Cong mulls BJY 2.0
Hyderabad, Sep 16: The Congress on Saturday said Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0 is “under consideration” with some CWC members requesting that it be undertaken from the eastern part of the country to the west. Addressing a briefing on the deliberations of the first meeting of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) here, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said members of the party’s top decision-making body have requested to organise “Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0 from east to west”. “That matter is under consideration,” he said in response to a question about organising the second edition of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had undertaken the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir from September 7, 2022, to January 30 this year. In a resolution, the CWC said it proudly celebrates the first anniversary of the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. It described the yatra as a “transformational moment in the nation’s politics to unite the people against the forces that are dividing India, to raise the voices of the people against growing inequality, falling incomes, rising youth unemployment and the sky-high prices of essential commodities, and to resist the growing authoritarianism, the capture of democratic institutions and the attack on our federal structure”. (PTI)
14 drug peddlers held
Bengaluru, Sep 16: The Anti Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru Police on Saturday said they have arrested 14 drug peddlers including foreign nationals and those from other states, and have seized banned narcotics substances worth over Rs 7.83 crore. The Anti Narcotics Wing officials and staff in the last one week had booked seven cases following swift action in various police station limits of the city like – Vartur, Banashankari, Vidyaranyapura, Cottonpet and Kadugodi. In these cases, a total of 14 drug peddlers have been arrested, which includes three foreign nationals, four each from Orissa and Kerala, and three from Bengaluru, police said. An estimated Rs 7,83,70,000 worth banned narcotics substances have been seized from them, the police informed (IANS)