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NCP To Start Jan Samman Yatra From Sunday
Ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP will launch a ‘Jan Samman Yatra’ under the party’s state unit chief Sunil Tatkare from Sunday.
NCP MLC Shivajirao Garje and party spokesperson Anand Paranjape stated that the aim of the yatra is to connect with people, address their issues and showcase the party’s efforts to disseminate government schemes. It will also strengthen the party’s organisational structure, news agency PTI reported.
“The initiative will focus on engaging with the public and informing them about welfare programmes and the application process,” Paranjape said.
The yatra will start from July 28 in Nashik and tour Deolali, Sinnar, Yeola and Kopargaon in Ahmednagar.
“On July 29, the state chief will visit Niphad and Dindori to bolster the party’s organisation and inform people about the Mahayuti government’s future plan of action. He will also tour other parts of the state,” Garje said.
Both Garje and Paranjape expressed confidence the Mahayuti (ruling alliance) will collaborate in the upcoming assembly elections and that Rane will continue to play a role in the coalition.
Rifleman Mohit Rathour To Be Cremated With Full State Honours Today
Braveheart Mohit Rathour, the rifleman who on Saturday lost his life in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara, will be cremated with full state honours in his village in Badaun district of UP on Sunday.
The 27-year-old was the only son of his parents and had joined the Army in 2017.
Badaun District Magistrate Nidhi Srivastava stated that Rathour’s body will reach Bareilly by air from Srinagar. From there it will be brought in an Army vehicle to his native village Sabhanagar in Islamnagar police station area of Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh, PTI reported.
Islamnagar police station SHO Harendra Kumar said Rathour was the only son of farmer Nathu Singh. He had lost his mother Kalavati several years ago. He was married to Ruchi Chauhan, a resident of Karenge village of Baduan, about one-and-a-half years ago.
He is survived by his father, three sisters and wife. He had last come home in January and had thereafter gone back to duty on February 14, the SHO said.
A soldier was killed and four others, including a Captain, were injured as the Indian Army foiled an attack on Saturday by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) in the Kamakari sector of the UT’s Kupwara district. A Pakistani intruder was also killed in the exchange of fire, while two others returned to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
