Maoist plan to assassinate Modi hollow threat: Rajnath
Jammu, June 8: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security was the top priority of the government and a reported Maoist plan to assassinate him was a hollow threat.
"Security of the Prime Minister is the top priority. Maoists are fighting a lost battle. Maoist insurgency has considerably come down," the Home Minister said.
"At present, the Maoist insurgency affects just 10 districts and it will end soon as has been done in the Northeast where insurgent violence has been contained and brought down by 85 per cent."
The Pune police on Thursday told a court that they have seized a letter seized from a suspected Maoist revealing how they planned to assassinate Modi in a "Rajiv Gandhi-like incident".
The letter was recovered after five activists were arrested on Wednesday for links with the banned CPI-Maoist. They included Dalit activist Sudhir Dhawale, lawyer Surendra Gadling, activists Mahesh Raut and Shoma Sen and Rona Wilson.
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Sonia Gandhi stable, under observation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
New Delhi (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, who is admitted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here, is stable and under close medical supervision, doctors said on Wednesday.
According to hospital authorities, she was admitted at around 10.22 pm on Tuesday.
Chairman Dr Ajay Swaroop said that her condition remains stable and a team of doctors is closely monitoring her health.
Doctors are conducting further examinations to check for a possible infection in the stomach and urinary tract, and antibiotics have been administered as part of the treatment, the hospital said.
Sources had earlier said that Gandhi was unwell, possibly due to the weather change, and was admitted for observation.
They said there is no cause for concern and her condition is not serious.
