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Madhusudan Mistry submits list of voters for Congress President poll to Sonia Gandhi
Jairam Ramesh, Congress General Secretary said, "@INCIndia is only party with a well-established process to elect it's President, which is free & transparent. Today, Chairman of our Central Election Authority, @MD_Mistry, presented to Smt.Sonia Gandhi the final list of delegates of electoral college & her QR coded voter ID card."
Akhilesh set to be re-elected as SP chief
Uttar Pradesh unit chief Naresh Uttam Patel is also likely to retain his post, SP sources said. Akhilesh Yadav and Naresh Uttam were elected to the post they are holding at the SP's national convention in Agra on October 5, 2017. Earlier, Akhilesh had replaced his father Mulayam Singh Yadav as the SP national president while Naresh Uttam Patel replaced Akhilesh's uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav at the party's emergency national convention, held on January 1, 2017, amid the Yadav family feud.
Teacher recruitment scam a setback to Karnataka Congress campaign against Basavaraj Bommai government
The agency made five important arrests on Monday, and the court gave their custody to the CID till October 1 for further inquiry. The accused persons were expected to make major revelations about the scam. Siddaramaiah and other Congress leaders are attacking the ruling BJP with the 40 per cent commission charges and have also launched the PayCM poster campaign in the state.
Is Rajasthan heading towards President's rule?
All eyes are on the Raj Bhavan as the BJP adopts the wait and watch approach regarding the political turmoil in Rajasthan where Gehlot Vs. Pilot deadlock refuses to end. The saffron party leaders are waiting for Speaker C.P. Joshi's next move, after which it may knock the door of Raj Bhavan.
Selja, KC Venugopal front-runners for Congress President post after Gehlot snub
However, no final decision has been made yet and Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath who met Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that he doesn't want to become the party president and wants to continue to work for the party in Madhya Pradesh. "I want to remain in MP," Kamal Nath, a former Chief Minister of the state, told IANS.
Karnataka police continue raids on PFI; 45 activists detained
According to sources, the raids began at 4 a.m at various locations in Belagavi, Gadag, Bijapur in north Karnataka, neighbouring district of Bengaluru Kolar and Bengaluru Rural, coastal district of Udupi. The PFI leaders have reportedly collected funds from foreign countries to foment violence in society and attack RSS leaders and offices in retaliation to recent NIA raids, the sources said.
BJP on wait and watch mode amid Congress crisis in Rajasthan
Both the state's BJP unit president and Deputy Leader of Opposition submitted that the Speaker should have accepted the resignations being given by the party MLAs. BJP state president Satish Poonia on Monday said: "If Congress MLAs resigned voluntarily and consciously, then Assembly speaker C.P. Joshi should have accepted it... the people of the state are suffering due to the discord in the Congress."
BJP on wait and watch mode amid Cong crisis in Rajasthan
Both the state's BJP unit president and Deputy Leader of Opposition submitted that the Speaker should have accepted the resignations being given by the party MLAs. BJP state president Satish Poonia on Monday said: "If Congress MLAs resigned voluntarily and consciously, then Assembly speaker C.P. Joshi should have accepted it... the people of the state are suffering due to the discord in the Congress."
Status quo likely in Rajasthan, say Congress sources
A meeting is going on between Sonia Gandhi, Kamal Nath and Priyanka Gandhi to chalk out strategy for Rajasthan. Ashok Gehlot, who is set to file papers for the Congress Presidential election, was tipped to quit in favour of Sachin Pilot but his supporters came out strongly against it, and the Congress legislature party meet on Sunday had to be called off.
Congress meeting on Rajasthan begins at 10 Janpath
Ajay Maken, who was in Jaipur along with Mallikarjun Kharge to convene the CLP meeting on Sunday for deciding the new CM face but instead faced a high-voltage drama, on Monday told the media that three members from the Gehlot camp had met them with three proposals, which they did not accept as it raised conflict of interest.
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