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JD(U) rebel leader Upendra Kushwaha likely to address 5,000 supporters today
During the meeting at Sinha library, the rebel leader is likely to disclose his future plan of action. Around 5,000 party leaders from across the state have assembled at the venue in his support. With this, Kushwaha has managed to prove his strength before the party and Nitish Kumar.
After Raipur plenary, Congress likely to set up committee for alliance
Sources have said that the Congress wants to build up a national alliance, but with the precondition of leading it. There are many like-minded parties who have no problem with Congress being the leading party in the alliance, but leaders like Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, Trinamool Congress with Aam Aadmi Party are taking different lines.
'Politics on Jyotirlinga cost Uddhav party symbol': Assam CM
Sarma said that Uddhav Thakeray might have lost the party symbol for bringing God into a political controversy. Earlier, the Assam government claimed that the Dakini Hill is the site of the sixth Jyotirlinga, which irked the Maharashtra Opposition, including Uddhav Thackrey's Shiv Sena and other parties.
Giving Sisodia time will allow him to tamper with evidence: Congress
He alleged that giving one week time will allow Sisodia to tamper with evidence, adding that the CBI has reportedly collected damning evidence against him in the multi crores scam after questioning his Personal Secretary and he should not have been allowed to evade questioning.
BJP slams post showing Jagan feeding milk to child dressed as Lord Shiva
"A CM who aggressively converts Hindus to Christianity is now openly insulting Hindus by posting such a cartoon," a Twitter user posted on Sunday while sharing the YSR Congress' illustration that was displayed on the occasion of Mahashivratri. That post was re-tweeted by Deodhar.
'Akbar, Babur or Aurangzeb are not our heroes', says Ramdev
"Mostly in state boards or NCERT books, we have been taught wrong history. (In these books) Mughals are glorified. This has to be changed. Akbar, Babur or Aurangzeb are not our heroes. Our superheroes are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Rana Pratap, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh and those who sacrificed their lives for the nation," Baba Ramdev said.
Telangana is India's Afghanistan, says Y.S. Sharmila
Sharmila, who was brought to Hyderabad by police after arresting her at Mahabubabad on allegations of making inappropriate remarks against a local MLA of ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), also termed KCR a dictator and a tyrant. "There is no Indian constitution in Telangana. There is only the KCR Constitution," she alleged.
BJP chief Nadda on 3-day visit to Karnataka
"J.P. Nadda will reach Karnataka tonight. He will be addressing two rallies in Udupi and Belur. He will also be in Mangaluru and take part in a bike rally at Chikkamangaluru. He will be in the state till Tuesday (February 21)," BJP media in-charge and spokesperson Anil Baluni said on Sunday.
All eyes on how CWC will be formed at Cong's Feb 24-26 plenary
Congress leaders are wondering if the new President will hold the Congress Working Committee elections and pave the way for strong grassroots leaders to contest or will he continue with the nomination system prevailing during the presidency of his predecessor Sonia Gandhi. The Congress has almost half the CWC members as elected and half nominated by the Congress President.
EC order deprives Uddhav's Shiv Sena its soul connect with Balasaheb
Eight months later, the party, founded and nurtured by Thackeray, and then the legacy carried forward by his son and ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for the past 10 years, faces an existential crisis. On Friday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) delivered its verdict and awarded the name-symbol to the breakaway faction headed by the current Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, even as the shell-shocked Thackeray and his team cried foul.
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