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  • Whiff of ‘mini Op Lotus’ in Madhya Pradesh forward of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra

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    BHOPAL: Political circles in Madhya Pradesh are abuzz with speculations that the BJP is making plans a ‘mini Operation Lotus’ towards the Congress prior to or all through Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra within the state.

    In step with resources, 8-10 Congress MLAs, together with 4 Brahmin politicians from Bundelkhand and Malwa, and a veteran from central MP, are involved with the BJP. Whilst one in all them comes from a circle of relatives with ties to the BJP, any other is a businessman-turned-politician who was once previous a BJP MLA.

    Assets say that they’re mulling a transfer as they concern that they might be a number of the 25-30 Congress MLAs who is also denied tickets within the Meeting polls subsequent yr because of loss of efficiency and declining recognition. As according to resources, some Congress MLAs are involved with BJP thru mining baron-turned-MLA Sanjay Pathak, who was once previous within the Congress.

    Whilst keeping up that many Congress MLAs are involved with BJP, state’s City Building Minister Bhupendra Singh performed down speculations that the birthday celebration is making plans to poach Congress leaders all through Rahul’s Yatra in MP.

    Then again, resources in Congress say that over 20 BJP MLAs, who concern being sidelined by means of the saffron birthday celebration within the subsequent polls, are making plans an go out. Maximum of them are loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia who concern getting dropped by means of BJP, but even so a couple of from Mahakoshal, who’ve been with regards to Kamal Nath for years.

    As according to a BJP chief, the birthday celebration would possibly not plan any defection from the Congress all through the Yatra as it is going to cause a retaliatory transfer with the assistance of some disgruntled MLAs throughout the birthday celebration.

    State Congress president Kamal Nath additionally broached the problem on Monday, announcing, “Many BJP MLAs, who’re fearful of no longer being fielded in Meeting polls, are involved with us.  However we will be able to give precedence to our organisation.” Congress MLA from Bhitarwar (Gwalior) Lakhan Singh Yadav and Chief of Opposition Dr Govind Singh had previous made equivalent statements.

    Responding to Nath’s remarks, state House Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday stated, “Each time he (Nath) has claimed that BJP MLAs are involved with the Congress, his personal birthday celebration has disintegrated. He’s improper if he thinks that BJP won’t give him a powerful answer if he makes an attempt any misadventure.”

    BHOPAL: Political circles in Madhya Pradesh are abuzz with speculations that the BJP is making plans a ‘mini Operation Lotus’ towards the Congress prior to or all through Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra within the state.

    In step with resources, 8-10 Congress MLAs, together with 4 Brahmin politicians from Bundelkhand and Malwa, and a veteran from central MP, are involved with the BJP. Whilst one in all them comes from a circle of relatives with ties to the BJP, any other is a businessman-turned-politician who was once previous a BJP MLA.

    Assets say that they’re mulling a transfer as they concern that they might be a number of the 25-30 Congress MLAs who is also denied tickets within the Meeting polls subsequent yr because of loss of efficiency and declining recognition. As according to resources, some Congress MLAs are involved with BJP thru mining baron-turned-MLA Sanjay Pathak, who was once previous within the Congress.

    Whilst keeping up that many Congress MLAs are involved with BJP, state’s City Building Minister Bhupendra Singh performed down speculations that the birthday celebration is making plans to poach Congress leaders all through Rahul’s Yatra in MP.

    Then again, resources in Congress say that over 20 BJP MLAs, who concern being sidelined by means of the saffron birthday celebration within the subsequent polls, are making plans an go out. Maximum of them are loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia who concern getting dropped by means of BJP, but even so a couple of from Mahakoshal, who’ve been with regards to Kamal Nath for years.

    As according to a BJP chief, the birthday celebration would possibly not plan any defection from the Congress all through the Yatra as it is going to cause a retaliatory transfer with the assistance of some disgruntled MLAs throughout the birthday celebration.

    State Congress president Kamal Nath additionally broached the problem on Monday, announcing, “Many BJP MLAs, who’re fearful of no longer being fielded in Meeting polls, are involved with us.  However we will be able to give precedence to our organisation.” Congress MLA from Bhitarwar (Gwalior) Lakhan Singh Yadav and Chief of Opposition Dr Govind Singh had previous made equivalent statements.

