Nasheman News : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ignoring a BJP worker’s question, during a recent video interaction with party workers from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, about the middle class struggling with the government’s taxation policy.

Gandhi pointed to a December 19 interaction that saw Nirmal Kumar Jain, a BJP worker, asking the Prime Minister why his government was busy collecting all manner of taxes but not providing any relief to the middle class by reducing the Income Tax rates or easing the procedures for securing loans. 

While putting his question Jain specifically urged the Prime Minister to take care of the middle class.

Modi’s reply was: “Thank you, Nirmal ji. You are a trader, so it’s normal that you will talk business. I favour taking care of common people and the common people will be taken care of.”

Modi then immediately switched to addressing workers from neighbouring Puducherry by saying: “Chaliye Puducherry ko Vanakam.”

Reacting on media reports on the issue, Gandhi took to Twitter to yet again target Modi for his reluctance to face questions. 

“Vanakam Puducherry! That’s NaMo’s answer to the struggling middle class. Forget a press conference he can’t even string together a polling booth worker’s conference. BJP-vetted questions is a superb idea. Consider vetted answers as well,” tweeted Gandhi.

The Congress President has repeatedly questioned Modi for not holding a press conference since he became the Prime Minister in 2014. 

The police officials claim that it is done in an attempt to promote communal harmony ahead of the elections. 

Noida police have asked the companies and offices in the industrial hub to ensure that their employees don’t offer namaz in public places including parks.

The police notice further states that companies will be held responsible if their employees are found offering namaz in parks, according to a report.

Over the past few months, the number of people offering namaz in parks in Noida has increased significantly. Hence, this is an attempt at maintaining communal harmony ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, said police officials while explaining the move.

The notice, which has been sent to all the companies in the Sector 58 area, asks the employees to offer namaz either in the office or mosques.T

The order notice be issued like “It has been often seen that the Muslim workers of your company assemble in the park to offer Namaz and I, the SHO, have told the group to not hold prayers in the park. Also, their plea to the city magistrate has not received any permission to do so…If employees of your company come to the park, it will be assumed that you have not informed your employees and your company will be held liable.

“Thus, it is expected from you that you at your level inform your Muslim employees to not come to the park to offer Namaz. If employees of your company come to the park, it will be assumed that you have not informed your employees and your company will be held liable.” Pankaj Rai is the SHO of the Sector 58 police station was quoted by timesnow as saying.

 Nasheman News : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the country’s longest rail-cum-road bridge in Bogibeel over the Brahmaputra river in Assam.

The Prime Minister arrived at the Mohanbari Airport near Dibruharh and headed to Bogibeel in a helicopter. 

Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal received Modi at the airport.

Inaugurating the bridge that connects Dhemaji and Dibrugarh, Modi and his cavalcade took a ride, stopping in the middle and waving at thousands of people waiting on either sides.

Built at an estimated cost of over Rs 5,000 crore, the bridge is expected to help over five million people living in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and significantly enhance India’s defence capability by ensuring faster movement of troops and supplies to the eastern border with China.

The foundation stone of the bridge was laid by the then Prime Minister of H.D. Devegowda in 1997. The construction works started only in 2002 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister.

The bridge, situated 17 km downstream of Dibrugarh spans the Brahmaputra river and connects the town in the south to Dhemaji to the river’s north.

It is located just over 20 km away from the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and is thus expected to act as an alternative to the Kolia Bhomora Setu in Tezpur.

By : Rizwan Asad

After the recent cabinet expansion there seem to be discontent within the congress party.

To crub the dissidents activities KPCC president Dinesh Gundo Rao has warned the party leaders against anti-party activites. Mr Rao said that in future if any leader goes against the interst of the party we will take serious action against them.

He added that senior party leaders who were denied ministerial berths are speaking against the party and showing their unhappiness Mr, Rao said that no one is above the party and everyone is equal whether he is a panchayat member or MLA or a minister if anyone goes against the interst of the party we will take serious action he added.

Mr Rao cautioned senior leaders not to fall in to any type of trap has they maybe misused by others party leaders.

In a message to some senior leaders who have spoken against the party KPCC expelled nine district and taluk panchayat leader for anti – party activites. The deccision were taken based on the recommendation of the party’s disciplne committee.

Mr Rao said that he will speak to Ramalinga Reddy and Ramesh Jarikholi and try to pacify them and there is always room for accomadation in the cabinet in future.

He said that leaders speaking against the party was a emotional reaction after the cabinet expansion and everything will be resolved. It is to be seen how soon the problem within the congress will be resolved.