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  • Third Eye: Not at all surprised, Celebration in the muck, Next course of action

    The Congress leadership was disappointed but not surprised with some party MLAs crossvoting during Friday’s Maharashtra Legislative Council election. According to party leaders, most of these MLAs are loyalists of erstwhile Congress veterans Ashok Chavan and Baba Siddiqui, who quit to join BJP and NCP, respectively, before LS polls. Many of these MLAs are expected to quit Congress to close the assembly polls as they have stayed back so far only to save their House membership.

    Jayant Patil of Peasants and Workers Party, who lost the Maharashtra Legislative Council election after the Opposition benches crossvoted for the ruling side, claimed that the entire legislature was upset over his loss. But not so Alibaug Shiv Sena MLA Mahendra Dalvi, his political rival, who could not hide his happiness. Dalvi and his supporters were seen rolling in the muck to celebrate Patil’s loss and were ironically shouting slogans such as ‘humse jo takrayega mitti main mil jayega’.

    Amid spotlight over the cancellation of UGCNET and delay in publishing CUET results, the higher education regulator University Grants Commission has its hands full ahead of a full commission meeting later this month. While the commission has held some informal discussion on the issues, the meeting will be one to watch out for, especially the future course of action.

  • Rajya Sabha polls: Congress may sequester its MLAs in resort

    The ruling Congress is said to be planning to sequester its 135 MLAs in a private resort ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled for February 27 as the party leaders are worried over reports of its MLAs and independent members being approached by the NDA leaders.

    The presence of Kupendra Reddy, a wealthy businessman, as JDS candidate in the electoral fray has disturbed the peace of top Congress leaders, especially, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar.

    He had, on Monday, accused JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy of making “offers” to Congress MLAs to influence them to vote for his party candidate in the February 27 polls. The Congress has even filed a complaint with the Vidhana Soudha police accusing the Opposition parties of trying to lure its MLAs with offers of bribes for voting for the JDS candidate in the RS polls.

    Reddy has emerged as NDA’s surprise fifth candidate. If not for him, the four candidates would have won unopposed.

    The Congress is confident of securing the full support of its 135 MLAs, and three independents to get its three candidates through. There are only four RS vacancies in Karnataka, and the BJP and Congress have fielded one and three candidates, respectively. The JDS has maintained that it has fielded Reddy not to let the NDA’s surplus votes go waste. AICC leader Ajay Maken and sitting Rajya Sabha members GC Chandrashekar and Syed Naseer Hussain are contesting from the Congress while the BJP has fielded former MLC Narayansa Bhandage. A candidate needs 45 votes to win.

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  • Rajasthan disaster: ‘Cornered’ Congress MLAs soften stand

    Express News Service

    JAIPUR: With the Congress excessive command planning disciplinary motion, a few of Ashok Gehlot’s loyalists have began softening their tone. The boycott of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) assembly in Jaipur on Sunday night and the next developments have been seen as “indiscipline” by the occasion’s excessive command.

    At a press convention in Jaipur on Tuesday, Chief Whip and PWD Minister Mahesh Joshi, who’s going through disciplinary motion after Sunday’s revolt, mentioned that he would settle for any resolution of the occasion’s excessive command. Joshi claimed that AICC Rajasthan in-charge Ajay Maken had not totally understood what the Rajasthan MLAs needed to say.

    Joshi, one of many key ministers who reportedly spearheaded the insurrection, mentioned, “If the high command gives notice, then I am ready to respond. If someone punishes me, he will also suffer. No MLA was forcibly invited to UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal’s house. Everyone bows before the wishes of the high command.”

    He added, “We never said that our three conditions should be part of the proposal. Ajay Maken is confused. We did not even know the agenda of the meeting. If given a chance, we will prove our loyalty.”

    Similarly, another MLAs who had attended a gathering at Dhariwal’s home on Sunday night, too, have softened their stand, reposing their religion with the excessive command. Dr Jitendra Singh, an MLA, mentioned, “The resignations are wrong. I am with the high command, whoever it makes the Chief Minister, I am with the high command.”

    At a press convention on Monday, Dhariwal had stepped up the offensive towards Maken, accusing him of conspiring towards Gehlot. Meanwhile, Mallikarjun Kharge and Maken, who had come to Jaipur as AICC 
    observers, reportedly emailed their report back to Sonia Gandhi, by which they questioned the function of Ashok Gehlot and three ministers of his camp in addition to some MLAs. Action has been really helpful towards Shanti Dhariwal, Joshi and Food Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, in accordance with sources.

