Rahul Gandhi arrives at Malappuram Collectorate for COVID-19 review meeting in Kerala
News | October 19, 2020 16:04 ISTRahul Gandhi arrived at Malappuram Collectorate for a COVID-19 review meeting on October 19.
Rahul Gandhi arrived at Malappuram Collectorate for a COVID-19 review meeting on October 19.
Officials of Excise Department have seized ganja (cannabis) in large quantity from a vehicle at Tholpetty check post in Kerala's Wayanad on August 15.
A 12-year-old male tiger was found dead in Kerala's Wayanad district on August 14.
The death toll in the landslide at a tea estate in Rajamalai in Idukki district of Kerala rose to 49 on Monday after six more bodies were recovered.
Flood-like situation continues in Kerala's Wayanad district due to continuous rainfall since last three days.
The country's strength was respect for women, people of all religions, communities, different ideas. Every time you put a case against me I will speak of love. I will never forget you are standing with me," he said addressing front workers.
Shehala Sherin (10) had died after being bitten by a snake inside her classroom on November 20. The victim's father, Rajesh, too said some people threatened them by saying witnesses would have to face the consequences alone.
The incident occurred while the girl was sitting in her class and the snake surfaced from a hole and bit her. Much precious time was lost after the school authorities dilly-dallied about what to do.
Rahul said: "I request you to kindly take steps towards the reconstruction of the bridge at the earliest."
While interacting with locals at marooned St Claret Public School here on the third day of his visit to Wayanad, Gandhi said he had demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that compensation and relocation be done fast and quick. Gandhi said he had been assured that the needful would be done.
Reaching out to the people of his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, devastated by landslips triggered by the recent rains, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he would continue to put pressure on the centre and state government to ensure that those affected were justly compensated.
In his letter to Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan, Rahul said, "The recent floods in Kerala have already claimed the lives of over a 100 people and uprooted lakhs of people from their homes."
Wayanad has been affected by rains in Kerala this monsoon, along with other districts like Malappuram and Kozhikode. A total of 12 deaths have been reported in Wayanad and around 37,075 people have been displaced and shifted to more than 210 relief camps.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday began his Kerala visit to review situation in his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency ravaged by floods and landslides. Accompanied by Congress general secretary K C Venugopal, Gandhi arrived at the Karipur airport near here on Sunday afternoon. He would later visit some rain-hit places in neighbouring Mallapuram district three assembly segments of which form part of Wayanad constituency, party sources said.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has invited 25 leaders from the Congress and the IUML to help him prepare a roadmap for the overall development of his constituency Wayanad, a party leader said on Wednesday.
In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad by a margin of over 4.31 lakh votes, a state record, even as he lost Congress stronghold Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to BJP's Smriti Irani.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will pay a two-day visit to Wayanad in Kerala, his Parliamentary constituency, today. he will visit to thank the voters of Wayanad who made him win the 2019 Lok Sabha election from the seat.
The ED earlier in the day summoned Patel, who was the civil aviation minister in the UPA government, over an alleged aviation scam.
Vijayan also said he had asked the Wayanad district collector to conduct a detailed inquiry into the suicide of the farmer and submit a report to the government for taking further action, including providing financial assistance.
Gandhi won with the highest ever margin of victory in any Lok Sabha election with 431,770 votes. He defeated his nearest rival P.P. Suneer of the Communist Party of India who secured 274,597 votes while Gandhi received 706,367 votes.
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