Friday, January 21, 2022

BJP fields 'Congress rebel' Aditi Singh in Sonia bastion Rae Bareily :::: Netaji Subhas Bose's statue to come up at 'India Gate'




BJP fields 'Congress rebel' Aditi Singh in Sonia bastion Rae Bareily

New Delhi


(In Rae Bareily at the Lok Sabha polls (2019), Sonia Gandhi had suffered a substantial loss of support base. Though she could retain the seat, there was a loss of negative voting of an estimated 8 percent as compared to her performance in 2014 Lok Sabha polls).


The second list of candidates for Uttar Pradesh repealed by the BJP includesthe name of Aditi Singh from the prestigious seat of Rae Bareli assembly.

The announcement also said Nitin Aggarwal will contest from Hardoi seat, another politically important segment. 

The second list has names of 85 candidates.

'Rebel' Congress legislator Aditi Singh deserted the grand old party and joined BJP in November last year.

In the list, BJP has fielded 15 women among 85 candidates.

In 2017, Aditi Singh had won Rae Bareily assembly seat on Congress ticket. This is a politically crucial segment as it falls under Rae Bareily parliamentary constituency, a bastion of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

In 2012 assembly polls, the Rae Bareily seat was won by Ms Aditi Singh's father Akhilesh Singh. 

He had contested the polls on a Peace Party ticket.

Akhilesh Kumar Singh has been a Congress old hand in the area and has been winning the seat for Congress consecutively in 1996, 2002 and 2007.

In 2017 his daughter Aditi Singh had won the seat on a Congress ticket. But she was suspended in 2020 by the Congress party.

In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP nominee Smriti Irani had defeated the then Congress chief Rahul Gandhi from Amethi.

In Rae Bareily at the Lok Sabha polls (2019), Sonia Gandhi too had suffered a substantialloss of support base. 


Though she could retain the seat, BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh had polledover 3,67,000 votes recording an upswing of about 17 percent of vote share for his party.Sonia Gandhi had suffered a negative voting of an estimated 8 percent as compared to herperformance in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Among others, the BJP has decided to field Aseem Arun, a former IPS officer, from Kannauj assembly seat. 

He had taken voluntary retirement recently.
From Hathras, the BJP has fielded Anjula Mahor and Devendra Singh Lodhi from
Kasganj.

From Etah, the BJP nominee is Vipin Verma David and Sanjay Gangwar will contest from Pilibhit.David and Gangwar won the respective seats in 2017 as well.
Meanwhile, the party on Friday launched the 'theme song' for Uttar Pradesh polls.
The line of the song is ".... UP phir mangey BJP sarkar, soch imandar, kaam imandar".


Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the theme song reflects a good collection of 
BJP's works in the last five years.

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A date with India's valiant history for 'India Gate'.

New Delhi

'India Gate' in the heart of the national capital will soon have a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.



It will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For the time being, of course

there will be a hologram statue. 


"At a time when the entire nation is marking the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, 

I am glad to share that his grand statue, made of granite, will be installed at India Gate. This would be a 

symbol of India’s indebtedness to him," the Prime Minister wrote in a series of tweets.


"Till the grand statue of Netaji Bose is completed, a hologram statue of his would be present at the 

same place. I will unveil the hologram statue on 23rd January, Netaji’s birth anniversary," he wrote.


Paying rich tribute to Netaji Subhas Bose, Home Minister Amit Shah also tweeted to say:

"Netaji is an epitome of India’s true strength and resolve. Congress has left no stone unturned 

to forget the immortal contributions of India’s brave son".


Mr Shah also said the Prime Minister's decision to install Netaji’s statue at India Gate on 

his 125th Jayanti will inspire generations to come.


Born on January 23, 1897, the staunch nationalist Bose made a name for himself by his defiant patriotism 

that made him a hero, a living legend.


The Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism last year announced a year-long celebration to commemorate the

125th birth anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presides over the inaugural event of the celebrations in Kolkata on Jan 23, 2021.


The Government of India also decided to celebrate  23rd January as PARAKRAM DIWAS 

every year.


The 125th Birth Anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was celebrated in a befitting manner at national and international level. 


Several commemoration activities were organised in Delhi, Kolkata and other places associated with 

Netaji and Azad Hind Fauj, both in India as well as overseas.


The dimensions of Netaji's statue would be 28 feet in height and 6 feet in breadth.


Amar Jawan Jyoti venue has its own history. It is spread over 40 acres in the India Gate complex behind the canopy and is dedicated to soldiers killed during wars for India's safety.

The Canopy earlier had a statue of Kind George 5th, which was removed in 1968. 

Canopy's original top, with gilded Tudor Crown bearing Royal Cyphers of King George V were removed on August 12, 1958. 

In 1968, the statue of King George V was removed, kept in store briefly and then moved to Delhi's Coronation Park.




BJP first list for Punjab has 13 Sikhs, 8 Scheduled Castes


New Delhi

The BJP on Friday released the first list of its candidates for the ensuing Punjab polls.

The list, exemplifying one of the most ambitious poll campaigns for the saffron
party in Punjab in recent times, has 12 farmers, eight Schedule Castes and 13 Sikh 
candidates.

"Tickets have been given to 12 candidates who belong to farmers' families.....the list also has doctors, lawyers, sportspersons and former IAS officers," said Tarun Chugh, BJP national general secretary.


The first list released on Friday has 34 names.

Punjab will go to the polls on February 20 and not February 14 as announced earlier.

The poll panel had received several representations from the state government, political parties 
and other organizations drawing attention regarding movement of a large number of devotees from 
Punjab to Varanasi for participation in Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Jayanti celebrations, which falls
on 16th February 2022. 

Late Akali stalwart and former SGPC chief Gurucharan Singh Tohra’s grandson Kanwarveer Singh 
has been fielded from Amloh. Among others, former Punjab Minister and ex-Congress leader 
Rana Gurmit S Sodhi will be the saffron party nominee from Ferozepur. 

Sodhi won 2017 polls on Congress ticket from Ferozepur.

Similarly, in the first there is also name of former IAS officer S R Laddar, who has been fielded
as BJP nominee from Gill.

From Kapurthala, BJP nominee will be Ranjeet Khojewal, a noted Kabaddi player.

Former Congress leader and industrialist Arvind Khanna will try his electoral fortune from from Sangrur
and another former Minister Manoranjan Kalia will be BJP candidate in Jalandhar Central.

In Garshankar constituency, BJP nominee is Nimisha Mehta, also a former Congress leader.

Among others, BJP's list include - Sujanpur - Dinesh Singh Babbu,
Dinanagar(SC) - Renu Kashyap, Hargobindpur - Baljinder Singh Dakoha, 
Jalandhar West - Mahendra Pal Bhagat.
 Taran Taran- Navnit Singh Lovely and Hoshiyarpur - Dikshan sood

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