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  • Congress conundrum: Gehlot remains closeted along with his confidantes at Jaipur; delays assembly Sonia

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    Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot remained closeted along with his confidantes in Jaipur on Wednesday thereby delaying his assembly with Congress intervening time president Sonia Gandhi by means of an afternoon whilst Rahul Gandhi contiued along with his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    Gehlot was once at first scheduled to go away Jaipur at 5.30 PM on Wednesday. However his departure was once not on time. “The Leader Minister goes to Delhi at 5-5.30 pm nowadays to specific the emotions of 102 MLAs, as their dad or mum, with the birthday celebration management and organisation,” cupboard minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas informed journalists after a gathering with the executive minister.

    But even so Khachariyawas, Meeting Speaker C P Joshi, PCC president Govind Singh Dotasra, Minister Shanti Dhariwal, and Mahesh Joshi additionally met the executive minister.

    Gehlot reached Delhi overdue on Wednesday overdue night time. He’s anticipated to fulfill Sonia nowadays.
    Gehlot seems to be at the offensive regardless of the Prime Command reportedly bracing as much as crack the whip on Gehlot loyalists’ and ministers Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi. The 2 spearheaded the protest towards signing the answer authorising Sonia Gandhi to nominate a brand new Leader Minister after Gehlot information the nomination papers for the birthday celebration presidential polls. Gehlot and his loyalists are figjting enamel and nail the prime command’s transfer to make Sachin Pilot as Rajasthan Leader Minister if Gehlot is going directly to transform birthday celebration president.

    Gehlot isn’t averse to giving up leader ministership and coming into the presidential race. However he does no longer wish to quit rate within the state to Pilot. He says he would quit the executive ministership to any person from the 102 MLAs who had stayed unswerving to the birthday celebration when Pilot had walked out, however no longer the latter.

    As suspense over whether or not or no longer Gehlot would conform to renounce from the publish of leader minister to report the nomination continues, names of many Congress leaders who’re most likely aspirants for the publish have began doing the rounds. Amongst them are the birthday celebration’s most sensible Dalit leaders together with, chief of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC normal secretary Mukul Wasnik, former Maharashtra leader minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, and previous Haryana president of Congress Kumari Selja.

    ALSO READ| Rajasthan political disaster: Congress in a catch 22 situation even because it displays Gehlot his position

    Gandhi circle of relatives loyalists Ambika Soni, who is regarded as as regards to Sonia Gandhi, and previous leader minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh, who stocks an in depth non-public equation with Rahul Gandhi, also are a few of the frontrunners. Birthday celebration treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal’s title could also be being discussed as a conceivable contender for the publish after he took a nomination shape from the Congress place of job.

    On Wednesday, Sonia Gandhi consulted senior birthday celebration leaders Ambika Soni and A Okay Antony, who was once referred to as from Kerala the place he’s main a retired existence, at the Rajasthan disaster. She was once suggested to fulfill Gehlot one ultimate time to take a look at and iron out the diversities.

    The 2 central observers – Ajay Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge – have shielded Gehlot of their document after coming back from Jaipur the place they weren’t in a position to fulfill the birthday celebration MLAs unswerving to the executive minister. Those MLAs are antagonistic to the management’s plan to switch Gehlot along with his former deputy Sachin Pilot and refused to signal a answer authorising the birthday celebration president to select Gehlot’s successor.

    Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot remained closeted along with his confidantes in Jaipur on Wednesday thereby delaying his assembly with Congress intervening time president Sonia Gandhi by means of an afternoon whilst Rahul Gandhi contiued along with his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    Gehlot was once at first scheduled to go away Jaipur at 5.30 PM on Wednesday. However his departure was once not on time. “The Leader Minister goes to Delhi at 5-5.30 pm nowadays to specific the emotions of 102 MLAs, as their dad or mum, with the birthday celebration management and organisation,” cupboard minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas informed journalists after a gathering with the executive minister.

    But even so Khachariyawas, Meeting Speaker C P Joshi, PCC president Govind Singh Dotasra, Minister Shanti Dhariwal, and Mahesh Joshi additionally met the executive minister.

    Gehlot reached Delhi overdue on Wednesday overdue night time. He’s anticipated to fulfill Sonia nowadays.
    Gehlot seems to be at the offensive regardless of the Prime Command reportedly bracing as much as crack the whip on Gehlot loyalists’ and ministers Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi. The 2 spearheaded the protest towards signing the answer authorising Sonia Gandhi to nominate a brand new Leader Minister after Gehlot information the nomination papers for the birthday celebration presidential polls. Gehlot and his loyalists are figjting enamel and nail the prime command’s transfer to make Sachin Pilot as Rajasthan Leader Minister if Gehlot is going directly to transform birthday celebration president.

    Gehlot isn’t averse to giving up leader ministership and coming into the presidential race. However he does no longer wish to quit rate within the state to Pilot. He says he would quit the executive ministership to any person from the 102 MLAs who had stayed unswerving to the birthday celebration when Pilot had walked out, however no longer the latter.

    As suspense over whether or not or no longer Gehlot would conform to renounce from the publish of leader minister to report the nomination continues, names of many Congress leaders who’re most likely aspirants for the publish have began doing the rounds. Amongst them are the birthday celebration’s most sensible Dalit leaders together with, chief of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC normal secretary Mukul Wasnik, former Maharashtra leader minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, and previous Haryana president of Congress Kumari Selja.

    ALSO READ| Rajasthan political disaster: Congress in a catch 22 situation even because it displays Gehlot his position

    Gandhi circle of relatives loyalists Ambika Soni, who is regarded as as regards to Sonia Gandhi, and previous leader minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh, who stocks an in depth non-public equation with Rahul Gandhi, also are a few of the frontrunners. Birthday celebration treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal’s title could also be being discussed as a conceivable contender for the publish after he took a nomination shape from the Congress place of job.

    On Wednesday, Sonia Gandhi consulted senior birthday celebration leaders Ambika Soni and A Okay Antony, who was once referred to as from Kerala the place he’s main a retired existence, at the Rajasthan disaster. She was once suggested to fulfill Gehlot one ultimate time to take a look at and iron out the diversities.

    The 2 central observers – Ajay Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge – have shielded Gehlot of their document after coming back from Jaipur the place they weren’t in a position to fulfill the birthday celebration MLAs unswerving to the executive minister. Those MLAs are antagonistic to the management’s plan to switch Gehlot along with his former deputy Sachin Pilot and refused to signal a answer authorising the birthday celebration president to select Gehlot’s successor.

