Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will travel to Jammu and Kashmir on Friday and meet those injured in the Pahalgam terror attack, Congress sources said on Thursday.
They said Gandhi will visit the Government Medical College (GMC) in Anantnag to enquire about the health of the injured.
At least 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed and several injured when terrorists opened fire at a meadow near Pahalgam town in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon.
Gandhi cut short his visit to the United States to attend the crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee held earlier on Thursday.
He also attended an all-party meeting called by the government to brief parties on the horrific terror attack.
Meanwhile, Congress workers across all states and districts will take out candlelight marches on Friday in solidarity with the victims of the attack and to reaffirm unity against terrorism, the party said.
The Congress has also decided to postpone its “Samvidhan Bachao” rallies that were scheduled for April 25 and 26, party general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal said.
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The “Samvidhan Bachao” rallies will resume from April 27, he added.
AIMIM set to win MLC poll in Telangana
The result for the MLC poll for the Hyderabad Local Authorities’ constituency will be announced on Friday.
The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM looks set to win the election, after it faced off in a direct contest against the BJP following the main Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s boycott.
About 79 per cent polling was recorded on Wednesday in the election. Of the 112 voters, 88 (78.57 per cent) exercised their franchise in the polling, which was held from 8 am to 4 pm, an official release said. Of the 112 voters, AIMIM and BJP have 49 and 29, respectively.
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The political temperature rose ahead of polling, with the BJP accusing the Congress and BRS of helping the “communal” AIMIM win the election by staying out of the contest.
JNUSU polls to be held
After a brief halt in the poll process over incidents of violence and vandalism, elections to elect the central body of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union will be held on Friday.
The polls will see the two Left student bodies – The All India Students’ Association (AISA), the students’ wing of the CPI (ML) Liberation, and the CPI(M)’s student body, Students’ Federation of India (SFI), up against each other for the first time in a decade.
The differences between the two organisations were over disagreements over the presidential candidate.
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The fissures in the Left — it has largely been successful in keeping the ABVP away from power — have got many on the campus wondering if it presents the RSS-affiliate its best shot at securing a foothold in the university.
– With PTI inputs
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