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Why not JPC in Hindenburg Adani row, asks Congress after Centre response in SC

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New Delhi: In wake of the Centre telling the Supreme Court that the government has no objections on committee to probe the matter in wake of the Adani-Hindenburg Group episode, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday questioned the government on why it was not agreeing to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC).
“Today in Supreme Court Solicitor General said Govt has no objection to a commitee to examine the Hindenburg report on Adani. Then why the stubborn refusal to a JPC which will anyway be dominated by BJP & its allies? But will the proposed committee investigate Hindenburg or Adani?” he said.
Various opposition parties have been demanding a JPC to examine the whole issue as they alleged that many PSBs and LIC have lost money.
The Central government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the existing structure, which includes the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and others agencies, are fully equipped to handle the situation which occurred after Hindenburg report on Adani group, and it would not oppose the court’s suggestion to constitute a committee to strengthen the existing regime.
It stressed that the court could permit it to suggest the remit of that committee with possible suggestions of names of the committee.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 13, 2023
Conservatives gloat as Congress starts off with little to show

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It’s a preview of the long slog that Washington expects during divided government. But the limping pace is also a textbook example of the strategy some Republicans hope to execute for the next two years, running out the clock on Biden’s presidency and betting on beating him in 2024.
Summing up the view of many conservatives, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said: “Every day Senate Democrats are not destroying America is a good day.”’
House conservatives extracted myriad concessions from Speaker Kevin McCarthy, winning historic sway over key levers of Congress — including the panel that sets the chamber’s floor votes. Even in the Senate, the GOP’s right flank is celebrating the sleepy six weeks since being sworn in on Jan. 3 and mounting its first-ever challenge to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Congress will assuredly have to clear legislation this year to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government. Yet there are few signs of anything else making its way to Biden’s desk. The Senate spent its first three weeks in recess, and then a long GOP internal fight over committee assignments delayed Senate organization for another two weeks.
“I actually appreciate this go-slow approach,” said Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), who said the country needs a “breather” after the past two years. “It’s time to slow down.”
Over in the House, McCarthy’s bruising fight for the speakership gave way to a “honeymoon” period, as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) cheekily put it. While the party then moved quickly to pass a series of bills — including two on abortion and one that aimed to rescind new IRS funding — those proposals will serve little purpose beyond political messaging, since they won’t survive the Democrat-controlled Senate or the president’s veto.
It’s not all sunshine for Republican leaders, who had to pull other pieces of legislation favored by conservatives. That included two police bills, one that aimed to “hold prosecutors accountable” and another that expressed support for law enforcement.
Yet their swift passage of legislation that has little chance of becoming law is allowing the narrow House majority to divide Democrats on issues like autonomy from Congress for the D.C. government, as well as to ding Senate Democrats — who one month ago watched McCarthy fight for his political life and are just now ramping up their pace.

“We’re crashing through. We’ve passed a lot of our priorities. We split the Democrats on many of these votes,” said Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), head of the House GOP campaign arm. “What matters is: Are we going to be able to get our spending bills done? And I’m hopeful that we’ll see some activity over there on their side.”
The tables could always quickly turn, particularly when the debt-ceiling negotiations ramp up this summer, given the possibility that centrist Republicans could team with Democrats to ice out the right.
For now, though, both Senate and House conservatives are emboldened. That looks different depending on the chamber you look at: 10 Republican senators opposed McConnell’s election as GOP leader, and challenger Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is among those still battling with the Kentuckian, accusing him of using panel assignments as retribution (“Of course, he tossed me off the committee, because I ran against him,” Scott said of the Commerce Committee).
In the House, McCarthy won over much of his opposition after a bruising speaker fight, leading to praise from unusual corners like Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), who said that “Kevin has kept his promises” to the right.
The House’s comparatively rapid pace, for now, is no surprise given the procedural constraints in the Senate. But at some point, roughly 18 months from now, upper-chamber Democrats will run out of floor time before the election and perhaps regret that they didn’t jump in more quickly.
That’s in part due to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to start the year on a three-week recess. Following that break, the chamber’s Democrats contend that Republicans intentionally slowed committee organization during an internal fight over where senators like Rick Scott and a new crop of GOP freshmen would end up.
Schumer says at least having a 51-49 majority will allow them to evade some GOP roadblocks.
“Republicans want to slow-walk because they can’t stand that the Democrats are in the majority,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the Senate Banking Committee chair. “It’s always a slow start. But this has been worse.”
McCarthy seemed to enjoy watching Democrats across the building, remarking last month: “Is the Senate even in this week? What did they do this week? Oh, yeah, they haven’t been in.”
The last Senate started at a similarly glacial pace, with McConnell delaying an organizing resolution and the chamber forced to immediately take up an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump after Democrats took slim control of the chamber. But Schumer pivoted quickly to a Covid aid package, kicking off a historical period of legislating between an evenly divided Senate and a small House Democratic majority.
In a split government, any legislative goals will have to be more circumspect. Schumer is looking to bring a modest tax treaty with Chile to the Senate floor soon, along with repeal of the authorization for use of military force that cleared the way for the George W. Bush-era invasion of Iraq.
And while House Republicans joked that gridlock is good when there is a Democratic president in office, some were also optimistic about bipartisan goals, even with the 2024 presidential election looming.
“You can get big things done when you can share the blame,” said Hudson, pointing to the debt ceiling.
In the immediate term, Democrats are shifting their focus to what can be done unilaterally.
Senate Democrats just confirmed their first judge of this Congress, and Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who chairs the chamber’s Judiciary Committee, said the party is “ready to roll” on dozens more.
“We want to get moving,” said Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), the No. 3 Democrat.
But even then, a single Republican can slow down Circuit Court nominees for up to 30 hours — a gambit that adds up over time. It’s just one more example of why the right isn’t exactly upset about the halting start.
“From their perspective, yes,” it’s a problem, said Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, the No. 4 GOP leader and a more conservative member of party leadership. “From our perspective, it’s been great.”
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February 13, 2023
Telangana: Revanth asks SCCL employees to elect Congress