  • Sonia seeks file on Jaipur riot, Gehlot much less most probably now to be celebration president

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    JAIPUR/ NEW DELHI: Dissatisfied over an open riot in Rajasthan, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday sought a written file on it from celebration observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken because the probabilities of Ashok Gehlot changing into the celebration leader receded and different names cropped up for the publish.

    Kharge and Maken, who have been despatched as observers to Jaipur for a Congress Legislature Celebration (CLP) assembly, briefed Gandhi within the night after their go back to Delhi and termed the parallel meet held via Gehlot loyalists as “indiscipline”.

    They’re anticipated to counsel disciplinary motion in opposition to the ones at the back of the transfer, together with minister Shanti Dhariwal and Rajasthan Congress leader whip Mahesh Joshi.

    Gehlot loyalists had submitted resignation letters to Meeting Speaker C P Joshi on Sunday night, in an obvious bid to position drive at the central management to select anyone from the Gehlot camp as CM if the veteran chief is elected the celebration president.

    The loyalist MLAs indicated that they have been in opposition to the appointment of Sachin Pilot, who led a riot in opposition to Gehlot in 2020, to the publish.

    On Monday, Gehlot loyalist Dhariwal accused Maken, AICC in-charge for Rajasthan, of being eager about a conspiracy to take away Gehlot as leader minister and alleged he was once canvassing for Pilot.

    Each Gehlot and Pilot spent the day at their Jaipur properties. Pilot met his supporters, however they evaded publicly commenting on Sunday’s trends. Gehlot carried out a Navratri puja.

    Sonia Gandhi is reportedly “dissatisfied” over the Rajasthan trends as Gehlot was once being regarded as as her successor for the highest publish.

    Resources stated Gehlot advised the 2 observers that he’s now not at the back of the Jaipur construction and the MLAs eager about it weren’t being attentive to him.

    However the drama put a query mark on whether or not Gehlot would nonetheless run for the celebration president’s publish or anyone else would change him as a candidate supported via the present management.

    Names of senior celebration leaders Kharge, Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Sushilkumar Shinde, Mukul Wasnik and Kumari Selja at the moment are additionally doing the rounds for the publish.

    Congress chief Kamal Nath, who met Sonia Gandhi Monday, dominated himself out as a candidate.

    He has reportedly stepped in as a troubleshooter for his celebration. Kharge and Maken are prone to put up their report back to Gandhi concerning the disaster within the celebration’s state unit via Wednesday.

    After a just about one and part hour-long assembly with Gandhi, Maken advised journalists that it was once “unlucky” that the CLP meet may just now not be held.

    AICC Normal Secretary-Organisation Ok C Venugopal was once additionally provide right through the assembly with Gandhi.

    “Kharge ji and I’ve apprised the Congress president of the CLP assembly in Rajasthan. The Congress president has sought a written file on all the chronology, which we will be able to put up via overdue night time or day after today,” Maken stated.

    “When a CLP assembly is held, retaining a parallel assembly of MLAs is prima facie indiscipline,” he stated.

    Accusing the MLAs within the Gehlot camp of “indiscipline”, Maken stated their call for surroundings stipulations for a solution authorising the celebration president to select the following leader minister was once a “battle of passion”.

    “Within the 75 years of Congress historical past, there hasn’t ever been a conditional solution. The solution is one line handiest. The whole thing is advised to the Congress president after which a call is taken,” he advised journalists in Jaipur.

    “The solution shouldn’t have any battle of passion,” he stated, elaborating that anybody contesting the election may just develop into celebration president after which come to a decision at the solution.

    He stated there was once a transparent path to them from Sonia Gandhi that “we discuss to each MLA and put up a file, after which the Congress president would have taken a decision after talking to everybody”.

    He stated representatives of a few MLAs got here to them in Jaipur to position ahead 3 stipulations.

    One among them was once that the verdict at the solution can be taken after the organisational polls, and this must be a part of the solution.

    In an oblique connection with Gehlot, he requested how is it conceivable that an individual authorising the Congress president to take a decision at the subsequent CM, himself takes a call on it after profitable the celebration election.

    “If this isn’t a battle of passion, then what’s,” he stated.

    Maken stated the MLAs dependable to Gehlot sought after to satisfy them in teams and have been advised via him and Kharge that there was once no precedent for this. One-on-one conferences are held right through CLP meets in order that MLAs can specific themselves freely, he stated.

    Including to the turmoil, Congress leader whip in Rajasthan Meeting Mahesh Joshi stated the celebration MLAs haven’t any objection to whoever is made the executive minister, however the ultimate resolution of the prime command must be agreeable to them.

    “The doubts of the MLAs must be cleared via the prime command after which no matter resolution is taken might be permitted. We don’t have any objection if any person is made the executive minister however the ultimate resolution must have consensus,” Joshi stated.

    Congress assets stated 82 MLAs dependable to Gehlot are prone to grasp every other assembly to come to a decision their subsequent plan of action.

    They are saying they would like anyone who stood with the Congress govt right through the political disaster in Rajasthan in 2020 to be the following CM. In July 2020, Pilot and 18 different celebration MLAs rebelled in opposition to Gehlot’s management. The Congress has 108 MLAs within the 200-member Rajasthan Meeting.

    JAIPUR/ NEW DELHI: Dissatisfied over an open riot in Rajasthan, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday sought a written file on it from celebration observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken because the probabilities of Ashok Gehlot changing into the celebration leader receded and different names cropped up for the publish.

    Kharge and Maken, who have been despatched as observers to Jaipur for a Congress Legislature Celebration (CLP) assembly, briefed Gandhi within the night after their go back to Delhi and termed the parallel meet held via Gehlot loyalists as “indiscipline”.

    They’re anticipated to counsel disciplinary motion in opposition to the ones at the back of the transfer, together with minister Shanti Dhariwal and Rajasthan Congress leader whip Mahesh Joshi.

    Gehlot loyalists had submitted resignation letters to Meeting Speaker C P Joshi on Sunday night, in an obvious bid to position drive at the central management to select anyone from the Gehlot camp as CM if the veteran chief is elected the celebration president.

    The loyalist MLAs indicated that they have been in opposition to the appointment of Sachin Pilot, who led a riot in opposition to Gehlot in 2020, to the publish.

    On Monday, Gehlot loyalist Dhariwal accused Maken, AICC in-charge for Rajasthan, of being eager about a conspiracy to take away Gehlot as leader minister and alleged he was once canvassing for Pilot.

    Each Gehlot and Pilot spent the day at their Jaipur properties. Pilot met his supporters, however they evaded publicly commenting on Sunday’s trends. Gehlot carried out a Navratri puja.

