Congress attacks Mayawati’s move

Cancellation of allotment of land for rail coach factory at Rae Bareli “petty politicking” NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of indulging in “petty politicking” by cancelling the allotment of land for a rail coach factory at Rae Bareli and announced that party president Sonia Gandhi would visit her constituency as scheduled. Welcoming the order of the Allahabad High Court that the land should not be transferred to the Gram Samaj, AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh, who is in charge of party affairs in the State, described Ms. Mayawati’s move as “injudicious” and said her action was not understood since there were no agitations whatsoever against the project. “It is a politically motivated move and it is not expected of Ms. Mayawati to take such action,” Mr. Singh said at the... [read full story]