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Hyderabad: Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy has urged employees of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) to vote for Congress in regaining power so that their problems can be resolved.
He asked SCCL personnel and the general public to beg individuals who have been shouting from the rooftops that they have battled for and obtained a separate state for Telangana to stand down for a moment.
The Congress leader stated that once Congress takes power in the state, all of the problems that the SCCL employees were experiencing would be resolved. While on his Haath Se Haath Jodo Padayatra, he told SCCL employees in Yellendu Mandal in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district that the Congress was opposed to the privatisation of the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.
Revanth stated that the state government was exploiting employees by outsourcing them rather than hiring them full-time. He recalled SCCL employees playing an important part in the foundation of Telangana state. “However, the BRS government had sacked 30,000 employees over a period of time,” he said.
The TPCC leader stated that Congress battled against SCCL privatisation in Parliament. He said that SCCL owed GENCO Rs 12,000 crore but was unable to pay even employee salaries.
Revanth argued that the primary issue with the SSCL was its current chairman and managing director, N Sridhar. He questioned how the government could keep a managing director who had a criminal record in that position.
He claimed that when Congress took office in 10 months, one of the first documents it would sign was a request for an investigation into SCCL’s irregularities and the imprisonment of those responsible. He insisted that the SCCL start underground mining in order to create jobs.

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February 12, 2023
Congress faces Telangana polls with its back to the wall

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Hyderabad: With a few months to go for Assembly elections in Telangana, the Congress faces an acid test to remain relevant in the state politics as the BJP is making every effort to become the principal contestant to ruling BRS while in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh the chances of a revival of grand old partys fortunes remained bleak.
More than eight years after formation of Telangana as a separate state, the Congress party still appears clueless to regain the lost ground in its former stronghold.
Reeling under defections of several leaders and legislators during the last eight-and-a-half years and humiliating defeats in by-elections, the party looks to be in disarray. Infighting and lack of any charismatic figure have added to the woes of the grand old party.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi brought some enthusiasm to lift the spirit of demoralized cadre and the state Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy is trying to keep the momentum with ongoing padyatra as part of Hath Se Hath Jodo campaign, the party faces the acid test.
The Congress, which was hoping to reap the political benefit of carving out Telangana state in 2014, may find the going tough in the third consecutive election.
The party faces the biggest challenge to its survival as the BJP appears to have occupied the space of principal contestant for ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
In both 2014 and 2018, the Congress party was the main rival for BRS but this time the party may face the next polls even without this status.
Political observers say that in the narrative of BRS versus BJP built by the saffron party, Congress party may face the going tough.

