Left parties to decide on Presidential polls on Jun 21

Left parties will meet on June 21 in Delhi to arrive at a decision on the July 19 Presidential election.

Left parties will meet on June 21 in Delhi to arrive at a decision on the July 19 Presidential election,General Secretary of Revolutionary Socialist Party T J Chandrachoodan said today.

Asked whether his party would propose a name at the meeting,he told reporters at the end of the party’s two-day central committee meet here: “We have not decided anything,but we don’t want to support a candidate fielded by Congress or BJP.”

Alleging that the Centre’s proposed Food Protection Bill was “unjustified” and was “anti-people,” Chandrachoodan said his party would organise protests across the country,which would culminate in a dharna at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar between July 30 and August 3.

‘Double bonanza for poor, middle class’: PM’s swadeshi pitch ahead of new GST roll out

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PM Modi announced the rollout of new GST rates, calling it a "GST bachat utsav" and promising cheaper prices for medicines, insurance, and daily essentials. He emphasized that these reforms would ease doing business, attract investment, and benefit the poor, middle class, MSMEs, farmers, women, traders, and youth. He urged citizens to promote swadeshi goods.

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