‘Cong. will win both seats’
The Hindu
Siddaramaiah exudes confidence while campaigning for the bypolls
The Congress has been receiving a good response from the voters in both Sindgi and Hangal Assembly constituencies, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said.
He spoke to presspersons at Kubatur in Sorab taluk on Saturday. In both the constituencies, going for the by-polls, Mr. Siddaramaiah exuded confidence that the Congress candidates would win. The people’s response to the party’s candidates showed that there had been a favourable scenario for the party. The JD(S) had fielded candidates from minority communities in both the constituencies only to help the BJP. “The BJP in power is misusing office and spending huge money to lure voters. Despite the challenges, the Congress will win both the seats”, he said.
The people had been recalling the pro-people programmes launched by the Congress in the State and Centre. They were disappointed with the Narendra Modi-led Union Government and the BJP government in the State. Mr. Narendra Modi had not fulfilled any of the promises he made before the elections. The steep hike in price of essential commodities had left common people in difficulty, he said.
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.