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Sunday, June 30, 2013

A surprise visit by Rahul Gandhi at a workshop of women sanitary workers

New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi has done it again. He had surprised many on earlier occasions with his unscheduled, sudden visit to poor villages, spending nights at their huts and sharing their meals. And on last Thursday the young Congress leader paid a surprise visit to a workshop of women sanitary staff.
Rahul Gandhi was not among the participants at the day-long 'National Workshop on Awareness of Rights and Upliftment of Women Safai Karamchari', yet he chose to attend it to directly get a feeling of the participants. Some of the women attended, told Rahul Gandhi that he will not get 'Dalit' votes unless he works for them to which the Congress Vice President boldly said he did not care for votes but was interested in their welfare.
The Congress leader also assured the workers that the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre was committed to abolishing the "inhuman" practice of manual scavenging. "It was an impromptu interaction and some women did ask questions which had nothing to do with the workshop. But they were very happy to talk to him and it was all very pleasant," an official present there said.
The woman sanitary staff welcomed Rahul Gandhi’s assurance for abolishing manual scavenging and taking up their other concerns, which he said had brought him there to listen to them."We are very sensitive to your problems and need and will do our utmost to help you," Rahul Gandhi said. When quizzed about the presence of manual scavenging in different parts of the country, he said such practice could not be allowed in 21st century.

Officials said they had no knowledge of Rahul Gandhi's visit to the workshop and learnt about it in the afternoon when SPG officials arrived to put in place required security arrangements. The one-day workshop was inaugurated by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Kumari Selja.

Rahul Gandhi attends funeral of IAF officer AK Singh in Amethi

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi attends funeral of IAF officer AK Singh in Amethi. Singh passed away in chopper crash in flood hit Uttarakhand while undertaking relief operations. Rahul Gandhi reached Fursatganj airport in the afternoon and went directly to Singh's house. Lots of people had assembled at the martyr's house and his body was cremated with full state hounours. Rahul Gandhi also interacted with the relatives of AK Singh.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Progressive vision:Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for 50 percent representation to women in AICC

After taking over as the Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi has been putting his efforts to strengthen the party. He has been visiting all the states, interact with the Congress leaders and curiously listen to their opinions and suggestions. Further, he always believed that the political system can be cleansed only if more and more young people join politics. He has been gradually implementing in the Congress party by inducting more young leaders at the organisational leadership making it a blend of youth and experienced. And, now Rahul Gandhi has started his next initiative, a move with progressive vision, to ensure adequate women participation in the party.
The young Congress Vice President on Saturday vowed to ensure 50 per cent representation to women in All India Congress Committee (AICC) and other party outfits as he held his first formal interaction with newly-appointed party office bearers. "Rahul Gandhi talked about how to ensure 50 per cent representation to women in AICC...It's not about reservation. It's about their representation. "When he observed that their (women) presence is not in the proportion it should be, he said the presence of women is less but it will definitely be 50 per cent in the coming two-three years," Congress Bhakta Charan Das told reporters after the meeting.
Ambika Sonia is the only women among the 12 AICC general secretaries, while of the 44 secretaries only five are women. Rahul Gandhi also made it clear to the office bearers that those who have been given responsibility will also be held accountable. As the reshuffled AICC now wears a younger look with 52 being the average age of office bearers, the Congress Vice President  also chose the occasion to remind the party leaders that youths should move forward by respecting seniors and taking the help of their experience. Rahul Gandhi’s statement signals that senior leaders won't be overlooked.

Yes, with his moves with clear intention the Congress Party is surging ahead and his new policies have boosted the confidence of party cadres and supporters and all in the Congress now hopes that the party will perform well and Congress-led UPA will retain power at the Centre for the consecutive third term.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Rahul Gandhi visits flood-hit Uttarakhand; meets survivors

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi reached flood-hit Uttarakhand to monitor relief operations and also spoke with the affected people there. On Tuesday he made an aerial survey, from Gauchar to Guptkashi and Kedarnath. Rahul Gandhi, who arrived yesterday to survey the rescue and relief operations, spent the night at a base camp set up at Gauchar. He will monitor the relief work being done by the Congress and also meet those affected.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Rahul Gandhi visits flood-hit Uttarakhand



