PM Modi holds wide ranging talks with Germany's Merz
Ahmedabad (PTI): India and Germany on Monday firmed up a comprehensive roadmap to expand ties in the education sector as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz held wide ranging talks to expand the overall trajectory of bilateral engagement.
The two leaders also deliberated on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the situation in Gaza and other pressing global challenges with Modi asserting that India has always supported the peaceful resolution of all problems and disputes.
The German leader landed in Ahmedabad early this morning on a two-day visit to India. It is his first trip to Asia as German chancellor.
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"Today's comprehensive roadmap on higher education will give a new direction to our partnership in the field of education," Modi said in his media statement.
The prime minister also invited German universities to open their campuses in India.
Modi said he and Merz agreed that terrorism is a serious threat to all of humanity. "India and Germany will stand united against it and continue the fight with full resolve," he said.
The prime minister added, "We discussed in detail various global and regional issues, including Ukraine and Gaza."
"India has always supported the peaceful resolution of all problems and disputes and backs all efforts in this direction," he said.
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Congress’ downfall will start from Baramati if it doesn’t let Sunetra Pawar win unopposed: Bawankule
Nagpur (PTI): The Congress will have to face consequences if it doesn't allow NCP president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar to win the Baramati assembly bypoll unopposed, said minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday.
The party’s “downfall” will start from Baramati, he said, stressing that the people of Baramati and Maharashtra wish that she is elected unopposed, said the BJP leader.
The April 23 bye election was necessitated after the tragic death of deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who headed the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), in a plane crash in Baramati on January 28. After his death, his wife Sunetra became the party president.
The NCP, BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are partners in the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the state.
“The Congress will face consequences if it doesn’t let Sunetra win unopposed from Baramati. Its downfall will start from Baramati if it doesn’t withdraw its candidate,” Bawankule told reporters in Nagpur.
Amid efforts to ensure an unopposed contest, the Congress has fielded advocate Akash More for the bypoll.
The party had said that it would withdraw from the contest only if an FIR were registered in Ajit Pawar’s death in the Baramati plane crash.
Replying to another question, Bawankule said the BJP’s performance will be more robust in Assam and Kerala elections compared to the last assembly polls in these states. Assembly polls are being held in a single phase in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on Thursday.
“These elections will once again show Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership commanding support among the people,” he said.
