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  • UP: BJP MLA, son booked after girl alleges rape, harassment 

    By PTI

    AGRA: A BJP MLA has been booked for harassment and his son for alleged rape after a 36-year-old girl lodged a grievance towards them, police mentioned on Wednesday.

    According to the FIR registered at Tajganj Police Station, the lady was allegedly raped by Laxmi Kant Verma, son of BJP MLA from the Fatehabad constituency Chhotey Lal Verma, again in 2003 when she was 17 years previous.

    The girl was a buddy of the MLA’s daughter and would go to their home often, she mentioned in her grievance.

    On November 16, 2003, Laxmi Kant Verma gave her a drink allegedly laced with sedatives and after she fainted, he raped her, the lady mentioned.

    She claimed that the accused recorded a video of the act and threatened her with dire penalties if she instructed anybody about it, based on the grievance.

    The girl mentioned someday later, Laxmi Kant Verma married her at a temple and received her a job as a receptionist at a cyber cafe in Agra that was owned by him and his buddy.

    The couple’s firstborn was a lady and because the accused needed the second little one to be male, he pressured her to get an abortion.

    She later gave beginning to a son, the lady mentioned.

    In 2006, Laxmi Kant Verma married one other girl from Rajasthan after forcing the complainant to signal divorce papers, based on the FIR.

    The girl mentioned the BJP MLA and different members of the family of the accused had been answerable for destroying her and her two kids’s lives.

    SHO Tajganj Police Station Bhupendra Baliyan mentioned, “The complaint has been registered against Laxmikant Verma under sections 376 (rape), 313 (causing miscarriage), 323 and 328 (causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation), 494 (bigamy) of the Indian Penal Code.”

    AGRA: A BJP MLA has been booked for harassment and his son for alleged rape after a 36-year-old girl lodged a grievance towards them, police mentioned on Wednesday.

    According to the FIR registered at Tajganj Police Station, the lady was allegedly raped by Laxmi Kant Verma, son of BJP MLA from the Fatehabad constituency Chhotey Lal Verma, again in 2003 when she was 17 years previous.

    The girl was a buddy of the MLA’s daughter and would go to their home often, she mentioned in her grievance.

    On November 16, 2003, Laxmi Kant Verma gave her a drink allegedly laced with sedatives and after she fainted, he raped her, the lady mentioned.

    She claimed that the accused recorded a video of the act and threatened her with dire penalties if she instructed anybody about it, based on the grievance.

    The girl mentioned someday later, Laxmi Kant Verma married her at a temple and received her a job as a receptionist at a cyber cafe in Agra that was owned by him and his buddy.

    The couple’s firstborn was a lady and because the accused needed the second little one to be male, he pressured her to get an abortion.

    She later gave beginning to a son, the lady mentioned.

    In 2006, Laxmi Kant Verma married one other girl from Rajasthan after forcing the complainant to signal divorce papers, based on the FIR.

    The girl mentioned the BJP MLA and different members of the family of the accused had been answerable for destroying her and her two kids’s lives.

    SHO Tajganj Police Station Bhupendra Baliyan mentioned, “The complaint has been registered against Laxmikant Verma under sections 376 (rape), 313 (causing miscarriage), 323 and 328 (causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation), 494 (bigamy) of the Indian Penal Code.”

  • Three BJP MLAs marshalled out of Delhi Assembly after argument with Dy Speaker Birla 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Three BJP MLAs had been marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly on Thursday following an argument with Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla who refused to just accept their demand for a calling consideration movement previous to debate and voting on the belief movement by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

    The remainder of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs walked out of the House quickly after.

    Kejriwal tabled the arrogance movement on Monday levelling fees of MLA poaching on the BJP to indicate that the alleged “Operation Lotus” of the occasion had failed in Delhi.

    ALSO READ | Delhi Assembly passes confidence movement tabled by Arvind Kejriwal

    Birla stated no calling consideration movement discover might be taken up until the controversy and voting on confidence movement concluded.