    Sonia Gandhi is reportedly “dissatisfied” over the Rajasthan trends as Gehlot was once being regarded as as her successor for the highest publish.

    Resources stated Gehlot advised the 2 observers that he’s now not at the back of the Jaipur construction and the MLAs eager about it weren’t being attentive to him.

    However the drama put a query mark on whether or not Gehlot would nonetheless run for the celebration president’s publish or anyone else would change him as a candidate supported via the present management.

    Names of senior celebration leaders Kharge, Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Sushilkumar Shinde, Mukul Wasnik and Kumari Selja at the moment are additionally doing the rounds for the publish.

    Congress chief Kamal Nath, who met Sonia Gandhi Monday, dominated himself out as a candidate.

    He has reportedly stepped in as a troubleshooter for his celebration. Kharge and Maken are prone to put up their report back to Gandhi concerning the disaster within the celebration’s state unit via Wednesday.

    After a just about one and part hour-long assembly with Gandhi, Maken advised journalists that it was once “unlucky” that the CLP meet may just now not be held.

    AICC Normal Secretary-Organisation Ok C Venugopal was once additionally provide right through the assembly with Gandhi.

    “Kharge ji and I’ve apprised the Congress president of the CLP assembly in Rajasthan. The Congress president has sought a written file on all the chronology, which we will be able to put up via overdue night time or day after today,” Maken stated.

    “When a CLP assembly is held, retaining a parallel assembly of MLAs is prima facie indiscipline,” he stated.

    Accusing the MLAs within the Gehlot camp of “indiscipline”, Maken stated their call for surroundings stipulations for a solution authorising the celebration president to select the following leader minister was once a “battle of passion”.

    “Within the 75 years of Congress historical past, there hasn’t ever been a conditional solution. The solution is one line handiest. The whole thing is advised to the Congress president after which a call is taken,” he advised journalists in Jaipur.

    “The solution shouldn’t have any battle of passion,” he stated, elaborating that anybody contesting the election may just develop into celebration president after which come to a decision at the solution.

    He stated there was once a transparent path to them from Sonia Gandhi that “we discuss to each MLA and put up a file, after which the Congress president would have taken a decision after talking to everybody”.

    He stated representatives of a few MLAs got here to them in Jaipur to position ahead 3 stipulations.

    One among them was once that the verdict at the solution can be taken after the organisational polls, and this must be a part of the solution.

    In an oblique connection with Gehlot, he requested how is it conceivable that an individual authorising the Congress president to take a decision at the subsequent CM, himself takes a call on it after profitable the celebration election.

    “If this isn’t a battle of passion, then what’s,” he stated.

    Maken stated the MLAs dependable to Gehlot sought after to satisfy them in teams and have been advised via him and Kharge that there was once no precedent for this. One-on-one conferences are held right through CLP meets in order that MLAs can specific themselves freely, he stated.

    Including to the turmoil, Congress leader whip in Rajasthan Meeting Mahesh Joshi stated the celebration MLAs haven’t any objection to whoever is made the executive minister, however the ultimate resolution of the prime command must be agreeable to them.

    “The doubts of the MLAs must be cleared via the prime command after which no matter resolution is taken might be permitted. We don’t have any objection if any person is made the executive minister however the ultimate resolution must have consensus,” Joshi stated.

    Congress assets stated 82 MLAs dependable to Gehlot are prone to grasp every other assembly to come to a decision their subsequent plan of action.

    They are saying they would like anyone who stood with the Congress govt right through the political disaster in Rajasthan in 2020 to be the following CM. In July 2020, Pilot and 18 different celebration MLAs rebelled in opposition to Gehlot’s management. The Congress has 108 MLAs within the 200-member Rajasthan Meeting.

  • Energy Video games: Ashok Gehlot dangers dropping Congress presidential nomination over Leader Minister’s submit

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    Management tussle
    Ashok Gehlot dangers dropping Congress presidential nomination over Leader Minister’s submit

    Rajasthan leader minister Ashok Gehlot has dug in his heels over no longer permitting Sachin Pilot to exchange him as state leader minister. Fight traces are drawn between him and the Gandhi circle of relatives with MLAs unswerving to him refusing to signal the solution authorising birthday party’s central management to select his alternative within the tournament of his election as Congress president. Period in-between president Sonia Gandhi had despatched AICC common secretary Ajay Maken and chief of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to Jaipur to get birthday party MLAs to signal the solution. However MLAs unswerving to Gehlot have refused to signal at the dotted traces. They insist that the brand new leader minister must be from a number of the 102 MLAs who had refused to convey the state govt down when Sachin Pilot had walked out with a host of his unswerving MLAs to shape a central authority with the assistance of the BJP. Gehlot’s unswerving MLAs, numbering a few 100, have threatened to renounce fairly than give a boost to Sachin. Gehlot has no longer reacted to this open rise up by way of his supporters. Resources mentioned the Gehlot camp’s motion has no longer long past down neatly with the birthday party excessive command. They mentioned the birthday party management is rethinking fielding Gehlot as a candidate for the submit of birthday party president. Gehlot had previous mentioned that his resignation as leader minister prior to getting elected as birthday party president would point out that the election outcome was once pre-determined, and the birthday party ballot was once no longer truly a democratic workout. He mentioned let there be an excellent election, and as soon as he will get elected as president, he would renounce as leader minister. Sonia and Rahul are inquisitive about delivering the manager ministership to Sachin Pilot. 

    2024 Semi-finals
    EC to announce Gujarat, HP ballot dates on Oct 15

    The Election Fee of India is more likely to sound the ballot bugle for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh on October 15, not like ultimate time when it had introduced the ballot dates for the 2 states one at a time despite the truth that the time period of the 2 assemblies expired inside an opening of 2 weeks. EC officers are more likely to talk over with Gujarat on September 26 to test the ballot preparedness of the state. The EC staff has already visited Himachal Pradesh. The ultimate meeting elections in Gujarat have been held in December 2017, and the agenda is more likely to stay the similar this time. The election in Gujarat is being keenly watched as the brand new entrant – Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Birthday party – is threatening to devour into the votes of each the BJP and the Congress. The BJP has a robust presence within the city centres, and has been in energy since 1998. The Congress, then again, continues to have a big following within the rural spaces despite no longer being in energy for over 20 years. Within the ultimate state elections, the BJP polled 49.1 % and received 99 seats, whilst the Congress were given 41.4% and received 77 seats. The AAP remained a non-starter with 0.1% votes and and not using a seat. Kejriwal has, then again, introduced a high-voltage marketing campaign in Gujarat this 12 months placing worry in each the BJP and the Congress, no longer as a result of they suspect he’ll win however as a result of they have no idea who he’ll hurt extra. 

