Lucknow Mar 27PTI BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday asserted that she will not accept the offer of Presidents post from any party and alleged that the BJP and the RSS had spread false propaganda that she will be made the President if BJP comes to power in Uttar Pradesh misleading her supporters In a statement after reviewing the partys humiliating defeat in the state elections the four-time former chief minister said she is a firm disciple of Kanshi Ram who had also refused the post in the past How can I accept such a post when we know that it will be the end of our party So I want to make it clear to every BSP office bearer that in the interest of our party and movement I will not accept any offer for the Presidents post from the BJP or other parties and they should never be misled in future Mayawati said The term of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24 and elections to the post have to held before that The BSP chief said she will spend every moment of her life strengthening the party across the country and urged its members not to be disheartened In this election through a well-thought-out strategy and conspiracy the BJP through its RSS organisation has spread false propaganda among our people that if a BSP government is not formed in UP we will make your Behenji the President of the country That is why you should allow BJP to come to power Mayawati said while delving into the reasons for her partys defeat Let alone becoming the President I cannot even imagine such a thing in my dream They BJP also know that long ago Kanshi Ram ji had rejected this offer and I am his firm disciple she said The BSP had got only one seat out of 403 in the recently-held assembly elections while in 2017 it had won 19 seats Addressing a state-level meeting held at the partys state office here Mayawati also alleged that the BJP instead of providing jobs to the poor gave free ration and made them lachaar helpless and gulam slave She said apart from members of her caste Jatav those who belong to other castes in the Dalit community should also be taken out of Hindutva and brought back to the BSP Despite staking claim to votes of the Muslim community and forming alliances with dozens of organisations and parties the SP was far away from coming to power Mayawati said In such a situation now SP can never come back to power here and neither can this party stop the BJP from coming to power she said Mayawati claimed the Muslims are repenting after voting for the SP They muslims should not make any such mistake which will give more strength to BJP I strongly appeal to them in this regard she said We have to make every effort to bring the directionless people out of the clutches of the SP and bring them back to our party Now all other Hindu communities have to be associated with the BSP cadre like in 2007 she said Mayawati said to bring her party back to power in UPshe is bracing for a fierce struggle and confrontation with all the casteist capitalist and feudal forces Now every moment of my life will be spent on strengthening my party at every level in the whole country she said PTI ABN RT RT

Jaipur Nov 30 PTI Two ministers in the Rajasthan government will hold public hearing for three days every week at the Congress state headquarters here to redress the grievances of the people The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held at the state Congress headquarters on Tuesday Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and the partys state in-charge Ajay Maken attended the meeting Every week on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday two ministers will remain in the state office and the rest of the ministers will hold public hearings at their residences Dotasra told reporters after the meeting He said if any minister does not stay in Jaipur during these three days then he will have to inform the chief minister and the state office of the party Dotasra said that the people would be informed in advance about which minister would hold the hearing at the partys state office on which day A follow-up action would be taken on the issues raised during the public hearing he said The partys state president said the government and the organization together will serve the people It was also discussed at the meeting to make the call for All India Congress Committee AICC for organising a rally against rising inflation in the country on December 12 PTI AG CK

Jaipur Nov 21 PTI Rajasthan Congress leaders including the MLAs who are going to take oath as ministers on Sunday assembled at partys state office here for a meetingFrom the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee office they will head to the Raj Bhawan for the oath taking ceremony which will take place at 4 pmMinisters in Congress-ruled Rajasthan had resigned during a meeting at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlots residence here on Saturday evening ahead of the Cabinet reshuffleFifteen ministers- 11 cabinet and four ministers of state MoS- will take oathThe 11 cabinet ministers include three who have been elevated from MoS to cabinet rankOnly three ministers-- Govind Singh Dotasra Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma-- have been dropped while other ministers have been retained in the Ashok Gehlot cabinetIn addition to them 12 new ministers are being inductedWith the induction of 12 new ministers the number of council of ministers in the the state will reach 30The council of ministers in Rajasthan can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief minister PTI SDA ANB ANB