With no office, Congress runs on WhatsApp in Gorakhpur
October 29, 2019 11:26 ISTThe Congress does not have an office in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, and functions through WhatsApp.
The Congress does not have an office in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, and functions through WhatsApp.
Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala's elder son Ajay Chautala, whose son Dushyant Chautala was sworn in as the state's deputy chief minister in the BJP-led M L Khattar government, on Monday met his estranged younger brother Abhay Chautala.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday upped the ante against ally BJP, saying his party should not be compelled to look for an alternative to form the next government in Maharashtra and asserted there are "no saints in politics".
Ravi Rana, the Independent MLA from Badnera in Amravati district, on Sunday offered "unconditional" support to the BJP, which emerged as the single largest party in the October 21 elections.
As Shiv Sena and BJP work out government formation in Maharashtra, both the parties are flexing muscles over the chief ministerial post. Shiv Sena is insisting on a 50:50 formula while BJP looks disinclined for anyone other than Devendra Fadnavis for the CM office.
The love-hate allies -- BJP and Shiv Sena -- are battling it out in Maharashtra. Who gets the CM post in the financial capital still remains a question. At a time when there is already a crisis over CM's chair, Shiv Sena has made a resounding critique on the economic slump targetting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raotey met Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari in Mumbai on Monday.
In the just-concluded state polls to 288-member Assembly, the BJP won 105 seats, a loss of 17 seats compared to its 2014 tally.
Ajay Chautala, 57, is in Tihar jail since January 2013 after being convicted in a teachers' recruitment scam along with his father and former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala.
While the ally Shiv Sena is demanding an equal share in power, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday stressed that the BJP was the single largest party, and said the "BJP-led alliance" will provide a stable government.
The Shiv Sena on Saturday demanded a written assurance from ally BJP that it will implement the formula for equal sharing of power in Maharashtra, while opposition Congress said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party should explore "alternative arrangement".
Six-time MLA Anil Vij, Banwari Lal, Seema Trikha from the BJP, while Ram Kumar Gautam and Ishwar Singh from the JJP are among the probables who are likely to get ministerial berths in the new Haryana government.
Dushyant clinched the deal after meeting BJP President Amit Shah at his residence on Friday night. As per the deal, the JJP, which won 10 seats in the 90-member Assembly, will have a Deputy Chief Minister in the new government.
BJP will not take the support of Haryana Lokhit Party legislator Gopal Kanda, a controversial politician who faces two abetment-to-suicide cases, for forming the government in Haryana, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said
In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena has turned adamant on a new twin-CM formula for government formation in the state. Uddhav Thackeray has also renewed assertion on equal sharing of power with the BJP, which failed to register desired performance in the Maharashtra assembly polls. Rooting for Aaditya Thackeray as the chief minister, Shiv Sena proposed tenures of 2.5-year each for the alliance partners to have their CMs.
The Kerala unit of the BJP has two power centres -- one led by Union Minister of State for External Affairs V.Muraleedharan and the other led by former state party president P.K.Krishnadas -- and the race is between the two to get their nominee to the party top's post
According to the rules, each member to be elected to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana needs votes from 30 MLAs, while 36 legislators of Maharashtra elect one member to the Upper House of Parliament.
With the BJP and the Jannayak Janata Party declaring that they will form a coalition government in Haryana, the Congress on Friday said it was now out in the open that the Dushyant Chautala-led JJP was and will remain the "B-team" of the BJP.
Suspense over government formation in Haryana finally ended with BJP and JJP formally announcing an alliance to form the next government.
Senior AAP senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said,"In a state where 'Beti bachao beti padhao (BBBP) andolan' was launched, the BJP is seeking support from a rape accused." Singh said if the BJP does not give an explanation, then his party will hold protests and "knock every door and tell people in Delhi how their mothers and daughters are unsafe" under the BJP rule.
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