Congress to go solo in UP polls

Priyanka Gandhi says will contest all 403  seats in the “do-or-die” elections

Bulandshahr: The Congress will contest all 403 seats in  the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls  on its own and emerge victorious in the electoral battle,  party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Sunday. Ruling out an alliance  with any political party,  she said the leaders of the  Samajwadi Party (SP) and  the Bahujan Samaj Party  (SP) were nowhere to be  seen even when the 2017  Unnao rape case and the  Hathras gangrape-and-murder case in 2020 rocked the  country, adding that only  the Congress was fighting  for the people.

Addressing the party  cadre at the Pratigya Sammelan - Lakshya 2022 in  Anoopshahr here, the Congress general secretary  stressed on the importance  of the Uttar Pradesh polls  for the party, calling it a “door-die” situation.

Emphasising that the electoral contest can only be  won by strengthening the  party at the booth level, she  called upon the Congress  workers to bolster the booth  committees.

Priyanka Gandhi asked  the Congress workers to be  active on social media and  post all party activities on  various social networking  platforms.

Taking a jibe at the ruling  BJP, she said the saffron  party has no respect for the  freedom movement as its  leaders did not shed blood  and sweat for the country’s  independence, and added  that only leaders such as  Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and BR Ambedkar  envisioned freedom for the  country.

Priyanka Gandhi said  the Congress has not only  brought development but  has also promoted brotherhood and harmony. Hitting  out at the Centre over the  rising fuel prices, she said  for 70 years, the Congress  ensured that the fuel prices  did not shoot up above Rs  70 per litre. However, in the  last seven years, the BJP  govt has let the guard down,  which has allowed the prices to shoot upwards of Rs  100 per litre. -(PTI)

UP set to start ambulance service  for cows

 The Uttar Pradesh government is all set to start an ambulance service for cows suffering from serious diseases, state Dairy Development, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary said here on Sunday. The minister said 515 ambulances are ready for the novel scheme,
probably the first in the country. “Akin to the 112 emergency service number, the new service would pave the way for speedy treatment of seriously ill cows,” he said in Mathura.

An ambulance with a veterinary doctor and two assistants would arrive within a span of 15 to 20 minutes of requesting the service, he said. A call centre will be set up at Lucknow for receiving complaints, the minister stated. -(PTI)