    Protesting it, Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri stated there are lots of points to be mentioned within the meeting — “there is shortage of drinking water, Delhi is the world’s most polluted capital there are health-related problems”.

    He stated there was no must enact a “drama” to show Arvind Kejriwal loved the assist of 62 AAP MLAs.

    Birla stated the arrogance movement is vital contemplating “whatever has happened in opposition-ruled states”.

    All problems with the Opposition might be taken up as soon as the arrogance movement course of is accomplished, she stated.

    When opposition members didn’t relent, Birla ordered that BJP MLAs Vijender Gupta, Abhay Verma and Mohan Singh Bisht be marshalled out. The remainder of the BJP MLAs walked out of the meeting quickly after.

    The particular session of the House was postponed sine die by the deputy speaker after a vote division, by which 58 MLAs voted in favour of Kejriwal authorities.

    Birla, within the chair, didn’t take part within the voting. The BJP MLAs weren’t allowed to talk within the particular session for the fifth consecutive day of the House, charged Bidhuri.

    The MLAs of the opposition occasion additionally staged a sit-in outdoors the chief minister’s residence in protest over muzzling of their voice within the meeting and corruption within the Kejriwal authorities, stated BJP MLA Vijender Gupta.

    NEW DELHI: Three BJP MLAs had been marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly on Thursday following an argument with Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla who refused to just accept their demand for a calling consideration movement previous to debate and voting on the belief movement by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

    The remainder of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs walked out of the House quickly after.

    Kejriwal tabled the arrogance movement on Monday levelling fees of MLA poaching on the BJP to indicate that the alleged “Operation Lotus” of the occasion had failed in Delhi.

    ALSO READ | Delhi Assembly passes confidence movement tabled by Arvind Kejriwal

    Birla stated no calling consideration movement discover might be taken up until the controversy and voting on confidence movement concluded.

    Protesting it, Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri stated there are lots of points to be mentioned within the meeting — “there is shortage of drinking water, Delhi is the world’s most polluted capital there are health-related problems”.

    He stated there was no must enact a “drama” to show Arvind Kejriwal loved the assist of 62 AAP MLAs.

    Birla stated the arrogance movement is vital contemplating “whatever has happened in opposition-ruled states”.

    All problems with the Opposition might be taken up as soon as the arrogance movement course of is accomplished, she stated.

    When opposition members didn’t relent, Birla ordered that BJP MLAs Vijender Gupta, Abhay Verma and Mohan Singh Bisht be marshalled out. The remainder of the BJP MLAs walked out of the meeting quickly after.

    The particular session of the House was postponed sine die by the deputy speaker after a vote division, by which 58 MLAs voted in favour of Kejriwal authorities.

    Birla, within the chair, didn’t take part within the voting. The BJP MLAs weren’t allowed to talk within the particular session for the fifth consecutive day of the House, charged Bidhuri.

    The MLAs of the opposition occasion additionally staged a sit-in outdoors the chief minister’s residence in protest over muzzling of their voice within the meeting and corruption within the Kejriwal authorities, stated BJP MLA Vijender Gupta.

  • Assam CM phrases FIR by J’khand MLA ‘pretend’; minister shares Himanta-Jaimangal pictures on Twitter

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday termed the “FIR” lodged by Jharkhand Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal Singh as “fake”.

    “Fake FIR in #Jharkhand. The so-called FIR looks like @INCIndia asking Ottavio Quattrocchi to file a case against Bofors,” he tweeted, reacting to his ministerial colleague Pijush Hazarika’s remark.

    Taking to Twitter, Hazarika shared some pictures, displaying Sarma and Singh collectively, purportedly in Delhi. The pictures recommend the 2 are not any strangers to one another.

    “Sharing some FACTS about the baseless allegations by Jharkhand @INCIndia MLA @KumarJaimangal. Jharkhand Cong MLA @KumarJaimangal made a fake allegation that the 3 arrested MLAs had lured him to meet Hon’ble CM Dr.@himantabiswa sir,” he wrote on the microblogging web site.