    Lodging problems
    PM’s assembly with Digambar Kamat stirs Goa POT

    Seven-time Goa MLA and previous leader minister of the state Digambar Kamat flew into the nationwide capital and was once locked in a two-and-half-hour assembly with High Minister Narendra Modi at his place of abode ultimate week. Regardless that no longer many find out about this one-on-one assembly, the ones within the know say Kamat is also given a very powerful project both within the state or on the Centre. They are saying he has had superb family members with Modi from the time he was once within the BJP. He not too long ago led 8 out of the 11 Congress MLAs into the BJP. There are stories of an approaching ministry reshuffle to deal with the brand new entrants within the state govt. Resources on the subject of Kamat say the previous leader minister and veteran MLA is simply too senior to be requested to sign up for as a minister. They are saying that he has been confident that he’ll get his due for decimating the Congress within the state legislature. Whilst Kamat getting the state leader ministership isn’t dominated out, the possibilities of him being delivered to the centre as a minister within the subsequent reshuffle are more potent, assets say.

    Management tussle
    Ashok Gehlot dangers dropping Congress presidential nomination over Leader Minister’s submit

    Rajasthan leader minister Ashok Gehlot has dug in his heels over no longer permitting Sachin Pilot to exchange him as state leader minister. Fight traces are drawn between him and the Gandhi circle of relatives with MLAs unswerving to him refusing to signal the solution authorising birthday party’s central management to select his alternative within the tournament of his election as Congress president. Period in-between president Sonia Gandhi had despatched AICC common secretary Ajay Maken and chief of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to Jaipur to get birthday party MLAs to signal the solution. However MLAs unswerving to Gehlot have refused to signal at the dotted traces. They insist that the brand new leader minister must be from a number of the 102 MLAs who had refused to convey the state govt down when Sachin Pilot had walked out with a host of his unswerving MLAs to shape a central authority with the assistance of the BJP. Gehlot’s unswerving MLAs, numbering a few 100, have threatened to renounce fairly than give a boost to Sachin. Gehlot has no longer reacted to this open rise up by way of his supporters. Resources mentioned the Gehlot camp’s motion has no longer long past down neatly with the birthday party excessive command. They mentioned the birthday party management is rethinking fielding Gehlot as a candidate for the submit of birthday party president. Gehlot had previous mentioned that his resignation as leader minister prior to getting elected as birthday party president would point out that the election outcome was once pre-determined, and the birthday party ballot was once no longer truly a democratic workout. He mentioned let there be an excellent election, and as soon as he will get elected as president, he would renounce as leader minister. Sonia and Rahul are inquisitive about delivering the manager ministership to Sachin Pilot. 

    2024 Semi-finals
    EC to announce Gujarat, HP ballot dates on Oct 15

    The Election Fee of India is more likely to sound the ballot bugle for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh on October 15, not like ultimate time when it had introduced the ballot dates for the 2 states one at a time despite the truth that the time period of the 2 assemblies expired inside an opening of 2 weeks. EC officers are more likely to talk over with Gujarat on September 26 to test the ballot preparedness of the state. The EC staff has already visited Himachal Pradesh. The ultimate meeting elections in Gujarat have been held in December 2017, and the agenda is more likely to stay the similar this time. The election in Gujarat is being keenly watched as the brand new entrant – Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Birthday party – is threatening to devour into the votes of each the BJP and the Congress. The BJP has a robust presence within the city centres, and has been in energy since 1998. The Congress, then again, continues to have a big following within the rural spaces despite no longer being in energy for over 20 years. Within the ultimate state elections, the BJP polled 49.1 % and received 99 seats, whilst the Congress were given 41.4% and received 77 seats. The AAP remained a non-starter with 0.1% votes and and not using a seat. Kejriwal has, then again, introduced a high-voltage marketing campaign in Gujarat this 12 months placing worry in each the BJP and the Congress, no longer as a result of they suspect he’ll win however as a result of they have no idea who he’ll hurt extra. 

    Lodging problems
    PM’s assembly with Digambar Kamat stirs Goa POT

    Seven-time Goa MLA and previous leader minister of the state Digambar Kamat flew into the nationwide capital and was once locked in a two-and-half-hour assembly with High Minister Narendra Modi at his place of abode ultimate week. Regardless that no longer many find out about this one-on-one assembly, the ones within the know say Kamat is also given a very powerful project both within the state or on the Centre. They are saying he has had superb family members with Modi from the time he was once within the BJP. He not too long ago led 8 out of the 11 Congress MLAs into the BJP. There are stories of an approaching ministry reshuffle to deal with the brand new entrants within the state govt. Resources on the subject of Kamat say the previous leader minister and veteran MLA is simply too senior to be requested to sign up for as a minister. They are saying that he has been confident that he’ll get his due for decimating the Congress within the state legislature. Whilst Kamat getting the state leader ministership isn’t dominated out, the possibilities of him being delivered to the centre as a minister within the subsequent reshuffle are more potent, assets say.

  • Kharge writes to Naidu for expunging remarks by means of Sitharaman, Goyal on Sonia in RS

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, inquiring for him to expunge the remarks made by means of Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal on Sonia Gandhi within the Space.

    Kharge additionally demanded that the ministers must comfortable their apology for violating the conventions of the Space.

    His letter got here an afternoon after Sitharaman and Goyal attacked Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for his “rashtrapatni” statement whilst relating to President Droupadi Murmu.

    Each the ministers additionally hit out at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and demanded an apology from her.

    In his letter, Kharge stated as consistent with Parliamentary practices and conventions important remarks must now not be made at the different Space or contributors of the opposite Space.

    He additionally cited a ruling made by means of former RS Chairman R Venkataraman on April 15, 1987, by which he seen that “Nobody who isn’t a member of this Space may also be referred to within the Space in a derogatory method or in some other manner affecting his popularity”.

    The senior Congress chief stated even the query of privilege can’t be raised at once in a single space in opposition to contributors of the opposite Space.

    On this regard, he stated, a process has been laid down according to a file of Joint Sitting of Committees of Privileges of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha which used to be offered to each Homes on August 23, 1954 and later followed by means of the Homes in December, 1954.

    “As consistent with this process, when a query of breach of privilege or contempt of the Home is raised in both of the Space by which a member, officer or servant of the opposite Home is concerned, the process adopted is that the Presiding Officer of the Space by which the query of privilege is raised, refers the case to the Presiding Officer of the opposite Space”, Kharge stated.

    He stated he discussed this process to emphasize the sanctity of sovereignty of each and every Space of Parliament and its contributors.

