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Rahul Gandhi not allowed to meet ex-soldier’s kin

Police on Wednesday prevented Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi from meeting the family of a retired soldier who committed suicide…

IANS | November 2, 2016 9:28 am

Rahul Gandhi not allowed to meet ex-soldier’s kin

Police on Wednesday prevented Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi from meeting the family of a retired soldier who committed suicide demanding OROP's implementation.

Police closed the gates of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here when Gandhi went to meet the kin of Ram Kishan Grewal.

An upset Gandhi told the media: “It is an undemocratic mentality. A new kind of India is being created. It is Modiji's India.”

Grewal killed himself at a park here on Tuesday, police said.

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BJP seems to have hired CPM to denigrate Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi: Venugopal

Congress leaders on Sunday came out against the CPI-M for a statement of its polit bureau member A Vijayaraghavan that fundamentalist votes catalysed the back-to-back victory of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.

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Govt reaffirms commitment to OROP, welfare for ex-servicemen

Minister of State for Defence, Sanjay Seth, affirmed in the Lok Sabha today that the government is providing adequate pensions to Ex-Servicemen (ESM) under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, which undergoes revision every five years.

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NDA MPs are very agitated over the conduct of Rahul Gandhi: Rijiju

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday hit out at Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi saying that NDA MPs are very agitated over the conduct of the Congress lawmaker in the Parliament premises.