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Delhi
Economy
in A Mess : Ahmed Patel
NEW DELHI : The
country was under the grip of large-scale unemployment and
poverty due to directionless economic policies of the BJP-led
Union Government, the senior Congress leader and in-charge
of Delhi, Ahmed Patel, said here on June 22.
Addressing
a Block level convention of Congress workers at Sultanpuri
in North West Delhi, Shri Patel said the economy of the
country was in dire straits today mainly because of the
mad-rush for privatization by the BJP-led Union Government
and its policies of foreign capital investment.
Shri
Patel asked the party workers to launch a mass campaign
to expose the BJP-led Government and appraise the voters
about the consequences if the party came to power in Delhi
after the forthcoming Assembly elections due in November.
Reiterating
the stand that his party would seek the mandate during the
Assembly polls on the basis of all-round development of
the Capital during four-and-half year’s rule of the Sheila
Dikshit Government, the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
(DPCC) president, Choudhary Prem Singh alleged that none
of the seven BJP members of Parliament had ever raised people’s
issues in the House. "Had they been genuinely concerned
about the well-being of the people, they would have taken
up the matters concerning Delhi with the Union Government,
be it regularization of unauthorized colonies or relocation
of slum clusters," he claimed.
"As
per their political strategy, BJP leaders are persuading
the Delhi Development Authority to root out poor slum dwellers
just before the election," he alleged. The All India
Congress Committee (AICC) secretary, Jaikishan said it has
been the habit of the BJP and its associate organizations
to exploit the sentiments of people sometimes in the name
of religion and sometimes in the name of caste and community.
The AICC secretary, Shri Anil Shastri; senior party leader
of the Delhi unit, Shri Jagdish Tytler; Delhi Mayor Shri
Ashok K. Jain; the Leader of House in Municipal Corporation
of Delhi, Shri Ram Babu Sharma and the Delhi Pradesh Youth
Congress president, Shri Rajesh Lilothia, also spoke on
the occasion.
Richpal
Mirdha and others Join Congress
NEW DELHI : Shri
Richpal Mirdha, MLA (Independent) from Degana, District
Nagaur, Rajasthan, nephew of late Shri Nathuram Mirdha and
Dr. Hari Singh (ex-MP) from Sicar, three times MLA from
Phulera district Jaipur joined the Congress. He was also
minister in Rajasthan government and NCP president. They
have joined the Congress party unconditionally alongwith
hundreds of their supporters and have expressed their desire
to work tirelessly for victory in the coming Assembly election
in Rajasthan. While expressing full faith and confidence
in the dynamic leadership of the Congress President, Smt.
Sonia Gandhi, Smt. Ambika Soni, general secretary, AICC,
said in a press release on June 17, 2003.
Bhagatram
Manhar’s Death Condoled
NEW DELHI : The
Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, has condoled the
death of Shri Bhagatram Manhar, Member of Parliament (Rajya
Sabha) from Chhattisgarh and Treasurer of the Congress Parliamentary
Party. He was a former Lok Sabha MP and a senior leader
of the Congress Party in Chhattisgarh. He was Convenor of
the SC/ST Cell of Madhya Pradesh.
On
behalf of the Congress President, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Shri
Motilal Vora, Shri Oscar Fernandes and Shri Vishwabandhu
Gupta, laid wreaths. Shri Manhar was sixty-five years old
and is survived by his wife, son and daughter
