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States
Arunachal
Pradesh
Protest
Rallies in Hyderabad
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A
view of the massive bullock cart rally led Mr. Anjan
Kumar Yadav, City Congress president, in Hyderabad.
Also seen on the cart are the APCC president, M. Satyanarayan
Rao, AICC secretary, V. Hanumantha Rao.
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HYDERABAD
: The Hyderabad City Congress
Committee organised agitations against the utterances of
Ms. Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu against the
Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, here from 29 August
to 31 August.
The agitation was organised at Koti, Musheerabad
and various parts of the twin cities. On 30 August, protest
dharnas were organised at Himayatnagar, Amberpet, Kachiguda
and other places and effigies of Tamilnadu Chief Minister
were burnt; on 31 August, they took out protest rallies,
and organised Rasta Roko at Malakpet; on 3 August, massive
bullock cart rally was organised in protest against the
abnormal hike in the prices of petrol and diesel; on 8 August,
they staged a dharna in front of Gandhi statue, Secunderabad
protesting the anti-people rule of both the TDP Government
in the state and NDA Government at the Centre; on 16 August,
they staged dharna against the irregularities in allotting
the LPG Agencies and petrol pump scam at Koti Cross Roads
in the City and on 28 August, a mammoth rally and dharna
were organised at the historic Charminar strongly protesting
the food for work scam.
Rice
Scam : PCC Seeks Governor’s Intervention
HYDERABAD
: The Congress Party lodged a
protest complaint against the alleged misuse of food-for-work
rice with the active support and involvement of Telegu Desam
leaders. Congress leaders went in a delegation to Raj Bhavan
to seek the Governor’s intervention to put an end to what
they called the ‘loot’ of the rice made available by the
Central Government for the poor in the drought-hit areas.
The Congress delegation
to the Governor, led by the CWC member, Smt. B. Sarojini
Pulla Reddy, and the CLP leader, Shri Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy,
submitted a memorandum listing instances of misappropriation
of the rice.
Speaking on behalf of the Congress team,
Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy sought to impress upon the Governor
that the rice scam in the State was more serious than the
fodder scam and the defence deals, warranting a CBI inquiry.
"We have come to you as the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu
Naidu, has not responded to numerous reports and complaints
with an unassailable evidence," Dr. Reddy told the
Governor. The Governor, C. Rangarajan, gave a patient hearing
and assured them that he would look into the representation.
Chhatisgarh
Anti-Centre
Rally
RAIPUR
: The Chhattisgarh Youth Congress
organized a massive rally here on 10 June opposing the Centre’s
attitude towards the State and recommended a five-point
charter. The rally was led by the Pradesh Youth Congress
president and Yuvraj Deovrat Singh. Nand Kumar Patel, Ravindra
Choubey, Ramchandra Singhdeo, Satyanarayan Sharma, Tarun
Chatterjee, Basaruddin Querishi and around 15,000 youth
Congress activists from all over the State participated.
The demands raised in the five-point charter
are probe into the Rs. 370 crore Manganese ore scam of the
Bhilai Steel Plant by the Central Parliamentary Committee;
to expose BJP leaders and Central Ministers involved in
this scam; to give special status to the State of Chhattisgarh;
to rollback the prices hiked on petroleum products, and
to set-up a Railway Selection Board in Chhattisgarh.
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