    The CLP assembly was to be held at 7 pm on Sunday night on the CM’s residence, however the MLAs didn’t flip up, the report mentioned. Instead, MLAs near Gehlot went to a gathering on the home of Dhariwal, the report added. On Sunday, about 90 supporters of Gehlot didn’t attend the CLP assembly, and as a substitute attended a gathering at Dhariwal’s home. Later, 70 MLAs went to the home of Speaker CP Joshi and submitted their resignations. Meanwhile, Sachin Pilot left for Delhi on Tuesday afternoon, whereas Gehlot met a few of his cupboards at his residence.

    Not approaching Governor now, says Rajasthan BJP

    As the political deadlock in Rajasthan continues, the BJP mentioned that it’s going to transfer cautiously and undertake a wait-and-watch coverage. The Congress authorities is going through uncertainty after a number of MLAs near Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot resigned final week over the purported transfer to nominate Sachin Pilot because the CM.

    Amidst rumours that the state is heading for President’s rule, Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia advised TNIE that the occasion has no plans to method the Raj Bhavan. Poonia, who’s in Delhi at present has spoken with BJP president J P Nadda and apprised him of the state of affairs. As many as 82 MLAs, together with ministers, have rendered resignations to Assembly Speaker C P Joshi on Sunday.

    “Right now, we have no intention to approach the Governor. First, we have to watch how the situation is evolving over the next two days.  People are suffering because of Constitutional machinery failure,” mentioned Poonia. The central management has requested the state unit to maintain a detailed watch on the evolving state of affairs, mentioned Poonia, including that the occasion is calibrating its methods for the Assembly elections scheduled for subsequent yr. In the 200- member Assembly, whereas Congress has 108 MLAs, BJP has 71. Thirteen Independent MLAs additionally help the Congress authorities. 

    JAIPUR: With the Congress excessive command planning disciplinary motion, a few of Ashok Gehlot’s loyalists have began softening their tone. The boycott of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) assembly in Jaipur on Sunday night and the next developments have been seen as “indiscipline” by the occasion’s excessive command.

    At a press convention in Jaipur on Tuesday, Chief Whip and PWD Minister Mahesh Joshi, who’s going through disciplinary motion after Sunday’s revolt, mentioned that he would settle for any resolution of the occasion’s excessive command. Joshi claimed that AICC Rajasthan in-charge Ajay Maken had not totally understood what the Rajasthan MLAs needed to say.

    Joshi, one of many key ministers who reportedly spearheaded the insurrection, mentioned, “If the high command gives notice, then I am ready to respond. If someone punishes me, he will also suffer. No MLA was forcibly invited to UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal’s house. Everyone bows before the wishes of the high command.”

    He added, “We never said that our three conditions should be part of the proposal. Ajay Maken is confused. We did not even know the agenda of the meeting. If given a chance, we will prove our loyalty.”

    Similarly, another MLAs who had attended a gathering at Dhariwal’s home on Sunday night, too, have softened their stand, reposing their religion with the excessive command. Dr Jitendra Singh, an MLA, mentioned, “The resignations are wrong. I am with the high command, whoever it makes the Chief Minister, I am with the high command.”

    At a press convention on Monday, Dhariwal had stepped up the offensive towards Maken, accusing him of conspiring towards Gehlot. Meanwhile, Mallikarjun Kharge and Maken, who had come to Jaipur as AICC 
    observers, reportedly emailed their report back to Sonia Gandhi, by which they questioned the function of Ashok Gehlot and three ministers of his camp in addition to some MLAs. Action has been really helpful towards Shanti Dhariwal, Joshi and Food Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, in accordance with sources.

    The CLP assembly was to be held at 7 pm on Sunday night on the CM’s residence, however the MLAs didn’t flip up, the report mentioned. Instead, MLAs near Gehlot went to a gathering on the home of Dhariwal, the report added. On Sunday, about 90 supporters of Gehlot didn’t attend the CLP assembly, and as a substitute attended a gathering at Dhariwal’s home. Later, 70 MLAs went to the home of Speaker CP Joshi and submitted their resignations. Meanwhile, Sachin Pilot left for Delhi on Tuesday afternoon, whereas Gehlot met a few of his cupboards at his residence.

    Not approaching Governor now, says Rajasthan BJP

    As the political deadlock in Rajasthan continues, the BJP mentioned that it’s going to transfer cautiously and undertake a wait-and-watch coverage. The Congress authorities is going through uncertainty after a number of MLAs near Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot resigned final week over the purported transfer to nominate Sachin Pilot because the CM.

