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  • Telangana: Doctors body slams Harish Rao for inaction on RMPs conducting illegal abortions

    Telangana: Doctors body slams Harish Rao for inaction on RMPs conducting illegal abortions

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    Centre urged KCR to instal meters for agri borewells: Harish Rao

    Hyderabad: The Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA) on Thursday slammed Telangana health minister T Harish Rao for ‘restricting’ authorities from taking action against Rural Medical Practitioners (RMP) in the state.

    The Doctors’ body cited a news article on illegal abortions being held in a Sanjeevini hospital in the Suryapet district. According to local media reports, the hospital was seized and an investigation was called for by the authorities into the business of illegal abortions and determining the gender of the unborn fetus, which is illegal in India.

    “Quacks (misnomer RMPs) in TS are in full swing doing sex determination & abortions of female child that too on women’s day Unfortunately HM @BRSHarish supporting them by restricting authorities from taking action considering as vote bank keeping TS public health at stake Act now,” HRDA tweeted.

    The Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA) also recently urged Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to allocate the newly built state secretariat to the Osmania General Hospital in ‘public health’ until the decision is taken on the old dilapidated OGH.

    The Doctors’ group further suggested that the old OGH building can be allocated to the secretariat. “The old OGI building can be allocated to the secretariat temporarily an expert committee gave a report that the old building can be utilized for administrative purpose for the benefit of patients of Telangana,” it further said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Twitterati slams Bharat Matrimony over new Holi video ad

    Twitterati slams Bharat Matrimony over new Holi video ad

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    New Delhi: Bharat Matrimony’s latest video commercial on the occasion of Holi has sparked debate, with several people accusing the matrimonial website for hurting their religious sentiments.

    The video released on March 8, also marked as International Women’s Day, shows how harassment faced by women during Holi leads to trauma and stops them from celebrating the festival of colours.

    Bharat Matrimony tweeted the 75-second clip video with the caption: “This Women’s Day and Holi, let’s celebrate by creating safer and more inclusive spaces for women. It’s important to acknowledge the challenges that women face in public spaces and create a society that truly respects their well-being – today and forever.”

    The video shows a woman with her face covered in different colours, who washes her face to get rid of the Holi colours.

    Underneath her colourful face are shown bruises. And the captions reads: “Some colours don’t wash away easy.”

    “A third of women who’ve faced this trauma, have stopped playing Holi.”

    Twitter users called out against the matrimonial website for hurting religious sentiments, and linking a festival with an important issue.

    “You guys are absolutely disgusting. How dare you link a social message with the Hindu festival of Holi,” wrote a user.

    “It’s disappointing to see that you’re equating our festivals with harassment. Let’s celebrate diversity and respect each other’s culture and faith. Let’s spread love, not hate,” wrote another.

    “#BoycottBharatMatrimony Shame on @bharatmatrimony for using a Hindu festival like #Holi to run their social awareness agenda,” another user tweeted.

    Even as the video soon became viral and triggered a massive outcry, some also came in support of the ad.

    “This is indeed very brave of @bharatmatrimony. Festivals cannot and should not be a traumatic experience. Respect and Consent is vital and what better than the #WomensDay to send this message out to all those men who abuse, harm and disrespect women,” tweeted one user.

    “Some people are very angry on this video. But thanks to @bharatmatrimony for raising this sensitive topic. Illiterate people can neither understand nor want to understand,” tweeted another.

    A day earlier online food delivery app Swiggy was also called out by netizens over a billboard ad for Instamart.

    The billboard features eggs and reads, “Omelette; Sunny side-up; Kisi ke sarr par. #BuraMatKhelo. Get Holi essentials on Instamart.”



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • India slams Pak foreign min Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate

    India slams Pak foreign min Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate

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    United Nations: India tore into Pakistan after its foreign minister raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council debate on women, peace, and security, saying it is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and false propaganda”.

    Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj on Tuesday termed his statement as “baseless and politically motivated”.

    “Before I conclude, let me dismiss the frivolous, baseless and politically motivated remarks made by the delegate of Pakistan regarding the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,” she said.

    Speaking at the UN Security Council open debate on Women, Peace and Security’, Kamboj said: “my delegation considers it unworthy to even respond to such malicious and false propaganda.”

