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โ€œShould Buy Napkins Before Himachal Resultsโ€: Baghel Hits Back At Thakur Over Rahul Remark

Bhupesh Baghel

Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday responded to Union Minister Anurag Thakurโ€™s remark on Rahul Gandhi, saying he should buy napkins as he would need then once the results of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections are declared.

Raipur:  Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday responded to Union Minister Anurag Thakurโ€™s remark on Rahul Gandhi, saying he should buy napkins as he would need then once the results of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections are declared.

The polling for the BJP-ruled hill state was conducted on November 12 and the counting of votes would take, along with that of poll-bound Gujarat, on December 8. Thakur, the Union minister for sports and youth affairs, had earlier questioned Rahul for keeping Himachal Pradesh away from his ongoing โ€˜Bharat Jodoโ€™ campaign.

While Rahulโ€™s sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra campaigned in Himachal ahead of the Assembly elections, the Congress Lok Sabha MP was conspicuous by his absence.

On the BJPโ€™s decision not to repeat many sitting MLAs in Gujarat and bring in fresh faces instead, Bagehl told Sources, โ€œEven I have been telling my party MLAs in Chhattisgarh that they wonโ€™t get tickets for the next Assembly polls.

Some raised a hue and cry over it and even tried to mobilise support. However, nothing is going to come out of it as I am determined not to give them tckets.โ€

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On bringing petrol and diesel prices within the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Chhattisgarh chief minister said, โ€œFirstly, petrol and diesel prices should be reduced to give the eneral public some respite.

However, instead of reducing the prices, the central government has imposed a cess on petrol and diesel because of which states are not getting their right share of revenue from GST.

If the fuel prices are reduced, everyone will be happy. However, what we are seeing instead is that the global crude rate is coming down but fuel prices in the country are going up.โ€

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Mainpuri Elections: Shivpal Singh Yadav In Samajwadi Partyโ€™s List Of Star Campaigners

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The Samajwadi Party has included Shivpal Singh Yadavโ€™s name in the list of star campaigners for the bypoll to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat where Dimple Yadav, wife of former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is the party candidate.

Lucknow:  The Samajwadi Party has included Shivpal Singh Yadavโ€™s name in the list of star campaigners for the bypoll to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat where Dimple Yadav, wife of former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is the party candidate.

Shivpal Singh Yadav will also soon go out in the campaign for the โ€œbahuraniโ€. Political circles feel that the inclusion of Shivpal Singh Yadavโ€™s name in the list of star campaigners of SP is good from the viewpoint of Yadav family which has witnessed differences of views between its members.

Samajwadi Party has included 40 names in the list of its star campaigners and they include Akhilesh Yadav, Jaya Bachchan and Azam Khan.

Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on October 10. His son Akhilesh Akhilesh and brother Shivpal were constantly seen together at family functions.

Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat is a prestigious seat for the Yadav family and is a Samajwadi Party bastion.
There was speculation that Shivpal Singh Yadav may contest and the party declared Dimple Yadav as its candidate.

According to family sources, Shivpal Singh Yadav also supported Dimple Yadavโ€™s candidature after which the Samajwadi Party went a step further and included his name in its list of star campaigners.

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This is the first time after the split in the Yadav family that Shivpal Singh Yadav not only supported Dimple Yadavโ€™s candidature but will also come come out to campaign for her.

Shivpal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav had drawn apart before the 2017 assembly elections. Shivpal formed Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party in 2018 after losing the apparent battle to take control of the party. The party did not get much electoral success.

Voting for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha by-election is to be held on December 5 and the result will be declared on December 8.

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