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Bhandara-Gondia LS bypoll: NCP candidate weak, says Prakash Ambedkar

Nagpur: Bharipa Bahujan Mahasabha leader Prakash Ambedkar today said that the NCP-Congress had fielded a weak candidate for the Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha bypoll scheduled for May 28.

The bypoll was necessitated by the resignation of BJP MP Nana Patole who then quit the party as well and joined the Congress.

Addressing a press conference, Ambedkar alleged that the Congress-NCP did not field Patole, a strong candidate, as several NCP and Congress leaders were facing inquiries.

He claimed that a weak candidate was chosen to give the BJP a cakewalk.

“Nana Patole is a strong leader who stood up to PM Narendra Modi. He would have been a giant killer if he had contested the elections,” he said.

Ambedkar said that his party had fielded tribal leader L K Madavi for the bypoll in order to give the BJP a tough fight.

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Activist Irom Sharmila to take up the cause of Kashmiri women

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Pune: Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila today announced that she will go to Jammu and Kashmir to work for women empowerment there.

The activist also said she would no longer resort to ‘indefinite fast’ as an agitation tool.

Sharmila shot to fame after launching an indefinite fast in 2000 demanding withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from Manipur. She ended her fast on August 9, 2016.

She was here with her husband Desmond Coutinho to visit Pune-based NGO Sarhad, which works for rehabilitation of Kashmiri children.

Sarhad announced Sharmila as its brand ambassador on this occasion.

“I am not against the Army. I am against the system. I will be going to Kashmir and will have a dialogue with Kashmiri women to know about their issues, sufferings,” she said.

“I will put emphasis on dialogue and will not use the tactic of fasting anymore,” she said.

Asked if she would talk to the Centre or the state government to raise the issues of Kashmiri women, Sharmila said she won’t approach any government, but meet the people of Kashmir Valley with a hope that the government will be moved by the people’s movement.

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