Khaleequr Rahman: RLD and Congress finalises the election pact in Ut...

Khaleequr Rahman: RLD and Congress finalises the election pact in Ut...: Shri Dig Vijaya Singh ji The Congress general secretary and the highly respected leader of the nation and theGeneral Secretary Incharge ...

RLD and Congress finalises the election pact in Uttar Pradesh

Shri Dig Vijaya Singh ji

The  Congress general secretary and the highly respected leader of the nation and theGeneral Secretary  Incharge of the UP Shri Digvijaya Singh ji formally announced on Saturday evening that the Congress and the RLD have entered into a poll pact for UP assembly elections due in April 2012.

Shri Dig Vijaya Singh ji is in Lucknow along with Shri Rahul Gandhi ji to oversee election preparations. He informed the media that RLD chief Ajit Singh met Congress president Smt.Sonia Gandhi in Delhi to seal the deal. He said that RLD has decided to join Congress led UPA government at the Centre. The list of assembly constituencies Congress has decided to give RLD will be released in couple of days. He said that the Congress has so far announced names for 213 assembly seats in UP and remaining would be announced within a week.

Total number of assembly seats in UP are 403. Congress is expected to give around 50 seats to RLD along with berth in union cabinet to Ajit Singh.

Shri Dig Vijay Singh also announced that the Central government would soon announce quota for Muslims within quota fixed for the other backward classes (OBC) on the basis of their population. Denying that quota is being given on religious lines, he said that quota to Muslims would be given on the basis of their socio-economic status. Citing example of several southern states where Muslims are getting quota within OBC quota, he said that the reservation would be for the minorities and since Muslims are the biggest minority group, the community will get the highest share in quota within quota.

The move is expected to help Congress get Muslim votes in UP assembly elections. Muslims are 20% of the state population.

Shri Dig vijaya Singh also said that foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail sector will benefit farmers and consumers by establishing a supply chain which will sideline middlemen. He said that Congress in its campaign for UP elections will make people aware of the benefits of FDI. He also said that Congress's main poll issue would be corruption during Mayawati rule. He said that Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will start his second phase of mass contact programme in UP on December 13 in which he will cover west UP.

Shri Ajit Singh ji

The decision of the RLD, which has five MPS, to join UPA government will strengthen both the RLD and the Congress. RLD has base among farmers of west UP, hence Shri Ajit Singh's decision to join UPA government will help Congress in communicating to farmers about the benefits of FDI.

 Shri Ajit singh has realised that Congress is the only party which can bring the change in the UP by defeating the most corrupt Mayawati government. The dynamism and the determination of our Youth Icon Shri Rahul ji's untiring efforts will bring the congress back in power in UP. Under the inspiring leadership of Shri Dig Vijaya Singh ji, the congress won 22 seats in 2009 lok sabha elections which is quite evident that the people of UP want a change and they regret their decision of 2007 elections and Mayawati is losing ground in UP in all the regions. Her recent prank of diving UP into four smaller states was not received well by the people and she has miserably failed there and this manipulation would backfire in the 2012 elections.

The Congress party is founded on the basic principle of nation building and beleives in  the highest secular values and has leaders like Shri Dig Vijaya Singh ji who enjoys the complete confidence of muslims all over the country.