    Amidst rumours that the state is heading for President’s rule, Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia advised TNIE that the occasion has no plans to method the Raj Bhavan. Poonia, who’s in Delhi at present has spoken with BJP president J P Nadda and apprised him of the state of affairs. As many as 82 MLAs, together with ministers, have rendered resignations to Assembly Speaker C P Joshi on Sunday.

    “Right now, we have no intention to approach the Governor. First, we have to watch how the situation is evolving over the next two days.  People are suffering because of Constitutional machinery failure,” mentioned Poonia. The central management has requested the state unit to maintain a detailed watch on the evolving state of affairs, mentioned Poonia, including that the occasion is calibrating its methods for the Assembly elections scheduled for subsequent yr. In the 200- member Assembly, whereas Congress has 108 MLAs, BJP has 71. Thirteen Independent MLAs additionally help the Congress authorities. 

  • Lone lady amongst 10 ministers to be inducted in Punjab cabinet on Saturday

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Ten ministers, together with a lady, shall be inducted within the Bhagwant Mann authorities in Punjab on Saturday.

    Among the ten ministers, eight are first-time MLAs. The swearing-in ceremony of the Mann’s cabinet shall be held at Punjab Raj Bhawan at 11 am, officers stated.

    In a tweet on Friday night, Bhagwant Mann put out an image giving names of the ten social gathering MLAs who shall be sworn-in as ministers and congratulated them.

    They embody Harpal Singh Cheema, second-time legislator from Dirba and the social gathering’s Dalit face. He was additionally the Leader of the Opposition within the earlier Assembly.

    Two-time Barnala MLA Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer may even discover a berth within the Mann-led cabinet.

    Other MLAs to be inducted within the cabinet are Dr Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh from Jandiala, Dr Vijay Singla from Mansa, Lal Chand from Bhoa, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala, Laljit Singh Bhullar from Patti, Brahm Shanker from Hoshiarpur and Harjot Bains from Anandpur Sahib.

    There are 18 berths within the cabinet, together with the chief minister.

    After their oath-taking, the newly inducted ministers will assume cost within the Punjab Civil Secretariat and the primary cabinet assembly of the AAP authorities shall be held within the afternoon, sources stated.

    Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit had on Wednesday administered the oath of workplace and secrecy to Bhagwant Mann in a ceremony at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

    The Aam Aadmi Party romped residence with 92 seats within the 117-member Punjab meeting, decimating the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party mix.

  • Bihar Congress legislators protest outdoors meeting in opposition to ‘communal vitiation’

    By Express News Service

    PATNA: The provocative assertion of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator in opposition to the members of a minority group, led to protest by the Congress MLAs on the primary day of the finances session of the Bihar legislature on Friday.

    Two MLAs of the grand outdated social gathering – Shakeel Ahmad Khan and Rajesh Ram – boycotted the customary joint tackle of Governor Phagu Chauhan and staged a protest outdoors the House, citing two incidents of ‘communal vitiation’ as causes.

    The BJP MLA Hari Bhushan Thakur Bachaul demanded the withdrawal of voting rights of the minority group. The Bisfi MLA pleaded that the Muslims got a separate nation Pakistan on the time of partisan of  India in 1947. “Those who chose to stay back in India should be stripped of their voting rights and treated as second class citizens,” the BJP legislator mentioned.

    Bachaul’s remarks got here a day after Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi led AIMIM legislator and state chief Akhtarul Iman mentioned the individuals belonging to minority group (learn Muslim) be given due illustration in elected our bodies on their proportionate inhabitants.

    Irked over the BJP MLA’s assertion, the AIMIM legislator mentioned that he would take up the matter with the Speaker of the meeting Vijay Kumar Sinha and demand for his disqualification from the House.

    The BJP state chief Sanjay Jaiswal, nonetheless, tried to downplay the controversy. In a press release on Friday, he requested his social gathering’s legislator to respect the non secular sentiments of all sections of the society. “Don’t issue statements that hurt the religious sentiments of people,” he added.

    Khan, who represents the Kadwa meeting constituency, mentioned {that a} JD-U employee belonging to the minority group was kidnapped, tortured and crushed to loss of life. The perpetrators of the crime additionally burnt his physique after which dumped it on the financial institution of the river. Two days later, the police recovered the physique.

    The Congress MLA suspected the function of cow vigilantes within the killing of the person, a resident of Musarigharari in Samastipur district.  The video, which went viral on social media, confirmed the offenders’ audacity to disturbing questions akin to whether or not he consumed beef.

