Rahul Gandhi Kicks Off Poll Rally in Brief Speech at an Election for Ambani and Adani
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CHENNAI BusinessLine 14 POLITICS TUESDAY • OCTOBER 15 • 2019 Modi is ‘loudspeaker’ for big Back to life businessmen: Rahul Gandhi Kicks off poll rally in brief speech at an election for Ambani and Adani. He farmers’ debt, Modi Govern rally in Nuh, Haryana. Com speaks for them every day,’ ment waived off more than Haryana with an paring the BJP regime to the Gandhi charged. ₹5 lakh crore of 15 corpor attack on Modi British Raj, he said it is try ates. He said Modi is never ing to divide people on the Bashing GST, DeMo seen with a farmer, can be govt’s policies lines of caste, religion and Criticising demonetisation seen only with Trump and region to hide its failures on and GST, he said no one saw Ambani. OUR BUREAU the economic front. Ambani and Adani in queues “Modi decreased corpor New Delhi, October 14 The Wayanad MP said the when highvalue currency ate tax. To revive economy, Economic slowdown and Narendra Modi Government notes were demonetised. money should be given to unemployment were the destroyed the economy and “No black money hoarders the poor people and farm main issues taken up by held Prime Minister Modi re were there in the queues,” ers. The Congress had prom former Congress President sponsible. he said. ised Nyay scheme to ensure Rahul Gandhi during his “Modi is the loudspeaker Gandhi said the common this,” he said. man had not benefited from the GST and it was designed Economic downturn for the benefit of a few bil He said within six months, lionaires. the economic situation will “Small and medium enter be worsened. “A government prises have been closed cannot run long without en down by Modi’s policies. suring employment to PSUs are being sold off to his youth. In six months, people billionaire friends,” he ac will rise in one voice against cused. Modi as economy is going Attacking Modi and Hary down further,” he said. ana Chief Minister ML Khat Quoting Chhattisgarh tar, he claimed both work Chief Minister Bhupesh Ba for 15 billionaires. “Modi al ghel, he said loan waivers for ways tries to deviate farmers helped the economy people’s attention from real in the State. issues. Media has been si When voted back to A Srinagar resident makes a call on Monday. Postpaid mobile services were restored in Kashmir after 70 days following lenced under his regime,” he power, he claimed, the Con abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the candidate for Nuh said. gress will put the economy constituency, Aftab Ahmed, during a campaign rally for The Nehru scion added of Haryana back on the Haryana Assembly polls on Monday PTI that while Congress waived track. How the malaise of the politician-cooperative banks nexus afflicts Maharashtra RADHESHYAM JADHAV The C ooperative Depart but left the NCP after his wife Bank of India placed the Shiv vealed several “adverse” fea RBI, superseded the present of a ₹4,350crore scam. Maha Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Pune, October 14 ment recently dismissed the was denied a nomination for ajirao Bhosale Bank under All tures and “serious board of directors, and appoin rashtra Navnirman Sena Chief police recently registered a Politicians mishandling pub board of directors of this Pune the municipal elections. Inclusive Directions. irregularities” ted Narayan Aghav, District Raj Thackeray and the Con first information report (FIR) lic money in co operative sec based bank. He moved closer to the BJP in the func Deputy Registrar, as an admin gress have alleged that direct against directors of the Maha tor and shielding themselves camp, which supported his RBI cracks the whip Scan & Share tioning of the istrator, the order said. ors of this bank are linked to rashtra State Cooperative by shifting loyalties to the rul Turncoats, but no use wife to get elected. Accordingly, depositors bank, said the the BJP. Bank, the apex cooperative ing party has become com Anil Bhosale was among the He landed in trouble in 2017 were allowed to with order issued PMC fiasco started it all Similar sanctions were im bank, for allegedly disbursing mon in Maharashtra in recent first leaders to desert the Na after the Cooperative Commis draw a sum not exceed by Commis But Shivajirao Bhosale Cooper posed by the RBI on Osman loans to bogus borrowers that times. tionalist Congress Party and sioner removed him and his ing ₹1,000 of the total sioner of Co ative Bank is not the only entity abadbased Vasantdada Nagari resulted in huge losses. The latest to join the list is shift allegiance to the BJP. wife from the board after they balance held in every operation on facing crisis. Cooperative