UP POLITICS: Rahul yatra in UP may consolidate Cong base!

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July 10, 2011 / By MANISH ANAND, Correspondent, Aligarh / DC.

In the last parliamentary polls, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi was credited with reviving the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Of the 80 Parliamentary seats, the Congress secured 22 berths. With the state Assembly polls approaching, Mr Gandhi has once again embarked on a journey to consolidate his party’s base in UP.

This time it’s the farmers’ votebank Mr Gandhi-led Congress is targeting. The farmers’ agitation at Bhatta Parasaul gave the party adequate ground to trigger its war against the Mayawati-led BSP. The 70 kilometre padayatra, carried out by Mr Gandhi was the kick off point, a Congress functionary said. Western UP, known to be a BSP citadel, is being invaded by Mr Gandhi. Moreover, a Congress leader said that the impact of Mr Gandhi’s move to take up the land acquisition issue would be “far reaching, since the policies impact farmers in the entire state.”

Speaking to this newspaper, another Congress functionary felt that the “ farmers in the state are now identifying themselves with Mr Gandhi as his four days tour clearly saw the UP administration getting worried.” He pointed out that the issue of forcible land acquisition “is also relevant in eastern UP”. Therefore, he claimed that Mr Gandhi’s “campaign can position the Congress well in these two regions where the party is somewhat weak”. So far, it’s Congress led by Mr Gandhi which has taken the lead in holding up farmers’ interest. The Congress is now all set to step up its mass contact campaign in the state, sources said.

So, this is all about garnering farmers' votes for the upcoming UP Assembly elections and nothing to do with solving genuine farmers problems of being deprived of their sole means of livelihoods, i.e. the agricultural lands, unjustly!

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MAYA PRADESH: Congress gets permission to hold rally!

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Press Trust Of India / Posted on Jul 03, 2011 at 08:38am IST / http://ibnlive.in.com.

Noida: Gautam Budha Nagar district administration Saturday granted permission to the Congress to hold a farmers' rally in Noida to be addressed by Rahul Gandhi. Earlier, administration had refused permission to hold the rally at Bhatta-Parsaul and Jewar areas which had been the epicentre of farmers' agitation in May this year.

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BJPs Liability: Rally against corruption in Bangalore in support of Baba Ramdev!

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Published: Sunday, Jun 5, 2011, 11:15 IST /  By Rajat R | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA.

One of the worst enemies to the development of India — corruption — will have a hard time in the not-so-distant future, as the endeavour to eradicate corruption is moving forward on a massive scale in Bangalore.

Bangaloreans seem to be fed up and tired of corruption and have found a better way of tackling this evil by using the novel means left behind by Mahatma Gandhi, the satyagraha.

More than 2,000 people attended this satyagraha, which has the support of Baba Ramdev

Why only in Bangalore, every State Capital of Corrupt Administration as well as in UP, Bihar, Orissa, AP, etc. where in the name of implementing Mega Infrastructure Projects, vast and unjustifiable areas of lands are being forcefully taken over from the innocent farmers and fisher folk, without any dignified re-settlement and rehabilitation packages nor fair market price.

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http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_rally-against-corruption-in-bangalore-in-support-of-baba-ramdev_1551355