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No need to rush to AICC hqs, Gehlot cautions ticket seekers

New Delhi, Mar 6 (UNI) Cautioning ticket aspirants for the forthcoming municipal elections against rushing to the AICC headquarters, Congress General Secretary (Delhi Affairs Incharge) Ashok Gehlot today said the entire process would be handled by the Pradesh Congress Committee in a transparent and systematic manner.

No one should rush to the AICC office to get his candidature recommended or attested as a proper transparent system has been put in place to ensure that a genuine candidate and the grassroot level worker gets due attention, Mr Gehlot told UNI.

''A set of features have been earmarked, through which all applications would be processed, to select the right candidate and the entire process would be in the hands of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.'' No one should have illusions of their candidature being processed from 'the top'. Only honest, genuine and those with good reputation would get the party ticket, he said.

Stressing that regularisation of unauthorised colonies and several provisions in Master Plan benefiting shopkeepers and businessman would help the Congress in the MCD elections, Mr Gehlot said people have realised that the 'problem' was judicial in nature and not of the Congress' making.

''On 'excesses' being done by the electricty distribution companies the Delhi State government had earlier been told to press upon the companies and set the process right and if need be it would be further told to look into the grievances of the people.'' People's outlook would certainly find its due place, he added.

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Muslim, Dalit parties form forum to contest UP elections

Lucknow, Mar 6 (UNI) A group of Muslim and Dalit parties in Uttar Pradesh today announced the launch of a forum to contest the forthcoming assembly elections. People's Democratic Front, National League, Parcham Party, Momin Conference, Nationalist Loktantrik Party and Ambedkar Samaj Party today announced the formation of a 'joint political forum' to contest the seven-phase assembly elections in the state beginning next month. The parties claim that though the front would not contest on all the 403 assembly seats, its.....

Congress bags mayorship of Jammu

Jammu, Mar 6 (UNI) In a close battle for Mayorship, Congress candidate Narinder Singh today defeated his BJP rival Kavinder Gupta in the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) election. Mr Singh bagged 39 votes while Mr Gupta, former Mayor got 32. Meanwhile, National Conference candidate Dharamveer Jamwal defeated the independent candidate Ms Neerja Khajuria in the fight for the Deputy Mayor's post. Ms Khajuria, who was supported by BJP, got only 27 votes while Mr Jamwal bagged 44. The election reportedly.....

Poverty will be stamped out of India: Lalu

Gwalior, Mar 6 (UNI) Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad today claimed that poverty would be stamped out of the country if the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government remained in power for a decade. ''If a cowherd can convert the country's development lifeline -- the Railways -- into a profit-making venture, then we can definitely wipe out poverty in ten years,'' he quipped while addressing a poll rally in favour of Congress candidate Ashok Singh on the last.....
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