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Cong reaches out to Anand Sharma, sends Rajeev Shukla to resolve issues
State in charge Rajeev Shukla, who Sharma blamed, without taking his name, for ignoring him and leaving him out of party meetings, met party chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday evening and sources say he discussed affairs of the state and Sharma's resignation. Shukla later meet Sharma to iron out differences, which led to a new controversy in the party. After the meeting, he said: "As a state in charge of the party it is my responsibility to meet him as he is devoted to the party... there is no problem and issues will be sorted out."
Centre vs Delhi govt: Justice Chandrachud-led bench to hear issue of control of services
As advocate Shadan Farasat orally mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice, he said he had constituted a bench led by Justice Chandrachud. On May 6, the Supreme Court referred to a constitution bench the power tussle between the Centre and the Delhi government, in connection with control over administrative services.
'Central agencies may arrest Sisodia, even me till Guj polls': Kejriwal
"Once the elections are over, this all will be on the backburner," he added. Kejriwal and his deputy Sisodia are on a two-day Gujarat tour. Addressing the mediapersons in Ahmedabad, he said, "The Central agency can arrest Sisodia in a day or two, who knows they may even arrest me and others... all cases against Sisodia are baseless, but this all action will continue till Gujarat Assembly elections are over."
Opposition will resist voting rights to non-locals in J&K: Farooq Abdullah
Addressing the media at the end of Monday's all-party meeting held at his high security Gupkar road residence in Srinagar, Abdullah said, "They are saying the new voters would be 25 lakhs. It could be 50 lakhs, 60 lakhs or even a crore. There is no clarity on this.
BJP dismisses Sisodia's claim of receiving offer to join party
Addressing a press conference at party headquarter here, BJP's national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his DyCM Manish Sisodia have no answer to the questions raised by the BJP on the irregularities in the excise policy. "That's why, he is speaking nonsense," Bhatia said.
SC stays HC order directing registration of FIR against Shahnawaz Hussain in 2018 rape case
A bench headed by Justice U.U. Lalit said Hussain prima facie makes out a case against high court order. "In further consideration there shall be a stay on further proceedings in connection with the criminal complaint dated 2018 before Saket courts, New Delhi...stay of further proceedings and also the effect and operation of the high court order under challenge," said the top court.
Manish Sisodia claims of getting 'message' from BJP
In a tweet in Hindi, Manish Sisodia said that he would rather be beheaded than join the BJP. Sisodia and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are visiting Gujarat's Himmatnagar on Monday and then Bhavnagar on Tuesday, where they will discuss Delhi's model of education, hospitals, and mohalla clinics.
Data fudged only in 'Rahul Gandhi School of Economics' to mislead country: BJP
Quoting Rahul Gandhi's tweet, BJP Information Technology department head Amit Malviya said: "It can only happen in Rahul Gandhi School of Economics where every data is fudged to mislead the country. The so called taxes from people and Corporate Tax combined does not total to 100 per cent."
Junior NTR calls on Amit Shah in Hyderabad
The actor met Shah at Novotel Hotel at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad. The meeting took place over dinner after Shah reached the hotel from Ramoji Film City (RFC), where he called on media baron Ramoji Rao. "Had a good interaction with a very talented actor and the gem of our Telugu cinema Jr NTR in Hyderabad," Shah tweeted after the meeting.
Keshav Prasad Maurya's tweet creates furore in UP politics
Maurya on Sunday tweeted: "The organisation is bigger than the government." Though, the tweet did not refer to any particular event, it set off speculations since the Uttar Pradesh Minister had recently met BJP National President J.P. Nadda in New Delhi. The tweet comes at a time when the Uttar Pradesh BJP is waiting for a new state party President. "It appears from the tweet that Maurya has been shortlisted for the post and this is his way of telling his supporters," a party functionary said.
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