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) ! : # % 5 ! % 5 5 VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( +,-!+ . /012 +/"+"0 *+(,-. /+#-1 ('31()'$; ';'31<4</ )/'1;0)'1))/('1 ! " # ""#$!#% %#%#% <=$<//43<1 =</3/&<)<10/)>3 -.631)4/<6767?4'(3=3)/ #&#%%# @( $ )* 6A++ B- @' !) ' # 3 $ %13 %4/56 /1 7 Q #$$ # Q R 1)2)(3 orty-eight-year after Indira FGandhi came to power in 1971 on the ear-catching slogan #!%2 of “Garibi hatao”, her grandson " / Rahul Gandhi has reinvented 3 #+ %$! the same theme by announcing ! 67 #! ! his own version of “surgical” ! 3 #! 86"777 strike on poverty to revive the Congress fortune in the Lok %3 "! .# ! . Sabha elections. ! ! %2 As part of the Congress " $! manifesto for general elections, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said 20 per cent families in through idea. We have con- claimed there is enough money poorest of the poor category sulted many economists on in India and the Congress will be given 72,000 each the scheme. It will be a fiscal- guarantees that 20 per cent # % & ' # !( ! # ' annually as a minimum ly prudent scheme,” Rahul said poorest families will be given ) & *) && & + & income. Accusing the Prime 72,000 per year. Making the announcement Terming it to be a “final each annually,” Rahul said soon Minister of giving money to the “Remember that in unanimous decision, the party According to a senior party at a Press conference post the assault” to eradicate poverty in after starting social media cam- rich and not the poor, Rahul Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh ( % insiders said alliance between leader, Maken strongly sup- Congress Working Committee the country, Rahul described paign #NyayForIndia. alleged the poor have suffered and Rajasthan, I had promised the Congress and the AAP will ported an alliance with AAP meeting, the Congress chief the manifesto as a “historic” The CWC had met at the in the last five years and “We that in 10 days farmers will be take place irrespective of the saying the Congress would not said, “The time for change has and “groundbreaking” mea- AICC headquarters to discuss are going to provide justice to given a loan waiver. I am inherent difference between be able to win any seat in Delhi come. This will be a ‘final sure to end poverty. “Five crore and give final shape to the them”. “If Narendra Modi can promising you today that jus- their ideologies. on its own. Reacting to Maken’s assault’ to eradicate poverty in families and 25 crore people party’s manifesto. The Congress give money to the rich people tice will be done. Scheme will Finally the leaders left it on reasoning, Rahul asked him the country.” will directly benefit from the chief said the party has studied in the country, then Congress be on a phase basis. First a pilot &$ ' on the Congress president to what the party under his stew- The party manifesto is scheme. The final assault on the fiscal implications of the can give the poor this money,” project will be run then scheme & 1)2)(3 take the final call on pre-poll ardship has done in the last being framed by a committee poverty has begun. We will scheme and has consulted he said. will run,” he said. He claimed alliance with the AAP in Delhi. four-and-a-half-year if it can- headed by former Finance and wipe out poverty from the renowned economists and “Narendra Modi is creating that everyday your money is enior leaders of the Delhi Meanwhile, the sources not contest on its own. Home Minister P country. I promise that there experts before finalising it. two Indias in the country and being taken away and “we will SCongress, including its said six leaders in the party — According to a senior party Chidambaram. will be justice for the poor. The “This is a historic scheme we will not allow it, there will show you what is happening. Delhi unit president Sheila Sheila, three working presi- leader present in the meeting, Citing the examples of Congress guarantees that 20 which has not happened any- be only one India,” he said. We have been studying this for Dikshit, discussed the possi- dents Devender Yadav, Rajesh Chacko handed over signed let- farmers’ loan waiver schemes in per cent families belonging to where in the world. It is an Asked where the money the last 4-5 months”. bility of an alliance with the Lilothia, Haroon Yusuf, and ters of 12 district Congress three States — Rajasthan, poorest of the poor category in extremely powerful, ground- will come from and whether it The working committee, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in former Delhi Congress presi- presidents, leaders of the party Chhattisgarh and Madhya India will be given 72,000 breaking and well-thought will affect the economy, Rahul which is the party’s highest Delhi with party president dents JP Agarwal