like-minded parties including the Left and seek their cooperation,” he added.

He said the purpose of the meeting was to unite the Janata Parivar parties who share similar views on key issues.

While the meeting did not take up the issue of allying with the Congress, Kumar said there was discussion about approaching regional parties such as Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee.

He said the Parivar parties would confront Modi on black money, unemployment and minimum support price for farm produce, saying that the Modi government has backtracked on its poll promises.

He said the BJP promised to bring black money and distribute it to the poor, but “now they say they do not have details of the amount.’ In all, six parties attended the lunch meeting at the SP chief’s residence –RJD, JD(U), JD(S), INLD and Samajwadi Janata Party, besides SP. All of them trace their origin from the Janata Dal led by V P Singh in the 1980s.

Besides the key leaders, Dushyant Chautala (INLD), Ramgopal Yadav, Shiv Gopal Yadav(SP), KC Tyagi (JDU), Kamal Morarka (SJP) and Preemchand Gupta(RJD ) were also present at Thursday’s meeting.

The Left, meanwhile, has welcomed the decision by the social parties to unite. “They witnessed more divisions...we will work on key issues,” CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said.

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February 13,2020

New Delhi, Feb 13: The BJP's Amit Shah today said statements like "goli maaro" and "Indo-Pak match" should not have been made by BJP leaders ahead of the Delhi elections.

The BJP may have suffered in the elections because of hate statements made by party leaders, he said, reported news agency Press Trust of India.

The party, he said, had distanced itself from such remarks.

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July 26,2020

New Delhi, Jul 26: India reported a spike of 48,661 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

The total COVID-19 positive cases stand at 13,85,522, including 4,67,882 active cases, 8,85,577 cured/discharged/migrated, it added.
With 705 deaths in the last 24 hours, the cumulative toll reached 32,063.

Maharashtra has reported 3,66,368 coronavirus cases, the highest among states and Union Territories in the country.

A total of 2,06,737 cases have been reported from Tamil Nadu till now, while Delhi has recorded a total of 1,29,531 coronavirus cases.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 4,42,263 samples were tested for coronavirus on Saturday and overall 1,62,91,331 samples have been tested so far.

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Bloomberg
July 27,2020

New Delhi, Jul 27: India’s coronavirus epidemic is now growing at the fastest in the world, increasing 20% over the last week to more than 14 lakh confirmed cases, according to Bloomberg’s Coronavirus Tracker.

Infections in the South Asian nation of 130 crore people have reached 14.3 lakh, including 32,771 deaths, India’s health ministry said, with daily cases close to a record 50,000 on Monday. India is only trailing the US and Brazil now in the number of confirmed infections, but its growth in new cases is the fastest.

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are among the states where the maximum number of daily cares are being reported. The world’s second-most populous country has been ramping up testing, with 515,472 samples taken on Sunday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Still, India and Brazil have some of the world’s lowest testing rates, with 11.8 tests and 11.93 tests per 1,000 people respectively, compared to the US with 152.98 tests per 1,000 and Russia with 184.34, according to Our World in Data, a project based at the University of Oxford in the UK.

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