    Responding to Nath’s remarks, state House Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday stated, “Each time he (Nath) has claimed that BJP MLAs are involved with the Congress, his personal birthday celebration has disintegrated. He’s improper if he thinks that BJP won’t give him a powerful answer if he makes an attempt any misadventure.”

  • AAP accuses Governor of operating at behest of BJP to enforce ‘Operation Lotus’ in Punjab

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    CHANDIGARH: Bhagwant Mann-led AAP govt hit again at Governor Banwarilal Purohit accusing him of performing on the behest of the BJP to enforce “Operation Lotus” in Punjab.

    Punjab power minister Aman Arora additionally alleged that in puts the place BJP isn’t in energy, governors had been assigned tasks to behave because the opposition and enforce BJP’s agendas to stop the ruling govt from functioning. He added that the governor’s notices to the AAP govt are combating the celebration to serve as freely as in keeping with the charter of India.

    Arora stated that “up to now 75 years, no president or Governor has ever requested for the listing of legislative trade ahead of calling the consultation. This is occurring for the primary time for the reason that Punjab Governor is obviously operating in cahoots with BJP and Congress to weaken the democratic gadget and forestall the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) govt from operating for the welfare of the average humans.”

    He additionally identified that the Lieutenant Governor Delhi is combating AAP from operating in Delhi and in Punjab, BJP has assigned this task to Punjab Governor. They’re frightened of the rising approval for AAP and need to prevent the celebration whatsoever from elevating pro-people problems.”

    Previous, the governor shot off a letter to Leader Minister Bhagwan Mann mentioning that his criminal advisors weren’t briefing him adequately.

    The commentary learn, “After studying your statements, it sounds as if to me that possibly you’re ‘an excessive amount of’ indignant with me. I feel your criminal advisors don’t seem to be briefing you adequately. In all probability your opinion about me will for sure trade after studying the provisions of Articles 167 and 168 of the charter, which I’m quoting on your able reference.”

    “Whilst Article 167 states that it can be the obligation of the Leader Minister of every state to keep up a correspondence to the Governor all choices of the council of ministers when it comes to the management of the affairs of the state and suggestions for regulation,” it mentioned.

    CHANDIGARH: Bhagwant Mann-led AAP govt hit again at Governor Banwarilal Purohit accusing him of performing on the behest of the BJP to enforce “Operation Lotus” in Punjab.

    Punjab power minister Aman Arora additionally alleged that in puts the place BJP isn’t in energy, governors had been assigned tasks to behave because the opposition and enforce BJP’s agendas to stop the ruling govt from functioning. He added that the governor’s notices to the AAP govt are combating the celebration to serve as freely as in keeping with the charter of India.

    Arora stated that “up to now 75 years, no president or Governor has ever requested for the listing of legislative trade ahead of calling the consultation. This is occurring for the primary time for the reason that Punjab Governor is obviously operating in cahoots with BJP and Congress to weaken the democratic gadget and forestall the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) govt from operating for the welfare of the average humans.”

    He additionally identified that the Lieutenant Governor Delhi is combating AAP from operating in Delhi and in Punjab, BJP has assigned this task to Punjab Governor. They’re frightened of the rising approval for AAP and need to prevent the celebration whatsoever from elevating pro-people problems.”

    Previous, the governor shot off a letter to Leader Minister Bhagwan Mann mentioning that his criminal advisors weren’t briefing him adequately.

    The commentary learn, “After studying your statements, it sounds as if to me that possibly you’re ‘an excessive amount of’ indignant with me. I feel your criminal advisors don’t seem to be briefing you adequately. In all probability your opinion about me will for sure trade after studying the provisions of Articles 167 and 168 of the charter, which I’m quoting on your able reference.”

    “Whilst Article 167 states that it can be the obligation of the Leader Minister of every state to keep up a correspondence to the Governor all choices of the council of ministers when it comes to the management of the affairs of the state and suggestions for regulation,” it mentioned.