“It will be now or never for the Congress party in Telangana. To stay afloat in state politics, it will have to at least emerge as the second largest party in the Assembly,” said political observer Palwai Raghavendra Reddy.
“Wherever the Congress party lost the status of opposition, it never made a comeback. There are many examples like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal,” he said.
In 2014, the Congress won 22 seats in 119-member Telangana Assembly, while it was completely wiped out in Andhra Pradesh due to the public anger over bifurcation. In Telangana, several party leaders including legislators defected to TRS.
In 2018 Congress faced another disaster. It could win just 19 seats, though it had forged an electoral alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Left parties and some smaller parties.
Even before Congress could gear up for Lok Sabha elections in 2019, it had lost as many as 12 MLAs to the ruling party. Though the party salvaged some pride by winning three Lok Sabha seats, with the reduced strength in Assembly it lost the status of main opposition to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), a friendly party of TRS.
The party suffered a huge embarrassment a few months after Lok Sabha as it failed to retain Huzurnagar Assembly seat, where by-election was necessitated with the resignation of Uttam Kumar Reddy following his election to Lok Sabha.
The BJP wrested the Dubbak Assembly seat from the TRS in 2020 by-election to consolidate itself. The saffron party, which hardly had any presence in the constituency, pushed Congress party to third position.
The Congress suffered another humiliation the same year as it could win just two seats in 150-member Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
The party was pinning its hopes on by-election to Nagarjuna Sagar to revive its fortunes in the state. Its senior leader and former minister K. Jana Reddy lost the contest by over 18,000 votes to the TRS candidate.
The appointment of Revanth Reddy as the new state president by the central leadership in 2021 after ignoring several seniors and strong contenders triggered open revolt by a section of leaders, who saw Revanth as an outsider as he had defected to Congress from TDP just before 2018 elections.
The change of guard also could not bring any change in the party’s fortunes. Several seniors started openly attacking Revanth Reddy for sidelining them.
In the Huzurabad by-election held towards the end of 2021, the performance of the Congress was disastrous. Its candidate secured only 3,012 votes and lost the deposit. It was a big slump for the party, which had secured 47,803 votes in 2018 to finish runners-up.
The resignation of sitting MLA from Munugode constituency Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy and his defection to BJP to force by-election late last year dealt another blow to Congress party. It faced more embarrassment with its candidate finishing a poor third and forfeiting the deposit.
Rajagopal Reddy’s brother and Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, the star campaigner of Congress party, also stayed away from campaigning in Munugode, further embarrassing the party.
The continuing slide raised new questions on the leadership of Revanth Reddy, whose style of functioning also irked some seniors. Recently when he packed the party panels with his loyalists, the senior raised a banner of revolt and launched a movement to save the party. They called it a fight between real Congress leaders and migrants from other parties.
The allegation by seniors that AICC incharge Manickam Tagore is siding Revanth Reddy forced the central leadership to intervene and replace him with Manikrao Thakare.
The new incharge last began his efforts to put the house in order. It’s not going to be an easy task for Manikrao.
In neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the prospects for the Congress party for revival of its political fortunes look really bleak.
Due to public anger over division of Andhra Pradesh, the party remained without any representation either in state Assembly or in Parliament from the state. It has yielded the political space to YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), which emerged as the number two force in 2014 and wrested power from TDP in 2019.
With many top Congress leaders defecting to either YSRCP or TDP after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the Congress camp became deserted..
In the 2014 elections, Congress was virtually wiped out due to public anger over bifurcation of the state. It drew a blank in both Assembly and Lok Sabha and there was no improvement in 2019.
“People of Andhra Pradesh are still reeling under the after-effects of bifurcation, and it is evident the people there blame the Congress for this situation. The state politics has become more or less YSRCP versus TDP battle and in the foreseeable future, Congress appears to have no chance of making a comeback,” said an analyst.
That the Congress party recognized this reality was evident when Bharat Jodo Yatra covered less than 100 km in the state.
During the Yatra, in Andhra Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi reiterated that the Congress party remains committed to grant special category status to the state and develop a single capital at Amaravati.
Special Category Status (SCS) to the residuary state was promised by the Congress-led UPA government at the time of bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh in 2014 and this commitment was part of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014.
However, the BJP-led NDA, which came to power at the Centre in 2014, declined to grant SCS to Andhra Pradesh on the ground that this would lead to similar demands from other states. Both TDP and YSRCP also failed to achieve SCS.
In a statement issued at the end of the journey in Andhra Pradesh, he recalled the commitment made in and by the Parliament to the people of Andhra Pradesh. “We are determined to ensure that these commitments are met -fully and speedily. Both the central and state governments have failed in this regard,” he said.
Rahul Gandhi noted that the Congress party is aware of the challenges it faced in Andhra Pradesh. “The state has been a bastion of the Congress party in the past, and has produced outstanding statesmen for India. We are determined to do all we can to ensure that the Congress party returns to its pre-eminent position in the hearts and minds of the Andhra people,” he said.
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February 12, 2023
Delhi excise policy case: YSR Congress MP’s son sent to 10-day ED custody