New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday arrived in flood-hit Uttarakhand, where several people were killed and thousands still stranded, to review the rescue operations.
On Monday, Rahul Gandhi along with his mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi had flagged off trucks carrying relief materials to calamity-hit Uttarakhand. Trucks carried food articles, medicines, clothes and blankets for the flood-affected people.
Last week, BJP had questioned why Rahul Gandhi did not visit flood-hit Uttarakhand. But the fact is that party's top leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, were monitoring the rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit hill state.
"It should not matter who has gone (to flood-hit areas) and who has not. The focus should be on rescue and relief operations. Both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi are monitoring the situation. VIP visits hamper relief operations. Sonia Gandhi has not visited Uttarakhand keeping this in mind. She will visit as soon as the situation improves," Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar had told reporters when asked about Rahul Gandhi's absence. The Government and the Congress party are busy battling the massive tragedy.
On June 19, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi had conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand on last Wednesday.  Congress President had directed all party MPs and MLAs to donate their one month salary for relief work in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand. She had also directed all party MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to give Rs 10 lakh each from their MPLAD fund for carrying out relief work there.
The Congress party had also set up a PCC control room at Dehradun to accelerate the relief work.

Uttarakhand: Sonia Gandhi flags off trucks carrying relief materials for flood-victims

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Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday flagged off trucks carrying relief materials for Uttarakhand flood victims. Trucks left from the party headquarters in New Delhi. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi also was present during the occasion.

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi flag off relief material for U'Khand floods victims

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday has flagged off trucks carrying relief materials for Uttarakhand flood victims from New Delhi. Trucks left from the party headquarters in New Delhi. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi also was present during the occasion.

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi flag off relief material for Uttarakhand floods victims

New Delhi: Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday has flagged off trucks carrying relief materials for Uttarakhand flood victims. Trucks left from the party headquarters in New Delhi. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi also was present during the occasion.
Top Congress leaders were present at the AICC headquarters where Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi flagged off 24 truckloads of relief supplies in addition to the 125 trucks already sent to Dehradun. Besides these two, leaders present on the occasion included Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Road Transport Minister Oscar Fernandes and, political secretary to Congress President Ahmed Patel, AICC General Secretaries Ambika Soni and Ajay Maken.
Sonia Gandhi had on June 19 along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conducted an aerial survey of rain-ravaged areas in Uttarkhand where flash floods have claimed over a thousand lives. So far, 80,000 people have been evacuated but more than 15,000 are still stranded across the state.
Congress President had on Friday directed all party MPs and MLAs to donate their one month salary for relief work in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand as the magnitude of the flash flood tragedy continued to unfold taking the death toll in the rain fury to 1,000.
She  had also directed all party MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to give Rs 10 lakh each from their MPLAD fund for carrying out relief work there," party's communication department in-charge Ajay Maken had told. Congress has currently 203 members in the Lok Sabha and 72 in Rajya Sabha.

The party had also set up a PCC control room at Dehradun to accelerate the relief work. AICC Secretary Sanjay Kapoor and the party's wing Seva Dal's chief Mahendra Joshi have been sent to Dehradun to monitor the work.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Rahul Gandhi, who just turned 43, is a confident and progressive leader



NEW DELHI: As Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi turned 43 on Wednesday, the Congress workers across the country celebrated the day with lots of enthusiasm. Many partymen found innovative ways to mark the occasion. Charity for disaster-struck Uttarakhand and social pledge by Congressmen were the highlights. Congress Party workers from different parts of
the country came together in New Delhi also on Wednesday to celebrate the birthday of Rahul Gandhi.
At 43, Rahul Gandhi is a much more confident and matured leader. He has been trying to intervene in matters concerned with the aam aadmi and ensure adequate solutions for those. As he always said, for Rahul Gandhi, party is supreme and he has never been after power. He wanted to ensure sufficient participation of the youth in the party and he tried his best to democratise the Youth Congress and NSUI outfits.
Rahul Gandhi proved that he is a progressive leader, he always stay connected with the common man. This was the intention behind his visits to villages, eating with the poor and staying at their huts. He believed that the strength of our country is in the villages and with the poor and aam aadmi.  None can forget that Rahul Gandhi had taken Shiv Sena in Maharashtra head on during his visit to Mumbai in 2010 by taking a ride in a local train which attracted wide appreciation from the people. His pro-people, pro-poor approach helped Congress to get 22 seats in UP in the 2009 LS polls.
Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as Congress Vice President has given new hopes for the young Congress leaders and the new generation of the country. It has strengthened the Congress and united everyone. At a time when one witnesses that Modi’s elevation has divided the BJP and NDA, Rahul’s elevation has further strengthened the Congress Party and that is the difference. The process to democratise the Congress – a Rahul Gandhi’s initiative-  also have given a lot of young leaders to come into the leadership. “As Congress leader Amiba Soni had said “Rahul has initiated a process (of internal elections). This is an exercise of gigantic proportion. People will have to wait for the results before pronouncing any judgments on Rahul Gandhi”.
Rahul Gandhi’s silent insistence on strengthening the Congress has resulted in building a trust and confidence among many Congress leaders. He is, in fact, strengthening the Congress party at the grass-root level by reaching out to the rural masses. His intervention at Bhatta-Parsaul, Niyamgiri and other places where farmers were harassed and tortured while protesting against the forceful land-grabbing by the then state Uttar Pradesh Government had prompted the Central Government to draft a new Land Acquiisition Bill, which is about to be taken up in the Parliament.  Newly appointed Congress General Secretary Ajay Maken correctly said recently, “Rahul atleast went to such places. He took the risk to travel inside Naxal-hit areas and meet the tribals. How many politicians did that”. Correct, none of his opponents has any satisfactory answer to this question. In fact, Rahul Gandhi could create an atmosphere against the then BSP Government in UP with his visit to Bhatta-Parsaul in March 2011 and created base as progressive leader with Dalit agenda.

