Congress chooses Ambika for Basti
New Delhi: Congress has decided to field Ambika Singh from Basti parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, a day after party nominee Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal quit the fray after being accused of sexual harassment. Basti goes to polls on May 7 and the last date for filing nominations is April 19. The announcement of the name was made by senior party leader Oscar Fernandes. Congress suffered a blow on Tuesday when Jaiswal, an MlA from Rudauli seat of Basti, said he would fight the lok Sabha polls only after charges against him were proved wrong. In his letter to party president Sonia Gandhi, Jaiswal had said that Congress Government has taken several measures for women empowerment, but unfortunately he has been accused of harassing a woman. A woman has lodged an FIR with lucknow police accusing Jaiswal of sexually harassing her.
Gadkari rubbishes tweet on Bedi
New Delhi: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday rubbished media reports, which quoted a purported tweet by him to claim that Kiran Bedi will be party’s chief ministerial candidate in the Delhi Assembly polls.“The purported tweet is the handy work of a Parody account and has got nothing to do with me or my Twitter account or the BJP. The report generated from the Parody account may please be dismissed with the contempt such misuse of the social media deserves,” he said in a statement. The tweet had said, “BJP ready for Delhi polls, Kiran Bedi will be CM candidate against Kejriwal”.
FIR against 10 for burning effigy of EC
Sambhal: An FIR has been registered against 10 people for burning an effigy of the Election Commission to protest against the poll body’s ban on rallies of SP leader Mohd Azam Khan in UP. Some youths gathered at Agenty crossing on Tuesday night and burnt the effigy of EC to register their protest, police said. An FIR in this regard was later registered at Sambhal police station against Ikram, Pappu and eight others. On April 11, the EC had banned Khan from campaigning in Uttar Pradesh and asked the authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against him. Khan had addressed an election rally at Afzalgarh in support of Moradabad’s SP candidate, ST Hasan on April 10.