Maha Congress passes resolution condemning Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as MP

The Congress in Maharashtra on Monday passed a resolution condemning Rahul Gandhis disqualification as an MP and claimed he was targeted because he questioned relations between Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought to know the source of Rs 20000 crore coming into Adani GroupThis resolution extending support to Gandhi was passed at the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committees MPCC extended working committee meeting held in Thane cityThe Congress stands firmly with Rahul Gandhi He faced the action disqualification as LS member because he questioned relations between PM Modi and Gautam Adani and also sought to know the source of Rs 20000 crore in Adani group one of the resolutions passed at the meeting statedThe action against Rahul Gandhi and the speed with which it was taken to make him homeless through the eviction notice shows the intention was to crush his voice MPCC chief Nana Patole claimed while speaking to reporters after the meetingThe MPCC also resolved to set up OBC Other Backward Classes ministry and said a hefty financial provision will be made for the welfare of backward classes if Congress comes to powerAlso readRahul takes swipe at former Congress leaders as he keeps up attack over Adani issueThe Opposition party also demanded substantial relief for farmers affected by crop loss in Maharashtra alleging the Eknath ShindeBJP government was ignoring the plight of agriculturistsThe Congress questioned why a castewise census is not conducted and referred to a resolution passed in this regard in its OBC national executiveNotably Congress has been stridently demanding a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC into allegations raised against the Adani GroupRecently NCP chief Sharad Pawar broke ranks with the Opposition saying he favoured a Supreme Court panel as the parliamentary panel will be dominated by the ruling party members and hence would not serve the intended purposeWhile Rahul Gandhi has claimed Rs 20000 crore came into Adani Group through shell companies the conglomerate on Monday listed out details of the USD 287 billion stake sales in group firms since 2019 and how USD 255 billion of this was ploughed back into the businessThe MPCC meeting also discussed the rising graph of suicides of farmers in MaharashtraAs many as 21000 farmers committed suicide so far but only 9000 are considered eligible for compensation Who is responsible for a fivefold increase in suicide by farmers in Maharashtra Is it the state government or the Central government Patole asked and sought support from farmersThe Congress alleged a conspiracy to spread social unrest in the country and appealed to people to not fall prey to itThe party claimed the Shinde government was ignoring freedom fighters who had participated in the liberation of the Marathwada region from the Nizam ruleA committee was formed by the erstwhile MVA government to revive memories of the Marathwada liberation struggle but the Shinde government is ignoring it the Congress saidA committee has been formed by Congress to honour every freedom fighter from Marathwada it saidThe Congress also alleged the law and order situation in Maharashtra has deteriorated under the ShindeFadnavis governmentThe party will work for restoring law and order in the state and will remove the fear among people it saidWhile addressing reporters Patole cited instances of attack on members of opposition parties read Shiv SenaUBT in Thane the home turf of CM ShindeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever