View: Rescue act for Congress needs to begin with state units, not by ‘rebranding’ dynasty
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Rahul Gandhi is not Mamata Banerjee and Congress is not TMC. It is not a party with a single window leader; instead as the Punjab crisis shows there are wheels within wheels at every level of leadership. Neither does Rahul possess Mamata’s charisma and street cred, nor is Congress any longer embedded in local culture.
Kishor has shared his expertise with almost the entire political spectrum.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer turned BJP neta turned Congress politician, now appointed Punjab state chief, might have met a rather different fate in the age of Indira Gandhi. The original Mrs G, who lived by the Queen of Hearts’ dictum, ‘off with his head’, was imperiously intolerant of any show of strength by state leaders. India’s Iron Lady could demand unquestioned loyalty because she was her party’s supreme votecatcher.
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Some jawans carried their injured colleagues into the deserted Tekulguda village, only to run into a trap where Maoists pounced on them with daggers.
Some locals who reached the spot before police told TOI, “Blood-soaked bodies of security personnel were scattered over 1km and we could clearly see signs of their desperate struggle for life. Bullet-riddled and stabbed bodies were found in an open field and huts in Tekulguda. A few of the bodies were without trousers.”
Villagers said the Maoists had set up firing positions on a hilltop, a field and in spots inside the village. “The jawans were completely surrounded. All the 50-60 houses in Tekulguda were vacant as per the Maoists’ plan. Bullets and country-made mortars were recovered from the site,” they said.
Bijapur Encounter: Eight security personnel were killed and around 18 are still missing.
Raipur:
At least 22 security personnel have been killed in the line of duty after an encounter on Saturday with Maoists in Chhattisgarh s Bijapur district, about 400 km from state capital Raipur. A member of the security group is still missing.
On Sunday morning, Director General (Naxal Operations) of Chhattisgarh Police Ashok Juneja said the number of deaths have increased to eight; yesterday five security personnel had died in action.
On Saturday, separate joint teams of security forces, with over 2,000 personnel, launched a major operation from Bijapur and Sukma districts in the South Bastar forests, considered a Maoist stronghold. At around 12 noon, the Maoists laid an ambush, leading to an encounter that lasted for three hours.
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Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter: 15 jawans missing
Around 15 security personnel are missing following the encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh s Bijapur district on Saturday. A reinforcement party has rushed to the encounter spot. Bodies of two jawans have been recovered as of now, Chhattisgarh Police sources said. 23 injured have been admitted to Bijapur hospital and 7 have been admitted to a Raipur hospital, it added.
Five security personnel were killed and about 10 were injured in the encounter with Naxals in jungles near Tarrem in Bijapur district. In an encounter in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, initial reports indicate that three District Reserve Guard (DRG) and two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have been martyred, one Naxal has also been killed, the encounter is on, CRPF had said.
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