The minister immediately approached the police and lodged an FIR. In his complaint, Alam said that a person made call on his cell phone and demanded Rs 10 lakhs as extortion, failing which, he would be killed.
Lalji Patel, whose Sardar Patel Group was at the forefront of the Patidar quota agitation, along with the Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti, met Nitin Patel in Gandhinagar.
Elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from Delhi would be held on January 16. The AAP, which enjoys a brute majority in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, is all set to win all the three seats.
The golden period of the BJP began after the party won the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. After May 2014, the BJP under the leadership of Amit Shah and Narendra Modi managed to win 11 of the 14 states where elections were held.
Lalji Patel, who is convener of the Sardar Patel Group (SPG) which had launched the Patidar quota agitation along with Hardik Patel, today called on the Deputy CM at his official residence in Gandhinagar.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday removed former Chief Minister D.D. Lapang as Meghalaya state unit president and replaced him with Celestine Lyngdoh.
Singh, who is also the BJP Lok Sabha member from Nawada, said “many people here have remarked that it is after a long time that the Bihar CM and I are sharing stage.
"I and my supporters are prepared to talk to the Congress leadership to welcome Nitin Patel in the party if he and 10 other MLAs are willing to resign and come," Hardik Patel said.
In 2017, BJP's political "vanvaas" (exile) ended and the party romped home with its highest seat tally ever -- 312 in a house of 403.
A high-level party meeting chaired by DMK working president MK Stalin yesterday claimed that "some hegemonic forces" had created an "imaginary account" of Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss, a reference to the Comptroller and Auditor General's estimate.
Hardik Patel claimed he was willing to recommend to the Congress leadership to "accommodate Nitinbhai in a senior position" in the party and that he should come with "at least 10 MLAs".
The Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill by voice vote after rejecting a string of amendments moved by opposition members yesterday.
Those who put in their papers are former deputy chief minister Rowell Lyngdoh, Sniawbhalang Dhar, Comingone Ymbon, Prestone Tynsong, and Ngaitlang Dhar of the Congress.
Fourteen persons, including a young woman celebrating her birthday, were asphyxiated, and at least 23 others injured in a major fire that engulfed a pub and other establishments in the wee hours on Friday.
Sasikala is serving a four year jail term in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case after the Supreme Court convicted her and two others in February this year.
The contentious bill, which makes instant triple illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband, was passed after the House rejected a string of amendments moved by various opposition members.
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid struck a discordant note, insisting the proposed law will be an "intrusion" into the personal lives of individuals and bring divorce, a civil issue, into the realm of criminal law.
Naqvi's remarks against the Congress came as the BJP-led central government today introduced a legislation in the Lok Sabha to make instant triple talaq illegal and void. The bill also seeks to award a three-year jail term to the husband.
The bill was -- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, was introduced by Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Making a statement in the RS and LS, Sushma Swaraj said in the name of security, Pakistani authorities forced his mother and wife to change clothes and take off their jewellery, including the 'mangalsutra', and bindi.
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