Congress' former Uttar Pradesh President Raj Babbar has penned a highly emotional letter to his successor Ajay Kumar Lallu. In the two-page letter, he has congratulated Ajay Kumar Lallu and also the new Congress legislature party leader Aradhana Misra on their new responsibility.
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President and Rajya Sabha MP Raj Babbar said on Wednesday that the people have begun to see through the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) game and the party will pay for its sins in the upcoming elections.
The Samajwadi Party, which regularly hosted Iftar parties, has given it a miss this time. In fact, whenever the party was in power, there would be two Iftars - one hosted by SP Chief Minister and the other by the party.
Out of total 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, Congress managed to bag only the Rae Bareli parliamentary seat of Sonia Gandhi.
Uttar Pradesh Congress president Raj Babbar and another actor-turned-politician Hema Malini are among the candidates whose fate will be decided in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state on Thursday.
“If any secular party competent to fight the BJP, willing to go with us, we will accommodate them,” the Congress general secretary said.
The Congress leader said that grievances of Naxals should be addressed as the "movement" started for the rights of people.
Congress leader Raj Babbar compares naxals with revolutionaries, triggers controversy
“PM Modi has now forgotten to mention his pet schemes like Make In India, Skill India and others because all such efforts have been a big failure. Even a mattress is ordered from China for PM Modi's event,” said Raj Babbar.
According to sources, Congress is likely to choose a new president between Jitin Prasad, Rajesh Mishra and Laliteshpati Tripathi.
The engagement will be held on January 22 and will be a close-knit affair, held in Lucknow.
Congress leader Raj Babbar claimed that “traders and businessmen are not happy with the kinds of economic reforms brought by the BJP”.
Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched by a mob in Bisara village of Dadri for alleged cow slaughter and consuming beef at his residence on September 28, 2015.
The Congress vision document, Haq Purti Patra, lays emphasis on "empowering local bodies through constitutional amendments".
The Congress said 175 children have died in the Gorakhpur hospital in October itself.
Raj Babbar on Wednesday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would be reviewed once party vice-president Rahul Gandhi became the prime minister and that it would not exceed 18 per cent.
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