Mangaluru/Bahrain: (Press Release) Under the Government of India’s mission Vande Bharat, Air India Express aircraft departed from the Bahrain International airport on 12.07.20 carrying 177 passengers and landed safely at Bajpe International Airport in Mangalore.
Mr. Mohammad Mansoor, the leading businessman and the President of The Indian Overseas Congress Bahrain thanked Mr. KP Choudhry, the 2nd secretary (Cons &CW) of the Indian Embassy for acting on the written appeal given for allocating the flight on this route to carry stranded expatriates. Passengers expressed their gratitude and applauded the IOC team for their tremendous efforts in relieving their pain and agony.
The mission culminated successfully after a two-week-long process involving a number of people. The team was led by its President Mohamed Mansoor along with its members Gayazulla, Khursheed Alam, Ibrahim Adhum, Masood Vitla, Riyaz Sullia, Jayafer, Ambalai, Sameer, Basheer Karla, and volunteers.
The IOC Team played a tremendous role in getting this expedition accomplished. President Mansoor applauded Gayaz for his tireless effort in collaborating with the Indian Embassy in preparing the passenger list and giving out the information about the formalities and procedures needed to be followed at the Mangalore Airport to avoid any unpleasant incidents. He also expressed his gratitude to Austin Santosh for coordinating with Nodal officers and providing important information to the passengers such as the list of quarantine hotels in Mangalore and Udupi with their names and contact numbers of Nodal authorities. He also expressed his appreciation to Dr. Aarti Krishna, the Overseas Congress Middle East In-charge for coordinating with Shri Norbu Negi, Charge d’ Affaires of Indian Embassy, and her relentless groundwork and immense support to IOC Bahrain and Narayan Menon, the Sales Manager of Air India for his succor.
The IOC along with KHK Heroes Foundations provided snack kits sponsored by Food World to all the passengers with the help of volunteers present at the Bahrain Airport.
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Lucknow (PTI): Denied a ticket from Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday wrote an emotional letter to the people of his constituency in which he asserted that his relationship with them will remain intact till his last breath.
Sharing the letter on X, he said, his relationship with Pilibhit is one of love and trust which is far above any political calculations.
The BJP has fielded Uttar Pradesh Public Works Minister Jitin Prasada from Pilibhit replacing Gandhi, who has been vocal against his own government several times on the issue of inflation and unemployment.
Prasada had filed his nominations on this seat on Wednesday.
Recounting his association with the constituency, he said "Today, when I am writing this letter, countless memories have made me emotional. I remember that little three-year-old child who came to Pilibhit for the first time in 1983 holding the fingers of his mother. Little did he know that one day this land would become his work place and the people here would become his family".
"The ideals given by Pilibhit were instrumental in my upbringing and development not only as an MP but also as a person. Being your representative has been the greatest honour of my life and I have always raised my voice for your interests to the best of my ability," he said.
Varun Gandhi said his tenure as an MP may be coming to an end, but his relationship with Pilibhit can't end till his last breath.
"If not as an MP, then at least as a son, I am committed to serve you throughout my life and my doors will always remain open for you as before. I came into politics to raise the voice of the common man and today I seek your blessings to continue doing this work always. Even if I have to pay any cost for this," he added.
This is for the first time in over three decades that the mother-son duo of Maneka and Varun Gandhi will not be in the fray from the Pilibhit constituency which is located in the Terai belt bordering Nepal.
The denial of ticket to Varun Gandhi this time did not come as a surprise as he has been criticising the BJP on the issues of farmers, health and jobs.
After he was replaced by Prasada, reports did the rounds that Varun Gandhi might contest from the seat as an independent candidate. The suspense ended on Wednesday when he did not turn up before the nominations ended.
His mother Maneka Gandhi, the sitting MP from Sultanpur, was, however, given another chance from the same seat by the BJP.
The Pilibhit seat has remained with Maneka Gandhi or her son Varun Gandhi since 1996.
Maneka Gandhi won the seat on a Janata Dal ticket in 1989, lost in 1991 and won again in 1996. She won from the constituency in 1998 and 1999 as an Independent candidate. She won the seat in 2004 and 2014 as a BJP candidate.
Varun Gandhi won the seat in 2009 and 2019 as a BJP candidate.
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— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) March 28, 2024