STATES
MAHARASHTRA
Homage
to Indira Gandhi
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The
Congress Sevadal Incharge, Shri Janardhan Dwivedi
being honoured at the Congress Bhawan in Pune
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Pune
:
The All India Congress Committee secretary and in-charge
of the All India Congress Sevadal, Shri Janardhan Dwivedi
said, "unlike other parties, the Congress party has
never disassociated itself from its ideology of secularism,
equality and national development."
Dr.
Dwivedi was addressing the party members at the Congress
Bhawan here on November 8. He said the members of the Sevadal
here focussed on social work instead of politics in the
last 78 years, which was its basic strength.
Speaking
on the occasion, City Congress president Mohan Joshi said
that the Congress Sevadal has provided the party with efficient
activist trained to work for the good of the people. Others
who spoke included Prakash Kale, Chandrakant Dayma and Vishwas
Upase. Chandrakant Chhajed, MLA, Aminuddin Penwala, Bharat
Sawant and many members of the Sevadal from all parties
of the city were also present on the occasion. Meanwhile,
on November 19, the City Congress Sevadal organized a torch-light
rally for unity and world peace and against terrorism on
the occasion of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s birth
anniversary. The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Sevadal organizing
secretary, Shri Chandrashekahar Kapote, paid floral tributes
by garlanding the statue of Indira Gandhi. A large number
of City Congress leaders were present.
JHARKHAND
Gearing
Up for Panchayat Elections
JAMSHEDPUR
:
The Congress party is gearing up for the Panchayat and Municipal
Council elections scheduled for January in the Jharkhand
state. A spate of rallies, yatras and meetings are being
held by the East and West Singhbhoom and Saraikela Karsawa
District Congress workers, highlighting the misrule of the
State Government.
On
19 November, the DCC of East Singhbhoom organized a meeting
and chalked out a strategy for the forthcoming elections.
Exhorting the party workers, Mr. Ramesh Kumar Shukla, a
senior Congress leader urged the activists to unite at Panchyati
level. He stressed on hard work to bring victory to the
party. "Congress workers should capture maximum numbers
of seats." Mr. Shukla reminded that the Congress had
toiled hard to realise the dream of three crore people of
Jharkhand.
The
East Singhbhoom District Congress Committee president, Mr.
Ramashrya Prasad, the vice-president, Mr. Gopal Prasad,
ex-MLA, Mr. Vishnupal Gosh, Mrs. Safa Sekh, Mr. Sunial Kumar
Shukla, Mr. Nand Patel and other local leaders also spoke.
NEW
DELHI
Mahila
Cong Camp at Garhwal Bhawan
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Congress
senior leaders at one-day conference cum training
organised by New Delhi District Mahila Congress at
Garhwal Bhawan in Delhi
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NEW
DELHI :
The New Delhi District Mahila Congress organised a one-day
conference and training camp in the Capital on 5 November,
2001. The aim was to encourage women to join the Congress
party and strengthen it by their active support under the
able and dynamic leadership of the party president, Mrs.
Sonia Gandhi.
The
function was inaugurated by the senior Congress leader Mr.
R.K. Dhawan. Addressing the gathering Mr. Dhawan said that
the 33 percent reservation of women in the party hierchy
is to be realised not only in Delhi but throughout the country.
The
Delhi Chief Minister and the Chief Guest, Mrs. Sheila Dikshit
exhorted the women present at the function to speed up their
movement to fight for their rights. She repeated Mrs. Sonia
Gandhi’s promise of giving tickets to women of the grassroot
level in the forthcoming municipal elections.
The
New Delhi District Mahila Congress president, Mrs. Asha
Balodhi, declared that the NDDMC would organise such functions
and training camps at all levels throughout the year to
make women aware of their rights.
Mr.
Mani Shankar Aiyar, MP, Mrs. Tajdar Babbar, MLA and Mrs.
Motia Garg, president Delhi Mahila Congress addressed the
meeting.
