If Modi wins in 2019 poll, we won’t see next election in 2024: AICC secy
Udupi, July 19: AICC secretary and State Congress in-charge PC Vishnunath said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi elected in 2019 Lok Sabha election and formed the government at the centre, the chances of having such general election in 2024 are very bleak.
Inaugurating the third national executive meeting of the two-day All India Fishermen Congress Committee here on Wednesday, he said that 2019 Lok Sabha election would become a ‘do or die’ situation for both Congress and the country. Despite giving good governance, the party did not get good response in the last Assembly election in the state. In spite of that the Congress has succeeded in keeping the BJP away from the power. The country was in a critical condition. The forthcoming Lok Sabha election would become a ‘do or die’ situation for protecting the secular fabric of the country, he said.
People should come together to fight against anti-fishermen, farmers, labourers and small traders policies of Narendra Modi government and protect the democracy in the country, he said.
First manifesto for fishermen
For the first time in the history of the country, the Congress has prepared a separate manifesto for the welfare of the fishermen. So far, no political party had prepared such a manifesto in the country. The manifesto was prepared keeping in mind the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The resolutions to be taken in this conference would be included in the manifesto, he said.
All India Fishermen Congress Committee president TN Prathapan presided over the conference in which district Congress president Janardhan Tonse, senior vice president Uday Kumar Shetty Muniyalu, AICC member Amrita Shenoy, Committee general secretary M Peer Saheb, Secretary Kiran Kumar Udyavara, State secretary Upendra Mendon, District committee president Manoj Karkera, Committee national working president and former MLA UR Sabhapathi and others were present.
Resolutions
Separate ministry for fishermen
All India Fishermen Congress Committee’s third national executive committee meeting has taken some resolutions to prevail upon the central government to fulfill their demands.
- Separate Ministry for the welfare of fishermen in the country
- Traditional fishermen communities across the country should be included in the SC/ST category based on the demands in each state.
- A separate Commission should be constituted to study the socio-economic and educational condition of the fishermen community and implement its recommendations.
- Decision should be taken in the national level on waiving off the loans availed from nationalized, scheduled and cooperative banks.
- Fishermen Development Board should be constituted in the national level and states should adopt it.
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
