POLITICS
Uma Bharti slams Shivraj; seeks Nadda's intervention on liquor policy
Earlier, Bharti made headlines on the issue either by throwing stones at liquor shop or sitting on protest in front of liquor shops and expressing her resentment against top BJP leadership, including Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Chouhan. However, for the first time, she took this issue publicly to the party's national president. Bharti made the letter public on her Twitter account.
CM Shinde, Fadnavis meet PM Modi
The Prime Minister's Office tweeted: "The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri @mieknathshinde and the Deputy Chief Minister Shri @Dev_Fadnavis called on PM." Earlier on Saturday, before meeting PM Modi, Shinde and Fadnavis addressed the media here. Answering a question about portfolio allocation, Shinde said: "Tomorrow is Aashadhi Ekadashi. We (Shinde and Fadnavis) will meet in Mumbai after that and then discuss portfolio allocation."
Want local body polls after decision on OBC quota: Maha CM
On June 1, the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) had gone ahead declaring local body elections without the provision of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC). In fact, it has issued notification for polls to some lower level civic bodies in August first week too. Cutting across political ideologies, all parties in Maharashtra are in favour of reservation to OBCs and the opposition Nationalist Congress Party-Congress-Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) have also demanded deferring the polls till the issue is resolved.
Cong charges BJP of 'Talibanizing' India in veil of nationalism
AICC spokesperson Ajay Kumar said in the recent past weeks, there been several instances like the Pulwama killing, murder of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, a jailed terror financer Niranjan Hojai in Assam, in which the BJP's links have emerged, "tearing the veil" of its hollow nationalism. Detailing the incidents at a media conference, he alleged that the BJP's activists was involved in some of these killings and terror activities in the country.
Congress denies reports of Goa MLAs joining BJP
Sources said that Rao arrived in Goa to persuade the MLAs who have made their minds to join BJP. These Congress MLAs (group) who are keen to join BJP have demanded three cabinet berths and other key posts, sources said. "Goa is always full of speculations. I don't see anyone (keen to join BJP), these are rumours, right from day one. I think we should not unnecessarily speak about this speculative thing... all are together," Rao said.
Maharashtra Congress accuses BJP of 'bloodying' country in garb of nationalism
AICC Spokesperson Dr Ajay Kumar said in the recent weeks, there have been several instances like the Pulwama killing, murder of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, a jailed terror financer Niranjan Hojai in Assam, in which links with the BJP have emerged, "tearing the veil" of its hollow nationalism. Detailing the incidents at a media conference, he alleged that the BJP was involved in some of these killings and terror activities in the country.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde to expand cabinet in a couple of days
Ahead of their meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shinde and Fadnavis addressed media here. Incidentally, Shinde did much of the talking after a two line introduction by Fadnavis. Answering a question about portfolio allocation, Shinde said, "Tomorrow is Aashadhi Ekadashi. We (Shinde and Fadnavis) will meet in Mumbai after that and then discuss portfolio allocation."
Jagan Mohan Reddy elected YSRCP president for lifetime
An announcement in this regard was made on the second and final day of the party plenary here on Saturday. YSRCP general secretary V. Vijaysai Reddy, who was the returning officer for the election of the party president, announced the unanimous election of Jagan Mohan Reddy as the lifetime president of the party.
Oppn can't brush away corruption charges by pointing fingers at us: BJP
Irrespective of the party in power, the opposition always accuses the ruling party of misusing the investigative agencies, and during the last few decades, the politics of accusation has gained momentum. Opposition parties, including Congress, Trinamool Congress, NCP, RJD, and Shiv Sena, regularly accuse the Central government of misusing the ED, the CBI, and other Central agencies.
Pre-poll IT raids on Akhilesh cronies were straight out of Congress playbook
In recent years, the CBI has failed to make the desired impact on the target and associates. The Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate are the new favourites. They create the right buzz, hit the target hard and make an impact on the common man. At the turn of the century, Mulayam Singh and Mayawati were booked in cases of disproportionate assets.
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