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Rudra Raju demands JPC probe into bribery charges against Adani

Rudra Raju demands JPC probe into bribery charges against Adani

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APCC former president Gidugu Rudra Raju addressing the media in Rajamahendravaram on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) former resident Gidugu Rudra Raju on Sunday (November 24, 2024) demanded that the Centre order a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the trade operations of the Adani Group in the wake of bribing charges levelled in the USA to secure contracts for solar projects.  Referring to the U.S. indictment, in which Mr. Adani was accused of paying ₹2,200 crore as bribe to the Indian authorities to secure projects, Mr. Rudra Raju said, “The Congress is demanding the BJP-led Centre to constitute a JPC to probe into the operations of the Adani Group. He questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue. “The BJP-led Centre was quick in arresting many Chief Ministers including that of Delhi and Jharkhand, but it is not keen to order an inquiry on the Adani Group,” said Mr. Rudra Raju. He alleged that Mr. Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were backing Mr. Gautam …

Think of your children’s future before exercising franchise, Sharmila tells voters in Andhra Pradesh

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APCC president Y.S. Sharmila addressed a public meeting at Puttur in Nagari constituency on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and the party candidate for Kadapa Lok Sabha seat Y. S. Sharmila on April 14 urged people to think about their children’s future while casting their vote in the elections. Addressing the election meetings at Srikalahasti and Satyavedu in Tirupati district, Ms. Sharmila said in the last 10 years, people had realised the “consequences” of casting their votes in favour of the TDP first and then the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). “The State is in dire straits as the misrule by the TDP and YSRCP paralysed developmental activity,” she alleged. “Its election time again and you (voters) will find leaders who were nowhere to be seen in the last five years knocking the doors, offering enticements. There is no harm in accepting them but think wisely before casting your vote. Any wrong decision will cost the future of your children,” cautioned Ms. Sharmila. At Srikalahasti, she said public feedback …

Congress leaders meet Election Commission; flag violation of model code of conduct in Andhra Pradesh by Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party

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Complaint was raised by Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y. S. Sharmila. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Based on a complaint raised by the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y. S. Sharmila, a delegation of Congress leaders including Salman Khurshid, Pavan Khera and others met the Election Commission of India (ECI) and brought to his notice what they alleged as “blatant breach of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in Andhra Pradesh.” The leaders drew the ECI’s attention to the fact that the various government schemes, communication channels and material pertaining to the government still bear the photographs of the Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. “We have requested the ECI to ensure that the existing schemes continued to reach the beneficiaries. We have also brought to the notice of the ECI and the Chief Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh had earlier issued orders preventing implementation of new schemes by the caretaker government in Andhra Pradesh,” Ms. Sharmila posted on ‘X’. She tagged a thread of the conversation of the Congress leaders …

Sharmila to make electoral debut from Kadapa, lashes out at brother Jagan | Latest News India

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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y S Sharmila, for the first time, will enter the electoral battle from Kadapa parliamentary constituency in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, scheduled to be held on May 13, according to the list released by the All-India Congress Committee. Sharmila, sister of YSR Congress Party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, figures in the list of five Lok Sabha candidates and 114 assembly candidates released on Tuesday. (Hindustan Times) Sharmila, sister of YSR Congress Party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, figures in the list of five Lok Sabha candidates and 114 assembly candidates released on Tuesday. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. The list was disclosed to the reporters by Sharmila, after paying tributes to her father late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy at his samadhi at Idupulapaya estate in Kadapa district. ALSO READ- Andhra’s political fight, on a celluloid battlefield Former APCC president Gidugu Rudra Raju will be contesting from Rajahmundry parliamentary constituency against Bharatiya Janata Party state …

YS Sharmila Takes Oath As Andhra Pradesh Congress Chief, Slams Brother Jagan Reddy

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YS Sharmila took oath in the presence of senior leaders of the party Vijayawada: Y S Sharmila on Sunday took oath as the president of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee here, in the presence of senior leaders of the party and hundreds of cadres. The newly sworn-in APCC president thanked senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge for reposing their faith and entrusting her with the responsibility. “Y S Rajasekhara Reddy took up the PCC (president) post two times and went on to be the chief minister two times. Again, believing in Rajasekhara Reddy’s child Y S Sharmila, Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, (Mallikarjun) Kharge and the elders of the Congress party have given that responsibility,” said Ms Sharmila. Mincing no words, Ms Sharmila immediately launched a scathing attack on the ruling YSRCP led by her brother and Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, and the TDP. She claimed that there had been no development in Andhra Pradesh in the last five years under the YSRCP government, and five years …