    He claimed Sarma had taken Singh to the residence of Union Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi on July 26 at 9 am – 5 days earlier than the Jharkhand MLA had filed the “fabricated FIR” with the police – in an effort to assist him in his commerce union-related matter.

    Hazarika claimed Singh had been commonly assembly the Assam CM.

    “He should face the law for making a fraudulent allegation against Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam and against those tribal MLAs,” Hazarika tweeted.

    In his grievance, Singh had claimed the three Jharkhand Congress MLAs arrested in West Bengal had requested him to affix them and meet Sarma collectively in Guwahati. He had alleged the trio lured him with money and ministerial berth and sought his assist to drag down the JMM-Congress authorities in Jharkhand.

    After his title bought entangled within the Jharkhand politics, the Assam CM had on Sunday stated he had no thought why Singh needed to file the police grievance.

    “The Congress MLAs and leaders meet me in Guwahati and Delhi. What is wrong in that? Congress is my old party,” he had stated, including, “I have known the person, who lodged the FIR, for 20 years. So, he doesn’t need a middleman to come to me.”

    GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday termed the “FIR” lodged by Jharkhand Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal Singh as “fake”.

    “Fake FIR in #Jharkhand. The so-called FIR looks like @INCIndia asking Ottavio Quattrocchi to file a case against Bofors,” he tweeted, reacting to his ministerial colleague Pijush Hazarika’s remark.

    Taking to Twitter, Hazarika shared some pictures, displaying Sarma and Singh collectively, purportedly in Delhi. The pictures recommend the 2 are not any strangers to one another.

    “Sharing some FACTS about the baseless allegations by Jharkhand @INCIndia MLA @KumarJaimangal. Jharkhand Cong MLA @KumarJaimangal made a fake allegation that the 3 arrested MLAs had lured him to meet Hon’ble CM Dr.@himantabiswa sir,” he wrote on the microblogging web site.

    He claimed Sarma had taken Singh to the residence of Union Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi on July 26 at 9 am – 5 days earlier than the Jharkhand MLA had filed the “fabricated FIR” with the police – in an effort to assist him in his commerce union-related matter.

    Hazarika claimed Singh had been commonly assembly the Assam CM.

    “He should face the law for making a fraudulent allegation against Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam and against those tribal MLAs,” Hazarika tweeted.

    In his grievance, Singh had claimed the three Jharkhand Congress MLAs arrested in West Bengal had requested him to affix them and meet Sarma collectively in Guwahati. He had alleged the trio lured him with money and ministerial berth and sought his assist to drag down the JMM-Congress authorities in Jharkhand.

    After his title bought entangled within the Jharkhand politics, the Assam CM had on Sunday stated he had no thought why Singh needed to file the police grievance.

    “The Congress MLAs and leaders meet me in Guwahati and Delhi. What is wrong in that? Congress is my old party,” he had stated, including, “I have known the person, who lodged the FIR, for 20 years. So, he doesn’t need a middleman to come to me.”

  • ‘Congress MLAs offered Rs 10 crore each for switching sides in Jharkhand’

    Express News Service

    RANCHI:  The three Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Naman Bixal Kongari and Rajesh Kachhap had been arrested with money by West Bengal police on Sunday on the idea of an FIR filed by Bormo MLA Kumar Jaimangal for attempting to topple the Hemant Soren-led authorities in Jharkhand. Jaimangal accused the three legislators for allegedly luring different MLAs by providing Rs10 crore every and a ministerial berth to assist the BJP kind a authorities within the state.

    “Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari were asking me to come to Kolkata and were offering money, promising Rs10 crore per MLA. Ifran Ansari and Rajesh Kachchap wanted to take me to Guwahati from Kolkata where according to them a meeting was fixed with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma,” Jaimangal acknowledged in his FIR.

    Jaimangal lodged the FIR beneath varied sections of the Indian Penal Code, Representation of People’s Act together with the Prevention of Corruption Act on the Argora police station in Ranchi on Sunday. Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur accompanied Jaimangal for lodging the FIR.