    “Therefore bringing up and making remarks in regard to a member of the Decrease Space within the Higher Home is a gross violation of the time-honoured conventions. Useless to say, as Chairman of this august Space, your excellent self would respect the desire for adherence to well-established Parliamentary conventions and practices,” he stated.

    “In view of my aforementioned submissions, I request you to kindly expunge the remarks made by means of Sitharaman and Goyal vis-a-vis Smt Sonia Gandhi within the Space the previous day, 28 July, 2022. I additionally request that they comfortable their apology for his or her violation of sacrosanct conventions of the Space,” Kharge stated in his letter.

    On Thursday, the row over Chowdhury’s “rashtrapatni” statement escalated with the opposition birthday party accusing BJP MPs of subjecting its president to “brutal heckling, verbal attack and bodily intimidation” within the Lok Sabha.

    Hard an apology from the Congress president, the finance minister had stated Sonia Gandhi appointed Chowdhury because the chief in Lok Sabha to talk and he had insulted the President.

    NEW DELHI: Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, inquiring for him to expunge the remarks made by means of Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal on Sonia Gandhi within the Space.

    Kharge additionally demanded that the ministers must comfortable their apology for violating the conventions of the Space.

    His letter got here an afternoon after Sitharaman and Goyal attacked Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for his “rashtrapatni” statement whilst relating to President Droupadi Murmu.

    Each the ministers additionally hit out at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and demanded an apology from her.

    In his letter, Kharge stated as consistent with Parliamentary practices and conventions important remarks must now not be made at the different Space or contributors of the opposite Space.

    He additionally cited a ruling made by means of former RS Chairman R Venkataraman on April 15, 1987, by which he seen that “Nobody who isn’t a member of this Space may also be referred to within the Space in a derogatory method or in some other manner affecting his popularity”.

    The senior Congress chief stated even the query of privilege can’t be raised at once in a single space in opposition to contributors of the opposite Space.

    On this regard, he stated, a process has been laid down according to a file of Joint Sitting of Committees of Privileges of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha which used to be offered to each Homes on August 23, 1954 and later followed by means of the Homes in December, 1954.

    “As consistent with this process, when a query of breach of privilege or contempt of the Home is raised in both of the Space by which a member, officer or servant of the opposite Home is concerned, the process adopted is that the Presiding Officer of the Space by which the query of privilege is raised, refers the case to the Presiding Officer of the opposite Space”, Kharge stated.

    He stated he discussed this process to emphasize the sanctity of sovereignty of each and every Space of Parliament and its contributors.

    “Therefore bringing up and making remarks in regard to a member of the Decrease Space within the Higher Home is a gross violation of the time-honoured conventions. Useless to say, as Chairman of this august Space, your excellent self would respect the desire for adherence to well-established Parliamentary conventions and practices,” he stated.

    “In view of my aforementioned submissions, I request you to kindly expunge the remarks made by means of Sitharaman and Goyal vis-a-vis Smt Sonia Gandhi within the Space the previous day, 28 July, 2022. I additionally request that they comfortable their apology for his or her violation of sacrosanct conventions of the Space,” Kharge stated in his letter.

    On Thursday, the row over Chowdhury’s “rashtrapatni” statement escalated with the opposition birthday party accusing BJP MPs of subjecting its president to “brutal heckling, verbal attack and bodily intimidation” within the Lok Sabha.

    Hard an apology from the Congress president, the finance minister had stated Sonia Gandhi appointed Chowdhury because the chief in Lok Sabha to talk and he had insulted the President.

  • Presidential polls: Assembly of opposition leaders postponed to July 17, says Mallikarjun Kharge

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    KALABURAGI: The assembly of the leaders of like-minded opposition events scheduled to be hung on July 13 to talk about the methods to be followed for the Presidential Elections has been postponed to July 17, stated the chief of the opposition within the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge right here on Monday.

    Talking to media individuals, Kharge stated the date of the assembly has been postponed on account of the preoccupations of a number of opposition leaders. They’re going to sign up for the assembly for my part or thru on-line meetings or thru WhatsApp, he stated.

    Replying to a query, he stated JMM has now not but made its stand transparent. AAP has confident the previous leader minister of Maharashtra that it will strengthen the candidate of opposition events Yashwant Sinha. Janata Dal (S) has already introduced that it’ll decide on whom to strengthen in its Parliamentary Committee Assembly.  In spite of everything, successful or shedding within the Presidential Elections is secondary. It’s an ideological combat to give protection to the democracy within the nation. To offer protection to democracy within the nation, harmony a few of the opposition events is essential, he stated.

    Reacting to the political tendencies in Srilanka, the senior Congress chief stated that the tendencies within the neighboring nation Srilanka are unlucky. If there’s a just right rule in our neighboring nations, we might feel free. The Indian Executive has maintained just right members of the family with Srilanka for plenty of many years, he stated. Kharge stated that he would now not remark at the inside crises of Sri Lanka. Our nation will have to take care of just right members of the family with the democratically elected executive, he stated.

    When requested whether or not India too will face equivalent financial crises like that of Sri Lanka in long term, Kharge stated that he does now not need to examine the commercial eventualities of India with Sri Lanka. However his senior chief Rahul Gandhi and he himself have advised repeatedly that the commercial situation of India isn’t just right and inflation is on the upward thrust. We’ve got warned the Top Minister additionally. However he has now not stricken. Our nation will have to be informed classes from the happenings in Sri Lanka and Japan, he stated. Kharge stated that he nad his birthday party condemns the homicide of former Japan Top Minister Shinzo Abe. He used to be a just right guy and has given just right governance in Japan when he used to be the Top Minister, Kharge stated.

    The chief of opposition within the Rajya Sabha criticised the NDA executive as “anti-people.”

    “They introduced Ujwala Yojana. Now, what’s the destiny of the beneficiaries of the scheme? The union executive introduced Agnipath Yojana. What will have to the individuals who labored as Agniveers do after finishing touch in their tenure?” he wondered. 

  • Congress leaders meet President Kovind, lift ‘mistreatment’ of MPs via police officers

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    NEW DELHI: A delegation of senior Congress leaders on Monday met President Ram Nath Kovind and raised the problem of alleged ill-treatment of celebration MPs via police throughout their protest in opposition to the ED wondering of former celebration leader Rahul Gandhi.

    The leaders additionally raised the problem of the Agnipath scheme and stated that it must be rolled again.

    ALSO READ: Congress holds protest in Delhi in opposition to Agnipath scheme, wondering of Rahul Gandhi via ED

    The Congress delegation comprised Chief of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel, senior leaders P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ok C Venugopal.

