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AAP reveals names of 11 MLAs offered 'bribes' by BJP to topple Punjab government
The legislators were Dinesh Chadha, Raman Arora, Budh Ram, Kulwant Pandori, Narinder Kaur Bharaj, Rajnish Dahiya, Rupinder Singh Happy, Sheetal Angural, Manjit Singh Bilaspur, Labh Singh Ugoke and Baljinder Kaur. However, the BJP dismissed the allegation by saying AAP was attempting to divert public attention from its governance failures.
Goa : Eight Congress MLAs all set to join BJP
Congress has 11 MLAs in the 40-member Goa Assembly. According to sources all eight MLAs, who are set to join the BJP, are in the Assembly complex to carry out the formalities. The group is headed by Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat against whom the Congress had filed disqualification before the Speaker for allegedly trying to split the party.
Nadda's accolades for BJP's Bengal unit for successful march to secretariat agitation
Sources said that the party's state president, Sukanta Majumdar received a telephone call from the party's national president, J.P. Nadda on Tuesday night. "Besides congratulating Majumdar for leading the successful march to the state secretariat agitation programme on Tuesday, Nadda also advised him to conduct similar agitational porogrammes in the coming days.
PM has given 1,000 sq kms of territory to China without fight: Rahul
Rahul said, "China has refused to accept India's demand of restoring status quo of April 2020. PM has given 1000 Sq Kms of territory to China without a fight. Can GOI explain how this territory will be retrieved?" he said. Government sources on Tuesday said that there has been complete disengagement at key flashpoints in the Ladakh sector between India and China.
Bihar Minister remains firm on his 'chief of thieves' statement
Sudhakar Singh is the son of Rashtriya Janata Dal state president Jagadanand Singh. He said at a public meeting that there are many thieves in his department and as he is the minister of the department, he becomes the chief of thieves. While interacting with media persons in Patna, Singh said that he stands by his statement and will not amend it or complain that the statement was twisted by the media.
Confidence in institution slowly being eroded, ground reality disturbing, Kapil Sibal to SC
Appearing before a bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and B.V. Nagarathna, he said: "We have great regard for the chair that you sit on, this is a marriage that cannot be broken between the bar and the bench." He also added that the ground reality disturbs a man like him. At this, the bench remarked that the bar and bench are two wheels of the chariot. Sibal made these remarks while representing Abdulla Azam Khan, the son of SP leader Azam Khan.
Congress to step up Bharat Jodo Yatra in other states from Sep 16
Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Me and Digvijaya Singh will visit Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha from September 16 onwards. Our effort would be to mobilise the state units to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra." The Congress wants all the state units to participate in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, starting the exercise from the block level.
'AAP govt scrapped tender for low-floor buses after DTC report exposed wrongdoings'
However, as per the available documents with IANS, a report by the then Deputy Commissioner was made highlighting the irregularities in the procurement process which recommended that DTC should scrap the tender and should call fresh bids. Highlighting the irregularities, the report underlined, "For the abovementioned reasons, it is recommended that the DTC should scrap the tender and should call fresh bids without any delay".
Mayawati's nephew Akash Anand is now number 2 in BSP
Akash Anand, who is the party's national coordinator, has been directed to restructure the organisation in these states. Assembly polls in Gujarat will be held at the end of this year while Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will go to polls in 2023. According to a party functionary, the assembly polls in these states will serve as a launch pad for Akash Anand who is being positioned as the number two in the BSP.
BJP's march to Bengal secretariat takes violent turn; party's state president stages 'sit-in'
Tension gripped the area as the second arm of the marching BJP supporters, led by the state BJP president in West Bengal and party MP, Sukanta Majumdar and BJP legislator, Agnimitra Paul started moving towards the state secretariat of Nabanna from Santragachi on the Howrah side. Huge police contingent deployed there stopped the marching BJP supporters
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