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New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday sent YSR Congress Party MP c to 10-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in connection with the Delhi excise policy 2021-22 case.
Earlier on Saturday, the ED had arrested Raghav, which was the third arrest made by the central probe agency in the last three days in connection with the case.
According to the ED, Raghav is a key person in the conspiracy of cartelisation and kickbacks hatched along with various persons in the Delhi excise policy case.
The ED had also arrested Punjab-based businessman Gautam Malhotra and Rajesh Joshi, an aide of Aam Aadmi Party communication in-charge Vijay Nair.
It was alleged that Joshi got money from Nair for the Goa Assembly elections. The money was proceeds of crime generated through the excise policy case, the ED said.
Their interrogation led to the arrest of Magunta.
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February 11, 2023
Congress, JD(S) supporters of Tipu, Karnataka safe only under BJP, says Amit Shah

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Dakshina Kannada: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and the JD(S), stating that both the opposition parties in Karnataka are supporters of Tipu Sultan (erstwhile ruler of Mysuru).
Shah, who is also the Union Co-operation Minister, was addressing a large gathering after inaugurating the golden jubilee celebrations of Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative Limited (Campko) at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district.
“You must decide whether you should vote for the JD(S) and the Congress which are supporters of Tipu Sultan, or your votes should go to the believers of Rani Abbakka (local queen who fought the Portuguese),” he said.
Shah said that only the BJP can work for the development of Karnataka, something the JD(S) or the Congress can never do.
“The Congress had released 1,700 workers of the Popular Front of India (PFI), while Prime Minister Narendra Modi has banned the outfit. Congress’ appeasement policies have damaged national integration and security,” Shah stated.
He added that only the BJP under the able leadership of Prime Minister Modi can keep the state safe.
“PM Modi has put an end to terrorism and Naxalism. The Congress and the JD(S) had claimed that there will be a bloodbath if Article 370 was withdrawn from Kashmir. But PM Modi’s government ensured that no one dared to carry out a single act of violence,” the Home Minister said.
Praising the culture of the region, Shah said that he has watched the film ‘Kantara’ and he also knows the director.

“The movie showcases the rich culture and tradition of the Mangaluru region,” he said.
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February 11, 2023
Erode East bypoll: Kamal Haasan to campaign for Congress candidate

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Chennai: South Indian film superstar and MNM founder President Kamal Haasan will be campaigning for Congress’ Erode East Assembly bypoll candidate E.V.K.S. Elangovan on February 19.
He has already announced his support for the DMK-led alliance candidate.
Kamal Haasan had met Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo yatra in New Delhi and had walked with him for a few kilometers on an invitation from the Congress.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, MNM candidate A.M.R. Rajkumar received 10,005 votes and the support extended by the MNM could be crucial for Elangovan in the February 27 bypoll.
Kamal Haasan is a crowd puller and his campaign on February 19 for the Congress candidate could help the party candidate.
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February 11, 2023
Congress poses series of questions to govt on Adani issue

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New Delhi: The Congress asked the government on Saturday if it is prudent from a national security perspective for a firm facing serious accusations of money laundering to be allowed to dominate a strategic sector like ports.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, in his series of “Hum Adanike Hain Kaun” questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said these queries relate to industrialist Gautam Adani’s rapidly expanding monopoly in the ports sector.
“Even though it is a Saturday here is HAHK (Hum Adanike Hain Kaun)-7. ‘Chuppi Todiye Pradhan Mantriji’,” Ramesh wrote on Twitter.
He said the Adani Group controls 13 ports and terminals that represent 30 percent of India’s ports capacity and 40 percent of the total container volume. “It is no surprise that this growth trajectory has accelerated since 2014,” the former Union minister added.
He said in addition to the Mundra port in Gujarat, recent acquisitions of the business group include the Dhamra port in Odisha (2015), the Kattupalli port in Tamil Nadu (2018), the Krishnapatnam (2020) and Gangavaram (2021) ports in Andhra Pradesh and the Dighi port in Maharashtra (2021).
“There is a clear strategy at work: Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha account for 93 percent of the overseas cargo traffic from India’s ‘non-major ports’. Krishnapatnam and Gangavaram are the largest private ports in the south. The Adani Group has declared its goal as expanding its market share to 40 percent by 2025 and is attempting to acquire even more ports.
“Do you intend to oversee the takeover of every significant private port by your favourite business group or is there any space for other private firms that wish to invest?
“Is it prudent from a national security perspective for a firm that faces serious accusations of money laundering and round-tripping by offshore shell companies to be permitted to dominate a strategic sector like ports,” the Congress leader asked.

