Rahul Gandhi gets a new look ahead of lecture at Cambridge University
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s new look for his London visit is attracting attention – the MP apparently got his hair and beard trimmed for the first time since the start of the party rally Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Gandhi landed in London on Tuesday for a student-only lecture at his alma mater, the University of Cambridge. A visiting fellow of the Cambridge Judge Business School (Cambridge JBS), he will speak on "Learning to Listen in the 21st Century".
Pictures of the MP with cropped hair and styled beard were shared by many on social media, with some even using the hash tag #NewLook, reports NDTV.
Rahul Gandhi had not gotten his hair or beard trimmed during the period of the mega rally of the Congress, which covered about 4,000 km in more than four months.
Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Chief Minister, had commented in November 2022 that the Congress leader was looking like Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator.
राहुल गांधी कैंब्रिज यूनिवर्सिटी में - #NewLook pic.twitter.com/Hu7jLdRmDK
— Sandeep Singh (@ActivistSandeep) March 1, 2023
Rahul Gandhi ji trims off his beard, finally. @RahulGandhi #RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/YsHkjoeGiN
— Sundar IYC (@sundar_iyc) March 1, 2023
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Assam to lift all cases against Koch Rajbongshis in Foreigners' Tribunals: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati, Apr 4 (PTI): The Assam cabinet has decided to lift all cases pending against people from the Koch Rajbongshi community in the Foreigners' Tribunals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
They will also no longer carry the tag of 'D' or doubtful voters, he said.
''There are 28,000 cases pending in different Foreigners' Tribunals in the state against people of the community. The cabinet has taken a historic decision of lifting the cases with immediate effect,'' Sarma said at a press conference here after the cabinet meeting.
The government believes that the Koch Rajbongshis are an indigenous community of the state and they are an inextricable part of ''our social and cultural fabric'', he asserted.
The people of this community are poor and have suffered a lot over the years, he said.
''They will no longer carry the tag of foreigners or ‘D’ voters,'' the CM said.
Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies, particularly in Assam, established to determine if a person residing in India is a "foreigner" as defined by the Foreigners Act of 1946, based on the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964.
These tribunals are designed to address matters related to citizenship and the presence of “foreigners” in India, specifically focusing on cases where someone is suspected of being an illegal immigrant.
There are 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals across Assam.
The Koch Rajbongshis have a sizeable presence in Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and parts of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, and they demand Scheduled Tribe status.
