CPI(M) on Friday hit back at Rahul Gandhi for dubbing Marxism as a “dead ideology”, saying the Congress general secretary does not know the history.
“Rahul does not know the history of Marxism. He should know that Karl Marx, the main protagonist of the Communist movement, was born in the 19th century and not the 20th century,” Mr Karat said at a public meeting here.
“In any case, Gandhi does not have the political understanding that the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi had,” he said.
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UP: SP MLA booked on rape charges
Sultanpur (UP) : A rape case was on Friday registered against sitting Samajwadi Party MLA An-up Sanda, the police said.
“On a complaint a case against Sanda under various sections of the IPC including 376 (rape), 420 (fraud) and 506 (threatening to kill) has been filed and a probe is on,” additional superintendent of police Ajay Shankar Rai said. The case was lodged with the Kotwali police. The complainant, a resident of Gabhadiya locality here, has alleged in the FIR that she was being subjected to criminal assault since the past three years by Mr Sanda, who promised her a job and whenever she had objected to it he had threatened to kill her. —PTI
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EC will visit Patna on poll review
AGE CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi
The Election Commission is all set to visit Patna on the 20th and 21st of September to review the poll preparedness for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bihar.
CEC Mr S.Y. Quraishi and the two Election Commissioners namely Mr V.S. Sampath and Mr H.S. Brahma are reaching the Bihar capital on Sunday evening. The official engagements of the three Commissioners would begin on the 20th.
This is the first ever visit of the Election Commission since the announcement of the Bihar pill schedule. This also happens to be the first poll under the stewardship of Mr S.Y. Quraishi.