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The second list of candidates for Uttar Pradesh repealed by the BJP includesthe name of Aditi Singh from the prestigious seat of Rae Bareli assembly.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