Politics

Ashok Gehlot announced a Rs 1,000 crore farmers' welfare fund, a policy for new and renewable energy projects, set a target of Rs 16,000 crore crop loans from cooperative banks and said 'Nandi Shala' will be built in each gram panchayat.

Congress Legislature Party Leader Siddaramiah who met Sudhakar at the Vidhan Soudha denied the MLA was taken for discussion by force and slammed the BJP, accusing it of indulging in gundagiri.

Alleging that the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital is taking away lives instead of saving them, the posters demanded justice for the aggrieved families and punishment to the culprits.

A Congress warhorse, Shivakumar has been deputed to placate rebel MLAs camped in a Mumbai hotel and pull the government out of the current crisis.

Matondkar had written a letter to the party leadership criticising the conduct of Sandesh Kondvilkarand Bhushan Patil, close associates of Nirupam, a former Mumbai Congress president.

In the event of the Speaker accepting the resignations of all the 14 Congress-JD-S rebels, the government's strength will reduce to 101 from 115 (78+37), with 106 as the halfway mark for simple majority.

During elections Prime Minister Narendra Modi used to ask people whether they wanted a 'majboor' (helpless) or a 'majboot' (strong) government.

The case relates to Vaiko’s speech in 2009 during a book launch when the Sri Lankan civil war was at its peak. In his speech, Vaiko said he was in support of LTTE.

The bypolls on the two seats from Gujarat were necessitated after sitting Rajya Sabha BJP MPs Amit Shah and Smriti Irani resigned after their election to the Lok Sabha in May from Gandhinagar and Amethi.

Prasad said that the government has taken various measures to improve the electoral funding system and that it was ready to consider any other suggestions.

Akash Vijayvargiya was arrested on June 26 for attacking a civic body official with a cricket bat after a heated argument over a demolition drive in Indore.

The requests seeking sanction to prosecute Chidambaram was sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs on January 22 this year, according to data updated till May 2019.

In his address, Modi asked party MPs to ensure their presence in Parliament during the ongoing session and added that they should also dedicate themselves to people's service.

Echoing the sentiments of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Shah said his government would also work on the principle of 'Kashmiriyat, Jamhooriyat, Insaniyat'.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, lashed out at Tiwari saying the BJP Delhi chief should get him arrested if he was guilty or apologise for "lying" to the poor people whose children are getting education in good quality schools of the Delhi government.

While the agenda of the meeting is not known, it is expected that there will be brainstorming over the dismal performance of the grand old party in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election.