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BJP rides high on 'bulldozer wave' in Rajasthan, Congress rants and raves about it
Close on the heels of UP, the Rajasthan BJP is also seen riding high on the 'bulldozer wave' while the ruling Congress is raising a strong objection to the bulldozer politics, calling it unjustified. In Rajasthan, the bulldozer caught everyone's attention when BJP state president Satish Poonia came riding on it to the party office with a huge convoy soon after the victory of the saffron party in the UP polls.
As bulldozer politics enters Delhi, Congress accuses BJP of bigotry
The Congress and AAP local leaders have opposed the drive in Shaheen Bagh but the Congress is more vocal than Delhi's ruling party, the AAP. However, on Friday Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia of the AAP wrote a letter to the Union Home Minister asking that the demolition drive be stopped as it will affect 60 lakh people.
After KTR, now Kavitha poses questions to Amit Shah
Resuming from where her brother and TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao had left, Kavitha took to Twitter to ask her questions and mount a fresh attack on the Centre over its failed promises to Telangana. Shah is scheduled to arrive in Hyderabad in the afternoon and is due to address a public meeting at Tukkuguda in the evening.
Senior Opposition leader asked me what else was left there to achieve after becoming PM twice: Modi
"The leader does not know that this Modi is made of different metals, the soil of Gujarat that has shaped me," the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister was virtually addressing 'Utkarsh Samaroh' in Bharuch, Gujarat on Thursday to mark the celebration of 100 per cent saturation of four key schemes of the state government in the district, which will help provide timely financial assistance to those in need.
G-23 stand in Congress' Chintan Shivir unclear
Even the G-23 leaders - many of whom have been accomodated in various committees in the run up for the 'Chintan Shivir'. Sources within the group say that they will think over the matter during the event before any comment. Meanwhile, the Congress on Thursday said that Udaipur will be new milestone of hope, aspiration and change as India is "enduring a painful and vicious assault on its democracy, economy and societal harmony".
Karnataka to implement Anti-Conversion Bill through ordinance
The implementation of the bill which proposes stringent measures on religious conversion activities is going to create a lot of chaos in the state. The move from the BJP in Karnataka came following Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday. The high command has also summoned Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra to Delhi, and the issue is likely to be discussed, according to party sources.
Delhi model of education is 'non-existent': Congress
"Kejriwal is playing low-level politics in the name of BR Ambedkar, as he once again said that the Delhi government will establish two new campuses of Ambedkar University at Dhirpur and Rohini. Though he had laid the foundation stone of these campuses before the Assembly elections in Delhi... three years went by without doing any work on the project."
Sachin Pilot's posters removed ahead of Cong's 'Chintan Shivir'
Hoardings and posters were put up by Pilot's supporters around the hotels, airport and in other areas of Udaipur to welcome him. However, late on Wednesday night, and on Thursday morning, the hoardings and posters were removed from different areas of the city, said Pilot's supporters.
Anti-encroachment drive: Protest begins in Delhi's Madanpur Khadar, AAP MLA on spot
As per latest reports, two five-storey under construction buildings were being demolished. "The building was being constructed for the past one year," a local said. The AAP MLA was seen talking to the police officials. While speaking to the media, he accused the civic agency of demolishing the houses of poor people.
Home delivery of liquor will ruin the youth: Delhi Congress
Delhi Congress chief Anil Kumar alleged that the excise department's proposal to legalise home delivery of liquor and stop regulating discounts offered by vendors in the Delhi Excise Policy 2022-23, which is in the final stages of being drafted, will be disastrous for the youth. He also alleged that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has become a puppet at the hands of the liquor mafia due to his "greed for commission".
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