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Monday, 3 January 2022

Why do candidates spend plenty of money even in Gram Pradhan polls ?

If anecdotal evidence is anything to go by, what is the reason that candidates are spending enormous amounts of money to win elections for Gram Pradhan? Does it have anything to do with the scope of corruption in rural areas? This angle will have to be examined while policies are being made. The poor, under privileged and weak are hardest hit by such things.
Vijay Kumar
Congratulations to CRB
Heartiest congratulations on your elevation as CRB, the biggest railways of the world.
CA R C Agrawal, Civil Lines, Prayagraj

Saturday, 1 January 2022

And Rahul wants his party to throw out BJP !

With few months to Assembly polls in five states, former Congress president and MP Rahul Gandhi has again flown abroad on Wednesday morning on "a personal visit". Only recently, ahead of the winter session of Parliament, he had travelled abroad for almost a month and returned just a day before the commencement of the session. Rahul's visit abroad comes at a time when political parties are pacing up their campaigning for the upcoming polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, which are due next year. Rahul himself was scheduled to address a party rally in Moga district of Punjab on January 3 to kick start campaigning in the state. However, now it may be postponed. With a delay in campaigning, it could seemingly impact the party's vote bank in the state and bring down chances of the party retaining power.
Paraj Saxena