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BJP targets to reach voters of 51,000 booths ahead of Gujarat polls

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The BJP working committee has decided to reach out to voters of 51,000 booths across 182 assembly seats in Gujarat next month. The party will run a drive from June 11 to 13. The main aim of the campaign is to ensure that people should know about development programmes rolled out by the state and central governments and how they benefited from them.

Though the party has a strong presence in the state, it has also launched an extension programme under which 104 Assembly constituencies will be covered by the end of this month. Setting the target, state party chief C.R. Patil said, the second phase will be launched from June that will cover the rest of the assembly seats. Some 12,500 Vistarak (party workers/leaders) of 10,069 Shakti Kendras will be carrying out the party’s expansion programme and will try to convey party messages to them, he said.

Party’s 84 per cent committee formation has been completed, but Patil has asked local leaders of the respective districts and cities to put the remaining work on the fast track and complete it as the party thinks the page committees will play a key role in converting votes and increasing vote share. Because of this programme, around 60,000 members have joined and are associated with the party.

The central government has extended Rs 200 subsidy on gas cylinders supplied under the Ujjawala programme. The state government also decided to scrap the Par-Tapi-Narmada river inter-linking project in the interest of tribals, Patil said.

The party has decided a week-long programme to observe Prime Minister’s completion of eight years in office, said Vinod Chavda, General Secretary of the party. On May 31, the Prime Minister will be virtually addressing farmers and talk about Kisan Samman Nidhi and its benefits, members of the Kisan Morcha and Shakti Kendra will participate in the virtual meeting.

On May 30, the party national president will launch a book on the achievements of the central government in eight years. This book will be circulated among citizens so that it reminds them about the BJP government’s commitments and delivery, added Chavda.

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Congress MP Imran Masood calls for banning liquor during Navratri

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Saharanpur, March 29: Congress lawmaker Imran Masood said on Saturday that not just meat shops, liquor establishments should be shut during the nine-day festival of Navratri and called for embracing and promoting the spirit of brotherhood and communal harmony.

“Everybody is demanding a ban on meat shops during Navratri. Why is no one asking for a ban on liquor shops? Why is there no outpouring on the free flow of liquor during Navratri? Will this not spoil the purity and sanctity of the festival?” Saharanpur MP said in a special interaction with media.

The Congress Parliamentarian said that peaceful celebration supersedes everything, and it is incumbent upon all communities to maintain decorum during festivities and also make certain sacrifices, be it Eid or Navratri.

Notably, Eid-ul-Fitr and Navratri are coinciding on the same day this year. Both festivals are set to fall on Monday, with little possibility of change in the Eid schedule on account of moon sighting.

Days ago, the Congress MP also extended support to the demands of a meat ban during Navratri celebrations. In an apparent message to the Muslim community, he said that nothing would change if one did not eat meat for ten days.

“What matters above everything is the peaceful co-existence of communities. At no point in time, the differences over food preferences lead to communal strife,” Masood told newspersons.

Congress MP, when asked questions on the party’s strategy for the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, said that the Opposition is fully prepared to take on the Centre on “partisan legislation”.

“We opposed the amendments in the JPC meeting, tooth and nail. We will strongly voice our dissent in Parliament too,” he said.

Notably, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the Waqf Bill will not be delayed any further and will be reintroduced in the ongoing session of Parliament.

Only four working days of the Budget Session are left, as it concludes on April 4.

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