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21 Oct

Smartphone for inter pass girls, scooty for graduate girls if Congress forms govt in UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

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After promising 40 per cent tickets to women in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced on Thursday that all class 12 pass girls will be given a smartphone while all graduate girls will get an electronic scooty if her party forms a government in the state. "Yesterday I met some girl students. They said that they need smartphones for their studies and their security. I am happy that today the UP Congress has decided , with the consent of the manifesto committee, that it will provide smartphones to inter pass girls and electronic…

07 Oct

UP govt appoints retired Allahabad HC judge to probe Lakhimpur Kheri violence

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday demanded a probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court or a high court into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and said Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra, whose son is among those booked, should resign to ensure an impartial probe. Priyanka Gandhi, who had on Wednesday met the families of three of the eight people killed in the violence, told reporters here, "In my view and that of the victims' families as well, the case should be probed by a sitting Supreme Court or high court judge, and not the retired judge."…

06 Oct

Shiv Sena heaps praise on Priyanka Gandhi, says she has ‘same fire’ as her grandmother

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In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for arresting Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh recently, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that Ms. Gandhi, who was as sharp as former Prime Minister and her grandmother Indira Gandhi, did not buckle under pressure of the State Government and continued her fight. Ms. Vadra was on her way to meet the family members of farmers who died after being mowed down by a car of a Union Minister’s son in Lakhimpur Kheri. Slamming the Union Government over the killing of farmers while its celebration of ‘Amrut…

05 Oct

“If By Tomorrow…”: Navjot Sidhu Warns UP Over Priyanka Gandhi’s Arrest

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Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu warned on Tuesday that his party would march towards Lakhimpur Kheri unless Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is released and Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish is arrested over the killings of farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. “If, by tomorrow, the Union Minister’s son behind the brutal murder of Farmers is not arrested, and our leader @PriyankaGandhi being unlawfully arrested, fighting for farmers is not released, the Punjab Congress will march towards Lakhimpur Kheri,” he said in a tweet. Priyanka Gandhi was detained by Uttar Pradesh Police for alleged violation of section 144 on…

04 Oct

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sweeps room in detention as mark of protest against Lakhimpur Kheri violence

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen cleaning the PAC Guest House in Sitapur, where she has been detained while going to meet the victims of the violence that erupted during a farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri. In a video posted on Twitter by NSUI national president Neeraj Kundan on October 4, the Congress leader was sweeping the room with a broom in hand. She is observing fast, he said. At least nine people were killed as violence erupted during a farmers' protest, claiming the lives of farmers, BJP workers and a journalist ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur…

04 Oct

Priyanka is a strong woman, won’t get intimidated by Govt’s suppression: Robert Vadra

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Businessman Robert Vadra on Monday said that Congress Uttar Pradesh General Secretary and his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should have been allowed to meet families of the victims of Lakhimpur violence. Priyanka was stopped by police officials while she was on her way to Lakhimpur to meet victim families. Robert Vadra said Priyanka is a strong woman and she won't get intimidated like this. Robert Vadra said Priyanka had called informed her that she will definitely go to meet people in Lakhimpur Kher. Priyanka was going to meet victim families and police officials stopped her when they didn't have the warrant.…