Month: August 2014

Lucknow, Aug. 29 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party (SP) held a meeting on Friday to discuss the party’s agendas ahead of the by-polls in Uttar Pradesh (UP), which will take place on September 13. On the table was also the plan to counteract the BJP, which has a rising presence in the state. Senior SP party member Ambika Chaudhary said, “We want to win these by-polls. Starting from Uttarakhand, every by-polls since the Lok Sabha elections have not gone in favour of the BJP, and we want to continue this trend in UP too.” He also attacked the BJP, saying, “The common man has come to know the truth of this ‘ache din’ government.

Nagpur, Aug.29 (ANI): Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today wished a happy Ganesh Chaturthi to everyone while celebrating the festival dedicated to Lord Ganesha with his family in Nagpur. Gadkari said, “Lord Ganesha is the god of wisdom for us, I pray Lord Ganesha to bestow wisdom and intelligence to the youth of the Nation so that knowledge gets converted into wealth and the country progresses on the path of development”. “I want to wish everyone one a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi,” he added. Meanwhile, offering flowers to the idol of Lord Ganesha at his residence in Mumbai, former Home Minister and Congress Party leader Sushil Kumar Shinde said, “We celebrate this auspicious festival every year, the entire family gets together for the festival.