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Delhi Assembly adjourned for day amid sloganeering by BJP, AAP MLAs
The House saw repeated adjournments within an hour after it met around 11 a.m. for the first day of the session. As a mark of protest against Delhi government's inaction to deal with the deteriorating air quality, the BJP MLAs arrived at the Assembly carrying oxygen cylinders and wearing masks.
Understand pressures of middle class as I belong to same category, says Sitharaman
Speaking during the function organised by RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya to mark the publication's 75th year on Sunday, the finance minister said that being from the middle class herself, she was aware of the pressures on it and therefore the government has not imposed any fresh taxes on them.
BJP office-bearers' meet underway in Delhi
National General secretaries Arun Singh and Dushyant Gautam are also among the participants besides party state President and morcha president. During the meeting, the reports on ongoing submitted by state General secretaries, prabharis will be reviewed. Preparations for the upcoming state Assembly elections in nine states and 2024 Lok Sabha elections will also be deliberated in detail.
Delhi Assembly session begins today
"The sitting of the Legislative Assembly has been tentatively fixed for January 16, 17 and 18. Subject to the exigencies of business, the sitting of the House may be extended," said an official. "The session will begin from 11 a.m. and will continue till the work scheduled for the day comes to end," he added.
PM's roadshow to precede BJP National Executive meeting in Delhi today
Scheduled for a 4 p.m start, the meeting will conclude by 4 p.m. on Tuesday. It happens to be the first big meeting of this new and fully packed year for the BJP. The meeting is expected to endorse an extension of tenure for party national president J.P. Nadda and deliberate on its strategy for Assembly and general elections.
Priyanka to address women's convention in Bengaluru today
The party has erected huge and tall cutouts and banners across Bengaluru to welcome Priyanka Gandhi. The leaders are hoping that they will get the momentum with this convention for women, named as 'Na Nayaki (I am the leader)'.
CBI trying to maliciously frame me, seized computer without providing Hash Value: Sisodia
"CBI is trying to maliciously frame me, seized the computer without providing Hash Value. I have clear apprehension that the CBI has seized the computer to destroy the confidential documents, implant files in the CPU to falsely implicate me as my name is not in the CBI charge sheet. In the absence of recording Hash Value during the seizure, the CBI can change the record in the seized CPU as per its convenience to maliciously frame me," Sisodia said in a statement.
Trinamool eyeing a good show in Meghalaya to expand footprint
They chose Tripura as their target as the state has a large number of Bengali-speaking people and also, politically, Tripura and Bengal have many similar characteristics with both the states witnessing a very long Left rule. This was not the first time that Trinamool eyed Tripura. Earlier, they also fought elections here, but after winning Bengal for the third time, party leader Abhishek Banerjee was desperate to have a good presence in Tripura as well.
'Naga political issue' remains unresolved, but ruling alliance faces no threat
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) finalised a seat sharing deal in July last year to contest the 60-member Nagaland assembly elections. The opposition Congress was keen to forge a "secular alliance" with like-minded parties before the elections. India's first all party and opposition-less government, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) led by the NDPP practically has no strong opposition except some Naga bodies and NGOs. With 12 members the BJP is also an ally of the UDA.
By going their own ways, do NPP and BJP risk losing Meghalaya?
The two coalition partners have decided to go solo in the state election, with Conrad Sangma's party already announcing the candidates for the 58 seats in the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly, while the BJP is yet to finalise the candidates' names. Marak, an elected member of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, was accused of running a brothel in his farmhouse. According to the police, arms and ammunition were seized from his house.
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