Rahul Gandhi targets Modi over promise of doubling farmers income
New Delhi, July 9 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his government's promise of doubling farmers' incomes, citing a report where a a Chhattisgarh sarpanch claims that officials from Delhi taught a woman farmer to tell Modi she now earns twice as much.
"Everyone knows PM tells his 'Mann ki Baat'. Today it is coming out that he also wants to listen to his 'Mann ki Baat' (from others)," he said in a tweet, referring to Modi's interaction with farmers through video bridge last month as also his monthly radio programme.
Attaching a video of a news report that quoted the sarpanch from the state's Kanharpuri as saying that Chandramani, the woman farmer, had been tutored by team from Agriculture Department from New Delhi, Gandhi also said that Chandramani's claim of "higher income from agriculture" during her interaction with Modi through video bridge did not seem true.
Modi had interacted with farmers from different parts of the country on June 20.
The woman is seen in the news report as saying that she had been asked if she will be able to interact with the Prime Minister.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