    Jaimangal mentioned Irfan assured him that Sarma was doing it with the blessings of the highest BJP management. Irfan additionally instructed him that he would get the cash as soon as he reaches Guwahati and make guarantees earlier than Sarma, alleged Jaimangal.

    “I don’t want to be a part of this unconstitutional, unethical criminal activity, hence informing you to take action against them, who are stationed in Kolkata with token amount and putting pressure on me to come to Kolkata and accompany them to Guwahati,” Jaimangal mentioned in his FIR.

    The Congress suspended the three MLAs — Irfan Ansari from Jamtara, Rajesh Kachhap from Khijri and Naman Bixal Kongari from Kolebira from the get together with speedy impact. The Jharkhand Congress is more likely to lodge a proper grievance with Assembly Speaker, looking for their dismissal for alleged anti-party actions.

    BJP, nonetheless, blamed the whole Congress management for making Jharkhand a “den of corruption”.
    Himanta mentioned he continues to be in contact with Congress leaders due to his lengthy affiliation with the get together, downplaying fees of his involvement in a ploy to topple the JMM-led Jharkhand authorities.

    Past not excellent of the MLAs

    RANCHI: This isn’t the primary time that Irfan Ansari has been accused of hatching a conspiracy to topple the Jharkhand authorities. His identify surfaced over the difficulty in July final 12 months as effectively, when the police arrested Abhishek Kumar Dubey, Amit Singh and Niwaran Prasad for allegedly conspiring to destabilise the JMM-led alliance authorities.

    The trio had claimed that Ansari, with two different MLAs, had gone to Delhi with them on July 15, 2021, the place they met BJP leaders, and Ansari and 10 MLAs had been promised Rs 1 crore every together with ministerial berths for defecting. Since the advance sum was not given to them, they returned to Ranchi, they claimed. Recently, Ansari posted a video in opposition to his personal authorities, displaying unlawful mining being accomplished in Godda. Insiders say Ansari is offended for not getting a Cabinet berth.

    Meanwhile, Naman Bixal Kongari had claimed final 12 months that he was provided large sums for defecting, however he refused. The third MLA, Rajesh Kacchap, has by no means been in controversy however is alleged to be sad with some ministers. 

    RANCHI:  The three Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Naman Bixal Kongari and Rajesh Kachhap had been arrested with money by West Bengal police on Sunday on the idea of an FIR filed by Bormo MLA Kumar Jaimangal for attempting to topple the Hemant Soren-led authorities in Jharkhand. Jaimangal accused the three legislators for allegedly luring different MLAs by providing Rs10 crore every and a ministerial berth to assist the BJP kind a authorities within the state.

    “Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari were asking me to come to Kolkata and were offering money, promising Rs10 crore per MLA. Ifran Ansari and Rajesh Kachchap wanted to take me to Guwahati from Kolkata where according to them a meeting was fixed with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma,” Jaimangal acknowledged in his FIR.

    Jaimangal lodged the FIR beneath varied sections of the Indian Penal Code, Representation of People’s Act together with the Prevention of Corruption Act on the Argora police station in Ranchi on Sunday. Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur accompanied Jaimangal for lodging the FIR.

    Jaimangal mentioned Irfan assured him that Sarma was doing it with the blessings of the highest BJP management. Irfan additionally instructed him that he would get the cash as soon as he reaches Guwahati and make guarantees earlier than Sarma, alleged Jaimangal.

    “I don’t want to be a part of this unconstitutional, unethical criminal activity, hence informing you to take action against them, who are stationed in Kolkata with token amount and putting pressure on me to come to Kolkata and accompany them to Guwahati,” Jaimangal mentioned in his FIR.

    The Congress suspended the three MLAs — Irfan Ansari from Jamtara, Rajesh Kachhap from Khijri and Naman Bixal Kongari from Kolebira from the get together with speedy impact. The Jharkhand Congress is more likely to lodge a proper grievance with Assembly Speaker, looking for their dismissal for alleged anti-party actions.

