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Confidence motion to show no MLAs have gone anywhere, BJP's 'Operation Lotus' failed: CM Kejriwal
Ahead of the trust vote, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet: "The people of Delhi have unwavering faith in their elected government, which no conspiracy can shake." In his address, he alleged that the BJP had targeted 40 AAP MLAs and offered Rs 20 crore to each of them to switch sides.
Ghulam Nabi Azad says forced to leave Congress, praises PM Modi for showing humanity
Ghulam Nabi Azad was responding to the allegation levelled against him by the Congress leaders, who had said that "Azad has been Modi-fied' and will join the BJP". He said, "The party is full of illiterates, specially those who are working on clerical posts. Those who know J&K, I can't increase one vote of BJP."
'Celebrity leaders looting money', says Bengal minister, gets show-cause notice
"Leaders like Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan, June Malia and Saayoni Ghosh are looting money. But they are being considered assets for the party. I had been trying to bring this notice to our senior leaders like Abhishek Banerjee and Subrata Bakshi. But they refused to acknowledge that,"Srikant Mahata was heard saying in the viral video.
Farmers' forum may be CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao's launchpad for national politics
The deliberations the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao had with farmer leaders at his official residence Pragati Bhavan indicate that he has finally taken the initiative to unite the farmer organisations from across the country to work on the alternate national agenda.
Anand Sharma raises questions on electoral rolls in CWC, Congress denies
During the Congress Working Committee meeting on Sunday, Anand Sharma, one of the G-23 leaders, raised the issue of electoral rolls and the process of election at the lower level, following which Sonia Gandhi asked Madhusudan Mistry to address the issue, sources said.
No one raised doubts on Congress President's election process: Jairam Ramesh
In a tweet, Congress General Secretary, Communication, Jairam Ramesh said: "There is some dubious "source-based' plantation going on that questions were raised in the CWC meeting today on the Congress President's election process & schedule. This is to make absolutely clear that NOBODY raised any question or any doubt." Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently quit the Congress, had said that the election process is a sham.
Organisers cancel pro-China seminar amid row over Cong leaders' participation
However, the organisers have stated that the seminar has been cancelled. The development came after Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had stated that he is not attending the seminar, and that his name figured in the invitation even after he had declined to attend the seminar.
Chorus for Rahul for Congress President but spotlight on Gehlot
The Congress Working Committee - the party's highest decision-making authority - on Sunday approved the schedule which envisages the election on October 17 and counting on October 19 in a meeting attended virtually by party chief Sonia Gandhi - who is abroad for a medical check-up, and her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, who are accompanying her.
Disgruntled elements in Congress, SP look at Ghulam, Shivpal
Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently exited the Congress, and Shivpal Singh Yadav, who has severed his ties with SP, are being keenly watched by the Congress and SP cadres, respectively. While the UP Congress spokesmen continue to slam Ghulam Nabi Azad for quitting the party 'when it is in a crisis', party leaders who are disillusioned with the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Uttar Pradesh, are waiting and watching the next move of Azad.
'Shareholder, not tenant': Sidestepped by leadership, Congress's G-23 gets restless
"The matter we raised in that letter, and the spirit in which many of us signed it and many others supported what was written in it, was in many ways a pathway to revitalise this greatest of political parties, that lies, as you say in your letter also, in its darkest abyss today. But to my mind, we, and in it, had raised the banner of reform, not a banner of revolt.
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