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UP assembly polls: With focus on women, Congress changes strategy

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UP assembly polls: With focus on women, Congress changes strategy

Congress Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra promised on Monday that if the party comes to power, it will provide women with a large number of benefits, including two-fifths, before the state elections scheduled for early next year. Of female government positions. The announcement was made a few weeks after the party promised to provide 40% of the tickets for women. Gandhi also announced that women will receive three cooking gas cylinders for free each year, and they do not need to buy tickets on state government buses.

She also promised to provide female students with scooters and smartphones-a leap from the usual polling promises of bicycles. Party insiders claim that all these measures are aimed at creating a class-based voting bank for Congress, which quickly lost its former voting base in post-Mandal politics, giving way to UP and the Samajwadi party in Bihar. BSP and BJP. “Priyanka has established her as the spokesperson for the UP Congress, and many women regard her as their favorite leader.

A senior strategist, who asked not to be named, said that she is also focusing on the broader situation and trying to reach out more. A wide range of areas. A party insider also revealed that the women-centered announcement was the result of Priyanka and Rahul’s strategy. Gandhi was involved. Among other steps, Priyanka announced a monthly payment of 10,000 rupees for all Asha and anganwadi workers.

Gandhi It also announced a monthly widow’s pension of 1,000 rupees and 75 vocational schools across the state. The promise of the polls also marked a new way of campaigning and a strategy to seize the declarations of other parties.

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In the last UP parliamentary poll, Congress only received 6.25% of the popular vote and 7 of the 403 seats in the UP.

News Source : Hindustan Times

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IDF releases video of Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar dodging drone moments before death

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IDF releases video of Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar dodging drone moments before death

Yahya Sinwar, who was the alleged mastermind behind the October 7 attacks, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday.

The Israeli Defence Forces or IDF released footage from a drone on Friday that captured Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar moments before his death in a firefight against the troops in Gaza’s Rafah on Wednesday.

The video shows a building filled with debris, where a man is sitting on an armchair covered with dust with his face wrapped, who is supposedly Sinwar. He then proceeds to throw a stick towards, the drone but misses.

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Along with Sinwar, the IDF also confirmed the death of two other “terrorists”.

Yahya Sinwar took over as the chief of Hamas after the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in July 2024. He was supposedly the architect of the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked the conflict in the Gaza strip.

Also ReadYahya Sinwar death live updates: Netanyahu vows Gaza war ‘not over’ after Israel kills Hamas chief

Sinwar’s death has been celebrated by Israel as well as its key allies, the US and France.

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After Sinwar’s death Israeli prime minister Netanyahu released a video statement, where he stated, “Today we have settled the score. Today evil has been dealt a blow but our task has still not been completed.”

U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller called Sinwar the “chief obstacle” to ending the war and expressed hope for more headway in the peace process.

French president Emmanuel Macron has also expressed the hope that hostages will be returned now that the political head of the militant organisation is dead.

However, Iran, has stated that the death of Sinwar will only serve as a catalyst for further resistance against Israel.

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The Hezbollah also proclaimed that after the death of Sinwar they were going to “transition to a new and escalating phase in the confrontation with Israel.”

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