Rahul reaches Patna for opposition meet, received by Nitish at airport
The Hindu
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on June 23 received a warm welcome from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar upon arrival in the state capital for a crucial opposition meeting.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on June 23 received a warm welcome from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar upon arrival in the state capital for a crucial opposition meeting.
“Bihar is the DNA of Congress”, Mr. Gandhi said at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna while addressing party workers ahead of the opposition meeting. “Together, we will defeat the BJP. BJP spreads hatred while Congress believes in love”, he added.
Mr. Gandhi, who is in Bihar for the first time after the State Assembly polls of 2020, was accompanied by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary in charge of organisation, K C Venugopal.
Mr. Kharge said that if we win Bihar, we will win the country.
Mr. Kumar, accompanied by JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, drove to the Jayprakash Narayan airport, half-a-kilometre from his residence, to receive the visitors.
The airport premises has been, since morning, chock-a-block with Congress workers and supporters, eager to catch a glimpse of Mr. Gandhi, the response of whose 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' has infused the cadre with fresh vigour.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.