    The leaders at the side of celebration MPs previous took out a unity march from Parliament Area to Vijay Chowk, the place they have been stopped via the Delhi Police.

  • Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee, Mallikarjun Kharge to adapt President consensus

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    NEW DELHI:  NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Wednesday fobbed off requests from a number of events to turn into the joint Opposition candidate for the approaching Presidential polls, at a two-hour assembly referred to as via Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee right here. Mamata set the ball rolling via proposing his identify and getting the concurrence of a number of others. However Pawar in a well mannered way declined.

    The assembly that had illustration from 18 Opposition events advised him to rethink his determination. However Pawar sought to place a lid on it, taking to his Twitter care for later to mention: “I sincerely respect the leaders of opposition events for suggesting my identify as a candidate for the election of the President of India, on the assembly.

    Then again, I love to state that I’ve humbly declined the proposal of my candidature.” The assembly followed a unanimous solution to box a not unusual Opposition candidate within the Presidential elections. It made up our minds to tentatively meet once more on June 21, knowledgeable CPI MP Binoy Viswam. Mamata, Pawar and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge have been accepted to seek the advice of different events to adapt a consensus at the topic.

    With Pawar shutting the door, assets mentioned Mamata urged the names of Nationwide Convention chief Farooq Abdullah and retired diplomat Gopalkrishna Gandhi for attention as selection applicants. The advice was once met with a stony silence, an opposition MP knowledgeable. Kharge mentioned his birthday celebration has no specific identify in thoughts however will sit down with others to play a optimistic function to reach at a consensus if Pawar continues declining the be offering.

    Mamata mentioned she’s going to seek the advice of different events that would now not make it to the assembly, like AAP, SAD, AIMIM, TRS and BJD. Parallelly, BJP chief Rajnath Singh referred to as up Opposition leaders like Kharge, Mamata and SP leader Akhilesh Yadav to construct a countrywide consensus at the Presidential elections. He additionally spoke to JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar.

    Assets mentioned Opposition leaders sought to understand the NDA nominee for the top publish. BJP leader J P Nadda, too labored the telephones, to achieve out to leaders of events just like the BJD, YSR Cong, JD(U), RJD, TRS, DMK and others with whom he’s has just right rapport.

    Too untimely to remark: Gandhi
    “It’s too untimely to remark,” Gopalkrishna Gandhi, mentioned when requested about his candidature. He’s the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and was once the consensus opposition pick out for Vice President in 2017

  • ‘Did not use pressure’: Delhi law enforcement officials brush aside claims of ‘atrocities’ towards Congress leaders, staff

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    NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday detained 459 Congress staff and senior leaders, together with Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Okay C Venugopal and Mallikarjun Kharge, for no longer following police instructions for the upkeep of regulation and order within the nationwide capital, officers stated.

    In addition they stated that allegations of manhandling, accidents to protesting Congress leaders right through police motion will probably be diligently appeared into.

    Masses of Congress staff in Delhi took to the streets and a number of other senior leaders have been detained amid an enormous display of power via the get together which had referred to as for the Satyagraha march towards the ED’s wondering of Rahul Gandhi in a money-laundering probe connected to the Nationwide Usher in newspaper.

    The opposition get together alleged that a few of its leaders have been manhandled via the police and lashed out on the govt for “no longer permitting” non violent protests.

    Regardless of being denied permission, Congress accumulated for the protest in numerous portions of Delhi on Monday.

    They have been detained from the Akbar Street, the place the Congress headquarter is positioned, Q Level APJ Kalam Street and Guy Sing Street and brought to the Mandir Marg, Tughlak Street and Fatehpur Beri police stations respectively.

    On the other hand, police stated that access of 100 senior leaders and team of workers of the All India Congress Committee used to be allowed into the get together headquarters in the course of the Akbar Street and Maulana Azad Street roundabout whose listing used to be to be equipped prematurely.

    ALSO READ | Nationwide Usher in case: Best Congress leaders, staff march in unity with Rahul Gandhi

    The Delhi Police stated 15 Lok Sabha MPs, together with Chief of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, 11 Rajya Sabha contributors, together with Okay C Venugopal and Chief of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, 5 MLAs of various states and get together functionaries have been a few of the 459 other people detained within the New Delhi district for no longer following lawful instructions of police for repairs of regulation and order.

    All girl staff and functionaries of the Congress detained via the police were launched and appropriate prison motion is being taken towards those that violated orders promulgated beneath CrPC segment 144, a senior police professional stated.

    “Court cases were won about accidents to Congress leaders and staff right through police motion. However no such incident of use of pressure via police came about as consistent with our wisdom and no MLC case has been reported up to now,” stated Sagar Preet Hooda, the Particular Commissioner of Police (Regulation and Order, Zone -II Delhi).

    “Nonetheless, if there are allegations of a few manhandling right through the detention the similar will diligently be appeared into for suitable motion,” he stated.

    In step with the police observation, ok preparations have been remodeled apprehensions that an enormous amassing of Congress leaders and staff would possibly disturb the safety and security of the VIPs, ED place of work its officials, neighbouring workplaces, flats and the general public, and so forth.

    “CrPC segment 144 is already in pressure with impact from Might 24 this 12 months within the space thereby prohibiting the keeping of any public assembly, processions and demonstration,” it stated.

    The AICC secretary, in a letter to the police, had confident {that a} crowd won’t accompany Rahul Gandhi to the ED place of work.

    However once Gandhi left 24 Akbar Street for the ED place of work, Congress leaders, functionaries and staff accompanied him within the type of a procession, the observation stated.

    Rahul Gandhi used to be wondered for over 9 hours via the Enforcement Directorate in a money-laundering probe connected to the Nationwide Usher in newspaper and used to be referred to as to depose once more on Tuesday, as his get together protested around the nation, alleging that the Centre used to be concentrated on the Opposition via misusing businesses.

    Gandhi, who seemed ahead of a central probe company for the primary time for wondering, arrived on the ED place of work at 11.10 am on Monday accompanied via a battery of leaders together with sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and escorted via armed CRPF team of workers.

    He used to be given an 80-minute wreck within the afternoon and used to be on the ED place of work until previous 10 pm.

    Masses of Congress staff in Delhi and state capitals took to the streets and a number of other senior leaders, together with Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Randeep Surjewala and Okay C Venugopal, have been detained right here amid an enormous display of power via the get together which had referred to as for the Satyagraha march towards the ED summons.

    The important opposition get together alleged that the Delhi police made a “murderous assault” on its chief Venugopal and others, with former house minister P Chidambaram and Pramod Tiwari maintaining hairline rib fracture.