    BJP, nonetheless, blamed the whole Congress management for making Jharkhand a “den of corruption”.
    Himanta mentioned he continues to be in contact with Congress leaders due to his lengthy affiliation with the get together, downplaying fees of his involvement in a ploy to topple the JMM-led Jharkhand authorities.

    Past not excellent of the MLAs

    RANCHI: This isn’t the primary time that Irfan Ansari has been accused of hatching a conspiracy to topple the Jharkhand authorities. His identify surfaced over the difficulty in July final 12 months as effectively, when the police arrested Abhishek Kumar Dubey, Amit Singh and Niwaran Prasad for allegedly conspiring to destabilise the JMM-led alliance authorities.

    The trio had claimed that Ansari, with two different MLAs, had gone to Delhi with them on July 15, 2021, the place they met BJP leaders, and Ansari and 10 MLAs had been promised Rs 1 crore every together with ministerial berths for defecting. Since the advance sum was not given to them, they returned to Ranchi, they claimed. Recently, Ansari posted a video in opposition to his personal authorities, displaying unlawful mining being accomplished in Godda. Insiders say Ansari is offended for not getting a Cabinet berth.

    Meanwhile, Naman Bixal Kongari had claimed final 12 months that he was provided large sums for defecting, however he refused. The third MLA, Rajesh Kacchap, has by no means been in controversy however is alleged to be sad with some ministers. 

  • Haryana Cong MLAs attain Delhi from Raipur, to reach in Chandigarh hours earlier than RS polls Friday

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Haryana Congress MLAs who had been lodged in a resort in Chattisgarh’s Raipur reached Delhi Thursday night and are anticipated to reach right here Friday morning to solid their votes within the Rajya Sabha elections, sources mentioned.

    The ruling BJP-JJP MLAs remained lodged at a resort right here for the second day as each side braced for a eager contest on one of many two seats going to the polls.

    #WATCH | Haryana Congress MLAs arrive in Delhi, from Raipur in Chhattisgarh, forward of the Rajya Sabha elections tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/MT4jNPiox8

    — ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2022

    In a late-evening growth, lone Indian National Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala declared his assist to Kartikeya Sharma, who has entered the fray as an Independent candidate backed by the BJP-JJP mix and most Independents.

    The BJP has fielded former minister Krishan Lal Panwar whereas Ajay Maken is the Congress nominee. The Congress had shifted its MLAs to Raipur every week in the past fearing poaching of its legislators.

    Sources mentioned they left the resort there on Thursday night and reached Delhi. They are anticipated to succeed in Chandigarh within the morning. After reaching Chandigarh, they may have breakfast at Hooda’s residence right here and proceed from there to solid their votes, sources mentioned.

    Speaking to reporters in Delhi, senior Congress chief Vivek Bansal, who’s the social gathering’s Haryana affairs incharge, exuded confidence that Ajay Maken will win comfortably.

    Congress chief Deepender Singh Hooda additionally mentioned the social gathering candidate will win comfortably.

    Senior social gathering chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who had been in Delhi for the previous few days, reached right here on Thursday night. It is learnt that each Hooda and social gathering chief Kuldeep Bishnoi reached right here in the identical flight from Delhi.

    Earlier, Bishnoi, who’s the MLA from Adampur in Hisar, didn’t go to Raipur as he was reportedly upset with the social gathering for ignoring him within the current reshuffle in its state unit. He had lobbied for the put up of the state unit chief, which went to former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda loyalist Udai Bhan.

    Another senior chief, Kiran Choudhary, too, didn’t go to Raipur reportedly as a consequence of well being causes. “We have got sufficient numbers and our candidate will win comfortably with 31 votes,” Hooda had advised PTI on Wednesday.

    The BJP-JJP too had shifted their MLAs to a resort in Chandigarh. They are attending a “training session” in reference to the voting course of, Haryana BJP chief O P Dhankar had mentioned.

    BJP’s senior leaders, together with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Dhankar, too had joined them.

    While the BJP with 40 MLAs has ample votes to win one seat, the competition has spiced up for the second seat with the entry of media baron Kartikeya Sharma. He can also be supported by most Independents and Gopal Kanda, lone MLA of the Haryana Lokhit Party. A candidate wants 31 votes to win the elections.

