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Ayodhya to light up with 12 lakh diyas

Ayodhya : Festival of lights, Deepotsav, will be held at Ayodhya tomorrow when around 12 lakh diyas would be lit up to mark the Diwali celebration. Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G. Kishan Reddy will participate in the Deepotsav programme on the invitation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

UP Governor Anandiben Patel, CM, along with several state ministers and other dignitaries would participate in the religious function.

Officials here on Tuesday said the administration will attempt to make a new record by lighting up 12 lakh diyas (earthen lรคmps) all over the Ayodhya City. Around o lakh divas will be lit at the Ram Ki Paidi Ghat on the banks of river Saryu on Diwali and 3 lakhs in different places across the city.

Deepavali is celebrated in a grand style to welcome the return of Lord Sri Rama along with his wife Goddess Sita and his brother Lakshmana to his kingdom in Ayodhya, atter 14 years of exile and vanquishing Ravana

The Ayodhya Deepotsav will enthrall everybody with a series of programmes. This includes a rally of folk artists, tableaus depicting various episodes of Ramayana, the performance of Saryu Harathi, 3D Holographic show, projection mapping, thematic laser show, staging of Ram Leela.

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Punjab Congress party puts up a show of unity amid Amarinder Singhโ€™s resignation

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Chandigarh : Fearing about the desertion in regards with never ending tussle in Punjab Congress the Congress government in Punjab put up a show of unity on Tuesday, saying that ministers and legislators are firmly behind Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and are grateful for โ€œlandmark initiativesโ€ for the stateโ€™s overall development.

On the day former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh announced the name of his own political party, โ€œPunjab Lok Congress,โ€ incumbent CM Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who have not been on the same page over certain appointments, Tuesday put up a united face.

The duo said they will work with each other and fight the upcoming polls together, according to party MLAs.

This meeting had taken place few hours after Captain Amarinder Singh officially resigned from the Congress party. He also announced name of his new political party. In his letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Mr Singh attacked the top party leadership and said that โ€œconcocted numbersโ€ were put before Mrs Gandhi to convince her that state leaders did not back him.

Mr Singh also threatened to reveal names of ministers who were allegedly involved in sand mining during his tenure. Coupled with this, he also hinted that many Congress leaders are in touch with him and may switch to his party. Expectedly, alarm bells rang in the state Congress and a meeting of the Chief Minister with party MLAs and ministers was arranged in which Mr Channi appealed to them to stick together.

Following the meeting, the Chief Ministerโ€™s Office put out a statement, saying that the MLAs and ministers had cheered Mr Channi for his โ€œbold decisionsโ€. The statement specifically mentioned the Chief Ministerโ€™s move to convene a special Assembly session that sought termination of the centreโ€™s three farm laws and its notification to extend the BSFโ€™s jurisdiction in Punjab. It also said that the party leaders had lauded the Chief Minister for his announcement to slash power rates in Punjab.

State party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose consistent statements at odds with the state governmentโ€™s stand on a host of issues has emerged as a major problem for the Congress, was present at the meeting.

In a video of the meeting, the Chief Minister is seen telling legislators and ministers that this government still has one-and-a-half months of its tenure left and that he will ensure that all their suggestions are implemented. โ€œFinance wonโ€™t be an issue,โ€ he says in an apparent counter to Mr Sidhu who recently said that the state is staring at a โ€œfinancial emergencyโ€. Towards the end of the video, the Chief Minister appeals to the party leaders to โ€œcollectively channeliseโ€ their energy and drops a reference that AICC incharge Harish Chaudhary had advised him to rope in poll strategist Prashant Kishor ahead of next yearโ€™s polls. This is particularly significant against the backdrop of a perception among the state Congress that in the last state polls, Mr Kishor got Mr Amarinder Singh to make tall promises that he then struggled to fulfill. The Chief Ministerโ€™s remarks are a couched hint to the party leaders to stick together so that they retain their autonomy and put their house in order, failing which the high command may wrest control of the situation.

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