    ALSO READ | ‘Congress welcomed ED grilling of Abhishek Banerjee, it must achieve this for Rahul’: Trinamool

    Lashing out on the govt for “no longer permitting”‘ non violent protest, Congress leaders stated they wouldn’t kowtow to the Modi govt and vowed to proceed their agitation.

    The BJP hit again on the Congress, accusing its leaders of striking force at the ED, supporting corruption and protective the alleged belongings value Rs 2,000 crore of the Gandhi circle of relatives.

    Noting that no one is above the regulation “no longer even Rahul Gandhi”, BJP chief and Union Minister Smriti Irani claimed that by no means ahead of this kind of blatant try used to be made via a political circle of relatives to carry a probe company to ransom to give protection to its “ill-gotten” belongings.

    Gandhi, 51, went from the get together headquarters on Akbar Street to the ED place of work in central Delhi a couple of kilometres away in a convoy of 7 vehicles after strolling for far together with his supporters.

    After about two-and-a-half hours, he left the ED place of work for a lunch wreck right through which he met his mom Sonia Gandhi on the Gangaram Health center, the place she has been admitted, and returned at 3.30 pm.

    Officers stated the wondering on Monday endured way past 9 pm and he has been requested to look ahead of the ED once more on Tuesday.

    The previous Congress president, a Z+ class protectee of the CRPF after the Union govt withdrew the Gandhi circle of relatives’s SPG duvet in 2019, is anticipated to jot down down his observation, professional assets stated.

    Prohibitory orders have been imposed in portions of central Delhi that have been closely barricaded.

    The ED is recording the observation of the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad in Kerala beneath legal sections of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).

    The probe is expounded to alleged monetary irregularities within the party-promoted Younger Indian that owns the Nationwide Usher in newspaper, revealed via the Related Journals Restricted (AJL).

    Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are a few of the promoters and shareholders of Younger Indian.

    Rahul Gandhi is anticipated to be grilled in regards to the incorporation of the Younger Indian corporate, the operations of the Nationwide Usher in and the fund switch throughout the information media established order.

    “We don’t seem to be scared. The Modi govt must be ashamed that they’ve became central Delhi right into a citadel simply because our chief goes to the ED together with his supporters,” Indian Formative years Congress President Srinivas BV instructed PTI close to the ED place of work simply ahead of he used to be detained via the police.

    Tempers rose because the day advanced with scenes of slogan shouting and Congress staff leaping barricades and resisting makes an attempt via police to detain them.

    Slogans akin to “down down BJP”, and “we would like justice” rang out in towns akin to Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Guwahati, Jammu, Dehradun and Jaipur.

    The get together claimed it used to be beginning Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Satyagraha’, non violent resistance, once more with the march towards the Modi govt.

    A bunch of Congress leaders spoke out at the alleged harassment.

    In a observation, the Delhi Police stated that 15 contributors of Lok Sabha together with Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, 11 contributors of Rajya Sabha together with KC Venugopal and chief of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, 5 MLAs of various state assemblies and different functionaries have been a few of the overall of 459 detained within the New Delhi district for no longer following lawful instructions of police for repairs of regulation and order.

    All girl staff and functionaries detained via police were launched, it stated.

    “Some proceedings were won at Tughlak Street police station of New Delhi referring to accidents to congress leaders and staff right through police motion however no such incident of use of pressure via police came about as consistent with our wisdom and no MLC case has been reported up to now,” stated Sagar Preet Hooda, Particular Commissioner of Police (Regulation and Order, Zone -II Delhi).

    “Nonetheless, if there are allegations of a few manhandling or so right through the detention, the similar will diligently be appeared into for suitable motion,” he stated.

    Rajasthan Leader Minister Gehlot alleged that the federal government used to be misusing central probe businesses and this used to be not anything however “political vendetta”.

    “All leaders from Kerala to Kashmir are being focused. Democracy is being throttled and we oppose it strongly,” Baghel stated.

    Requested whether or not the get together would level a identical display of power on June 23 when Sonia Gandhi has been requested to look ahead of ED, Gehlot stated, “The Congress is competent to maintain the location”.

    “This can be a struggle for democracy. The federal government is attempting to muzzle the voices of opposition leaders,” added former Uttarakhand leader minister Harish Rawat.

    “Now, a satyagraha will happen at each and every nook,”” he added.

    Surjewala stated Congress leaders had completed not anything fallacious and alleged that “Godse’s descendants worry from the reality they usually will be unable to suppress the reality”.

    Forward of Rahul Gandhi’s look ahead of the ED, brother-in-law Robert Vadra got here out in his make stronger and expressed self assurance that he can be exonerated from all “baseless accusations”.

    “I consider the reality will be successful and this harassment of the present dispensation won’t have the impact they want,” he added.

    The Congress get together stated in a press convention within the morning that every one fund actions on this case have been authentic.

    In April, the company wondered senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Pawan Bansal as a part of the investigation.

    ALSO READ | ‘ED’s wondering of Rahul Gandhi is political vendetta’: Best Congress leaders hit out at Centre

    The wondering of the senior Congress leaders and the Gandhis is a part of the investigation to know the shareholding development, monetary transactions and function of the promoters of Younger Indian and AJL, officers had stated.

    The ED not too long ago registered a recent case beneath the legal provisions of the PMLA after an ordeal court docket right here took cognisance of an Source of revenue Tax Division probe towards Younger Indian Pvt Ltd at the foundation of a personal legal grievance filed via BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in 2013.

    Swamy had accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate finances with Younger Indian Pvt Ltd paying simplest Rs 50 lakh to acquire the precise to get better Rs 90.25 crore that Affiliate Journals Ltd owed to the Congress.

    The Delhi Prime Court docket in February closing 12 months issued a understand to the Gandhis for his or her reaction to Swamy’s plea in search of to steer proof within the subject ahead of the trial court docket.

    The Gandhis had secured separate bails from the court docket in 2015 when they furnished non-public bonds of Rs 50,000 and one surety.

    They contended within the Delhi Prime Court docket that the plea via Swamy used to be “misconceived and untimely”.

    The opposite accused within the case filed via Swamy are shut Gandhi aides Suman Dubey and technocrat Sam Pitroda.

    (With PTI Inputs)

  • Mallikarjun Kharge, Bhupesh Baghel appointed observers forward of Rajya Sabha polls

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    NEW DELHI: Forward of the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed senior celebration leaders, together with Mallikarjun Kharge and Bhupesh Baghel, as observers.

    Whilst Kharge has been made the observer for Maharashtra, Baghel and Rajeev Shukla had been made observers for Haryana, and Pawan Kumar Bansal and T S Singh Deo for Rajasthan.

