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On The Fast Track
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav’s complaint against the Central government seems to have been promptly addressed by the ministry concerned. Days after the Kannauj MP said in Parliament that the government has not developed any new expressway project in Uttar Pradesh, SP’s Dhaurahra MP Anand Bhadauria met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and handed over a letter, requesting for construction of an expressway from Lucknow-Agra to Haridwar via his constituency. Later, Bhadauria expressed “happiness” over Gadkari’s in-principle approval for the project. He said if the expressway construction starts, it will be like a “dream come true” for him.
Minority Concern
The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Monday released a helpline number — 9111-26103495 — for “distressed” Bangladeshi Hindus to approach the organisation. “We in coordination with the Central government shall try to help them out in every possible way,” the VHP said. The organisation also sought action from the interim government in Bangladesh against those attacking Hindus there. “We are surprised to see the grotesque silence of so-called human right bodies and persons who have not spoken a word for the suffering minorities in Bangladesh,” said VHP president Alok Kumar.
