I don't care if I'm killed one day like my grandmother and father: Rahul Gandhi

October 23, 2013

Rahul_GandhiChuru/Rajasthan, Oct 23: Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the BJP for what he called its divisive politics, using emotional memories of his grandmother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi and father, Rajiv Gandhi, to reach out to a large crowd in election-bound Rajasthan.

"Hatred killed my grandmother, my father, maybe it'll kill me. I don't care," the Congress vice-president said at a rally in Churu, condemning communal politics and accusing the BJP, his party's main political rival of "spreading hate".

"They go to Muzaffarnagar, Gujarat or Kashmir and spread hared. We have to go in and battle the fire," Mr Gandhi said.

He recounted Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards.

"My security officer told me my grandmother had been shot. My legs were trembling. Priyanka and I were taken home and on the road there was grandmother's blood and in a room there was the blood on my friends," he said.

The Congress leader, who was 14 then, said he was sent home from school when the news came.

His grandmother's assassins, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, Mr Gandhi said, had played badminton with him.

"I had two friends Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, they taught him how to play badminton. They were my friends. In 1984 I was in the garden I met Beant Singh and he asked me where does your grandmother sleep, is her security adequate? If somebody throws a grenade at you, he told me how to lie down. At that time I did not understand what he meant. Years later I understood that Satwant Singh and Beant Singh were going to throw a grenade at her during Diwali."

The 43-year-old also spoke about memories of Indira Gandhi often coming to his rescue against strict parents. "My grandmother, Indira Gandhi was my saviour... for example, I hated eating spinach. She would start reading the newspaper and hiding behind the newspaper I would give the spinach a miss."

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March 13,2020

Raipur, Mar 13: Calling Jyotiraditya Scindia a "power-hungry" leader, Chhattisgarh Minister and Congress leader TS Singh Deo on Friday said that if someone joins another party to occupy the top position of the state that he should never become a Chief Minister.

When enquired if Deo has any plans to join the BJP in the future, he quickly said that he would never be able to relate himself with the "ideology" of the party.

"People may make claims but I will never join BJP, even if I get 100 lives I will never associate with that ideology. A person who joins BJP for not being able to become Chief Minister should never become a Chief Minister," he said while speaking to media in Raipur.

"A single person does not remain as captain forever, Kapil Dev got his chance when Gavaskar was there. Currently, Virat Kohli is the captain but in T20 there are different captains. Will Kohli join Pakistan's team if he is not made the captain? This is beyond understanding."

On Wednesday, Scindia joined BJP in New Delhi in the presence of party President JP Nadda. He had resigned from Congress a day earlier after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He will file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections on March 13.

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Friday, 13 Mar 2020

May it be Scindia or some other, misusing power cheating with citizens mandate for their self benifit  "very soon the fare and best judgement from the creator will be their very soon.  No one is greatro than the creator.

 

 

For citizens well fare creator is opinion and protect always there. Hope MP people always with faith on creator.

 

 

Jai Hind !

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February 1,2020

New Delhi, Feb 1: India has uplifted 271 million people out of poverty, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.

In her second Budget presentation, the finance minister said the Budget for 2020-21, is woven around aspirational India, economic development and caring society.

The government aims to achieve seamless delivery of services through digital governance, she added.

"We shall strive to bring ease of living for every citizen," Sitharaman said.

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January 18,2020

New Delhi, Jan 18: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal has granted the power of detaining authority to the Delhi Police Commissioner under the National Security Act (NSA), according to a notification. The NSA allows preventive detention of an individual for months if the authorities feel that the individual is a threat to the national security, and law and order, sources said.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3, read with clause (c) of Section 2 of the National Security Act, 1980, the Lt Governor is pleased to direct that during the period January 19 to April 18, the Delhi Police Commissioner may also exercise the powers of detaining authority under sub-section (2) of the section 3 of the aforesaid Act, the notification stated.

The notification has been issued on January 10 following the approval of the LG.

It comes at a time when the national capital has been witnessing a number of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

However, the Delhi Police said it is a routine order that has been issued in every quarter and has nothing to do with the current situation.

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