    The Congress is looking for to make sure that its applicants win the Rajya Sabha (RS) elections in Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, whilst the BJP has put its weight at the back of unbiased applicants in Haryana and Rajasthan.

    AICC basic secretary Ajay Maken is the Congress candidate from Haryana, the place two seats have fallen vacant.

    The Congress and the BJP are more likely to get one seat every, however the BJP has sponsored media baron Kartikeya Sharma as an unbiased.

    Sharma is the son of Venod Sharma and son-in-law of former Haryana Speaker Kuldeep Sharma.

    Each are thought to be on the subject of former Haryana leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

    Congress wishes 31 votes to win the seat and has as many MLAs.

    The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) is banking on cross-voting.

    For the 4 Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, the Congress has fielded 3 applicants — Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari.

    Whilst Congress is bound to get two seats, it wishes 15 extra votes to win the 3rd seat of Tiwari.

    The BJP has fielded its former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari, and sponsored media baron Subhash Chandra as an unbiased for the second one seat.

    In Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena and the BJP will struggle it out for the 6th seat of Rajya Sabha as not one of the seven applicants within the fray — 4 of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and 3 of the BJP — withdrew their nominations on Friday.

    The Congress has additionally fielded every other candidate Mansoor Ali Khan in Karnataka, the place the election shall be hung on June 10 for 4 seats.

    Jairam Ramesh is the opposite Congress candidate.

    The Congress is anticipating 3 seats in Rajasthan and the BJP is anticipating one in all its personal and is supporting an unbiased and Subhash Chandra for the fourth seat.

    In the meantime, just about 70 Congress MLAs from Rajasthan are tenting at a resort in Udaipur forward of the Rajya Sabha elections to the 4 seats by which the celebration fears horse-trading via the opposition BJP, celebration resources stated.

    The Congress, with its 108 MLAs within the state meeting, is about to win two seats.

    After successful the 2 seats, the celebration may have 26 surplus votes, 15 in need of the specified 41 to win the 3rd seat.

    Then again, the BJP has 71 MLAs within the state meeting and is about to win one seat and then it is going to be left with 30 surplus votes.

    The Congress has additionally shifted its MLAs in Haryana to a hotel in Raipur in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh.

    Of the 57 vacancies in Rajya Sabha, 41 applicants in 11 states have thus far been elected unopposed.

    The elections shall be held for 16 seats in 4 states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana and Karnataka.

  • Chintan Shivir vital for Congress to take corrective measures: Mallikarjun Kharge

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    Senior Congress chief and Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha M Mallikarjun Kharge instructed 
    Bansy Kalappa and Ramu Patil that more than a few facets associated with the celebration together with corrective measures required to be taken and a road-map for the celebration can be mentioned all the way through the three-day “Chintan Shivir” in Udaipur from Would possibly 13. This can be attended via best leaders of the celebration from throughout India. Excerpts of the interview:

    How vital is Chintan Shivir? Are we able to be expecting any main choices?

    Chintan Shivir is vital for Congress to take corrective measures and come to a decision a avenue map forward. We’re analysing in-depth the explanations for our disasters and shortcomings all the way through the new elections. We’re having a look in any respect facets, and in keeping with the research, we can come to a decision the longer term plan of action. Our management is in a position to taking suitable choices at an acceptable time.

    How are you going to consider fresh meeting ballot effects as you get ready to stand polls in Gujarat, HP, Karnataka and MP forward?

    Our celebration is analysing what are the standards that led to the defeat within the states. This may also be mentioned within the Chintan Shivir. All leaders from all states are attending the Chintan Shivir. We can take those problems critically. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has spoken to Pradesh Congress Committees (PCC) presidents and Congress Legislature Celebration (CLP) leaders, and brought appropriate motion. Adjustments were made in positive states. As and when problems arise within the celebration discussion board we can take motion suitably.

    What does Congress wish to do to come back to energy in 2024? When will the organisational elections be held?

    So far as coming to energy in 2024 is anxious, we will have to reveal the lies and faux propaganda of the BJP with fact. And I’m hoping the media performs an independent function on this as a result of in the previous couple of years a piece of the media has acted like spokespersons of the BJP. I’m hoping the media stands via the reality and exposes lies.We will have to pass to village-to-village, door-to-door, and individual to individual, and reveal misdeeds of the BJP executive around the nation, and likewise beef up the organizational construction at grassroots stage via bringing in additional early life and ladies. The organisational elections have been intended to be held in 2020, however everyone knows that the ultimate two years were very tricky as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The method of organizational elections can be finished via September.

    What took place to Prashant Kishor becoming a member of the Congress Celebration?

    The Congress celebration unanimously and democratically reposed their collective religion within the management of Sonia Gandhi on the ultimate All Indian Congress Committee (AICC) meet. The selections of the celebration are taken jointly via the celebration contributors and they’re all at the back of our leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. They have got led the celebration via tricky occasions and made the most important private sacrifices. And all the celebration believes that most effective Rahul Gandhi can problem the bigotry and hate politics of Narendra Modi. Prashant Kishor himself has praised Sonia Gandhiji for her management. He made positive ideas which might be thought to be accurately on the proper time. Becoming a member of the Congress celebration via him is a private subject. Prashanth Kishor is a qualified guide and he has presented his products and services for the Congress Celebration. Now we have taken his consultancy critically. He desires to proceed as a qualified, and we respect his choice.

    Amrinder Singh as opposed to Navjot Singh Sidhu value the Congress the state of Punjab. Will Siddaramaiah as opposed to DK Shivakumar value you Karnataka in 2023? 

    Differing perspectives need to be solved democratically — via discussion and dialogue. In BJP, each unmarried individual is pressured to worship the PM, and no person dares say a phrase towards his choices, fearing penalties. Coming to the purpose of variations affecting election results, election effects are decided via many elements. Some other folks would possibly select to head for greener pastures eyeing ministerial berths or underneath drive. That is Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru’s celebration, and we can steadfastly consider in democracy. I be mindful Baba Saheb Ambedkar in his ultimate speech within the Constituent Meeting had stated; “Bhakti in faith could also be a avenue to the salvation of the soul. However in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a certain avenue to degradation and to eventual dictatorship.

    NCP president Sharad Pawar is looking for a bigger secular alliance towards BJP. Your perspectives?

    He’s proper. The desire of the hour is for all democratic secular events to come back along with Congress in defeating the divisive and communal schedule of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) which is being unfold like wildfire. We can additionally attempt to carry different events who’re prepared to combat communal forces to give protection to democracy and the Charter.