    “Rather, our focus is where it shall always be positive and forward-looking. Today’s discussion is critically important to strengthen our collective efforts to accelerate the full implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda. We respect the topic of the debate and recognise the importance of time. As such, our focus shall remain on the topic,” she said.

    Kamboj’s sharp retort came after Pakistan Foreign Minister Zardari referred to Jammu and Kashmir in his remarks to the Council debate held under Mozambique’s Presidency for this month, on the eve of International Women’s Day.

    India has previously told Pakistan that the entire territories of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are, and shall always be part of India.

    India has been maintaining that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan, while insisting that the onus is on Islamabad to create an environment that is free of terror and hostility for such an engagement.

    The ties between India and Pakistan came under severe strain after India’s warplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in February 2019 in response to the Pulwama terror attack.

    The relations further deteriorated after India in August 2019 announced the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir’s special powers and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union Territories.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • China’s new foreign minister slams U.S. ‘malicious confrontation’

    China’s new foreign minister slams U.S. ‘malicious confrontation’

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    “If the United States does not hit the brake, but continues to speed down the wrong path … there will surely be conflict and confrontation and who will bear the catastrophic consequences?” Qin said.

    Qin hinted at the potential for nuclear conflict between the two countries by saying that those policies could risk “the future of humanity.” And he implicitly referenced Biden’s comments in his State of the Union speech last month that the United States seeks “competition, not conflict” with China by accusing the U.S. of “not fair competition, but malicious confrontation.”

    Qin’s uncompromising tone echoes that of his patron, Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping.

    On Monday, Xi accused the U.S. and other Western countries of “all-round containment, encirclement and suppression against us, bringing unprecedentedly severe challenges to our country’s development,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing Chinese state media. That rhetoric also casts doubt on the sustainability of Xi and President Joe Biden’s agreement in their meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in November to try to stem the slide in U.S.-China ties.

    Bilateral ties have been battered by the discovery and subsequent destruction of a Chinese spy balloon over the continental U.S. in February. Biden administration warnings last month that the Chinese government is considering providing lethal weaponry to Russia in its war against Ukraine have further roiled relations. And the conclusion of a Department of Energy report published last week that concluded (albeit with low confidence) that a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China, sparked the Covid-19 pandemic has renewed congressional anger toward China’s role in a pandemic that has killed more than a million Americans.

    Qin insisted the balloon was a civilian air ship that an “unexpected accident” blew over the continental United States. Biden’s move to destroy the balloon “abused force and dramatized the accident, creating a diplomatic crisis that could have been avoided,” Qin said.

    The perennial hot button issue of U.S. support for Taiwan also was front and center in Qin’s press conference.

    Qin warned that Beijing will take “all necessary measures” to enforce its claim of sovereignty over the self-governing island. And he floated a bizarre conspiracy theory for the Biden administration’s policy of continuing to provide defense weaponry to the island. “Why does the U.S. keep on professing the maintenance of regional peace and stability while covertly formulating a plan for the destruction of Taiwan?” Qin said, without elaborating.

    Qin also touted Beijing’s Ukraine peace proposal unveiled last month as a vehicle “to promote talks for peace.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan have both dismissed the proposal as a distraction that fails to challenge Russia’s aggression. Qin likewise avoided mention of that and instead implicitly blamed the U.S. for the conflict.

    “There seems to be an invisible hand, pushing for the protraction and escalation of the conflict and using the Ukraine crisis to serve certain geopolitical agenda,” Qin said, without providing any additional details.

    Beijing’s concerns about the Biden’s ability to rally allies and partners to counter what Blinken calls China’s threat to the rules-based international order also emerged in Qin’s remarks. Qin slammed the Indo-Pacific Strategy as a plot “to encircle China.” And he denounced Japan — which announced a dramatic expansion of its military forces in December — of taking part in “a new Cold War to contain China.”

    And Qin flexed his familiarity with U.S. political fault lines with comments that appeared to target Donald Trump’s tough language on China at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday.

    “If the United States has the ambition to make itself great again … containment and suppression will not make America great, and it will not stop the rejuvenation of China,” Qin said.

