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Bihar political activity set to increase as Lalu arrives in Patna
The nomination for the five seats of Rajya Sabha coming under Bihar begins Tuesday. It is expected that two seats can go to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), two to the BJP and one seat to JD(U). The arrival of Lalu Prasad has significance in the context of the recent political developments. Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav have come close in the last one month or so and the relations between Nitish Kumar and the BJP don't seem to be so warm.
'At engineering college, there was no girl in our class; it seemed so bad': Nitish Kumar
While remembering his early days as a student of an engineering college, he said: "When we used to study in engineering college, there was no girl in our class... it seemed so bad. Whenever any woman comes to our class, students use to gather in large numbers to see her. This was the situation at that time. Now see how many girls are studying in engineering and medical colleges."
Owaisi to make inroads in Gujarat via Surat
Owaisi has received a good response in Limbayat, however a small section of the community opposed his visit to the constituency by showing black flags while he was on his way to address a gathering on Monday. The AIMIM leader has advocated for political weightage and representation for Muslims in the state "as like Patidars, Muslims in the state too share 14 per cent of the state's population".
Will Kapil Sibal go to Rajya Sabha again - courtesy JMM or SP?
In UP, where the elections to 11 seats is due, the BJP can win seven and the Samajwadi Party three - and the latter will still have 20 surplus votes. However, a problem will arise for the 11th seat if the BJP fields its eighth candidate, which will necessitate an election. And it is here the surplus votes will be key. However, the ruling BJP has an advantage as it needs less than 10 votes but the opposition is short of 15 votes.
CBI wants to confront Karti with his arrested CA; 60,000 emails recovered
The CBI said that they wanted to confront him with Karti and other accused. The CBI has recovered 65,000 emails which will be used as evidence. S. Bhaskararaman, was earlier remanded to four days custody by the court. The probe agency had said that it needs to recover a few emails and Jor Bagh based property related information from him.
With Arjun Singh's exit, Suvendu Adhikari's importance in Bengal BJP increases
The BJP's central leadership, on Monday, has entrusted Adhikari to take charge of the party's organisation set-up in Barrackpore and fill up the structural vacuum created out of the exit of Singh, who rejoined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday evening.
There is little 'apolitical' in breakaway BKU group
The breakaway outfit of the BKU, led by Rajesh Chauhan, has alleged that the outfit under the Tikait brothers was getting 'increasingly political' and the members, including senior leaders, did not appreciate this. BKU president Naresh Tikait claims that the split in the outfit was engineered by the BJP government and said that the parting of 'some' leaders will not impact the organization or its activities.
Uma Bharti: Ayodhya, Kashi, Mathura a matter of faith for Hindus, like Mecca-Medina is for Muslims
Bharti, who was among the BJP leaders who led the Ram Janmabhoomi movement of the 1990s in Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) and never hesitated in claiming that she was one of those who carried out the demolition of the Babri Masjid, spoke with IANS on the ongoing controversy over Varanasi's Gyanvapi Masjid and some similar issues which have erupted in Madhya Pradesh too.
Arjun Singh's 'ghar wapsi': Not all seem to be happy in Trinamool
Veteran Trinamool leader and three-time party Lok Sabha member from Dum Dum constituency, also in North 24 Parganas district, Saugata Roy opined that Singh's return will not result in additional value addition for the party.
Maha: Shiv Sena 'no' to independents in RS polls
"We have nothing against Sambhajiraje... If he has said he will contest independently, then he must have arranged for his 42 votes," Raut retorted, and reiterated the Sena stance on the issue. Since the past couple of days there has been political speculation that the Sena would be prepared to field Sambhajiraje provided he joined the party and was reportedly given a 'deadline' till 12 noon Monday (May 23) to decide.
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