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Amid reports that Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad will contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, Congress general secretary in-charge of Eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met him at a Meerut Hospital on Wednesday. Azad was admitted in hospital after the UP Police arrested him allegedly for violating model code of conduct.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Vadra said no political matters were discussed. When asked whether Azad will be a Congress candidate, she said she did not want to politicise the meeting. “A young man is struggling, he is raising his voice and wants society to hear his problems. This government is so audacious that it tries to repress his voice. It doesn’t want to hear the problems of youth. They have not given any jobs to youth. When they raise their voices, they are repressing it,’ she said and added that she came to express solidarity with Azad.
The meeting is significant, particularly after the BSP’s decision to not have any truck with the Congress in the upcoming elections. The Congress, on the other hand, is trying to reach out to other Dalit mobilisations such as the Bhim Army.
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