At a time, we witness many leaders, busily engaged in self-promotion through social media and other sources, Rahul Gandhi never took any interest in self-advertising. He believes in delivering what he has been visualising and he is too fond of his freedom to bear larger responsibilities. Union Minister Manish Tewari has a point about this, “People come to public life with different motivations. Rahul Gandhi wants to devote himself to public service which is in sharp contrast to those in Opposition who are clamouring for power”. Yes; here one can remember Rahul Gandhi’s words at Jaipur Chintan Shivir “One must use the power to empower the poor”. That is what he believed in he is practising just the same.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Rahul Gandhi interacting with Media in Bugdam (Srinagar)

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was in J&K to inaugurate a scheme meant for women named "Umeed". While interacting with the media he said, Where ever we are in Government , where ever we are in partnership we do our job. We do it aggressively. That is why I have come to Kashmir. It's very important to me. I come from Kashmir historically. And I would like to see participation of people in Kashmir at the local level and I would like to see it progress possibly one of the fastest progressing state of our country. Replying to a question on the relationship with ruling party he said, We have a healthy constructive relationship. On change of leadership in Pakistan and it's impact on J&K Rahul Gandhi said, the real change has to come from within. We cannot be dependent on what is going on in the rest of the world. How can we involve our people in Kashmir, how can we give them more voice , how can we involve them in the government at the local level, how can we involve these women , how can we ensure that youngsters have jobs. How can we ensure progress. Whether the leadership in Pakistan is good or bad, that's not in our hands. He further said UPA2 and UPA1 has transformed the mood in Kashmir. Progress takes time. But there is massive progress in Kashmir. Progress in the sentiment of the people. There is a progress in the connectivity that Kashmir is having. There is progress in Tourism. We are on a upward forward path. We are going to ensure that the people of Kashmir get the development they deserve.

Rahul Gandhi inaugurates 'Umeed' programme in Budgam (Srinagar)

Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi, along with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah launched the UMEED programmme for the empowerment of women in central Badgam district in Jamju and Kashmir. Rahul Gandhi said that active participation of women is a must for holistic development of the society. The Congress Vice President argued that Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra developed because once women there were empowered and they actively participated in development programmes. Rahul Gandhi also said that Congress-led UPA government at the Centre had sanctioned Rs.750 crore under UMEED to the state to organise self-help groups (SHG) of women for addressing their economic challenges and curb social evils like drug addiction and female foeticide. Rahul Gandhi added that the UMEED initiative had gone a long way in making women confident and enabling them to stand on their own feet. The young congress leader said that he had visited Jammu and Kashmir last year and met youth at Kashmir University, and invited them to visit Amethi and see the benefits that women received from the UMEED, just so a similar one could be taken up in Jammu and Kashmir. "I took Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with me to Amethi so that he could also take a view of the success of this programme", said Rahul Gandhi, adding that the trip had culminated in the launch of UMEED in Jammu and Kashmir. "We can provide help, but you have to work yourselves to achieve the goals of welfare, social justice and development", he said.

Rahul Gandhi interacting with Media in Bugdam (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was in J&K to inaugurate a scheme meant for women named “Umeed”. While interacting with the media he said, Where ever we are in Government , where ever we are in partnership we do our job. We do it aggressively. That is why I have come to Kashmir. It's very important to me.