  • Punjab: AAP legislators take out march in opposition to cancellation of particular Meeting consultation

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    CHANDIGARH: AAP legislators on Thursday took out a march in protest in opposition to the cancellation of the particular consultation of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha right here.

    Sporting placards with messages of “Prevent homicide of democracy” and “Operation Lotus murdabad”, the birthday celebration MLAs slammed the Congress and the BJP for allegedly being hand in glove and dealing in opposition to retaining the particular consultation of the state meeting.

    Alternatively, the AAP legislators had been stopped from transferring towards the Governor’s place of dwelling. Police had publish barricades round one km from the Vidhan Sabha advanced.

    The protesting MLAs sat down the place they had been stopped and began shouting slogans in opposition to the Congress and BJP. No state minister was once noticed taking part within the protest.

    The verdict to take out the march was once taken after Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann chaired a gathering of AAP legislators at Vidhan Sabha advanced Thursday morning to make a decision the following plan of action after cancellation of the particular consultation.

    The AAP legislators additionally hit out at Governor Banwarilal Purohit for chickening out his previous order of calling the particular consultation on Thursday.

    “It (now not permitting a unique consultation) is totally unjustified. The state executive can name the meeting consultation,” stated Lambi MLA Gurmeet Singh Khudian. He alleged that the Governor “on the behest of higher-ups” made up our minds to cancel the consultation. “The BJP is doing improper and democracy is in peril,” Khudian alleged.

    Moga MLA Amandeep Kaur instructed PTI that previous permission of summoning the meeting consultation was once given and it was once cancelled via the Governor later.

    Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh too dubbed the governor’s transfer because the homicide of democracy. He additionally spoke in opposition to the BJP’s alleged Operation Lotus, announcing the saffron birthday celebration was once looking to topple governments via providing cash.

    In a humiliation to the AAP executive in Punjab, the Governor had on Wednesday thwarted the Bhagwant Mann-led regime’s plan to summon a unique meeting consultation to deliver a self assurance movement.

    The Governor withdrew an previous order calling the particular consultation on Thursday, announcing it had sought felony opinion after the Congress and the BJP approached the Raj Bhavan arguing that the Area laws didn’t permit it.

    Whilst the AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann slammed the Governor for now not permitting the meeting consultation, announcing it raises a large query at the nation’s democracy, the opposition events hailed Purohit for fighting the federal government from “sabotaging the constitutional and legislative practices and procedures”.

    The AAP executive in Punjab had sought the consultation to deliver a self assurance movement, days after it accused the BJP of looking to topple its executive.

    The AAP had just lately claimed that a minimum of 10 of its MLAs had been approached via the BJP with an be offering of Rs 25 crore to every of them in a bid to topple the six-month-old executive beneath its ‘Operation Lotus’.

    CHANDIGARH: AAP legislators on Thursday took out a march in protest in opposition to the cancellation of the particular consultation of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha right here.

    Sporting placards with messages of “Prevent homicide of democracy” and “Operation Lotus murdabad”, the birthday celebration MLAs slammed the Congress and the BJP for allegedly being hand in glove and dealing in opposition to retaining the particular consultation of the state meeting.

    Alternatively, the AAP legislators had been stopped from transferring towards the Governor’s place of dwelling. Police had publish barricades round one km from the Vidhan Sabha advanced.

    The protesting MLAs sat down the place they had been stopped and began shouting slogans in opposition to the Congress and BJP. No state minister was once noticed taking part within the protest.

    The verdict to take out the march was once taken after Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann chaired a gathering of AAP legislators at Vidhan Sabha advanced Thursday morning to make a decision the following plan of action after cancellation of the particular consultation.

    The AAP legislators additionally hit out at Governor Banwarilal Purohit for chickening out his previous order of calling the particular consultation on Thursday.

    “It (now not permitting a unique consultation) is totally unjustified. The state executive can name the meeting consultation,” stated Lambi MLA Gurmeet Singh Khudian. He alleged that the Governor “on the behest of higher-ups” made up our minds to cancel the consultation. “The BJP is doing improper and democracy is in peril,” Khudian alleged.

