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Dilip Ghosh in no mood to abide by party gag order
Just a day after BJP's national General Secretary and headquarters in-charge, Arun Singh sent an email communique to Ghosh on this count, the latter was in his usual maverick mood on Wednesday morning. "What is this censorship all about? I have not received such communication from the party high command.
Bill to replace Guv with CM as chancellor likely in Bengal Assembly next week
Going by Trinamool Congress' numerical strength in the Assembly, the state government will have no problem in getting the proposed Bill passed with a comfortable majority. However, the state government will then have to send the Bill to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar for his assent. State Education Minister Bratya Basu has already said that in case the Governor refuses to clear the Bill, the state government will pass an ordinance to bring the changed system into practice.
'Where will it bring votes from?' Gehlot on BJP's '2nd' RS candidate
Talking to media, Gehlot said: "BJP has fielded Subhash Chandra, but from where will they get votes? None of our MLAs are going to be sold. Our MLAs saved the government without any inducement. What will they offer to those MLAs who refused to be sold even for Rs 35 crore? "They know they don't have all the votes. Will they do 'horse trading' here and spoil the atmosphere?"
ED questions Farooq Abdullah for 3 hours in JKCA scam case
The National Conference chief reached the ED office in the Rajbagh locality of Srinagar at around 11 a.m. Before reaching the ED office, Abdullah told reporters, "I won't say much about the summons. There are elections to be held and they will trouble us till then." ED had summoned Abdullah on May 27 at its Srinagar office in connection with the case. The 84-year old National Conference leader had earlier recorded his statement in the same case in 2019.
Will not work with Congress again in future, says Prashant Kishor
"This is the party responsible for breaking my track record of winning. It is not improving and even it may drown me. Hence, I will never work with the Congress again," Kishor said with folded hands at an interaction with media in Vaishali, where he was to prepare ground for his Jan Suraaj campaign. "In the last 10 years, I was involved in 11 elections and only one I lost in Uttar Pradesh in 2017. At that time, I was associated with the Congress party. It has broken my winning record.
BJP throws a spanner in Congress' RS plans for Rajasthan, Haryana
The candidates are Subhash Chandra in Rajasthan and Kartikeya Sharma in Haryana. The Congress will now have to do extra work to manage its MLAs as the contest heats up in the run up to the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections. In Rajasthan, businessman Subhash Chandra filed his nomination on Tuesday as an Independent candidate backed by the BJP.
BJP censors Dilip Ghosh, bars him from speaking to media
BJP's national general secretary and headquarters in-charge, Arun Singh, in a letter to Ghosh pointed out that certain statements and outbursts by the latter have not only angered the state party leaders, but also embarrassed the central leadership. "This was pointed out to you on several occasions by the party leadership in the fond hope that you will take note," read Singh's letter, a copy of which was accessed by IANS.
Not a PM, just a 'pradhan sevak': Modi
"In the last eight years not even once did I vision myself as the PM. Only when I sign documents do I have the responsibility of the PM but as soon as the file is gone, I'm no longer a PM. I'm just a 'pradhan sevak' of 130 crore people who are everything in my life and my life is also for you," he said.
Total fraud case, Jain targeted for political reasons: Kejriwal
"I have personally studied this case and it is completely fraudulent. We have a very honest government. He has been targeted because of political reasons," said Kejriwal. He added further that the AAP government was an honest government and they have faith in the judiciary system. Kejriwal said, "We got the minister arrested ourselves in Punjab, we did the same in Delhi also 5 years ago.
Hardik Patel to join BJP on June 2
Confirming the development, BJP spokesman Bharat Dangar said that Patel, along with his supporters, will join the saffron party in the presence of the party state president C.R.Patil and former Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel at 12 p.m. Shweta Brahmbhatt, who had contested Assembly elections from Maninagar constituency on Congress symbol, is also set to join the BJP the same day, party sources said.
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