POLITICS

JD-U national President Lalan Singh is seen as being influential in Munger and its adjoining districts, but his party candidate in Munger, Jamui and Lakhisarai MLC constituency Sanjay Prasad lost the election to Ajay Singh of the RJD. Internal dispute in the NDA is seen behind Prasad's defeat.

"For all those who've been enjoying themselves at @supriyaSule's & my expense over our brief exchange in the Lok Sabha, she was asking me a policy question because she was about to speak next. She was speaking softly so as not to disturb FarooqSahib, so i leaned over to hear her," Tharoor said in his first tweet.

Returning to Mumbai, Raut was given a hero's welcome by thousands of Shiv Sainiks with flags, banners, posters, and 'dhol-tasha' outside the airport. "They (BJP) has declared war. The manner in which they are targeting us with the help of central agencies, taking steps against us, we shall also retaliate... If they put us in jail, we are ready... they may kill us, we are prepared. But, we will continue our fight," he thundered.

The BJP MP requested Rajnath Singh that an army recruitment rally be held in the Rajsamand Lok Sabha constituency. She said that the youth in the area have a lot of interest in the army and many ex-servicemen's families also reside in this area. Singh assured her that a recruitment rally will be announced soon after completing the formalities.

The Budget Session started on a positive note without disruptions and forced adjournments during the first 12 full sittings, the best such a stretch during the last about three years. The House witnessed forced adjournments on six days, all during the second part of the session. The Members sat beyond the scheduled hours on 11 days. In all, 21 of the 27 sittings were free of forced adjournments.

"Today is the World Health Day. Yoga is a practice that brings about harmony between the body and the mind. It gives us physical power and provides mental balance and emotional stability to meet modern life challenges successfully. We are organising this event to mark the 75 days Countdown to International Yoga Daya," said Sarbananda Sonowal.

Chief Minister Bommai, after concluding his recent New Delhi trip, on Thursday said that that the matter of cabinet expansion had been discussed with the party leaders in detail. The senior leaders have informed that they will talk about it during the state executive committee meeting on April 16 and 17 at Hospet in newly formed Vijayanagar district.

This will be Shah's first-ever visit to the state since the disappointing performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last year's West Bengal Assembly polls. A BJP source told IANS that on April 16, the Home Minister would visit north Bengal, and next day, attend several government and party programmes in state capital Kolkata.

Envoys from France, the European Union (EU) delegation, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Italy, Hungary, Vietnam, Norway, and the High Commissioners of Bangladesh, and Singapore were present during the interaction. Nadda's interaction was held under a new initiative 'Know BJP' launched for the foreign audience by the party on its 42nd foundation day on Wednesday.

Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Wednesday said that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says that the BJP is their principal enemy. "But the fact of the matter is during daytime Vijayan speaks against the BJP and when darkness falls the agent steps in and gets in touch with BJP/RSS leaders in Delhi and settles issues which are there with the CPI-M and hence one can only laugh when Vijayan speaks against the BJP," said Satheesan.