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Jignesh Mevani Campaigns for Kanhaiya Kumar
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, who had spearheaded a Dalit movement in his state a couple of years ago, Thursday campaigned for former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar – the CPI candidate from Begusarai Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, reported news agency PTI.
The social media was abuzz with pictures of the two young politicians traversing the dusty tracks of Begusarai, sometimes on foot and sometimes pillion riding on bicycles, as they addressed several small political meetings seeking support for the upcoming Left leader.
Mevani also tweeted a picture of himself enjoying the traditional Bihari lunch of rice, lentil soup and mashed potatoes with the caption-- "Dal bhaat chokha khaenge, Kanhaiya Kumar ko jitayenge, theek hai", parodying a hit number of Bhojpuri singer Khesari Lal Yadav.
Congress Releases List of 31 Candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha Polls
Congress on Thursday released the list of 31 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Out of the 31, 19 are for Rajasthan while 6 each are Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. For Rajasthan, Vaibhav Gehlot, son of ths state chief minister Ashok Gehlot, will contest from the Jodhpur parliamentary constituency.
Denied Ticket, BJP MP Prabhatsinh Chauhan Says He Will Contest
Prabhatsinh Chauhan, BJP MP from Panchmahal in Gujarat, who has been denied ticket by the party this time, announced on Thursday that he would contest the Lok Sabha election nonetheless.
Asked if he will join another party or fight as an independent, 77-year-old Chauhan, a two-time MP since 2009, refused to reveal his plans.
"I will fight this election from Panchmahal. I will fight and win. I will file my nomination papers on 1 April. I can not reveal more at present," Chauhan told PTI.
EC Clears Revised MNREGA Wage Rates
The Election Commission on Thursday, 28 March, said it has approved a request of the Rural Development Ministry to revise the wages under the MGNREGA scheme from 1 April.
The wages paid under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are linked with the Consumer Price Index for agricultural labourers (CPI-AL) and new wage rates are notified on 1 April, the beginning of the new financial year.
(Source: PTI)