Congress will form government again in Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot
Jaipur (PTI): Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Saturday said that party leaders are working together in Rajasthan and it will form government again in the state.
Pilot, who reviewed the preparations for party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's public meeting in Niwai in Tonk district on Sunday, said the BJP tries to divert people's attention in the name of religion, but the Congress is fully prepared.
"Rahul Gandhi had recently held a meeting in Rajasthan. Priyanka Gandhi is coming tomorrow and other leaders will also come, we are working together and will form government again (in the state)," he told reporters in Niwai.
Attacking the BJP government at the Centre, he said, "The public will assess the BJP's work on the ground in nine years. What is the condition of inflation? What is the condition of unemployment? The farmers are worried, the youth are worried about their future... elections are fought on all these issues."
While assembly polls are due in Rajasthan later this year, the Lok Sabha elections will be held next year.
Congress' Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and the party's state president, Govind Singh Dotasara, also visited the site earlier and took stock of the preparations.
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Mumbai family deaths: FDA finds no watermelon vendor in area to check for affected stock
Mumbai (PTI): The Food and Drug Administration team probing the cause of death of four members of a family in south Mumbai's JJ Marg area have not been able to zero in on any watermelon vendor in the vicinity to check if the fruit had a role to play in the ill-fated incident, an official said on Thursday.
The Dokadia family, residents of Ghari Mohalla on Ismail Kurte Road, had hosted a get-together of relatives on the night of April 25. At around 1 am, hours after the guests had left, Abdullah Dokadia (40), his wife Nasreen (35), and daughters Ayesha (16) and Zaineb (13) ate pieces of a watermelon.
They suffered severe bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea in the early hours of April 26 and were rushed to a local hospital before being referred to the government-run J J Hospital where all four died during treatment.
"The FDA team visited the house of Dokadia and collected samples of chicken pulao and watermelon pieces. After two days, the leftover chicken pulao had developed fungus growth. The team also tried to locate watermelon vendors to check for any affected lots," he said.
But no vendors were found in the area for the past two days, preventing the FDA team from getting samples, the official added.
The FDA has requested the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to share the report on the food samples collected by them, he added.
A senior Mumbai police official said the force is waiting for FSL reports in the case, adding that questions on presence of sedatives etc in the fruit could be answered only then.
The statements of the kin of the deceased are being recorded to ascertain if it is a case of mass suicide, and it is being checked if the Dokadia family were in debt or distressed over some issue, the police official said.
