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While there is no word from the Congress on whether Rahul Gandhi will undertake yet another yatra, as was stated earlier, the party leadership certainly seems to be nudging state units to take out yatras. Earlier this week, the party high command had asked the Maharashtra leadership to undertake a bus yatra. On Thursday, it was the turn of Uttarakhand. A brainstorming session the high command had with leaders from Uttarakhand saw Rahul asking them to take out a yatra across the state, highlighting some key issues, like the Agnipath scheme. The meeting also saw some leaders such as former state unit chiefs Pritam Singh and Ganesh Godiyal taking potshots at the style of functioning of state Congress president Karan Mahara. The stress of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, as usual, was on unity.
Citing a social media post by a former minister in a state from South India about garbage piled up at a location, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri on Thursday said that when officials made enquiries, it turned out that the site in question was on private land. Puri, speaking at the National Urban Planning Conclave, said the ministry didn’t view this as a challenge and officials reached out to the person concerned and offered help. “That kind of reverse naming and shaming is sinking in,” Puri said.
