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After Herald House sealing, Congress steps up attack on govt
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi gave a notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss the India-China border dispute issue. "The Union Government should clarify its stance on the restoration of status quo ante prevailing on the LAC prior to May 5, 2020 and progress made pursuant thereto."
Amit Shah in Karnataka to discuss hostility of BJP workers, cabinet expansion
State Party President Nalin Kumar Kateel and cabinet ministers Govind M. Karajol, Dr C. N. Ashwathnarayan and others welcomed Amit Shah at 1.20 a.m. at HAL Airport in Bengaluru. Sources in the party stated that Amit Shah has come to Karnataka to give a strong message in the backdrop of backlash the party is facing following the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Kumar Nettare.
Govt treating our party leaders like terrorists: Congress
The Congress press conference came soon after the Enforcement Directorate sealed the office of Young Indian Pvt Ltd located in the Herald House here, days after the party's interim President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi were grilled in connection with the National Herald case. "The word fear is not there in the dictionary of the Congress," Singhvi said, adding that the Congress leadership's voice will not be silenced with such "cheap tactics".
Amid crisis, new set of leaders emerges in Congress
Among them is senior leader and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, who has become a key strategist and is also handling the media department while in the Parliament, the fight is being led by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and his team while the ground work is being done by Digvijaya Singh, and Ajay Maken is with, other Delhi leaders, mobilising workers for protests.
Congress calls meeting of party MPs as ED seizes Herald House
The party has maintained that it will go ahead with its scheduled protest on the issue of inflation and GST on Friday despite being denied permission. The Congress has also accused the ruling dispensation of treating the party leaders as "terrorists". "The entire country is watching as an investigating agency has been deployed mindlessly against the leadership of India's oldest political party. You (the BJP) are treating this party, its leaders and institutions as terrorists," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi has said during a media briefing on Wednesday.
Major reshuffle in Mamata cabinet, Bengal gets its first woman Industry Minister
The position was vacant following the removal of Partha Chatterjee, following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment irregularities scam. Panja was given the charge of the state Commerce and Industries Department, in addition to her existing portfolio of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare.
ED finds Young Indian and Kolkata firm connection
YI was just incorporated when Dotex gave it this loan and this has raised questions. Recently when Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi were grilled by the ED officials, both were asked about Dotex. The Gandhis were asked about several transactions by Dotex. The firm is reportedly situated at 5, Lower Rawdon Street in Sreepally in Ballygunge, Kolkata, in a residential apartment named Aakash Deep.
Lot of questions about Governor calling a group of people, SC to Shinde counsel
As this, the Chief Justice told Salve: "I will ask one question to you, who came first to this court?" Salve replied that the rebel MLAs came to the top court when the then Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra assembly issued disqualification notices to them, even though a notice against him was pending. He added that to say that a Speaker (Rahul Narwekar), who has been elected by the majority should be stripped of all authority and the top court to decide the disqualification is unprecedented.
Additional police force deployed outside Cong HQ, Sonia Gandhi's residence
The police personnel could be seen manning the road leading to the party headquarters. Earlier on Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate sealed the office of Young India Private Limited located inside the Herald House at Bahadurshah Zafar Marg in connection with the National Herald money laundering case. The presence of additional police force at the Congress headquarters could be a precautionary measure following the sealing of the Young India office.
Intra-party dispute, not falling within the scope of defection: Shinde counsel to SC
A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli was hearing petitions filed by the Shiv Sena and its rebel MLAs on constitutional issues of splits, merger, defection, and disqualification. After hearing arguments, the top court asked Shinde's counsel to redraft the submissions on petitions filed by the Uddhav Thackeray faction on constitutional issues, which arise out of the political crisis in Maharashtra.
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