16-10-2021 The Asian Independent

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ASDA has more to offer you
for DIWALI than ever!
As the time to start preparing for your
Diwali celebrations approaches, ASDA is
there for you with a range of Diwali ingredients,
treats and essential supplies that's
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with your family and friends this year for an
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without any worries, thanks to ASDA's
selection of all your favourite products and
trusted brands all under the same roof.
This year, it just got even easier to find
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This festive season, you can pick up a
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ASDA is excited to help you celebrate
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Visit your nearest ASDA to begin stocking
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Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi, withdraws
resignation as Punjab Cong president
New Delhi : Congress leader Navjot
Singh Sidhu who resigned as the chief of
party's Punjab unit last month has met
former party president Rahul Gandhi at
his residence here following which he
withdrew his resignation. Congress'
Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat was also
present in the meeting.
After the meeting that took place on
Friday evening, it is believed that the
political situation in Punjab will become
normal now. Punjab Chief Minister
Charanjit Singh Channi is expected to
arrive in the national capital on Saturday
morning to attend the Congress Working
Committee (CWC) meeting.
During the meeting that lasted for
about an hour, Rahul Gandhi took feedback
from Sidhu. After the meeting,
Harish Rawat said: "Sidhu has assured
Rahul Gandhi that he will discharge his
responsibilities properly... and he will
continue as the Punjab state president.
He told Rahul Gandhi that he has withdrawn
his resignation." "He (Sidhu)
shared his concerns with Rahul Gandhi.
We have told him that his concerns will
be taken care of here," Rawat said.
Sidhu had reached Delhi on Thursday
and met organization general secretary
KC Venugopal and Punjab in-charge
Harish Rawat at the Congress headquarters.
On the instructions of the Congress
High Command, Sidhu arrived here on
Thursday evening and held a meeting
with both the leaders. This was the first
meeting held in Delhi after Sidhu's resignation.
The Gandhi family is said to be
angry with the manner in which Sidhu
had resigned, and therefore, he was
called to Delhi. It is expected that now
after Sidhu's meeting with Rahul Gandhi,
the impasse in the Punjab Congress has
been resolved. "Whatever my issues
were... I have told the party high command,
I am sure that Priyanka Gandhi
and Rahul Gandhi will understand my
point and I have faith in their decision.
Whatever decision they take will be in
the interest of the Congress and Punjab,"
Sidhu had earlier said on Thursday after
the meeting.
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For Congress, Dalit lives
are expendable as long as
it suits their politics: BJP
New Delhi : Questioning Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Chief
Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's silence over the brutal Singhu border
murder, the BJP said that for the Congress, Dalit lives are expendable,
as long as it suits their politics.
BJP general secretary and Punjab in-charge, Dushyant Gautam
told IANS that any death is unfortunate but to draw the attention of
the Gandhi siblings (Rahul and Priyanka), a Dalit has to die in a BJP
ruled state. "Both the Gandhi siblings only react to unfortunate incidents
which happen in BJP-ruled states and remain silent on happenings
in Congress-ruled states.
"Congress Chief Ministers Bhupesh Baghel and Channi
announced compensation for an unfortunate incident in Uttar Pradesh
to politically establish Gandhi siblings but not a single penny for the
Dalit resident in Punjab who was killed yesterday," Gautam said.
The body of Lakhbir Singh, a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab,
was found hanging with a severed hand, close to the main stage of the
farmers' protest site near the Delhi-Haryana border on Friday morning.
In a tweet, in-charge of the BJP's National Information and
Technology Department, Amit Malviya said: "24 hours after the
gruesome murder of Lakhbir Singh, a Dalit Sikh, Rahul Gandhi hasn't
said a word. Neither has Punjab CM announced any compensation
for the family, which hails from Punjab. Clearly, for the Congress,
Dalit lives are expendable, as long as it suits their politics."
On Friday, BJP general secretary (organization) B.L. Santhosh
tweeted: "They lost every moral right to call themselves farmers. It's
time saner elements if any among them to apologise to nation and
withdraw and engage with government unconditionally."
Taking note of the brutal murder, Chairman of National
Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), Vijay Sampla had on
Friday asked the Haryana DGP to immediately arrest the culprits.
Fadnavis: MVA govt
'most corrupt', betrayed
public mandate in 2019
Nagpur (Maharashtra) : In a stinging counter-attack at
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Leader of
Opposition Devendra Fadnavis once again labelled the
MVA government as the "most corrupt" in the state's history,
here on Saturday. Rubbishing Thackeray's statements on
Friday night that the BJP was misusing central agencies like
ED, IT, CBI to target the non-BJP ruled states, Fadnavis
defended the Centre, saying it was not doing so. "If indeed
the Centre had really misused the probe agencies, then half
the MVA cabinet ministers would have been in jail.
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