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Abhishek Banerjee leaves ED office, says 'won't bow before people in power'
"I have told the agency that I am willing to cooperate, but why here in Delhi. There are elections in Bengal. The BJP can't fight us democratically, so they are resorting to vengeance politics. But I am not cowed down. The BJP lost in Bengal in 2021, and it will again lose in 2024. This washing machine tatic is not going to work for long. If you want to fight, fight democratically. They (BJP) are harassing me by calling me so many kilometres away," he said.
Sawant stakes claim to form govt in Goa, CM by Guv
With the support of three Independent MLAs and a two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) legislators, the leader of the BJP's 20-member legislative party, Pramod Sawant, on Monday staked claim to form a BJP-led coalition government in Goa.
BJP gives Nagaland first woman Rajya Sabha MP: What's the relevance of push for Matri Shakti?
With no other candidate filing nomination for the March 31 elections to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the state, BJP's S. Phangnon Konyak is now all set to become the first woman Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland. Of course, doubts persist as to how much this episode will change the course of Nagaland politics, but it was path-breaking, and certainly not an easy one.
Punjab CM holds Home, Administrative Reforms portfolios
Mann would hold the portfolios of Administrative Reforms, Civil Aviation, General Administration, Home Affairs and Justice, Personnel, Vigilance, Housing and Urban Development, Local Government, Industries and Commerce, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Horticulture, Conservation of Land and Water, Food Processing, among others.
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.
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