Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra. This came days after the seat-sharing deal between SP and Congress was finalised for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who played the crucial role in finalising the seat-sharing deal between SP and Congress, was also present at the Yatra.

During the Yatra, the former Uttar Pradesh CM Yadav thanked the people of UP and said the biggest challenges, in the coming days, are to save the democracy and the Constitution to fulfil the dream of the BR Ambedkar, which has been ruined by the BJP-led central government. He gave a slogan, “BJP Haatao, Desh Bachao.”  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday that he should get a Nobel prize for running a government in Delhi following the interference of the central government in the development of the national capital.

Taking a jibe at the Narendra Modi-led central government, the AAP convenor Kejriwal said that the Centre had tried to stop the construction of schools and hospitals in the national capital. BJP does not want the poor to get the same level of education as their children, Kejriwal attacked. Further, Kejriwal said that he only knows how difficult it is to run the government in Delhi.

Speaking on the Delhi Jal Board scheme, the AAP chief said that the Board has passed the scheme. Now this scheme has to be passed in the cabinet. BJP asked Delhi LG to stop this scheme, he alleged. Officers have been threatened, they are crying, he said.

Kejriwal further said that when AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj and Delhi Minister  Atishi called the officers to ask why they were not bringing the bill, the officers said that they had been threatened that if this scheme came to the cabinet, they would be suspended. Just like Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain are in jail, you will also put officers in jail by filing false cases of ED, CBI, Kejriwal further alleged.

Earlier today, AAP leaders held a protest over water bills at the party office.

During a press conference, Kejriwal spoke about the alleged attempt of the BJP-led central government to prevent the implementation of the one-time settlement scheme for unpaid water bills in the city.

He also stated that if the BJP was in power, they would have disconnected everyone’s water supply. However, he assured the citizens that he would not let this happen. He added that if anyone believes that their water bill is accurate, they should pay it, but if they have any doubts, they need not pay until it is cleared. The CM also said that the AAP party would not allow the BJP to indulge in any kind of violence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday went scuba diving in the deep sea off the Arabian Sea coast at Panchkui beach in Gujarat. He also offered prayers at the site where the ancient city of Dwarka is believed to have submerged after Lord Krishna’s demise. The ancient city was closely linked with Lord Krishna and was known for its grandeur and prosperity.

To pray in the city of Dwarka, which is immersed in the waters, was a very divine experience, PM Modi said in a post on X. Sharing the pictures, PM Modi further said that he felt connected to an ancient era of spiritual grandeur and timeless devotion. May Bhagwan Shri Krishna bless us all, PM Modi wrote.

Earlier today, PM Modi inaugurated the nation’s longest cable-stayed bridge in Dwarka, Gujarat.

The Sudarshan Setu, which connects Okha to the island of Beyt Dwarka, was constructed at the cost of Rs 979 crore. Around 2.3-kilometer-long bridge was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi in October 2017, with the statement that it will connect the old and modern Dwarka.

The four-lane, 27.20-meter-wide bridge has 2.50-meter-wide footpaths on each side. The unique design of Sudarshan Setu has a pathway flanked on both sides by pictures of Lord Krishna and verses from the Bhagavad Gita. Solar panels have also been installed on the higher sections of the footpath, producing one megawatt of electricity, as per the official announcement.

PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone for several projects, including the construction of the regional scientific centre in Jamnagar, the installation of a Flue Gas Desulphurization system at the Sikka Thermal Power Station in Jamnagar, and the expansion of the Dhoraji-Jamkandorna-Kalavad portion of NH-927D.

The first All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Gujarat will be inaugurated in Rajkot this afternoon by the prime minister. The Center has spent Rs 6,300 crore building the five super-speciality hospitals, one of which is located in Rajkot.