and Tajdar and party councillors in all Pradesh — the Gandhi scion decision-making body, will Rahul Gandhi and other senior Babar — are opposed to the three municipal corporations, said if the party is voted to give a final go-ahead to the leaders on Monday. The meet- alliance, while former Delhi to buttress the demand for power the Congress will iden- manifesto. The meeting was ing has gained importance in presidents Ajay Maken, alliance with the AAP. tify such families who live R! R chaired by Rahul and attended the light of the Congress and Subhash Chopra and Arvinder The AAP has been dan- below the poverty mark and by former PM Manmohan the AAP finally agreeing to Singh Lovely are in the favour gling olive branch to the help them to live decent life. He Singh, Priyanka Gandhi, form an alliance to prevent the of a pre-poll alliance with the Congress for an alliance in the said the scheme is part of the Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi BJP from retaining all the AAP. Congress general secre- Lok Sabha polls Delhi to stop party’s plan to ensure mini- Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, and seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. tary and Delhi incharge PC the BJP from certain victory on mum income guarantee to " AK Antony. Though the much awaited Chacko has backed Lovely, all seven seats. every person in the country. Continued on Page 4 meeting ended without an Maken and Chopra contention. Continued on Page 4 % &' " $ !"# % %& ' % ( R ! "# 1)2)(3 )"R # $! % nion Finance Minister 1)2)(3 Mathura. She is the biggest UArun Jaitley on Monday 40'351)2)(3 superstar and the Congress described as “fraud “ and hum- day after famous has stooped to such a low. This bug Rahul Gandhi’s announce- iving up chairmanship AHaryanavi singer and was not expected from ! $ ment to provide 72, 000 year- Gafter more than 26 years, dancer Sapna Chaudhary Priyanka,” Tiwari said. ! ly to the 20 per cent of the embattled Jet Airways’ founder claimed that she has not joined His reaction came after poorest of the poor in the Naresh Goyal on Monday quit the Congress, Delhi BJP pres- Sapna was seen with him in &&' ( # country saying the poor are ! " as a board member, with the ident Manoj Tiwari met her pictures on the social media. '# receiving one and half times lenders taking control of the and said he will be happy if she When asked about the pos- )$ L more in the Modi-regime. cockpit and deciding to infuse campaigns for the BJP in the sibilities of Sapna joining the " People won’t be taken in by which opposed the Modi the BJP leader. 1,500 crore immediately into Lok Sabha elections. Sapna’s BJP, Tiwari replied, “Only time ! + M% " “chhal kapat” of the Congress, Government’s Direct Benefit Meanwhile, Niti Aayog the ailing airline. much hyped news of joining will tell.” said Jaitley. Transfer (DBT) is now saying Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar Struggling to stay afloat the Congress was circulated Earlier, Sapna said she is P Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman it would use the same in pro- on Monday said Rahul’s amid a debt burden of over board has approved immediate with her pictures with Priyanka not harbouring any dream to $ Rajiv Kumar and the Economic viding money to poor and promise of providing 72,000 8,000 crore, the board of the fund infusion of up to 1,500 Gandhi Vadra. join the Congress at all. And if ! # --. Advisory Council to the Prime without any financial burden. annually to five crore families country’s first private full ser- crore by lenders as well as con- Tiwari accused the she is ever interested in joining ./$ Minister (EAC-PM) too criti- This is jugglery, he said. The will create strong incentives vice carrier also approved con- version of debt into equity. Congress of using the Haryana a political party, she herself will # cised the pre-poll announce- Finance Minister said the Modi against work and bust fiscal dis- version of banks’ debt into Naresh Goyal, his wife performer’s picture without announce it. She claimed that 0 " ment by Rahul. Government was already pro- cipline. equity and induction of nom- Anita Goyal and Etihad her consent. “The Congress has she never signed any member- % Addressing a Press confer- viding 5.34 lakh crore to poor. “True to its past record of inee directors of the lenders, Airways’ nominee director used her old pictures to spread ship form of the Congress and + " ence here, Jaitley said the “We are giving much more to promising the moon to win who would become majority Kevin Knight have quit the the rumour that she has joined cleared that the photograph & ! Congress regimes have poor and the total amount elections, the Congress presi- stakeholders.

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