PM Modi in Namibia for final leg of diplomatic tour; JD(U) to launch campaign on voter list revision

Indian Express

2 days ago

In the last leg of his eight-day and five-nation tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Namibia on Tuesday in what is the first visit by an India PM in 27 years.
In Namibia, Modi will meet President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and 'chart a new roadmap for cooperation for the benefit of the two peoples, regions and the wider Global South,' the PM said. Modi will also address a joint session of the Namibian Parliament.
During the visit, there will also be an agreement to introduce India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in the African country. The UPI system is already active in other foreign countries, including Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, France and the UAE.
Prior to visiting Namibia, Modi had travelled to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina and Brazil. In Brazil, Modi had attended the BRICS 2025 Summit, where the Pahalgam attack and India's response through Operation Sindoor were discussed.
JD(U) awareness campaign on voter list revision
With the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral rolls drawing flak from the Opposition across India and facing legal challenges in the Supreme Court, the state's ruling Janata Dal (United) is set to launch a state-wide cycle rally to raise awareness among voters on Tuesday.
While addressing an organisational meeting of party leaders, JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said that party workers will go door-to-door to inform voters about the SIR process and provide help in completing the enumeration forms that require voters to submit proof of citizenship. Jha said the campaign would cover all panchayats.
BJP attacks TMC over law college rape
In West Bengal, the BJP's Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said he would release the names of 50 leaders of the Trinamool Congress's (TMC) student wing who are allegedly targeting pupils, specifically women, like Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the rape case at a law college in south Kolkata.
Adhikari alleged that all these leaders belong to the 'bhaipo (nephew) gang', an apparent reference to TMC's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who is the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
'I will release on Tuesday afternoon the names of at least 50 members of 'bhaipo gang' who are running havoc on the campuses,' he said.
TMC spokesperson Jaiprakash Majumdar, however, rejected Adhikari's allegations as false and asserted that the party has zero tolerance towards crimes against women.
'His words should not be taken seriously. Such claims have no basis. In fact, Adhikari had given similar deadlines in the past but ended up with egg on his face every time. Still, he is not ashamed,' Majumdar said.
– With PTI inputs