PATNA: With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA coordination committee led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in saddle in Delhi, it has come as an advantage to the state Congress to find its feet during the 16-month-old Nitish Kumar-led NDA rule in Bihar. While it will be an exaggeration to say that the party has revived itself in the state, it has definitely regained its moorings as is evident from the day-long statewide dharnas, processions and "fill jails" campaign that the party organised on Friday to protest against anomalies in the state's below poverty line (BPL) list. The highlight of Friday's protests was AICC general secretary and incharge of the party's Bihar affairs Digvijay Singh along with state party chief Sadanand Singh sitting on dharna at the Phulwarisharif block headquarters. This besides, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader Ashok Kumar himself courted arrest along with 70 others in his assembly constituency. Reports on courting of arrest by Congressmen were also received from a few other districts, Sadanand Singh said. A few Congressmen, however, expressed reservation about the protests organised on Good Friday which saw the protests lacking in sting with all offices, including the block headquarters, being closed. The party leaders like Uma Kant Singh faced such a situation, though he along with his partymen submitted a memorandum to the Aurangabad DM. Similarly, another party leader Amarendra Singh organised rallies at Barhiya and other places in Lakhisarai district and also addressed them in the company of others. The party had sent two observers to each of the 38 districts. One such observer for Munger district Devraj Suman came out with a list of affluent people whose names find mentioned in the BPL list of the Matadih and Dharahara south panchayats. Digvijay said the party, in line with its announced "constructive role of Opposition", organised token protests on Friday. Since the UPA government at the Centre has sanctioned substantial amount of funds to the state for development activities, the state Congress leadership has been pointing to the "under-utilisation" of money, apart from noting either the unavailability of or the delay in issuing job cards under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme Act. Party sources said the impact of Friday's protests would be assessed after the submission of the reports of the observers. Yet, for independent observers, the party appears to be consistent in its role of credible Opposition as its workers and local leaders sat on dharna to, what they allege, non-performance of the Nitish Kumar government ever since it completed six months in May last year. It issued a white paper in November, 2006, as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) completed its first year in office and, finally, organised the state-wide protests on Friday in the ruling alliance's 16th month in office.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Cong slowly regains its moorings in state
8 Apr, 2007
PATNA: With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA coordination committee led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in saddle in Delhi, it has come as an advantage to the state Congress to find its feet during the 16-month-old Nitish Kumar-led NDA rule in Bihar. While it will be an exaggeration to say that the party has revived itself in the state, it has definitely regained its moorings as is evident from the day-long statewide dharnas, processions and "fill jails" campaign that the party organised on Friday to protest against anomalies in the state's below poverty line (BPL) list. The highlight of Friday's protests was AICC general secretary and incharge of the party's Bihar affairs Digvijay Singh along with state party chief Sadanand Singh sitting on dharna at the Phulwarisharif block headquarters. This besides, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader Ashok Kumar himself courted arrest along with 70 others in his assembly constituency. Reports on courting of arrest by Congressmen were also received from a few other districts, Sadanand Singh said. A few Congressmen, however, expressed reservation about the protests organised on Good Friday which saw the protests lacking in sting with all offices, including the block headquarters, being closed. The party leaders like Uma Kant Singh faced such a situation, though he along with his partymen submitted a memorandum to the Aurangabad DM. Similarly, another party leader Amarendra Singh organised rallies at Barhiya and other places in Lakhisarai district and also addressed them in the company of others. The party had sent two observers to each of the 38 districts. One such observer for Munger district Devraj Suman came out with a list of affluent people whose names find mentioned in the BPL list of the Matadih and Dharahara south panchayats. Digvijay said the party, in line with its announced "constructive role of Opposition", organised token protests on Friday. Since the UPA government at the Centre has sanctioned substantial amount of funds to the state for development activities, the state Congress leadership has been pointing to the "under-utilisation" of money, apart from noting either the unavailability of or the delay in issuing job cards under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme Act. Party sources said the impact of Friday's protests would be assessed after the submission of the reports of the observers. Yet, for independent observers, the party appears to be consistent in its role of credible Opposition as its workers and local leaders sat on dharna to, what they allege, non-performance of the Nitish Kumar government ever since it completed six months in May last year. It issued a white paper in November, 2006, as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) completed its first year in office and, finally, organised the state-wide protests on Friday in the ruling alliance's 16th month in office.
PATNA: With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA coordination committee led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in saddle in Delhi, it has come as an advantage to the state Congress to find its feet during the 16-month-old Nitish Kumar-led NDA rule in Bihar. While it will be an exaggeration to say that the party has revived itself in the state, it has definitely regained its moorings as is evident from the day-long statewide dharnas, processions and "fill jails" campaign that the party organised on Friday to protest against anomalies in the state's below poverty line (BPL) list. The highlight of Friday's protests was AICC general secretary and incharge of the party's Bihar affairs Digvijay Singh along with state party chief Sadanand Singh sitting on dharna at the Phulwarisharif block headquarters. This besides, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader Ashok Kumar himself courted arrest along with 70 others in his assembly constituency. Reports on courting of arrest by Congressmen were also received from a few other districts, Sadanand Singh said. A few Congressmen, however, expressed reservation about the protests organised on Good Friday which saw the protests lacking in sting with all offices, including the block headquarters, being closed. The party leaders like Uma Kant Singh faced such a situation, though he along with his partymen submitted a memorandum to the Aurangabad DM. Similarly, another party leader Amarendra Singh organised rallies at Barhiya and other places in Lakhisarai district and also addressed them in the company of others. The party had sent two observers to each of the 38 districts. One such observer for Munger district Devraj Suman came out with a list of affluent people whose names find mentioned in the BPL list of the Matadih and Dharahara south panchayats. Digvijay said the party, in line with its announced "constructive role of Opposition", organised token protests on Friday. Since the UPA government at the Centre has sanctioned substantial amount of funds to the state for development activities, the state Congress leadership has been pointing to the "under-utilisation" of money, apart from noting either the unavailability of or the delay in issuing job cards under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme Act. Party sources said the impact of Friday's protests would be assessed after the submission of the reports of the observers. Yet, for independent observers, the party appears to be consistent in its role of credible Opposition as its workers and local leaders sat on dharna to, what they allege, non-performance of the Nitish Kumar government ever since it completed six months in May last year. It issued a white paper in November, 2006, as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) completed its first year in office and, finally, organised the state-wide protests on Friday in the ruling alliance's 16th month in office.
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