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    ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

  • JKNC slams JK govt for hiring blacklisted, ‘tainted’ APTECH company to conduct JKSSB exams

    JKNC slams JK govt for hiring blacklisted, ‘tainted’ APTECH company to conduct JKSSB exams

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    Says the decision will not inspire confidence of aspirants in such public examinations

    Srinagar, Mar 6 (GNS): The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference State Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar on Monday slammed the government on selection and the award of contract to ‘tainted’ and blacklisted APTECH Company for conducting the upcoming Jammu Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) exam(s).

    Echoing the public rage over the decision, Imran, as per GNS, said “The Company has been penalized by the Supreme Court and is on the blocklists of various states including Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. In J&K also the company was accused of blatant irregularities and violations of the law in altering the tender’s terms and conditions. Why is such a company being selected which has consistently failed to provide transparency and accountability in conducting such an exercise? This question begs to be answered. The board instead of addressing the genuine concerns and fear of the educated, skilled local youth seems hell bent on destroying their future. Such an undue decision doesn’t inspire confidence of aspirants in such public examinations.”

    In the first place the company shouldn’t have been allowed to compete in the tendering process. “Commercial interest should never outweigh the public interest. As is happening in this case. There is every likelihood of biasness, favouritism and unfairness in the said process. I hope the incumbent LG administration will refrain from letting the company conduct public examinations which require a high degree of secrecy/fairness as the future of aspirants would depend upon such examinations.”

    It goes without saying that there is a major scam at work, he said, “Despite J&K high court’s questioning the awarding of the contract to APTECH, the assigning of the contract to the same company doesn’t stand any reason. I also request the honourable high court to take Suo moto cognizance of the issues in the public interest.” (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

  • Telangana: Congress party slams BRS in Nirmal during foot march

    Telangana: Congress party slams BRS in Nirmal during foot march

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    Hyderabad: Telangana All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge Manikrao Thakre participated in the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ poru yatra from Sirgapur to Nirmal on Saturday.

    Speaking at the street corner meeting at Shivaji Chowk in Nirmal, Manikrao Thakre claimed that there has been a tremendous response to the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ yatra across Telangana, adding the Congress party is all set to return to power.

    He accused chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao of cheating people with false promises and fake claims.

    “Congress cadre has been exposing the failures of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government in Telangana and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre by conducting the door-to-door campaign,” he said.

    Addressing the meeting, senior Congress MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy criticized the BRS government for the rising rate of unemployment.

    Reddy said, “More than 40 lakh youth remain jobless to this date. The BRS government is boasting about filling up a few thousand vacancies, but it is not addressing the remaining jobless youth.”

    He said, “Exams were conducted for recruitment of 20,177 posts for Group-1, Group-2, Group-3 as well as police jobs. A whopping 22.01 lakh candidates applied and an average of 756 candidates competed for each available vacancy in Group-1. Similarly, the average number of candidates per post for Group-2 and Group-3 is 704 and 390 respectively.”

    “If the government recruited 17,516 people for police recruitment, what should the remaining 7.30 lakh candidates do? They need alternate jobs, but the BRS government is not even providing an unemployment allowance of Rs 3,016 per month,” he said.

    AICC programme implementation committee chairman Alleti Maheshwar Reddy alleged that CM KCR ‘hijacked’ the original dream of Telangana.

    “He came to power by exploiting the sentiments of Telangana people but did nothing to achieve the goals of Neelu (water), Nidhulu (funds) and Niyamakalu (jobs). KCR gave up Telangana’s share of the Godavari and Krishna rivers to Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh,” Reddy said.

    Maheshwar alleged that KCR pushed Telangana into huge debts of over Rs 5 lakh crore almost equal to two full annual budgets. “Further, over 40 lakh youth are still jobless in the State. They include thousands of youth who actively participated in the statehood movement,” he said.

    He said that the state government is unable to pay salaries to the employees on time and no funds are left to be spent on welfare schemes.

    “However, the assets of KCR and his family keep increasing and their party BRS became one of the richest parties in the country,” he alleged.

    “KCR became the Chief Minister by exploiting the Telangana sentiments twice and now he disowned the state by forming the BRS to accomplish his dream of national politics. KCR is an opportunist and tomorrow he might even suggest a merger of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh if it suits his political goals,” he alleged.

