Cong MLA from Banda seeks Y-category security

Singh,whose wife recently got a letter declaring him ‘dead’ and seeking his death certificate for disposal of his pension by Uttar Pradesh Secretariat,also demanded an inquiry into the matter by the Speaker.

“The manner in which I got the letter,after which I had to clarify that I am alive shows a conspiracy against me. I want you to probe the matter,” the letter said.

“I have raised issue of the rape case of a backward girl and the fight for justice of the victim. Since then the police has become my foe,” he wrote.

The MLA’s wife had got a letter signed by Dinesh Chandra Awasthi,special secretary and Finance Controller,Legislative Assembly secretariat on March 4,seeking his death certificate,issued by competent authority for disbursement of his pension.

Cong to hold rally in protest against indirect mayoral polls

With the Samajwadi Party and the BJP in agitation mode,the Congress has also decided to get activated. The party will organise a rally in the city in the last week of March in protest against the Uttar Pradesh Urban Local Self Government Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2011. The SP began its three-day agitation on Monday against crime and corruption in the state,while the BJP is launching a two-day protest on Wednesday against the change in the election procedure of urban local bodies. Congress leaders felt that,in these circumstances,inactivity on its part may send out a message the party was soft on the government.

To begin with,the party would organise a signature campaign against the bill in all the districts on March 10. The next day,it would submit a memorandum,containing one crore signatures to the Governor. State Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi said,“We are not sitting idle. We have met the Governor twice and are holding workers’ conventions in districts and public meetings in Assembly constituencies.”

Anti-Rahul plot: Get the kingpins,Cong tells CBI
New Delhi: Hailing Allahabad High Court’s decision to slap a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on a former SP MLA who alleged that Rahul Gandhi had kept in captivity a girl and her parents,the Congress on Tuesday demanded that all the culprits who hatched the plot be identified and punished. “A heinous conspiracy was launched to destroy the political career of Rahul Gandhi. The plot is based on lies proliferated in the public domain and on the Internet since 2006,” party spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said,adding the CBI should identify the “original culprits” responsible for the plot.

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