Kirti Azad hints at contesting as Congress candidate in 2019
Patna, June 14: Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad on Thursday said he will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls but not as a BJP candidate, hinting his inclination towards the Congress.
Announcing he would contest from his traditional Darbhanga seat in Bihar, he said: "I will contest as a candidate of a national party other than BJP."
He did not disclose the name of the party but expressed his softness for Congress, praising its chief Rahul Gandhi. "People's confidence in leadership of Raul Gandhi has been increasing," he said.
A cricketer-turned-politician, Azad, who was member of 1983 World Cup winning team, is son of former Bihar Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad.
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6-year-old girl found dead on campus of govt-run school in Gujarat
Dahod, Sep 20 (PTI): A six-year-old girl was found dead on the campus of a government-run primary school in a village in Gujarat's Dahod district, police said on Friday.
The Class 1 student was found in the compound of the primary school in Torani village of Singvad taluka on Thursday night by her parents and relatives, Deputy Superintendent of Police J D Kansara said.
"When the girl did not return home after school, her parents and relatives started searching for her and arrived at the school at night. They found her unconscious in the compound behind the school building," he said.
The child was taken to the Limkheda Civil Hospital, where doctors declared her dead, he said.
"We have registered a case of accidental death and sent the body for post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death, the official said.
Talking to reporters, a relative of the deceased girl said the school gate was locked, and they had to jump over the compound wall. The child was found unconscious behind the school building.
