SENIOR CONGRESS leader and state vice president of the party Rajbahadur assailed the state government and said the government was planning election of the mayor through corporators instead of direct election.
Rajbahadur also claimed that the Congress would regain lost ground in UP as Rahul Gandhi had given a positive indication to take charge of the Congress in UP.
Rajbahadur condemned the state government for ignoring the Scheduled Castes and said the scholarship for SC and ST had not been distributed in various schools. He further said that the dismal power scenario had exposed the inefficiency of the state government. He recalled that the chief minister had promised to improve the situation within three month but even after 33 months, no improvement had been witnessed in the power scenario.
‘Give attention to ex-armymen’
DIG OF Assam Riffle Colonel Hargovind Vinod Singh said here on Friday that former Army personnel should be given special attention they were like the senior members of the family. Speaking here at the District Army Men’s Welfare and Rehabilitation Office, Colonel Singh advised the retired army men not to retire from life and to continue to serve society. He also distributed cheques among former freedom fighters of the Second Word War.