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Kejriwal proposes joint housing scheme with Centre for government employees in Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 19 (PTI) AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal said Sunday he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposing a joint housing scheme for government employees, particularly sanitation workers, in Delhi, which votes in assembly election on February 5. Kejriwal told a press conference here, he has urged the prime minister to provide land on “highly subsidised” rates to the Delhi government where it can build houses for the employees, who can pay easy installments during the last phase of their service periods. Highlighting the hardships faced by government employees especially Safai Karmcharis post-retirement, Kejriwal said he proposed the

Rahul Gandhi visits BPSC protest site in Patna, assures full support to students

Patna, Jan 18 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday threw his weight behind the protests against alleged irregularities in BPSC exams, by visiting the site of the nearly a month-old agitation here and spending several minutes with aggrieved students. After Gandhi winded up his pre-decided engagements, during which he also made a veiled reference to the protests with the remark “Bihar has been converted into a centre of paper leaks”, a delegation of students called on him at a hotel. The delegation urged him to visit Gardani Bagh where several aspirants have been on a round the clock protest

Rahul Gandhi meets Lalu, Tejashwi, Rabri

Patna, Jan 18 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was on Saturday on a whistle-stop tour of Bihar, took some time off to meet RJD president Lalu Prasad, an old political ally and family friend. The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha was invited to 10, Circular Road here, the government bungalow allotted to Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi, by their son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav whom he had met earlier in the day. Gandhi and Yadav had crossed paths at a city hotel where the Congress leader freshened up before addressing two back-to-back public events. Yadav was at

Delhi BJP leaders welcome formation of 8th Pay Commission

New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) BJP leaders on Saturday lauded the Centre’s decision to form the 8th Pay Commission, saying it will benefit government employees across the country. At a press conference here, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj underlined the government employees’ crucial role in delivering the benefits of the policies and schemes conceptualised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the public. “Government employees have become instrumental in ensuring the success of the the government’s initiatives, making them deserving of this recognition,” Sachdeva said. Swaraj said the announcement of the 8th Pay Commission has

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