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Sonia Gandhi would decide on Former State Chief Minister the next Madhya Pradesh unit )/,-1+)2(' Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who president. 314+,4+5 was said to be planning to leave His statement comes at a the party, was appointed time when there is speculation unjab woke up from its Congress Legislative Party among political circles that Psiesta on Wednesday as a (CLP) leader. Scindia might look for options blast in a firecracker factory in Hooda had been blaming outside the Congress if he is a thickly populated residential outgoing Haryana Congress not made head of the MP unit. area of Batala city in Gurdaspur chief Ashok Tanwar for the AICC sources said Scindia killed 23 persons and left about unseemly state of affairs of the has the backing of enough 27 injured, crumbling nearby ! party in the State. Tanwar MLAs and Ministers to create buildings, smashing window- enjoyed the backing of former trouble for the Kamal Nath panes, and even destroying by buildings got damaged and ‘Babe Da Viah’. Festivities are Congress president Rahul Government whose has a vehicles in its vicinity. the windowpanes of buildings held in the city every year. Gandhi and was heading the wafer-thin majority in the The three-storey structure, up to a km were shattered. A The news agency IANS State unit since 2014. 230-member House. Scindia in which the firecracker facto- car and a bike parked nearby has quoted an official saying Tanwar continued to be had lost the Chief Minister’s ry was being run, came crash- were badly damaged. that the firecracker manufac- State chief even after he didn’t race to Nath narrowly after the ing down to the ground. And Senior officials of the dis- turing unit was unauthorised wholeheartedly took part in the Congress came to power in the many people are feared trapped trict administration and the and being run in a densely- prestigious Jind Assembly poll State in December last year. in the debris. Therefore, the police, including Batala Deputy populated residential area in which was unsuccessfully con- The other impending death toll is expected to rise. Commissioner Vipul Ujawal Gurdaspur district. tested by AICC chief change is in the crucial State As the last report trickled and Inspector General (Border The official said the locals spokesman Randeep Singh of Uttar Pradesh where the in, the national and the State’s Range) SPS Parmar, rushed to complained that the firecrack- Surjewala. leadership suggested for a disaster response teams (NDRF the spot to take stock of the sit- er unit was running illegally for Hooda since then has been complete overhaul of the State and SDRF) were carrying out uation. the past many years. It was flexing his muscles and seeking # " % & . # / & unit. In a report prepared by the rescue operations. “Rescue operations are manufacturing and storing the authority to finalise party )$& ! her close aides, she has advised Meanwhile, Punjab Chief underway and so far we have crackers for a ‘nagar kirtan’ - a candidates in the State where to make it mandatory to have Minister Capt Amarinder recovered 19 dead bodies,” said religious procession relating the Congress was blanked out mand at grassroots. Kumari Selja is a former Union Asked about Hooda’s at least one women office- Singh has ordered a magister- Ujwal, adding that the reason to the birth anniversary cele- in the Lok Sabha polls. Hooda The Congress leadership Minister and known for being remarks and the factionalism bearer in the organisation ial probe while also deputing for the blast is still unknown. brations of Sikhism founder recently met Congress chief has been desperately looking to close to Sonia Gandhi. While plaguing the Haryana unit of from block level to district and senior Cabinet Minister Tripat Several fire engines were Guru Nanak Dev - slated to Sonia Gandhi and held a end factionalism in the party in she takes Ashok Tanwar’s place the party, AICC general secre- PCC level. Rajinder Singh Bajwa to over- pressed into service at the spot reach the town late Wednesday detailed discussion with her. poll-bound Haryana, where it as Haryana Pradesh Congress tary incharge of Haryana The Congress last week see the operations. carrying out rescue work to evening. The next move of the inter- is seeking to wrest power from Committee chief, Hooda will Ghulam Nabi Azad said a new made changes in poll bound Notably, a magisterial bring the situation under the Chief Minister Capt im party chief is to replace the the BJP. In the 2014 Assembly replace CLP leader Kiran beginning has been made with Jharkhand by appointing a probe was ordered in a similar control. A series of blasts were Amarinder took to Twitter and party chiefs at Uttar Pradesh polls, the BJP won 47 seats and Choudhary. the appointments. new president and other blast on January 21, 2017, in the heard that, at one point of time, expressed anguish over the and Madhya Pradesh and give went on to form its The party’s decision to give Azad, who made the offi- office-bearers after rift same area leaving one dead and has caused panic among the incident. “Deeply anguished general secretary Priyanka Government. The Congress Hooda the responsibility of cial announcements pertaining between former Union three injured. However, the locals. It was only later that the to learn about the loss of lives Gandhi the full charge of UP in could only win 15 seats in the leading the election charge fol- to the change of guard in Minister Subodh Kant Sahay findings of that enquiry are reason for the loud blasts was due to the blast in the fire- case Jyotiraditya Scindia is 90-member Assembly. The lows his August 18 Maha Haryana, said Hooda has been and Ajoy Kumar. Kumar unknown. known. cracker factory in Batala. appointed MP Congress chief. INLD had 19 legislators but the Parivartan Rally in Rohtak given the responsibility now. If resigned last month paving the As per reports, the blast in The blast took place a day Rescue operations are under- The frontrunner to lead UP party has since split into two when he supported abrogation the party had lost direction, he way for Rameshwar Oraon’s the firecracker factory took ahead of the 522nd marriage way with the DC & SSP head- Congress is Ajay Singh Lallu, factions. of Article 370 and accused the can bring it on the right path, appointment as State presi- place around 4 pm. It was so anniversary celebrations of ing the relief efforts,” tweeted considered to have good com- Rajya Sabha member Congress of losing “direction”. he said. dent. strong that half a dozen near- Guru Nanak Dev, known as Capt Amarinder. O P ! 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