    He dubbed minister Indrakarana Reddy ‘Qabza Reddy’ and alleged that Indrakarana was more focused on land grabbing than serving the people. He said that the minister took no interest in resolving problems being faced by students at IIIT Basar.

    He said, “The minister did not meet adivasis when they were sent to jail. Indrakaran Reddy failed to bring any development in Bhainsa despite being in the cabinet for the last eight years.”

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • China slams Quad meeting held in New Delhi; opposes ‘exclusionary blocs’

    China slams Quad meeting held in New Delhi; opposes ‘exclusionary blocs’

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    Beijing: China on Friday renewed its criticism of the Quad grouping comprising the US, India, Australia and Japan, saying that state-to-state cooperation should be consistent with the trend of peace and development, rather than putting up “exclusionary blocs.”

    The Quad foreign ministers carried out a comprehensive review of the situation in the Indo-Pacific at a meeting in New Delhi on Friday. Presided over by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, the meeting was attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi and Australian foreign minister Penny Wong.

    The meeting came against the backdrop of growing global concerns over increasing Chinese assertiveness in the strategically-vital region.

    A joint statement issued after the meeting reaffirmed the four-nation grouping’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and said it strongly supports the principles of rule of law, sovereignty and territorial integrity and peaceful settlement of disputes.

    Responding to the Quad statement at a media briefing here, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China has stated its position on QUAD on multiple occasions.

    “We believe that state-to-state cooperation needs to be consistent with the trend of peace and development, rather than be about putting up exclusionary blocs,” she said.

    “We hope certain countries can do more things that contribute to security and mutual trust between regional countries and that help to maintain regional peace and stability,” Mao said, reaffirming Beijing’s oft-repeated opposition to the Quad that it is an exclusive bloc aimed at containing China’s rise.

    In November 2017, India, Japan, the US, and Australia gave shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the Quad to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence.

    US President Joe Biden hosted the first-ever summit of the Quad leaders in the virtual format in March 2021 that vowed to strive for an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, inclusive, anchored by democratic values, and unconstrained by coercion, sending a subtle message to China.

    Beijing claims almost all of the 1.3 million square miles of the South China Sea as its sovereign territory. China has been building military bases on artificial islands in the region also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

    On China’s reluctance, along with Russia, to endorse a joint statement on the Ukraine war at the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, spokesperson Mao said G20 is a premier forum for international economic cooperation.

    The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi was unable to come out with a joint communique due to a bitterly increasing rift between the US-led Western powers and Russia over the Ukraine conflict despite consistent efforts by host India to bridge the differences.

    “The G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation. Leaders of member states made it clear in the G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration last year that the G20 is not the forum to resolve security issues,” Mao said.

    China believes that the G20 should work to follow through on the leaders’ consensus, focus on its mandate and main function, and contribute to promoting stable, inclusive and sustainable economic recovery, she added.

    “We also noted that G20 members have varying views on the Ukraine issue. We hope that G20 members will respect each other’s concerns and send a message of solidarity and cooperation instead of division and mutual recrimination,” she added.

    About China’s views on the outcome of the New Delhi meeting of the G20 Foreign Ministers, she said: It was an important event, especially considering the uncertainties and challenges facing today’s world.

    “China hopes that the G20 will demonstrate its sense of responsibility and contribute to global development and prosperity,” she added.

    Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang took part in the meeting.

    The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies.

    The members represent around 85 per cent of the global GDP, over 75 per cent of the global trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • NC slams Rs 50 hike in LPG domestic cylinder price

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    Srinagar Mar 2 (GNS): National Conference Provincial Vice President and In Charge Constituency Lal Chowk Ahsan Pardesi on Thursday said that rising inflation and exorbitant taxation have added burden to peoples expenses.

    He said this while chairing a Women’s wing meeting of the Lal Chowk constituency at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. The convention was convened by the party’s Provincial President Women’s wing, Kashmir Er. Sabiya Qadri.

     “Rising inflation, exorbitant electricity tariffs, steep increase in cost of LPG, curtailment of ration and imposition of property tax have added burden on common man’s pockets,” he said adding, “what has further compounded the woes of our people situation is the shifting  focus of the incumbent administration from welfarism.”