    Moga MLA Amandeep Kaur instructed PTI that previous permission of summoning the meeting consultation was once given and it was once cancelled via the Governor later.

    Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh too dubbed the governor’s transfer because the homicide of democracy. He additionally spoke in opposition to the BJP’s alleged Operation Lotus, announcing the saffron birthday celebration was once looking to topple governments via providing cash.

    In a humiliation to the AAP executive in Punjab, the Governor had on Wednesday thwarted the Bhagwant Mann-led regime’s plan to summon a unique meeting consultation to deliver a self assurance movement.

    The Governor withdrew an previous order calling the particular consultation on Thursday, announcing it had sought felony opinion after the Congress and the BJP approached the Raj Bhavan arguing that the Area laws didn’t permit it.

    Whilst the AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann slammed the Governor for now not permitting the meeting consultation, announcing it raises a large query at the nation’s democracy, the opposition events hailed Purohit for fighting the federal government from “sabotaging the constitutional and legislative practices and procedures”.

    The AAP executive in Punjab had sought the consultation to deliver a self assurance movement, days after it accused the BJP of looking to topple its executive.

    The AAP had just lately claimed that a minimum of 10 of its MLAs had been approached via the BJP with an be offering of Rs 25 crore to every of them in a bid to topple the six-month-old executive beneath its ‘Operation Lotus’.

  • ‘Solution the questions’: AAP hits again after BJP’s ‘megalomaniac’ jibe at Arvind Kejriwal 

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Celebration on Sunday hit again on the BJP after it referred to as Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal a “megalomaniac”, announcing the saffron birthday celebration will have to solution questions raised through the AAP leader relatively than deploying what it referred to as have been diversionary techniques.

    “Idhar udhar ki baat na karein.(Do not deploy diversionary techniques.) Solution the questions,” the AAP’s nationwide spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh advised a press convention right here, attacking the BJP.

    He alleged the BJP has “poached” 285 MLAs of different events and toppled governments in numerous states below ‘Operation Lotus’ thus far.

    “The BJP will have to inform the country how a lot black cash it spent on buying, kidnapping and breaking 285 MLAs clear of their events around the nation,” Singh mentioned, asking should not ‘Operation Lotus’ be probed through the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.

    The stinging response got here after the BJP referred to as Kejriwal a “megalomaniac” following his allegation AAP leaders have been being focused because the BJP fears defeat in Gujarat elections later this 12 months.

    On the BJP press convention, its spokesperson Sambit Patra alleged the AAP is resorting to the “outdated drama” it unleashes sooner than each and every election that “others have been rattled because the AAP was once successful”.

    Sanjay Singh’s press convention got here in reaction.

    “It’s glaring for the BJP to get unnerved after seeing this kind of large conclave of the AAP’s elected representatives right here.”

    “As an alternative of responding to the problems raised on the conclave, the BJP’s Sambit Patra did baseless talks at his press convention,” he charged.

    “I wish to ask some particular inquiries to Patra, although they could pinch him. The BJP will have to inform the country how a lot of the black cash it has spent to buy, kidnap and ruin 285 MLAs clear of their events around the nation,” Singh mentioned.

    “The BJP will have to additionally divulge the supply of the cash spent in this.”

    Singh additionally alleged the BJP gained “a lower” when the Modi executive “waived billionaires’ loans price crores”, and demanded the birthday celebration inform the country ‘how much cash it were given as fee”.

    Singh alleged the BJP has been looking to body Delhi Deputy Leader Minister Manish Sisodia and different AAP leaders in “false circumstances” of corruption to prevent the Arvind Kejriwal-led birthday celebration in Gujarat whilst its ‘Operation Lotus’ failed “in toppling the AAP executive in Delhi and Punjab”.

    He mentioned the AAP leaders had been “acquitted through courts in 135 circumstances out of a complete 169 registered” in opposition to them all through the BJP regime.

    “I wish to ask the BJP and Sambit Pratra if Top Minister Narendra Modi, House Minister Amit Shah and your birthday celebration president J P Nadda will have to apologise to those AAP leaders or no longer,” Singh mentioned.