Rahul Gandhi inaugurates 'Umeed' programme in Budgam (Srinagar)

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Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi, along with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah launched the UMEED programmme for the empowerment of women in central Badgam district in Jamju and Kashmir. Rahul Gandhi said that active participation of women is a must for holistic development of the society. The Congress Vice President argued that Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra developed because once women there were empowered and they actively participated in development programmes.

Rahul Gandhi: Active participation of women is a must for development

Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi, along with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah launched the UMEED programmme for the empowerment of women in central Badgam district in Jamju and Kashmir. Rahul Gandhi said that active participation of women is a must for holistic development of the society.
The Congress Vice President argued that Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra developed because once women there were empowered and they actively participated in development programmes. Rahul Gandhi also said that Congress-led UPA government at the Centre had sanctioned Rs.750 crore under UMEED to the state to organise self-help groups (SHG) of women for addressing their economic challenges and curb social evils like drug addiction and female foeticide. Rahul Gandhi added that the UMEED initiative had gone a long way in making women confident and enabling them to stand on their own feet.
The young congress leader said that he had visited Jammu and Kashmir last year and met youth at Kashmir University, and invited them to visit Amethi and see the benefits that women received from the UMEED, just so a similar one could be taken up in Jammu and Kashmir. "I took Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with me to Amethi so that he could also take a view of the success of this programme", said Rahul Gandhi, adding that the trip had culminated in the launch of UMEED in Jammu and Kashmir. "We can provide help, but you have to work yourselves to achieve the goals of welfare, social justice and development", he said.
Omar Abdullah, speaking on the occasioin, underlined the role of women in curbing female infanticide and drug addiction.
The chief minister said the empowerment of women was an area his government would focus on, and it was with this end in view that 33 percent reservation in Panchayat Elections had been introduced for women. He lauded the women of the state, saying they were participating actively in programmes meant for them, and that the candidates in the seats reserved for women in the panchayat elections demonstrated great courage and enthusiasm.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad, union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary, and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Mohan Prakash, and the president of the state Congress committee and MP Saif-ud-Din Soz, and local legislator Aga Ruhulla Mehdi were also present at the function. Omar Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi also interacted with a group of women from Lar, Khan Sahib, Basholi and Chenani blocks in the state who had just returned from a visit to Andhra Pradesh to observe the success of UMEED.

Under the UMEED programme 90,000 self-help groups linking nine lakh women in 143 blocks covering 4,098 panchayats of the state would be organised in five years to address the concerns that women face in the state, and attempt collectively to improve their economic conditions.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Rahul Gandhi: UPA has transformed the mood in Kashmir

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was in J&K to inaugurate a scheme meant for women named “Umeed”. While interacting with the media he said, Where ever we are in Government , where ever we are in partnership we do our job. We do it aggressively. That is why I have come to Kashmir. It's very important to me. I come from Kashmir historically. And I would like to see participation of people in Kashmir at the local level and I would like to see it progress possibly one of the fastest progressing state of our country. Replying to a question on the relationship with ruling party he said, We have a healthy constructive relationship. On change of leadership in Pakistan and it's impact on J&K Rahul Gandhi said, the real change has to come from within. We cannot be dependent on what is going on in the rest of the world.  How can we involve our people in Kashmir, how can we give them more voice , how can we involve them in the government at the local level, how can we involve these women , how can we ensure that youngsters have jobs. How can we ensure progress. Whether the leadership in Pakistan is good or bad, that's not in our hands. He further said UPA2 and UPA1 has transformed the mood in Kashmir. Progress takes time. But there is massive progress in Kashmir. Progress in the sentiment of the people. There is a progress in the connectivity that Kashmir is having. There is progress in Tourism. We are on a upward forward path. We are going to ensure that the people of Kashmir get the development they deserve.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Rahul Gandhi in Budgam (Kashmir), 15th June 2013

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi attend a union rural development ministry function to review the implementation of Umeed, an ambitious project to organise more than nine lakh women under 90,000 self-help groups in the next five years and impart them skilled training in Kashmir.

Rahul Gandhi at visit Budgam in Jammu Kashmir

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi who landed at Udhampur airfield earlier this morning, was supposed to fly to twin districts of Doda and Kishtwar before heading to Budgam in Kashmir to announce a package under Centre sponsored Udaan scheme.

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