Politics

The Congress chief raised questions about the Rafale aircraft deal and claimed that French President Emmanuel Macron told him that France had no pact with India regarding prices of the jets.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Tharoor said such attacks on people, who express dissent, destroy the idea of pluralism and violate the ground rules of the Constitution of freedom of speech and expression.

Sources say the executive is likely to adopt a resolution, authorising party president Akhilesh Yadav to take all decisions regarding proposed alliances.

Nitish Kumar lauded the central government for giving special attention to the needs of the state and said more funds were made available to many departments, including road construction, education and others.

Yechury said the people of the country want to get rid of the "anti-people government" at the Center but an "alternative secular democratic government" can only be formed after the Lok Sabha poll.

The CPI(M) said it has no association with the Sankrit Sangh, a Left organisation, which will organise a programme on Ramayana.

The BJP president's Bihar visit is considered important from point of view of finding a way out to the prickly issue of seat sharing among NDA partners for next year's Lok Sabha election.

This week the Congress party was confronted with massive rumblings within its West Bengal unit where the state leadership is bitterly divided over alliance options.

Attacking Modi for shielding corrupt BJP leaders, he said that the Prime Minister always maintained silence on the matter and never ordered a probe against BJP leaders allegedly involved in corruption.

He made the controversial remark while addressing a gathering for Eid-e-Milad in Mumbai on Sunday.

Post the meeting, Baijal said he assured the CM of his cooperation in the interest of "good governance and overall development of Delhi".

"Even after so many years, the Ram Mandir is getting built, despite BJP coming to power for two terms since 1999," Kumaraswamy said in the Legislative Council.

The decision to hike the MSP of 14 kharif (summer-sown) crops, including paddy, cotton and pulses, was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) meeting chaired by Modi.

Kavinder Gupta's statements come after speculation that Sajjad Lone was to head such a front.

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has 89 seats and any party or coalition would need 44 seats to stake claim to form the government. The BJP already has 25 members, while the PDP has 28, Congress 12 and National Conference 15.

On Monday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath expressed confidence that the Ram Mandir would be built in Ayodhya and asked seers to be “a little more patient”.