Baliguda/Dharamgarh (Orissa), Apr 8 (PTI) Terming the UPA regime at the Centre as a "government of aam admi", Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi today held the then BJD-BJP coalition government in Orissa responsible for the riots in Kandhamal district. "The state government headed by our opponents not only failed to take the benefit of the Centre's welfare schemes, it also destroyed prevailing peace in Orissa," Rahul, also AICC general secretary, told an election meeting here in Kandhamal district.
Gandhi was the second national leader after BJP's Rajnath Singh to visit Kandhamal following the bloody communal violence in which at least 43 people were killed, houses burnt and churches damaged in the aftermath of the VHP leader Swami Laxamananda Saraswati's murder in August 23, 2008.
Stating that there was a time when peace prevailed in Orissa, Gandhi said the situation had changed.
"Orissa had a name for being a peaceful state in the country, but the situation has changed. They have tortured people and instigated communal clashes in the name of religion," he said. PTI
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Advani files nomination for Gadhinagar
Gandhinagar, Apr 8 (PTI) BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani today filed his nomination seeking re-election from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat.
"I have filed my nomination for the fifth time in Gandhinagar constituency. People of this constituency have voted for me in the past and I am happy that I am the party candidate for the fifth time," the 81-year-old saffron leader said after filing the nominations papers.
Advani, who was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, said "we have provided good governance and worked for the development and welfare of the people of the country whenever we came to power." Before filing his nomination, Advani offered prayers at the residence of state unit party president Purshottam Rupala where he was accompanied by his wife and daughter.
Gujarat will go to the polls on April 30.
The BJP leader first contested the elections to the seat in 1991 when he defeated G I Patel of Congress by 1.3 lakh votes.
Though Advani did not contest the elections in 1996 after his name figured in the Hawala case, former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee contested from the seat besides Lucknow and won. PTI
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Pranab hits back at Modi for calling PM weak
"Prime Ministers are not expected to be wrestlers. A Prime Minister is expected to deliver goods. For the last five years, Dr Manmohan Singh has provided leadership to a complex coalition," he told NDTV.
Addressing an election rally in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh yesterday, Modi had also referred to the bomb blasts in Assam from where the Prime Minister is elected to the Rajya Sabha, and said that the government had failed on the security front. PTI
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Rift in SP? Amar rules out quitting after making a threat
Lucknow, Apr 7 (PTI) After making a veiled threat that he may quit his party over differences with colleague Azam Khan, Samajwadi party General Secretary Amar Singh tonight ruled out his resignation asserting "everything is normal." "I can leave the world but I can't leave the party," Singh said addressing a hurriedly convened press conference here shortly after his remarks in the backdrop of what he called abuses hurled at him by Azam Khan suggested a rift in the Samajwadi party.
He said there are no differences in the party over actress- turned-politician Jayaprada being fielded from Khan's hometown in Rampur for the Lok Sabha elections.
Amar Singh and Azam Khan have been locked in an uneasy relationship ever since Khan, an influential leader in western Uttar Pradesh, has been campaigning against Jayaprada's candidature in Rampur from where she had won in 2004.
"I know where I stand. The day I feel I had enough then I will say goodbye to Mulayamji and leave the party," Amar Singh said in the strongest remarks yet on his role in the Samajwadi party earlier in the day.
But hours later Amar Singh described these comments as an "off the cuff remark" and asserted, "There is nothing wrong. Everything is normal. There are no differences." Mulayam Singh Yadav is my mentor and there is no question of rift, Singh said, adding he had strong ties with the SP supremo and that none can break it. PTI
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Gandhi was the second national leader after BJP's Rajnath Singh to visit Kandhamal following the bloody communal violence in which at least 43 people were killed, houses burnt and churches damaged in the aftermath of the VHP leader Swami Laxamananda Saraswati's murder in August 23, 2008.
Stating that there was a time when peace prevailed in Orissa, Gandhi said the situation had changed.
"Orissa had a name for being a peaceful state in the country, but the situation has changed. They have tortured people and instigated communal clashes in the name of religion," he said. PTI
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Advani files nomination for Gadhinagar
Gandhinagar, Apr 8 (PTI) BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani today filed his nomination seeking re-election from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat.
"I have filed my nomination for the fifth time in Gandhinagar constituency. People of this constituency have voted for me in the past and I am happy that I am the party candidate for the fifth time," the 81-year-old saffron leader said after filing the nominations papers.
Advani, who was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, said "we have provided good governance and worked for the development and welfare of the people of the country whenever we came to power." Before filing his nomination, Advani offered prayers at the residence of state unit party president Purshottam Rupala where he was accompanied by his wife and daughter.
Gujarat will go to the polls on April 30.
The BJP leader first contested the elections to the seat in 1991 when he defeated G I Patel of Congress by 1.3 lakh votes.
Though Advani did not contest the elections in 1996 after his name figured in the Hawala case, former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee contested from the seat besides Lucknow and won. PTI
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Pranab hits back at Modi for calling PM weak
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"Prime Ministers are not expected to be wrestlers. A Prime Minister is expected to deliver goods. For the last five years, Dr Manmohan Singh has provided leadership to a complex coalition," he told NDTV.
Addressing an election rally in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh yesterday, Modi had also referred to the bomb blasts in Assam from where the Prime Minister is elected to the Rajya Sabha, and said that the government had failed on the security front. PTI
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Rift in SP? Amar rules out quitting after making a threat
Lucknow, Apr 7 (PTI) After making a veiled threat that he may quit his party over differences with colleague Azam Khan, Samajwadi party General Secretary Amar Singh tonight ruled out his resignation asserting "everything is normal." "I can leave the world but I can't leave the party," Singh said addressing a hurriedly convened press conference here shortly after his remarks in the backdrop of what he called abuses hurled at him by Azam Khan suggested a rift in the Samajwadi party.
He said there are no differences in the party over actress- turned-politician Jayaprada being fielded from Khan's hometown in Rampur for the Lok Sabha elections.
Amar Singh and Azam Khan have been locked in an uneasy relationship ever since Khan, an influential leader in western Uttar Pradesh, has been campaigning against Jayaprada's candidature in Rampur from where she had won in 2004.
"I know where I stand. The day I feel I had enough then I will say goodbye to Mulayamji and leave the party," Amar Singh said in the strongest remarks yet on his role in the Samajwadi party earlier in the day.
But hours later Amar Singh described these comments as an "off the cuff remark" and asserted, "There is nothing wrong. Everything is normal. There are no differences." Mulayam Singh Yadav is my mentor and there is no question of rift, Singh said, adding he had strong ties with the SP supremo and that none can break it. PTI
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