     “There is no comfort for the vast majority of BPL and middle class households who are already grappling with reduced incomes. The inflation  pull and exorbitant taxation has increased the out of pocket expenditure of people on edibles, medicines, and other utility services. The ongoing situation has triggered anxiety and flared up other Physiological issues among them,” he said.

    He further said that measures like increasing electricity tariff, LPG price are pushing poor households to unclean cooking fuels. “With LPG prices crossing the Rs 1200-mark, the poor now have to make unfair choices about their basic standard of life. It’s our mothers and sisters who are again at the receiving end of it. Much of a poor household’s income is eaten up by paying taxes, utility charges, and out of pocket expenditure on edibles and grains,” he said.

    Lamenting the curtailment of ration at the FCCI depots, Er. Sabiya Qadri said consumers are troubled on one pretext or another. “It makes no sense to curtail rationing at a time when we people have been suffering immensely due to increased water and power tariff,  soaring inflation and unemployment. Neither there is kerosene, nor flour. There is no sugar and now the additional ration has been stopped as well. The current entitlement of ration quota is not sufficient for any family. Government can’t be so insensitive towards its own people,” he added. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

  • BJD slams Centre over LPG price hike

    BJD slams Centre over LPG price hike

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    Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the hike in the price of the LPG domestic cylinders.

    Speaking to media persons here, senior BJD legislator Soumya Ranjan Patnaik said the Central government has hiked the domestic LPG price by Rs 50 per 14.2 kg cylinder.

    “For the greater interest of the country and the people of Odisha, we have been supporting the Centre’s decisions on merit-basis. At the same time, we are not going to put down issues like LPG price hike, which cannot be accepted,” he said.

    The rapid hike of LPG cooking gas prices has brought tears not only to the eyes of the mothers and sisters of Odisha, but today the kitchen in households of Odisha is also in tears, bringing them great pain and hardship, Patnaik said.

    The price of one domestic LPG cylinder (14.2 kg cylinder) in March 2014 was Rs 410 which has now become Rs 1,103 as on March 1, 2023. The price of one LPG cylinder has been increased by almost 3 times in the past 9 years by the Centre, the BJD leader pointed out.

    While rising prices of essential commodities, fuel and inflation are causing great pain to the 4.5 crore people of Odisha, the Centre does not seem serious about reducing the price of LPG cooking gas, Patnaik stated.

    Reacting to Patnaik’s statement, BJP chief whip in Odisha assembly, Mohan Majhi, said the LPG price hike depends on crude oil price in the international market. The recent price hike is a reflection of the fluctuation in the international market, he said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Sunni group slams Congress for ‘omitting’ Moulana Azad from ad

    Sunni group slams Congress for ‘omitting’ Moulana Azad from ad

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    The Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF) has strongly criticized the removal of Congressman Moulana Abul Kalam Azad from the advertising released in connection with the Congress’s plenary session held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

    A Sunni group called SKSSF, which is connected to the Samastha Kerala Jem-Iyyathul Ulama, demanded that Congress provide an explanation for why the leader’s photo was absent from the advertisements.

    The SKSSF’s state vice-president, Sathar Panthaloor, stated in a Facebook post on Monday that the images of the leaders of the independence movement have been arranged according to order followed for decades.

    “The order was Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, and Azad. But Azad’s photo was not seen in the official advertisement released by the AICC,” he said.

    “The leaders who had left Congress including Netaji, Ambedkar, and P V Narasimha Rao, who pushed the party backward are added in the advertisements. Congress should explain why it omitted Azad from them. Is the Sangh Parivar mind that removed Nehru from the ICHR documents active in the Congress too?” he asked.

    Panthaloor further said that the BJP has completely excluded Muslims who constitute fifteen percent of the population. “We can only sympathise with the Congress if the party also is toeing the BJP line,” Panthaloor said.

    On criticism around Maulana Azad’s ommission, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh apologised for the ‘inexcusable slipup’.

    “Today an ad released by INC did not carry a photograph of Maulana Azad. It was an inexcusable slipup. Responsibility for it is being fixed & action will be taken. Meanwhile, this is a most sincere apology from us. He will always remain an iconic & inspiring figure for us & India,” he tweeted on Sunday.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )