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Sonia Gandhi bars Tharoor from attending CPI-M meeting
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked senior party leader Shashi Tharoor to refrain from attending a CPI-M seminar to be held in April, directing him to listen to the Kerala leadership. The development came after he joined a meeting of Congress "rebels", apparently ditching the Congress's Kerala unit by planning to attend the Left's seminar.
AAP announces 5 candidates for RS polls from Punjab
Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, AAP's Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha, party's election strategist in Punjab, Sandeep Pathak, Lovely Professional University (LPU) Chancellor Ashok Kumar Mittal and Ludhiana's eminent industrialist Sanjeev Arora filed nomination for the Rajya Sabha seats from AAP in the Punjab legislative Assembly.
Meet five AAP Rajya Sabha nominees from Punjab
The Aam Aadmi Party has nominated five persons for Rajya Sabha from Punjab where it swept the assembly polls and has formed the government. The five Rajya Sabha MPs include two businessmen, one IIT professor and cricketer Harbhajan Singh.
Tomar arrives in Goa ahead of MLAs meet to decide on CM
Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar arrived in Goa on Monday, hours ahead of a crucial meeting of BJP's newly elected MLAs to formalise the name of its Chief Minister to head the party's coalition government in the state.
RSS plans to reach UP villages by 2025
Ashok Dubey, a senior RSS functionary, said that the plan for 'shakhas' at all villages could be completed by 2024 itself. The Lok Sabha polls are due in 2024 and the RSS will complete 100 years in 2025. The RSS' rural expansion plan will hold the BJP in good stead ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, according to Dubey. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is currently in Uttar Pradesh. He visited Gorakhpur where he had a meeting with CM Yogi Adityanath.
Abhishek Banerjee to join ED's probe in coal scam case on Monday
The anti-money laundering agency had asked Banerjee and his wife to join the investigation on March 21 and 22. Banerjee had earlier on September 6 recorded his statement before the ED officials. He was interrogated for around six hours, but the probe agency was not satisfied with his answers and he has been issued a fresh summon again along with his wife.
Yogi to be elected as leader at MLAs' meet on March 24
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the party Vice President Raghuvar Das will be observers at the meeting. According to party sources, after Yogi Adityanath is formally elected as leader of the legislature party, he will formally stake his claim to form government at Raj Bhawan and Governor Anandiben Patel will then invite him to form government.
Mann took historic decisions in first few days, Kejriwal to Punjab MLAs
Kejriwal, attending the meeting through video conferencing, briefed the MLAs on the party's objectives and working methods. He said that after winning elections in four states, BJP's new Chief Ministers haven't taken oath, let alone do any work of the people. On many senior MLAs not becoming ministers, Kejriwal said that those MLAs who are not given ministerial berths should not underestimate themselves.
Newly elected Uttarakhand MLAs to take oath on Monday, BJP legislative party meet likely
The newly elected BJP MLAs, however, are clueless about the meeting of the legislative party. The BJP leadership, meanwhile, continues to deliberate upon the names for the post of chief minister of Uttarakhand in the national capital. A meeting was held to discuss the formation of BJP government in Uttarakhand at the residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Congress again warns Tharoor against participating in CPI-M seminar
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, K. Sudhakaran has once asked party leaders to refrain from attending CPI-M seminar to be held in April. Sudhakaran said that the state party has issued a ban on party leaders participating in the national level seminar to be organised by the CPI-M as part of its National Conference at Kannur and if anyone violates that they would have to face party action.
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