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Nagpur: PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Phase-I of Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg

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Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the sixth Vande Bharat Express that will run between Maharashtra’s Nagpur and Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur.

Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Phase-I of Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, covering a distance of 520 Kms and connecting Nagpur and Shirdi.

The 701 km Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg – being built at a cost of about Rs 55,000 crore, connecting Nagpur and Mumbai- is one of India’s longest expressways, passing through Maharashtra’s 10 districts and prominent urban regions of Amravati, Aurangabad and Nashik. Earlier today, the Prime Minister inaugurated Phase I of the Nagpur Metro rail project and purchased a ticket to take a ride on the Metro from Freedom Park to Khapri.

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of Phase- II of the rail project, which will be developed at a cost of more than Rs 6700 crore.

Also Read:“Will Build Roads With 30 Year Life-Span”: Devendra Fadnavis

During his journey from Freedom Park to Khapri, the Prime Minister was also seen interacting with students and those from the start-up sector and citizens from other walks of life.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the sixth Vande Bharat Express that will run between Maharashtra’s Nagpur and Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur.

PM Modi waved hands at the passengers travelling on the train after flagging off the train.
This is the sixth Vande Bharat Express to be flagged off by PM Modi.

The Prime Minister arrived in Nagpur earlier, where he was received by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Ahead Of Himachal CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu’s Oath Taking Ceremony, Congress Leader’s Wife Thanks People For Support

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“I am thankful to the people of the state. We will continue to support him so that he fulfils all his promises,” said Kamlesh Thakur wife of Sukhwinder Singh 

Shimla: Ahead of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister designate Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu’s oath-taking ceremony, his wife Kamlesh Thakur thanked the people for voting for Congress in the state assembly elections.

Former Congress state chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will take oath as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. “I am thankful to the people of the state. We will continue to support him so that he fulfils all his promises,” Thakur told ANI today.

The oath-taking ceremony will take place at 1.30 pm on Sunday, Raj Bhavan sources told ANI.
After being chosen as the Chief Minister, the Congress leader said that he is thankful to the Congress and Gandhi family for giving him this opportunity.

Sukhu had said that he is happy that despite being from an ordinary family he is going to be the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

“I am happy that I am going to be CM despite being from an ordinary family. I am thankful to the Congress party and the Gandhi family for giving me this opportunity. My mother never stopped me from being in politics. I have reached here today because of her blessings,” Sukhu had said.

Sukhu is a grassroots politician who has risen from the ranks and has a wide organisational experience in the hill state.

A four-time MLA, Sukhu, 58, is a former chief of Congress in the state and has been part of NSUI and Youth Congress.

He was the party’s state unit president from 2013 to 2019 and spoke his mind even if it was not to the liking of the party’s tall leader Virbhadra Singh, a six-time Chief Minister.

Sukhu has been in favour of promoting and grooming younger Congress leaders in Himachal Pradesh.
Affable and approachable, Sukhu has a vast network in the hill state due to his long years in the organisation.

With Congress chief ministers over the past four decades coming from Rampur Bushahr, Congress central leadership was apparently keen to expand its choice. Pratibha Singh, wife of Virbhadra Singh, was also a strong contender for the CM post but the high command went for a leader who has been elected four times from Nadaun, a constituency in Hamirpur district.

Sukhu will be the first Congress leader from “lower Himachal” to come to the top post.
The other contender for the top job Mukesh Agnihotri hails from the Una district of the state and will now be Deputy Chief Minister.

A loyalist of the Gandhi family, Sukhu belongs to a middle-class family. He was active in politics from his student days and fought elections as an NSUI candidate. He was president of NSUI and the Indian Youth Congress in the state. He fought and won elections for Shimla Municipal Corporation. Sukhu won the assembly election for the first time in 2003 from Nadaun.

Also Read: Himachal: Congress’ Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu For The CM Post Said, We’re Carrying Forward Virbhadra Singh’s Legacy

Sukhu was chairman of the Congress Campaign Committee for the assembly elections in which the party focused on local issues and made lucrative promises including an old pension scheme.
He will be the second chief minister from Hamirpur district after BJP’s Prem Kumar Dhumal.
Congress won the Assembly polls in the state, winning 40 seats.

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