Three news items from Congress beat (Video)

Ahmedabad, 16 August 2013

Gujarat Congress in its statement issued here claimed that Ahmedabad district’s Ranpur taluka panchayat body will soon be governed by Congress party.

“Recently on 14 August, Congress moved no confidence motion against ruling BJP body in Ranpur taluka panchayat which passed by 11 vs 4 votes. In view of this, there are chances that Congress will take over the body and Congress’s candidate will be elected as President,” Congress party statement said.

It added that BJP had got clear majority in year 2010 election here. But people were not happy with the work.

Congress has credited district panchayat leader Murtuzakhan Pathan, Ranpur taluka Congress president Fatubha Parmar, MLA Karamshibhai Patel(Koli) for this success of no confidence motion.

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Dharna against CM’s Independence day speech

The Gujarat Congress today staged dharnas at district headquarters protesting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence day speech. In Ahmedadbad, under the leadership of state party president Shri Arjun Modhwadia, a memorandum was submitted to district Collector. Leader of opposition Shri Shankersinh Vaghela also attended the dharna event.

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Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana yatra welcomed at Gandhinagar

Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Jyot yatra reached Gujarat yesterday. More than 300 Congress party men are participating in this nationwide yatra which kicked off at Shri Perambudur in Tamilnadu. The yatra will reach Delhi on 20 August and conclude in a programme that is to be attended by Rahul Gandhi. The yatra was welcomed at Gandhinagar infocity circle by district level party leaders today. 10 luxury buses are part of this yatra.