Former CMs Prithviraj Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde with Rahul Gandhi in Nanded. (Express photo by Alok Deshpande)Mumbai News Live Updates, November 07, 2022: Congress leader Krishna Kumar Pandey died on Tuesday while participating in Bharat Jodo Yatra after he collapsed due to a heart attack during the march, the party informed. The leader is the General Secretary of Seva Dal in Maharashtra.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited a gurdwara in Nanded district of Maharashtra before resuming his Bharat Jodo Yatra foot march on Tuesday. He visited Gurdwara Yaadgari Baba Zoravar Singh ji Fateh Singh ji on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti a few hours after the yatra entered Maharashtra Monday night from Telangana.
Gokhale bridge, which is an important link between Andheri East and West, was closed for traffic from Monday morning for at least two years while the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) begins demolition and reconstruction of the bridge. Mumbai police have issued instructions on alternate routes to be taken by the public but suspect that it will take a few days for everyone to get to know them. However, on the first day of the bridge’s closure, traffic woes were caused, especially along SV Road and Western Express Highway.
The Supreme Court (SC) decision upholding 10 per cent quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) has reignited the issue of pending Maratha reservation in Maharashtra. Reacting to the decision, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said until the issue of Maratha reservation is resolved, economically weaker members of the community can benefit from the EWS quota.
Following the total lunar eclipse, which ended at 6.19 pm, Mumbai and surrounding areas witnessed the Beaver's Blood Moon.
Former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Sushilkumar Shinde and Prithviraj Chavan joined Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Nanded.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) held protests in major cities of Maharashtra on Tuesday to mark six years of demonetisation announced by the BJP government at the Centre in 2016.
“Demonetisation served no purpose. It did not benefit the general public. Moreover, innocents lost their lives and people had to face undue hardships,” NCP youth wing chief Mehboob Shaikh said.
A day after closing the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge in Andheri for its much needed repairs, the BMC has started removal of all the abandoned vehicles from all the important roads adjoining the bridge to ease traffic movement. So far, notices have been served to owners of 25 such vehicles and civic officials said that these vehicles will be taken off the roads in next two days if no claim has been made.
Besides this, the civic body has also started removing of hawkers from the footpaths in Andheri (west). The civic body has appointed inspectors for morning and evening shifts to keep surveillance on the roads, so that the hawkers don't set up their stalls at the roadside, which eventually affects the regular traffic flow.
A fire broke out under a flyover on the Western Express Highway at Vile Parle in Mumbai. Nobody was injured in the incident. The blaze engulfed some scrap vehicles parked under the Andheri-Vile Parle bridge near Sahara Hotel a little before 4 pm.
The BMC said that 65 percent of the Rs 12,000-crore Mumbai Coastal Road Project was completed. The 10.58-km road is being built from Priyadarshini Park to Worli Sea Link, with tunnels on both the sides. The entire project is expected to be completed by November 2023.
A video showing author and philanthropist Sudha Murthy bowing before the leader of a right wing outfit in Maharashtra has gone viral, evoking sharp reactions.
Sambhaji Bhide, whose feet the wife of Infosys co-founder Narayan Murthy is seen touching in the video, was recently served a notice by the State Women’s Commission for refusing to talk to a woman journalist because she had no ‘bindi’ on her forehead.
Barely two months ago, former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan was under the scanner after speculation about a likely move to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but the massive scale at which he has led the organisation of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in his home district of Nanded has put those speculations to rest for now.
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A corner meeting to be held in the evening will now be held as a prayer meeting for departed leader KK Pandey.
Maharashtra Congress leader Ashok Chavan said, "We already have a team of 25 doctors with the yatra. After the incident, we are planning to conduct medical check-ups for aged yatris and those with comorbidities." He added that Tuesday evening's corner meeting will be converted into a condolence meeting for Pandey.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the yatra will continue silently on Tuesday without playing any music to honour the memory of KK Pandey.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said departed leader Krishna Kumar Pandey was walking along with him and Digvijaya Singh carrying the Tricolour. "He handed over the flag to another person and about 15 minutes later he started feeling uneasy and suffered a heart attack."
"Pandey-ji was affectionately known as K K Pandey and he was an ardent Congress supporter. In Nagpur, he worked tirelessly for the party. He breathed his last holding the Tricolour," Ramesh added.
Pandey was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance and upon arrival at the hospital, he was declared dead, Ramesh said. His body was brought back to the campsite where Rahul Gandhi, other leaders, workers and Bharat Yatris paid their last respects to the departed soul. His body was handed over to his son Sheelaj Pandey who is also part of the yatra. Seva Dal members accorded the guard of honour to Pandey's remains.
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