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ED raids residence, office of Shiv Sena Minister Anil Parab
The ED teams simultaneously reached over half a dozen locations in Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Pune, including Parab's official bungalow here and carried out searches. The action follows a complaint lodged by the agency in an alleged money-laundering case against Parab.
Gehlot or Pilot in Rajasthan, Congress to decide after June 10
Sachin Pilot has been vying for the Chief Minister's post, but Ashok Gehlot has the confidence of Sonia Gandhi. Time and again, Pilot's MLAs have been targetting their own government. The top leadership of the party in Delhi has been upset with this. Sources say all this will be decided after Rajya Sabha polls and preparations for 2023 Assembly polls will also begin.
Bypolls for 3 Parliamentary, 7 Assembly constituencies on June 23
These by-elections will be held for Sangrur Parliamentary constituency in Punjab, and Rampur and Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh while the Assembly constituencies are Agartala, Town, Bordiwala, Surma (SC), and Jubrajnagar in Tripura, Atmakur in Andhra Pradesh, Rajinder Nagar in Delhi and Madar in Jharkhand.
Speculations galore as BJP's Dilip Ghosh relieved of Bengal affairs
Although the announcement on this count was officially made in New Delhi by the BJP's national President J.P. Nadda, the rippling effect of that development has led the ball of speculation roll in West Bengal. Questions are making the rounds on why Ghosh, under whose leadership the BJP achieved its best-ever results in any election in West Bengal in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by bagging 18 out of 42 seats, was relieved from the affairs of the party organisation in the state.
Not easy to part ways after long association: Kapil Sibal on leaving Cong
"There is no employer-employee kind of relation in a political party. I had to take a personal decision on what I wished to do ahead. I need to raise my voice in an independent manner in the Parliament and if I am getting that opportunity, I want to take that," he told IANS. Sibal said that he had quit the Congress on May 16, and is an independent voice.
Lalu reaches Patna, will soon announce Rajya Sabha candidates
Lalu Prasad, along with his eldest daughter Misa Bharti, arrived at Patna airport at 7 pm, and went to his wife Rabri Devi's official residence at 10 Circular Road. He also met party leaders including his son Tej Pratap Yadav, Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, Abdul Bari Siddiqui and other leaders at the residence.
After Sibal's exit, Azad may be accommodated in RS
The Congress is likely to release the list soon and the contenders include Ajay Maken, Randeep Surjewala, Kumari Selja, Anand Sharma, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, Avinash Pande apart from P. Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Veerappa Moily.
Bihar Governor reportedly meets PM amid speculations in state
Sources said that Chauhan reportedly met Modi and discussed the current political situation of Bihar. When he came out from the South Block, he did not interact with the media persons Sources have said that the PMO has called the Governor to understand the current political situation of the state.
Will accept hanging if terror charges against me proved: Yasin Malik
During the course of the hearing before Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh, Malik said: "I will not beg for anything. The case is before this court and I leave it on the court to decide it."
Kapil Sibal's RS move slammed by both Congress, Trinamool in Bengal
Congress leader in Lok Sabha and party state unit President, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, said that after enjoying so many important posts being with Congress for so many years and holding important portfolios in UPA-I and UPA-II governments, Sibal took such an action out of his greed for a chair in the Rajya Sabha.
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