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Om Prakash Rajbhar inches closer to BJP in UP; Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak terms him 'permanent friend'
The BJP is also reciprocating the affection in ample measure. Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, on Wednesday, shared the stage with Rajbhar at a function in Ballia.
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah will finalise poll candidates: Gujarat BJP Chief to party workers
Gujarat BJP President C.R. Patil told local media, "BJP workers are well aware that party's parliamentary board, and the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister takes final call on party candidates, but Alpesh Thakor is our senior party leader, so he will contest from his Radhanpur constituency and we are confident that he will win, we wish him all the best."
Dussehra rally: Thackeray slams 'traitors', vows return of Shiv Sainik as CM soon
Addressing the party's signature annual Dussehra rally at the Shivaji Park before a mammoth crowd, the ex-Chief Minister said that on Dussehra, the tradition is to burn an effigy of the 10-headed demon king Ravana. "But this year, the Ravana is different, with 50 mouths...
CM Eknath Shinde justifies 'uprising', claims to be 'heir' to Balasaheb's legacy
Addressing a massive Dussehra rally at the Bandra Kurla Complex grounds here, Shinde - who toppled the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in June - devoted his speech largely to justify his revolt, and replying to many points raised by Shiv Sena President and ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray at his rally in Shivaji Park, and upholding his move to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Dussehra rally: Uddhav Thackeray slams 'traitors', vows return of Shiv Sainik as CM soon
"But this year, the Ravana is different, with 50 mouths... We have a dhokhasur' (traitor), khokhasur', (slang for crores of rupees), a katappa'... Your ministerial posts may go away, but the blot of traitor' will remain permanently on your faces, it can never be erased," Thackeray said, targetting Shinde, who had rebelled to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in June.
Save injured baby elephant, Rahul Gandhi writes to Karnataka CM
In his letter addressed to CM Bommai on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi said, "The Congress President and I briefly visited the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve where we happened to come across the painful sight of an injured baby elephant, with its mother. The little calf has a severely injured tail and trunk, and is fighting for its life."
KCR's national party to start expanding from Maharashtra
K. Chandrasekhar Rao said the party would pick up Maharashtra as the first field of activity by launching the farmers' wing of the party from there. Rao stated this during his speech at the general body meeting of the TRS, which unanimously passed a resolution to change the party's name to the BRS.
Show-cause period of three Ashok Gehlot loyalists ends today, reply awaited
Three Ashok Gehlot loyalists, including two state ministers and the RTDC chairperson were given show-cause notice for organising an unofficial meeting of party MLAs parallel to the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting called by Congress observers on September 25. They were issued the disciplinary notice on September 27.
Congress in search of tribal face to head Jharkhand unit
With the Congress party focussing on a tribal face, Lok Sabha member and wife of former Chief Minister Madhu Koda, Geeta Koda is said to be the front runner, while Bandhu Tirkey and Kalicharan Munda are other contenders, party sources said. Meanwhile, the state of affairs in the party unit is far from being peaceful.
Don't touch innocents, don't spare the guilty: Shah to J&K security agencies
Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha was also at the meeting, which was attended by senior police, paramilitary and intelligence officers of the union territory and the Centre. Shah took a review of anti-militancy operations in the UT and directed the security agencies to show zero tolerance towards terrorism while ensuring that innocent people are protected.
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