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Parliament logjam to continue until JPC set up to probe Adani issue: AAP

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March 16, 2023

Parliament will continue to witness logjams and the opposition will carry on its protest until a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) is set up to probe alleged irregularities by the Adani Group, the Aam Aadmi Party said on Thursday. At a press conference at the party headquarters, AAP Rajya Sabha MP and spokesperson Sanjay Singh alleged a nexus between Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asserted that the Opposition will not spare those “who looted the country’s assets worth lakhs and crores of rupees”. “Right now our issue is: ‘Modi-Adani bhai bhai, desh bech ker khayee malai’ (Modi and Adani are selling the country’s assets for their own benefit). The prime minister should give a reply on this.

“To divert attention from this, cases are being filed against everyone and raids being conducted…. Modi ji’s action has become a comedy circus now,” Singh told reporters when asked about the CBI lodging a fresh case against jailed AAP leader Manish Sisodia.

The CBI has booked Sisodia in a fresh case related to alleged misuse of official position and using the city government’s Feedback Unit for “political snooping”. The probe agency registered the case against Sisodia and five others on Tuesday for alleged criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and forgery and under provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said on Thursday.

“Hang us, Modi ji, if you want…. But we will not spare those who looted Bharat Mata’s assets worth lakhs and crores of rupees. The fight has begun. You will have to set up a JPC,” the AAP leader said.

“The logjam in Parliament will continue. Demonstrations, rallies, protests, public meetings will be organised across the country against you every day to tell people that you and Adani looted Bharat Mata’s assets,” Singh added, targeting the prime minister. A major political controversy erupted after Adani Group stocks took a beating on the bourses after US-based short seller Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, including fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation.

The Gautam Adani-led group has dismissed the charges as lies, saying it complies with all laws and disclosure requirements.

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Former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy meets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee amid ruckus over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

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March 24, 2023

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Amid strong wave of criticism by all the opposition against Congress President Rahul Gandhi‘s disqualification as MP, JDS Chief & former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy held meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence on Friday.In the backdrop of Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as MP, Banerjee and Kumaraswamy have reportedly discussed about the role of BJP against the opposition parties and about the present political situation in the country, people in the know said.

“The coming election in Karnataka has also been discussed by the two leaders apart from the present political situation in the country,” sources said.

Amid strong “Third Front” buzz, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Naveen Pattanaik in Odisha on Thursday. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had met Banerjee last Friday at her residence. Banerjee had held discussions. about strategies for the coming Lok Sabha polls and alliance of regional parties.Yadav has said that the regional parties are trying to create an alliance or Front and Banerjee is working towards it. Telangana Chief Minister KCR and the Bihar chief minister are also proactive about the alliance of regional parties, Yadav stated.

The meetings with non-Congress, non-BJP leaders are said to be part of the Trinamool’s efforts to ensure an “opposition unity with regional powers”.

“Mamata Banerjee will connect with various like-minded regional parties nationally, who are capable of fighting BJP in their own states,” Trinamool sources said.

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‘Talk about Rajneeti, not Parineeti…’: AAP leader Raghav Chadha on dating rumours with Bollywood actress

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March 24, 2023

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Congress top brass meets after Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

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March 24, 2023

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The Congress‘ top brass, including party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi, met on Friday to deliberate on the party’s strategy going forward after Rahul Gandhi‘s disqualification from Lok Sabha. A meeting was already scheduled for Friday evening but after Rahul Gandhi’s conviction, top leaders assembled at 6 pm at the party headquarters with his disqualification being top of the agenda. Besides Kharge and Sonia Gandhi, Congress general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Rajiv Shukla and Tariq Anwar, senior leaders P Chidambaram, Anand Sharma, Ambika Soni, Mukul Wasnik, Salman Khurshid and Pawan Kumar Bansal, among others, were also present at the meeting.

Sources said Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification and party’s strategy and plans for agitations were top of the agenda at the meeting.

Rahul Gandhi was on Friday disqualified from Lok Sabha following his conviction by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case, an action the party termed an attempt to “silence” his voice as it vowed to fight the battle legally and politically.

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