    Rajesh Ram expressed concern over rising incidents of atrocities on the members of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes within the state. “The government is keeping mum while members of SC/ST community,” he mentioned.

    Earlier, RJD MLA from Mahua Mukesh Kumar Raushan reached the meeting premises with a toy helicopter as a mark of protest in opposition to the state authorities’s resolution to deploy helicopters in operation in opposition to liquor smugglers within the state.

  • Battered by defections however Congress goals large in Manipur

    Express News Service

    IMPHAL: The Congress in Manipur misplaced half its MLAs, largely to the ruling BJP over the previous 5 years, however the get together shouldn’t be quick on confidence. It believes the BJP’s alleged misgovernance will see the grand previous get together by way of within the upcoming polls.

    “We won’t be affected by the defections (of our MLAs) because some of those who left have not got tickets. Several BJP leaders also defected to other parties after being denied tickets,” Manipur Congress chief Nameirakpam Loken Singh, who’s contesting the polls from the Nambol seat within the Imphal Valley, informed TNIE. He mentioned over the last elections, folks had reposed their religion within the BJP nevertheless it allow them to down.

    “They failed to give jobs to the youth in last five years and declare the results of some competitive exams. The government claims it is clean but it is doing a lot of corruption,” Singh alleged.

    He mentioned the state authorities additionally did not pay those that had applied work beneath the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act because it diverted cash within the title of combating the pandemic.

    The Congress has not but declared the title of its chief ministerial candidate and is counting on the seasoned politician Okram Ibobi Singh, who’s a former CM, to heat as much as the voters. “The MLAs will decide the CM face after the party’s victory. All wings of the Congress are working hard for victory. We will be in power. We are hoping to get 32 seats,” Singh mentioned confidently.

    Given the political state of affairs, folks, who comply with Manipur politics carefully, felt the Congress overestimated its prospects. “The Congress lost half its MLAs. Most of the remaining 13-14 MLAs are likely to get re-elected. We may expect the party to win 10-12 of the state’s 60 seats. It could be 15 on the higher side,” Prof L Rajen of Manipur University informed TNIE.

    He was not very certain concerning the possibilities of the remaining Congress candidates. He mentioned the Janata Dal (United) may win two-three seats and the National People’s Party greater than 10. “Many of the NPP candidates are rich and this is likely to help the party,” Rajen mentioned.

    “The NPP is no longer on good terms with ally BJP. They are openly criticising and accusing each other. The BJP may be more visible compared to other parties but our people are sensitive and they are not very comfortable with the way the BJP operates,” he added.

  • Ward residents complained to the MLA, Vora instructed the officers to enhance the work

    As the ingesting water scheme within the metropolis is shifting in the direction of completion. Complaints of negligence within the work of contracting company are rising repeatedly. In Ward No. 41, complaints of gross negligence and poor high quality work have come to the fore within the work of highway reconstruction after the pipeline was laid by digging pits within the roads beneath Amrit Mission. Ward councilor Hamid Khokhar and the residents of the ward complained on to MLA Arun Vora and urged him to return to the spot. Where as an alternative of 10 inches, there was a grievance of 8 to six inches of casting and high quality work, in addition to handing over a concrete pattern to the MLA and demanded to get it checked.

    Vora reached the company headquarters instantly after taking the pattern and instructing the Executive Engineer Rajesh Pandey to enhance the work instantly, stated that questions are being raised on the standard of highway restoration within the wards. After marking the place within the metropolis, get the core chopping of the restoration work performed and get the samples examined within the authorities lab. To present pure ingesting water to most of the people at a price of Rs 152 crore, laying of pipelines and building of recent water tanks is being performed, however the work of supplying 100% faucet connection has not been accomplished in any ward. He additionally requested Commissioner Haresh Mandavi to take cognizance of the matter and take immediate motion.

  • BJP MPs and MLAs encircle the home: NSUI staff sitting on dharna exterior leaders’ home, demand to offer vaccine at central fee to state


