Politics

Kejriwal said he would respect and follow the "people's verdict", whether it was against or for the party.

The decision to organise the yatra was taken during AAP's two-day state executive meet in Ahmedabad.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari had called an-all party meet in an attempt to break the deadlock over the Lokpal Bill.

Kumar Vishwas a poet and a teacher of Hindi literature is one of the core members of the national executive of the AAP.

RK Singh, a retired IAS officer of the Bihar cadre (1975 batch) was the Union Home Secretary from July 1, 2011 till June 30, 2013.

This bill seeks to replace the anti-superstition ordinance that was promulgated in the wake of the killing of Narendra Dabholkar.

Two women candidates belonging to major political parties - Tlangthanmawii of the INC and Lalmalsawmi of the MNF - were defeated by male candidates.

The BJP came back to power with 162 seats while Congress won just 21 and Others 16.

The fall of rupee, inflation, growing unemployment, alleged massive corruption and lack of response to China and Pakistan made the country lose confidence in Congress, he said.

BJP activists burst fire crackers, beat drums, distributed sweets and waved their party flag, celebrating the foregone poll success.

The venue for oath-taking of the new chief minister will be decided on Sunday, said Principal Secretary GAD Rakesh Srivastava.

Sources said the GoM is understood to have recommended merger of the two districts of Rayalseema-Kurnool and Anantpur-with proposed Telangana.

Vijay Krishna, his son Chanakya Singh and two others were convicted in the Satyendra Singh murder case on December 2.

Congress on Monday rubbished BJP's claim that senior leaders of the ruling party at the Centre were cancelling rallies in the national capital as these were not fetching crowds like those addressed by Narendra Modi.

The Aam Aadmi Party got a boost in Maharashtra with Vijay Pandhare, former bureaucrat and whistle-blower in the multi-billion rupees irrigation scam, joining the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit on Sunday.

However, the chair belongs to a contractor who put up the tent for the rally and is refusing to sell it.