    Indian National Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala on Thursday declared his assist to Sharma after a gathering of his social gathering.

    Replying to a query, Abhay Singh Chautala mentioned the media baron’s brother Manu Sharma, who had helped his father up to now, approached him for assist. Now, by supporting Kartikeya Sharma, he’s repaying the debt, he mentioned.

    Chautala mentioned there is no such thing as a query of supporting the Congress, “which has looted the country”. “For me, there is also no question of voting for the BJP candidate as the party pursued anti-farmer policies,” he mentioned.

    He mentioned if he abstains from voting, then it might imply benefitting the Congress candidate within the fray, which he can by no means do.

    The INLD chief additionally lashed out at Bhupinder Singh Hooda, saying he can go to “any extent to serve his political interests”.

    Independent MLA Balraj Kundu, who’s but to make his stand clear on whom he’ll assist, was on Thursday night approached by Sharma’s father and former Union minister Venod Sharma, who sought assist for his son.

    Venod, who had additionally remained a minister within the erstwhile Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led authorities, had floated his personal outfit Jan Chetna Party. The media baron’s father-in-law Kuldeep Sharma is a senior Congress chief and a former speaker of the state Assembly.

    On Thursday, Balraj Kundu advised reporters that he’ll reveal his technique on Friday.

    Kundu took a dig on the BJP, saying its leaders used to take potshots on the Congress for lodging their legislators in a resort over fears of poaching however now they too have carried out the identical factor. “Why the BJP and the JJP are lodging their MLAs in a resort here. One thing is clear from this that both outfits don’t have faith in their MLAs and they fear cross-voting,” he mentioned.

    Haryana Assembly Secretary and Returning Officer for the polls R Okay Nandal mentioned on Thursday the polling can be held from 9 am to 4 pm. The votes can be counted quickly thereafter.

    The votes can be marked by a particular pen supplied by the Election Commission. Each MLA after casting his vote will hand over the pen to the officer deputed by the ballot physique, Nandal advised reporters.

    Nandal mentioned that Haryana’s Chief Electoral Officer and one central observer, who’s Manipur’s Chief Electoral Officer, can be current to supervise the ballot course of.

    In the 90-member Haryana Assembly, the BJP has 40 MLAs whereas the Congress has 31.

    The JJP, which is an ally of the BJP, has 10 legislators whereas the Indian National Lok Dal and Haryana Lokhit Party have one every and 7 are independents.

    Two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana will fall vacant in August with the phrases of media baron Subhash Chandra and BJP chief Dushyant Gautam expiring.

  • Ensure your vote would not flip invalid on account of some mistake: Fadnavis tells get together MLAs on RS polls eve

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: On the eve of elections to 6 Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday held a gathering right here with the MLAs of his get together, the place he suggested them to make sure that their votes don’t flip invalid on account of some mistake.

    The former chief minister was talking to the BJP MLAs at a resort. “You have been instructed on how to exercise the preferential voting for the Rajya Sabha. You will have to ensure that your vote will not become invalid due to some mistake,” the Leader of Opposition within the state Legislative Assembly stated.

    “We have told you how to vote and you should do it accordingly,” he added.

    Union Railway Minister and election in-charge for the BJP Ashwini Vaishnav was additionally current at this assembly.

    Fadnavis, who examined detrimental for COVID-19 on Thursday, days after being discovered contaminated, joined the assembly and addressed the MLAs.

    After greater than 20 years, Maharashtra will witness a contest within the Rajya Sabha polls as there are seven candidates within the fray for six seats.

    Polling will probably be held on the Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complicated, right here between 9 am and 4 pm.

    Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde, Dhananjay Mahadik (BJP), Praful Patel (NCP), Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar (Shiv Sena) and Imran Pratapgarhi (Congress) are within the fray for the six seats of the Upper House of Parliament.

    The contest is for the sixth seat – between BJP’s Mahadik and Sena’s Pawar. Every vote has grow to be essential after BJP determined to discipline its third candidate within the election.