Bank, Vithalrao The bank’s directors, at the Shivajirao Bhosale Cooperat Anil Bhosale is one of the were found guilty of renting savings bank or current October 9. Recently, the RBI imposed re Vikhe Patil Cooperative Bank time of the alleged offence, in ive Bank promoted by Anil prominent politicians and co their private property to the account or any other The Com strictions on withdrawal of in Nashik and Karad Janta Co clude senior leaders from NCP, Bhosale, NCP leader and Mem operative bank leaders in bank. Interestingly, the com deposit account. missioner of Cooperation and funds from Punjab and Maha operative Bank. All these banks Shiv Sena, Congress and BJP. ber of Maharashtra Legislative Pune. plaint was filed by a BJP worker. A special scrutiny conduc Registrar of Cooperative Soci rashtra Cooperative (PMC) are controlled by local politi Council (MLC). He got elected as MLC in 2017 In May this year, the Reserve ted by the RBI in April 2019 re eties, in consultation with the Bank following the discovery cians. The Economic Offences (With inputs from PTI) Sharad Pawar-BJP face off as PMC scam: Centre should come out in open, says Prithviraj Chavan OUR BUREAU tion it is planning to take to HDIL builders, which is a but is raising issues such as relevance to a Kashmir elec Mumbai, October 14 against officials in Reserve complete violation of the Article 370, which could have tion, he said. poll campaign heats up The former Chief Minister of Bank of India and the State banking laws. Even if some Maharashtra and senior Con Cooperation Department for people have been arrested in Congress fails to gress leader Prithviraj their failure to detect the the PMC scam but what about Chavan demanded that in fraud. the auditors of the bank.” galvanise cadre, the Punjab and Maharashtra Addressing the media on Commenting on the poll banks on the Cooperative Bank (PMC) Monday, Chavan asked, “How campaign, Chavan said that scam, the Centre should in is it possible that the bank BJP is not canvassing on local NCP leader form the citizens of the ac had 73 per cent loan exposure issues affecting Maharashtra RADHESHYAM JADHAV Pune, October 14 Even as the ruling BJP Home Minister Amit Shah NCP chief Sharad Pawar claims that the Maharashtra Assembly elections would Pawar at a public meeting. than willing to vote for the be a cakewalk for the party, Pawar has caused a stir with BJP. Party Chief Uddhav PM Narendra Modi, Party his aggressive election Thackeray is the only star President Amit Shah, UP speeches. campaigner in Shiv Sena Chief Minister Yogi The Maratha strongman who is travelling across the Adityanath and several is taking on Modi, CM De State to seek votes. other cabinet ministers vendra Fadnavis, Ministers Sena has no second rank have joined the election and Amit Shah in his leadership which can draw campaign in the State. speeches. crowds and convert it into The ruling BJPSena com With less than a week to votes. bine was hoping it would be go for the polls, the BJP is Maharashtra Navnirman a onesided election as out campaigning in full Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thack many Congress and NCP force. eray is the sole campaigner leaders deserted their Modi and Shah will be ad the party has and he is con parties ahead of the polls dressing a series of meet centrating on urban votes and joined the BJP. ings in the next few days, in Mumbai, Pune and “However, as election while central ministers are Nashik. campaign simmers and al covering almost every dis Even though Rahul legations and counter alleg trict of the State. Gandhi has started cam ations are flaring up, it BJP insiders said that as paigning in Maharashtra seems that the Nationalist majority of State stalwarts with a rally in Latur, the Congress Party (NCP) Presid are stuck in their assembly Gandhi scion is unable to ent Sharad Pawar has been constituencies, BJP’s na energise party cadre and able to pose a challenge,” tional leaders are support candidates, admitted a says Chetan Chavan, a ing Fadnavis’ efforts to senior party leader. Kolhapur citizen. reach voters. The party is struggling to “If it is a onesided elec put up a fight and is largely tion as BJP leaders are pre The lone rangers banking on ally Sharad tending, why are the PM Fadnavis said that he was Pawar’s public meetings and cabinet ministers busy confident of bouncing back and rebel candidates in the in Maharashtra?” asked to power as people are more BJPSena camp. Live webcast from 9,673 booths in Maharashtra PRESS TRUST OF INDIA problems at polling sta Mumbai, October 14 tions and to increase The Election Commission transparency in the vot has decided to live web ing process, the election cast voting from over official said.