BJP obstructing justice by not sacking MoS Home Ajay Kumar Mishra, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leaders and workers held 'maun vrat' throughout the country demanding the resignation of MoS Home Ajay Kumar Mishra.

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New Delhi:  Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleged that the central government neither cares about farmers nor the BJP workers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on October 3.

Amid power crisis, Union Power Minister RK Singh and Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi along with officials of Power and Coal Ministry met Union Home Minister Amit Shah. NTPC officials were also present in the meeting. 

PM Narendra Modi will attend 28th National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Foundation Day programme via video conferencing on Tuesday. 

Prime Minister Modi on Monday (October 11, 2021) virtually launched the Indian Space Association (ISpA) and interacted with representatives of the space industry on the occasion today.

“Our approach to Space reforms is based on four pillars -- freedom to private sector in innovation, role of Govt as an enabler, to make youth future-ready, & to see the Space sector as a resource for the progress of common man,” said PM Modi at the launch of Indian Space Association.

Additionally, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) that comprises Congress, Shiv Sena, and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) called for a statewide bandh on Monday in protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident that claimed the lives of eight people including four farmers.

In other developments, the Indian Army on Monday issued a statement saying that the Chinese Army has not agreed to the constructive suggestions given by the Indian Army to resolve the remaining friction points or areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and that is why the 13th round of talks concluded without any results. 

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