    The BJP has 106 MLAs within the decrease home of the Maharashtra legislature whereas it claimed to have help of some impartial and small events as nicely.

  • RS polls: Uddhav, Pawar, Kharge meet MVA legislators

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: In a present of solidarity forward of June 10 election for six Rajya Sabha vacancies from Maharashtra, Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge held a gathering with MLAs of the three events right here on Tuesday.

    As leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of the Sena, NCP and Congress held parleys with Independent MLAs and smaller events to cobble up assist, the Sena additionally determined to shift its legislators to a metropolis resort to thwart makes an attempt of poaching.

    “The chief minister said during the meeting that our victory is certain and asked the legislators of the three parties to stay united,” Sena MLA and spokesperson Sunil Prabhu instructed PTI within the night.

    MLAs of smaller events just like the Bachhu Kadu-led Prahar and Independent legislators additionally attended the assembly, Prabhu added. This was the primary such assembly of the MVA MLAs and its leaders after the formation of the Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities in 2019.

    In the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly (which kinds the voters for the Rajya Sabha polls), smaller events have 16 MLAs, whereas the variety of Independents is 13.

    With one Assembly seat mendacity vacant and two NCP MLAs (Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik) in jail, the quota of votes per profitable candidate is 41.

    Mumbai | Ahead of June 10 RS polls, assembly of Maha Vikas Aghadi companions begins- Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP focus on the technique. Maharashtra CM & Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge amongst others current at Trident pic.twitter.com/JqPLg63saI

    — ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2022

    A complete of seven candidates — three candidates of the BJP, two of the Shiv Sena and one every of NCP and Congress — are within the fray for six seats, which necessitated election for Rajya Sabha after greater than 20 years in Maharashtra.

    The contest for the sixth seat can be between the BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Sena’s Sanjay Pawar. The BJP has requested its MLAs to return to Mumbai within the subsequent two days.

    AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned the MVA ought to contact his celebration in the event that they want assist whereas the Samajwadi Party has sought Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s clarification on the Shiv Sena’s language of Hindutva and the federal government’s secular credentials.

    All 55 legislators of the Sena have been summoned to Mumbai and they’ll keep collectively until the polls on June 10, a Sena chief mentioned.

    “We were at ‘The Retreat’ (at Madh island in northwest Mumbai) and all our ministers too were present there. That was part of our strategy. We will be moving to hotel Trident (in south Mumbai) today,” Sunil Prabhu had mentioned earlier within the day.

    The Trident is a stone’s throw from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly the place voting will happen.

    Senior Shiv Sena chief and minister Anil Parab mentioned talks are being held with all events, be it the AIMIM and Samajwadi Party, who’ve prolonged their assist to the MVA authorities.

    The AIMIM and the SP every have two MLAs within the House. Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh additionally met Parab.

    Shaikh instructed reporters that the SP has written a letter to CM Thackeray, asking him to make clear the federal government’s secular credentials.

    “The Common Minimum Programme on which the government was formed and the language of Hindutva spoken by the chief minister in his speech. There is so much difference (between CMP and the Hindutva language). So (the CM should) clarify whether the government is secular or if Sena’s Hindutva credible or the BJP’s,” Shaikh mentioned.

    What has the federal government completed within the final 2.5 years? The minority fee and the Haj Committee haven’t been fashioned till now, Shaikh mentioned. When requested whether or not the Samajwadi Party is with the MVA, Shaikh mentioned, “We are with the MVA, but look at the demands. It is ideological.”

    BJP chief Girish Mahajan on Tuesday met Hitendra Thakur, looking for his assist. Thakur’s Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has three MLAs and he is called a supporter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

    The Sena has fielded Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar whereas the BJP has nominated Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik. The NCP has fielded Praful Patel and Congress nominated Imran Pratapgarhi).

    Given its energy within the Assembly (106 MLAs), the BJP has sufficient votes to win two seats, whereas the Sena, NCP and Congress can win one seat every.

