The judgement pronounced yesterday was described as unfortunate with the Congress claiming it had led to a "sense of insecurity" among dalits and other oppressed classes.
Samajwadi Party has 47 MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, of whom Nitin Agarwal is expected to vote for the BJP. Nitin Agrawal is the son of Naresh Agrawal, who recently quit Samajwadi Party and joined the BJP.
Congress communications incharge Randeep Surjewala said that it was the BJP which hired the services of the controversial firm during Bihar and Gujarat elections.
Rahul Gandhi and his party have been attacking the prime minister and his government over the Doklam issue due to the Chinese build-up there.
Addressing a press conference, Nirupam said the Congress would never align with a party that believes in divisive politics.
The report said that Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla and Gajendra Kumar's names are being considered at the moment, but several others celebrities are also keen on the position.
In his letter, Yadav said that the state has to often bear the brunt of floods caused by overflowing rivers coming from across the border in Nepal, which has a severe impact on the development of the state.
Former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that it was difficult to fathom how the government could have taken so long to find out the truth about missing Indians.
According to sources, Congress is likely to choose a new president between Jitin Prasad, Rajesh Mishra and Laliteshpati Tripathi.
The proceedings of the House began with the swearing-in of newly-elected RJD MLA from Jehanabad Kumar Krishna Mohan.
Rajinikanth has in December last announced he will launch a political party and contest the next assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and declared that "spiritual politics" needs to be ushered in, sans shades of any caste or religion.
Talking to reporters here on his return from a spiritual tour, he also said the state government should put additional pressure on the Central government to set up the Cauvery Management Board.
Ananth Kumar's remarks came a day after the Karnataka Cabinet decided to recommend to the Centre grant of religious minority status for the numerically strong Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community.
Randeep Surjewala said the Modi government has "crossed all limits of insensitivity" as it preferred to make the announcement on television rather than calling up every families and informing them individually.
The timing of Paswan’s remark is important because it comes weeks after Andhra Pradesh’s ruling TDP quit the NDA and Modi Cabinet over special status demand for the southern state.
Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day tour of Karnataka from today, accused the BJP of dividing people despite its talk of dharma.
According to sources, preparations for the dinner were completed last week. Naidu had even spoken to the President, the PM, the Leader of the House, the Leader of Opposition and floor leaders of various parties whom he had invited.
The mortal remains, which were exhumed from a mass grave in Badosh, will be brought back to India on a special plane and handed over to their relatives, Swaraj informed the Rajya Sabha.
Addressing the Rajya Sabha, the External Affairs Minister said, "Yesterday we got information that DNA samples of 38 people have matched and DNA of the 39th person has matched 70 per cent."
TDP and YSR Congress have submitted three requests to move no-confidence motion against the Modi government, protesting non-implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
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