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Maharashtra CM allots portfolios, BJP corners plum ministries
Shinde will handle Urban Development, IT, GAD, PWD (Public Projects), Transport and other departments, as per an official announcement. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has been given the crucial Home, Finance and Planning, Law and Justice, Water Resources, Energy, Housing and other portfolios.
Nehru will survive pettiness of BJP: Cong
Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet, "Nehru will survive such pettiness. CM Karnataka desperate to save his job knows what he has done is an insult to his father S.R. Bommai and his father's 1st political guru M.N. Roy both great Nehru admirers, the latter being a friend as well. Pathetic this is." The Karnataka government in its advertisement gave pictures of 12 freedom fighters including Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Chandrashekhar Azad, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad but skipped Nehru.
Congress solely responsible for Partition: BJP
Responding to Ramesh, BJP in-charge of national information and technology department Amit Malviya said, The two nation theory was first propounded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University, who gave the idea back in 1876, much before Savarkar was even born (1883). Savarkar and the Hindu Mahasabha were in fact opposed to idea of Partition, till the very end."
Tragedy of partition can't be misused to fuel hate: Cong
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that the real intent of the PM to mark August 14 as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' is to use the most traumatic historical events as fodder for his current political battles. Lakhs were dislocated and lost their lives. Their sacrifices must not be forgotten or disrespected. Jairam was responding to the PM's tweet in which he said, "Today, on #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay, I pay homage to all those who lost their lives during Partition, and applaud the resilience as well as grit of all those who suffered during that tragic period of our history."
Unlimited authority behind the downfall of Partha Chatterjee, Anubrata Mondal
An alumnus of the iconic Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Residential School, a bachelor's degree holder in economics from the University of Calcutta and finally a management degree holder from the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Chatterjee's professional career was brilliant. Till joining active politics with the TMC in 2001, he was the general manager in charge of the human resources development department with Andrew Yule & Company Limited, from where he resigned and successfully contested the 2001 West Bengal assembly elections from Behala (West) constituency.
Cong insiders non-committal on Nitish becoming Oppn's PM face
The Congress is silent on the issue and says the focus is Bihar and not national politics. As the government in the state is being formed there is still time to discuss all these issues. Congress leaders do not want to comment on the 2024 situation when the next general election is scheduled to be held. But they insist that any formulation will be led by the Congress, which is the biggest bloc in terms of numbers in the Lower House of Parliament. The Congress will lead any coalition which is like the UPA.
CPI-M backed Kerala MLA withdraws controversial PoK remarks
"After coming to notice that my remarks on my social media page about my recent travel has led to some misunderstanding and was contrary to what I wanted to say, for the good of the land and the people, I announce that I am withdrawing that post," wrote Jaleel on Facebook. Meanwhile, according to sources in the know of things, Jaleel who had earlier stood his ground was forced to back off on the directions of the top brass of the CPI-M.
Bihar: CPI (ML) not to take ministerial berth in new govt
Dipankar Bhattacharya, the national general secretary of CPI (ML), made the announcement on Saturday. "We are part of the seven party government in Bihar but we will not take any ministerial berth in it. The Bihar Chief Minister has taken an extremely bold decision in the interest of the nation which is highly appreciable. We will fully support him for the smooth functioning of this government," Bhattacharya said.
Lalan's jealousy, Nitish's over-ambition, Tejashwi's desperation split NDA: Sushil Modi
To Nitish Kumar's recent claim that R.C.P. Singh became Union Minister on his own, Sushil Modi said that if so, why did Nitish Kumar not sack him from the party? Why had he not given an application in the Rajya Sabha to terminate him from the house? Why had he not written a letter to PM Narendra Modi for the termination of R.C.P. Singh from the cabinet? That was the biggest lie that Nitish Kumar spoke.
'One MLA, One Pension' will save Rs 100 crore: Punjab CM
Governor Banwari Lal Purohit gave nod to the gazette notification of 'One MLA, One Pension' amendment.In a statement, the Chief Minister said in the last 75 years, the elected representatives have turned into political executives by drawing extravagant salaries and pensions from the state exchequer. He said the entire burden of the pension facility extended to these leaders is met by taxpayers.
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