Rahul may take over as Congress chief after Diwali: Sachin Pilot

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October 1, 2017

New Delhi, Oct 1: Rahul Gandhi may take over as the Congress president shortly after Diwali, Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot said on Sunday, stressing that the time had come for the party vice-president to lead from the front.

The Gandhi confidant also said the last names of leaders should not be treated as a disqualification in politics. It was the performance of a leader that ultimately decided his worth, as a surname could only take him “so far,” he said.

Mr. Pilot added that Mr. Gandhi’s elevation had been in the pipeline for long.

“Organisational elections of the Congress are underway and the new president could take over shortly after Diwali. It is something that has been in the pipeline for a long time,” Mr. Pilot said in an interview.

The Congress leader said the general sentiment in the party was that the time had come for Mr. Gandhi to take charge and lead from the front, while favouring a “balanced approach” of a mix of the young and the old in the party.

“To my mind, there is a general sentiment in the party that he should take over as the party president,” Mr. Pilot said.

He pointed out that Mr. Gandhi had been handling “a lot of work” as the vice-president, but the party believed “this [Mr. Gandhi’s elevation] should happen in due course and the time has come for it to happen.”

Asked if Mr. Gandhi’s sister Priyanka Vadra should also enter active politics, the former Minister said, “Though she belongs to the Congress party, whether she should join active politics or not is her personal decision.”

On the issue of dynastic politics and accusations that the Congress promoted dynasties, Mr. Pilot said belonging to a political family might help someone initially, but it could not guarantee progress unless backed by performance.

“Belonging to a family that has been in politics should not be treated as a disqualification,” he said.

Ultimately, he said, success depended on performance.

“If you perform and win the hearts of people through work, delivery and performance, then it will decide. The mere last name will only take you so far,” said Mr. Pilot, the son of late Union Minister and Congress heavyweight Rajesh Pilot.

He brushed aside BJP’s criticism that the Congress was promoting dynasties, pointing out that several people in that party too were from political families.

“The BJP should introspect. Many of their leaders are also from political families,” he said.

Mr. Pilot added he neither promoted nor denounced dynastic politics, but sought to stress that individual calibre would decide one’s success.

”It [family] should not be the only reason to bring someone into public life. No one can be thrust upon the public and there is no short cut to hard work,” he said.

Asked if the time had come for a generational change in the Congress and for the old to make way for the young, the Rajasthan Congress chief said, “It is not a question of making way; it is a question of working together.”

The “cut-off date” system did not work in politics, he added.

Unlike the BJP, which he claimed “humiliates” its elders, the Congress uses their wisdom and moves together, he said.

“The BJP’s margdarshak mandal has become the biggest travesty of time. We don’t humiliate elders like [they do] in the BJP. I believe we should have a good mix between the old and the new while one must keep changing,” he said.

In the Congress, he held, the new generation comes in, with the old lending their support to it.

He favoured a “balanced approach” and claimed the Congress had maintained this as part of its history and tradition.

Mr. Pilot also hit out at the BJP, saying that a particular ideology should not be thrust upon others and there should not be any hatred in politics.

“One should have competitors and not enemies in politics and we must respect that basic tenet of democracy,” he said.

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February 5,2020

New Delhi, Feb 5: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday expressed his suspicion over the government using force to clear the Shaheen Bagh stretch where an agitation has been ongoing for over 50 days against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

While speaking to ANI over the phone, Owaisi was asked that there are indications from the government that after February 8, Shaheen Bagh will be cleared.

In reply, he said, "Might be they will shoot them, they might turn Shaheen Bagh into Jallianwala Bagh. This might happen. BJP minister gave a statement to 'shoot a bullet'. The government must give an answer as (to) who is radicalising."

Further speaking about NPR and NRC, Owaisi said, "Government must give a clear cut answer that till 2024 NRC will not be implemented. Why are they spending Rs 3900 crore for NPR? I feel this way because I was a History student. Hitler during his reign conducted census twice and after that, he pushed the jews in a gas chamber. I don't want our country (to) go in that way."

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August 8,2020

Kozhikode, Aug 8: A tailwind or crosswind could be the reason for the Air India Express flight mishap at Kozhikode international airport in Kerala, according to some aviation experts. 

Team of DGCA and AIE already reached the spot. With the death of the captain and co-pilot in the mishap, the investigation would be focusing mainly on the voice recorders and other technical aspects.

It is learnt that the ill-fated aircraft, IX 1344 with 190 onboard including crew, was initially planning to land on runway-28 of the airport. But later the pilot opted runway-10 which is toward the other direction. Pilots would be taking the decisions on the basis of inputs from ATC.

The questions now doing the rounds are what made the pilot opt runway-10 and whether the tabletop runway lacked adequate safety parameters.

An aviation expert, who didn't want to be quoted, said that Capt Deepak Sathe, who was commandeering the aircraft, was a well-experienced pilot and was also familiar with the terrains. Hence the chances of any error from his part was very unlikely. Hence a fair in-depth probe was required to find the exact cause.

Though the Kozhikode airport has an Instrument Landing System, it was of category-I for which pilot's visibility is very crucial toward a touchdown. Since it is a tabletop airport and rough weather prevailing in the region, the chances of tailwind was also high, said sources.

There had been safety concerns about the airport over quite some time. In 2011 aviation safety consultant captain Mohan Ranganathan reportedly gave a report citing the safety issues, especially the buffer zones at the end of the runway.

However, an AAI officer said that rectification steps were already done by last year by widening the Runway End Safety Area (RESA) from 90 metre to 240 metre. However, the length of the runway had to be reduced to 2,700 metre from 2,850. The AAI was also constantly pressing for increasing the runway length to 3,150 metres. But that was getting delayed due to land acquisition issues pending with the state government.

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New Delhi, Apr 17: With 1,076 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and 32 deaths, India's total count of coronavirus cases has surged to 13,835, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.

The total cases are inclusive of 1,766 cured and discharged patients, one migrated and 452 deaths. At present, there are 11,616 active COVID-19 cases in the country.

Before the lockdown, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days, but according to the data of the past 7 days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare.

"Before the lockdown, doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days but according to the data of past 7 days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days," Aggarwal said during the daily briefing on COVID-19.

Aggarwal said that as many as 5 lakh rapid antibody testing kits are being distributed to States and Districts where a high case burden has been observed.

"A total of 1,919 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals with 1.73 lakh isolation beds, 21,800 ICU beds readied in India," he added. 

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