TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha to join AAP campaign, says supporting them is in national interest
New Delhi (PTI): Asansol MP Shatrughan Sinha, who has been deputed by his party Trinamool Congress to canvass for the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, Saturday lauded the INDIA bloc ally's work in the city and said supporting them is in national interest.
The actor-turned-politician will join the AAP's campaign in the national capital this evening. Several INDIA bloc parties have backed the AAP in the Delhi elections against the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), leaving the Congress alone.
"I will be campaigning in the Delhi election. The leadership here, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is doing very well. They have a huge following, every card of Arvind Kejriwal is proving to be a mastercard," Sinha said.
"Sanjay Singh, Manish Sisodia, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi, they are all doing very well, supporting them will be in national interest and in the interest of the nation," he said.
Sinha will campaign in Krishna Nagar and Laxmi Nagar areas of East Delhi Saturday evening.
On Sunday, he will campaign in the New Delhi constituency of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal from 8 pm.
Before that, he will join the AAP's campaign in Trilokpuri of East Delhi around 5 pm, and in South Delhi's Kalkaji, the constituency of Chief Minister Atishi, around 6.30 pm.
He will campaign in North West Delhi's Kirari around 3 pm Monday.
Asked about the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, he said, "Some things are appreciable, like in the health sector, the concessions given on medicines such as medicines for Cancer is a good move. In the shipping sector, we had implemented tonnage tax, the benefits are now visible".
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav joined Kejriwal in a road show on Thursday. Parties like Nationalist Congress Party (SP), and Shiv Sena (UBT) have also extended support to the AAP.
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
