Congress biased for marginalised, says Rahul in British Parliament
London, Aug 24 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday told the British Parliament that his party is biased towards the marginalised, the party said.
Gandhi is the first foreign opposition leader to be invited to speak at the UK Parliament's Grand Committee Room, the Congress party said and added that he spoke on a range of issues, including women empowerment.
"Congress President is the first foreign opposition leader to be invited to speak at the Grand Committee Room of the UK Parliament... Other prominent speakers who have spoken here are Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev," the party said in a tweet.
Gandhi said centrepiece of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's and Congress' stand is that the party will always look to the person standing at the end of the line. "We are for everybody but we are biased to the marginalised," he said.
The Congress leader said he cannot stand someone being disrespected by someone because the person is not in power. "I will immediately stand with the person being bullied by a person in power."
Gandhi also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not allow India to express itself.
"We unify ourselves in India when we express ourselves. This is the contention I have with PM Modi. He does not let India express itself. India's strength is its diversity, that's what makes it beautiful," Gandhi said.
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Austrian police detain suspect in case of rat poison found in baby food jars on supermarket shelves
Vienna (AP): Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe.
HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was “greatly relieved” by the arrest, and would provide further updates as verified details come in.
The Burgenland State Criminal Police Office, under the direction of prosecutors, said a probe was launched after poison turned up in a baby food jar purchased at a supermarket in the city of Eisenstadt on April 18.
It said the suspect was being questioned, and that no further details would be immediately provided. The Burgenland public prosecutor's office has announced an investigation into suspected “intentional endangerment of the public.”
The Austrian Press Agency reported that an expert report on the toxicity of the poison was pending. A total of five tampered baby food jars were seized before they could be consumed, APA reported.
Authorities said previously they believe the tampering occurred in 190-gram (6.7-ounce) jars of baby food made with carrots and potatoes for 5-month-olds that were sold from SPAR supermarkets in Austria.
HiPP responded by recalling all of its baby food jars sold at SPAR supermarkets — which include SPAR, EUROSPAR, INTERSPAR and Maximarkt stores — in Austria as a precaution. Vendors in Slovakia and the Czech Republic also removed all of the brand's baby jars from sale.
The company said the recall was not due to any product or quality defect on its part, and said the jars left its facility in “perfect condition.”
Police said a customer at the time of the discovery had reported that a jar appeared to have been tampered with, but no one had consumed the baby food.