He alleged that as with airports, the BJP-led government has facilitated an Adani monopoly in the ports sector too, using all the means at its disposal.
Alleging that ports that enjoy government concessions have been sold to the Adani Group without any bidding, and where bidding was allowed, the competitors “miraculously vanished” from the process, Ramesh said, “Income Tax raids appear to have helped ‘convince’ the previous owner of the Krishnapatnam port to sell it to the Adani Group.
“Is it true that In 2021, the public sector Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust was bidding for the Dighi port in Maharashtra in competition with Adani but was forced to withdraw its winning bid after the ministries of shipping and finance changed their mind about supporting its bid?” he asked.
The Congress leader said generally, port concessions are negotiated with the special purpose vehicle for each port to segregate risks and protect assets, yet many of these ports are now part of a single listed entity — Adani Ports and SEZ.
“Has this transfer of assets been done in violation of the Model Concession Agreement for ports? Have the concession agreements been changed to accommodate Adani’s commercial interests?” he asked.
The Congress has been posing questions to the government on the Adani issue ever since a report of US-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research levelled allegations of financial irregularities against the business group, leading to a meltdown of its stocks on exchanges.
The opposition party has also been demanding a joint parliamentary committee probe into the issue.
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February 11, 2023
Naxal incidents have increased in Chhattisgarh under Congress rule, says Nadda

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Jagdalpur: Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda on Saturday condemned the recent killings of BJP leaders in Chhattisgarh and claimed that Naxal incidents have increased in the state since the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government came to power.
He was speaking at an event here, a day after suspected Naxalites shot dead BJP leader and village head Sagar Sahu in Narayanpur district. On February 6, the party’s Awapalli Mandal chief Neelkanth Kakem was killed by Naxalites.
“Is it not a fact that Naxalite attacks have increased since Bhupesh Baghel’s government came to power? It exposes the administration here. When Raman Singh (BJP) was in power, there was peace here and the problem of law and order did not exist,” said Nadda.
Baghel took charge as the CM in December 2018. Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are expected to be held by the end of this year.
“I want to tell the families of the fallen brave soldiers of BJP that your sons are not alone in this fight, the entire 18 crore people of the party are with you,” said the national president of the saffron party.
He called the Congress a synonym for “failure”. It is the policy of the Congress to stall, block and divert work, he said. “On the contrary, we are made for development. They (Congress) block development and their aim is to divide and rule,” he alleged.
About the tribal-dominated Bastar, Nadda said, “I remember late Rajiv Gandhi (of Congress) and his family used to come here (Bastar) for picnics. When it was very hot there, he used to come here to enjoy the coolness of the forest. When Raman Singh’s government came to power, development took place in Bastar.”
As per the National Crime Records Bureau, Nadda said, Chhattisgarh “ranks seventh in terms of rape, fifth in dacoity and second in suicides”. The state is in the “second spot” related to narcotics and third in terms of murder cases, he said.

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has seen significant development and its reputation has grown globally, said Nadda. “Around 1,200 students from Chhattisgarh were stranded in Ukraine. Modi talked to Putin and Zelenskyy, got the war stopped and 32,000 children of the country safely returned to India. This is the picture of a changing India,” Nadda said.
Exhorting people to vote for the BJP in the state, Nadda said his party has the power and strength to fight the Naxalites.
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February 11, 2023
Formula E should happen in outskirts, not in middle of Hyderabad: Congress

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Hyderabad: Telangana NSUI president Venkat Balamoor along with leaders of the Congress party on Saturday protested against the manner in which the state government has organised the Formula E races in the middle of the city.
They expressed dissatisfaction by holding placards and sloganeering in front of the Khairatabad signal.
“For the promotion of the new secretariat building chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and minister K T Rama Rao are creating issues for the public,” said the NSUI president.
Venkat said that the government’s priority should be to take good decisions for farmers and create employment opportunities for the youth rather than such races.
“F1 races should be held in the outskirts of the city, not right in the middle of the city, subjecting the people to grapple with the traffic. In future, we will stop any such races from being conducted in the centre of the city” said Venkat.
Former Telangana Youth Congress Leader Anil Kumar Yadav, Telangana State NSUI general secretary Lalith Yadav, Ritish Rao, National Coordinator Ajay, Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Kundan, Ranjit, Nandu, Dikshith, Pavan among others were present for the protest on Saturday.
Traffic diversions and road blockages were implemented in the city to facilitate the Formula E race and the movement of MLAs taking part in the Assembly sessions.

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February 11, 2023