    Hindi NewsLocalChhattisgarhRaipurChhattisgarh; Is NSUI Workers Sitting On Dharna Outside The House Of BJP MPs MLAs, Demand For Providing Vaccine At The Center’s Rate To The State GovernmentAds Troubled? Install for each day information with out advertisements Dainik Bhaskar Apparaipur quarter-hour in the past Copy hyperlink NSUI state president Akash Sharma staged a sit-in exterior the bungalow of former minister and MLA from Raipur South, Brijmohan Agrawal. And laid siege to the home of the MLAs. It is a part of the ‘Modi Teeka Do’ marketing campaign operating for the final two days. In Raipur, NSUI officers and activists staged a three-day sit-in exterior the home of BJP MP Sunil Soni and MLA Brijmohan Agrawal. . State vice-president Bhavesh Shukla and Raipur district president Amit Sharma sat on a dharna with him. NSUI state secretary Honey Bagga District Executive President Krishna Sonkar and Vinod Kashyap staged a sit-in exterior the residence of MP Sunil Soni in Jalvihar Colony. During the dharna, the leaders had taken placards in hand, on which the central authorities had been requested to present the vaccine on the identical fee. NSUI state president Akash Sharma mentioned, “We have been voicing our voice to the Narendra Modi government in different ways for three consecutive days.” Trying to ship. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been requested to offer satisfactory vaccines at a value to the states. In Chhattisgarh itself, 1.5 crore individuals must be vaccinated and one and a half lakh dose vaccine has not reached the state. Today, we’ve got staged a sit-in exterior the home of MPs-MLAs and demanded that you simply get Modiji’s proper to the state. The marketing campaign NSUI has been operating this marketing campaign throughout the state. Under this, immediately the residence of 9 Lok Sabha MPs and 14 MLAs has been besieged. NSUI activists sat with comparable placards in every single place. On the primary day of the ‘Modi Teeka Do’ marketing campaign, they have been sitting exterior their homes. NSUI staff have been sitting on dharna exterior their homes. Text and video messages have been shared on social media on the second day as a part of the Speak Up for Vaccine marketing campaign.

  • 61 members of Madhya Pradesh Assembly and 5 MLAs Corona contaminated, session adjourned

     Due to the present state of affairs of Corona, the three-day winter session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly has been postponed beginning December 28. The resolution has been taken a couple of hours after the Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s Protem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma revealed that 61 staff and officers of the state meeting have been discovered to be contaminated with Kovid-19.

    After attending the all-party assembly, State Law and Home Minister Narottam Mishra instructed the media on Sunday night, ‘The all-party assembly was convened by Rameshwar Sharma, the Protem Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly. It has been determined that the three-day session scheduled to be held from December 28, needs to be postponed in view of the horrors of Kovid-19. He stated, ‘Now there might be a direct finances session.’ In this all-party assembly, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Leader of Opposition within the state Assembly Kamal Nath, Narottam Mishra and different MLAs have been concerned.

    Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Principal Secretary AP Singh stated, ‘Due to Kovid-19, the session of the meeting ranging from Monday has been postponed. Now the finances session might be longer and these three days (three days postponed of winter session) might be added to it.

  • RCP sought his stake within the Modi authorities as quickly as he grew to become president

    With the formation of latest authorities in Bihar, the angle of JDU can be seen altering. On Sunday, the place the social gathering’s Rajya Sabha MP RCP Singh was handed over the command of the nationwide president, the social gathering has additionally requested for its stake within the Modi authorities on the middle. Senior social gathering chief and Principal General Secretary KC Tyagi stated in Patna on Sunday that we would like correct illustration in proportion to the quantity within the Union Council of Ministers.

    JDU chief KC Tyagi additionally cleared the social gathering’s separate stand on different points together with love jihad. KC Tyagi stated that efforts are being made to create an environment of hatred throughout the nation concerning the problem of Love Jihad. On the problem of 6 social gathering MLAs becoming a member of BJP in Arunachal Pradesh, he stated that the case of Arunachal Pradesh isn’t good for coalition politics. All the constituent events ought to observe the Atal faith of Atal Bihari.

    Tyagi stated that as a substitute of inducting JDU MLAs within the Council of Ministers, he was included within the social gathering, whereas JDU has by no means finished so in Bihar. The social gathering is damage by the incident in Arunachal Pradesh. Referring to Nitish Kumar, KC Tyagi stated that he’s a frontrunner of credit score, not of energy. Nitish Kumar’s management and aura shouldn’t be evaluated on the premise of numbers. Nitish Kumar may also work for the social gathering in different states.

    Referring to Bihar, KC Tyagi stated that there isn’t any dispute in regards to the alliance in Bihar. Our thoughts is certainly unhappy in regards to the occasions in Arunachal Pradesh. Referring to Chirag Paswan’s social gathering LJP, KC Tyagi stated that the NDA ought to have stopped preventing its elections because of the freedom with which Lok Janshakti Party has contested in Bihar.

    The LJP is now part of the NDA in neither Bihar nor Delhi. He stated that Chirag Paswan didn’t contest within the title of Ram Vilas Paswan or Ambedkar, on whose views his social gathering stands, however in Chirag, it was contested within the title of Modi.