    The Sena (55), NCP (53) and Congress (44) — all constituents of the MVA-have sufficient votes collectively to make sure the victory for the second candidate of the Sena.

  • Ex-Cong MLA Manilal Vaghela joins BJP forward of Gujarat Assembly polls

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Former Congress MLA Manilal Vaghela, who was denied ticket by the occasion within the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections, joined the BJP on Sunday together with a number of of his supporters, forward of the state polls due in December this yr.

    Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil welcomed Vaghela with a celebration scarf on the ‘Vijay Vishwas Sammelan’ in Vadgam city of Banaskantha district.

    Vaghela had received the 2012 state election on Congress’s ticket from Vadgam seat, however was denied ticket within the 2017 Assembly election after the occasion determined to help unbiased candidate and Dalit chief Jignesh Mevani, who received by defeating his BJP rival.

    Vaghela, who was related to Congress for a very long time, had resigned from the occasion in November final yr, citing displeasure over the occasion sidelining him for Mevani. He had expressed objection to Mevani’s “provoctive speeches” and Dalit id politics.

    Notably, Mevani was arrested just a few days again by the Assam police from Palanpur city in Banaskantha over a tweet. He is presently within the Assam police’s custody after his bail plea was rejected by a courtroom within the north- jap state.

    Soon after becoming a member of the BJP, Vaghela criticised the Congress, terming it as a “direction-less party” with no person to listen to the grievances of Congress staff.

    Vaghela mentioned he’ll make sure the BJP victory from the Vadgam seat, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates.

    “I contacted people from the area and after visiting different villages and meeting sarpanchs and others, I decided to join the BJP. I will ensure that this seat is won by the BJP, irrespective of who gets the ticket to contest from the seat,” he mentioned.

  • Area residents won’t have hassle in site visitors, CC highway of Ghat will likely be renovated with the advice of MLA

    In the valley of Gangrel Duban forest zone of the world, persons are going through numerous issues together with site visitors. The CC highway was constructed within the Ghat a number of years in the past, which is in a totally dilapidated situation within the current scenario. Due to this, the issue of inconvenience and accident in site visitors at all times stays. With the advice of MLA Ranjana Sahu, the a lot awaited demand beneath the refurbishment and upkeep restore work, Akladongri to Koregaon highway, which is about 4.30 km lengthy within the valley, which was authorized once more for Rs 38.04 lakh for CC highway building work Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development given by the authority. The residents of the world have expressed their gratitude to MLA Ranjana Sahu. District members Shailesh Nag, Satyavati Sinha, Motilal Yadav, Johar Sahu, Chandrahas Jain, Naseeb Jain, Ritesh Nishad, Ahmed Ali, Rakesh Netam, Roshan Dhruv, Parmeshwar Dhruv, Kamta Nishad, Jitendra Sinha, Ganesh Ram and so forth. was current.

  • MLA launched CC TV digital camera in police line

    MLA Jashpur Shri Vinay Bhagat as we speak launched CCTV cameras in Police Lines. Collector Shri Mahadev Kavre, Superintendent of Police Shri Balaji Rao, Additional Superintendent of Police Ms. Unnaija Ansari Khatoon, SDOP Shri Ramesh Parihar, officers of the Police Department have been current on the event.
    14 cameras have been put in by the police division within the police strains to regulate the squares and intersections of city areas. Also 3 extra cameras will likely be put in. Surveillance will likely be accomplished by a complete of 17 cameras. To keep surveillance, preparations have additionally been made for operators within the management room, with the set up of cameras, folks commuting from exterior, violating the lockdown, will likely be monitored. And the report will even be stored. One digital camera every has additionally been put in on the entrance of town, the place folks coming from different states and districts will even be monitored by the police division by cameras.
    MLA Shri Vinay Bhagat, Collector Shri Mahadev Kavre, Superintendent of Police Shri Balaji Rao, Additional Superintendent of Police Ms. Unnaija Ansari Khatoon, SDOP Shri Ramesh Parihar additionally gave a message to guard the surroundings by planting saplings within the Police Line premises.