A former MP and OBC community leader from North Gujarat, Jagdish Thakor, as the president and MLA Sukhram Rathva as the Leader of Opposition (LOP) in the state.
Punjab is scheduled to go to the Assembly polls in 2022. In the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls, Congress won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats and ousted the SAD-BJP government after 10 years.
The winter session of the Parliament commenced on Monday. The session remained stormy so far with the adjournments of both the Houses following sloganeering and protests by the Opposition members.
The 12 suspended MPs sat on ‘dharna’ (sit-in demonstration) demanding revocation of their suspension from the House during the Winter session of the Parliament.
On the recent poll debacle, the former chief minister said that the civic and urban body elections that had taken place a few days back were a farcical exercise at the behest of the ruling BJP. He alleged that the ruling BJP prevented the general voters from taking part in the election process.
The intent of the Government for conducting Census 2021 was notified in the Gazette of India on 28 March 2019. However, due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the Census activities have been postponed.
“Chowdhury was responding to Mamata Banerjee’s statement on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) today made during her three-day visit to Maharashtra’s capital city during which she met with leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena.
Parliament on Monday passed the bill to repeal the three contentious agricultural laws at the centre of protests by farmers for over a year with the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha giving their approval in quick succession amid an uproar on the first day of the Winter session without any discussion.
The opposition Congress, however, dubbed it as an insult to the tribal community and sought an apology from the minister.
UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh inducted them into the party and said their joining will strengthen the BJP.
The 59-year-old leader also accused Chief Minister Charanjit Singh of indulging in a ”drama” by trying to project himself as a ”aam aadmi” (common man) and alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wants to become the CM of Punjab.
Earlier this month, while announcing the renaming of the renovated Habibganj railway station in the state capital after Rani Kamalapati, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had hailed her as the pride of the Gond community and “the last Hindu queen of Bhopal”.
In a statement to mark the completion of his two years in office, Thackeray (61), who is recuperating in a private hospital after a spine surgery, thanked the people for supporting his government in all its endeavours and said it is the ”people’s government”.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in Ambassa, Jirania, Teliamura and Sabroom seats, the Tripura State Election Commission informed.
Along with Goel, about a dozen office-bearers of the Congress, including two-time former councillor Parma Bhai Solanki, also joined the AAP here in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister and senior party leader Manish Sisodia.
The CM said this while laying the foundation stone of an ethanol plant, to be set up on 65.61 acres of land at Balrampur Sugar Mills Complex, Maijapur, at a cost of Rs 450 crore.
Modi also paid tributes to security personnel who lost their lives during the November 26, 2008, terror attacks in Mumbai.
The chief minister also congratulated the farmers on the completion of one year of their movement against the three farm laws that were repealed last week.
The top court asked the Centre and Tripura government to ensure necessary arrangements will also be made to ensure the safety of ballots and counting of votes.