    Singh alleged the BJP has left no stone unturned in its bid to “spoil” the AAP.

    “However the AAP’s caravan isn’t going to prevent. The AAP goes to copy the historical past that it made in Delhi as individuals are status through the birthday celebration and Kejriwal,” he claimed.

    NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Celebration on Sunday hit again on the BJP after it referred to as Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal a “megalomaniac”, announcing the saffron birthday celebration will have to solution questions raised through the AAP leader relatively than deploying what it referred to as have been diversionary techniques.

    “Idhar udhar ki baat na karein.(Do not deploy diversionary techniques.) Solution the questions,” the AAP’s nationwide spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh advised a press convention right here, attacking the BJP.

    He alleged the BJP has “poached” 285 MLAs of different events and toppled governments in numerous states below ‘Operation Lotus’ thus far.

    “The BJP will have to inform the country how a lot black cash it spent on buying, kidnapping and breaking 285 MLAs clear of their events around the nation,” Singh mentioned, asking should not ‘Operation Lotus’ be probed through the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.

    The stinging response got here after the BJP referred to as Kejriwal a “megalomaniac” following his allegation AAP leaders have been being focused because the BJP fears defeat in Gujarat elections later this 12 months.

    On the BJP press convention, its spokesperson Sambit Patra alleged the AAP is resorting to the “outdated drama” it unleashes sooner than each and every election that “others have been rattled because the AAP was once successful”.

    Sanjay Singh’s press convention got here in reaction.

    “It’s glaring for the BJP to get unnerved after seeing this kind of large conclave of the AAP’s elected representatives right here.”

    “As an alternative of responding to the problems raised on the conclave, the BJP’s Sambit Patra did baseless talks at his press convention,” he charged.

    “I wish to ask some particular inquiries to Patra, although they could pinch him. The BJP will have to inform the country how a lot of the black cash it has spent to buy, kidnap and ruin 285 MLAs clear of their events around the nation,” Singh mentioned.

    “The BJP will have to additionally divulge the supply of the cash spent in this.”

    Singh additionally alleged the BJP gained “a lower” when the Modi executive “waived billionaires’ loans price crores”, and demanded the birthday celebration inform the country ‘how much cash it were given as fee”.

    Singh alleged the BJP has been looking to body Delhi Deputy Leader Minister Manish Sisodia and different AAP leaders in “false circumstances” of corruption to prevent the Arvind Kejriwal-led birthday celebration in Gujarat whilst its ‘Operation Lotus’ failed “in toppling the AAP executive in Delhi and Punjab”.

    He mentioned the AAP leaders had been “acquitted through courts in 135 circumstances out of a complete 169 registered” in opposition to them all through the BJP regime.

    “I wish to ask the BJP and Sambit Pratra if Top Minister Narendra Modi, House Minister Amit Shah and your birthday celebration president J P Nadda will have to apologise to those AAP leaders or no longer,” Singh mentioned.

    Singh alleged the BJP has left no stone unturned in its bid to “spoil” the AAP.

    “However the AAP’s caravan isn’t going to prevent. The AAP goes to copy the historical past that it made in Delhi as individuals are status through the birthday celebration and Kejriwal,” he claimed.

  • ‘BJP’s Operation Lotus in Jharkhand uncovered’: Congress after 3 MLAs stuck with money

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress has accused the BJP of seeking to topple its coalition govt in Jharkhand after 3 MLAS had been stuck allegedly with an enormous sum of money in West Bengal’s Howrah, pronouncing the saffron birthday celebration’s recreation plan is to do in Jharkhand what they did in Maharashtra.

    Performing on a tip-off, police on Saturday intercepted an SUV by which Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari had been travelling on nationwide highway-16 at Ranihati in Howrah and allegedly discovered an enormous sum of money within the automobile.

    Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh stated on Twitter on Saturday that “The BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ in Jharkhand stands uncovered this night in Howrah. The sport plan of ‘Hum Do’ in Delhi is to do in Jharkhand what they did in Maharashtra by way of putting in E-D duo.”

    After revolt Sena chief Eknath Shinde used to be sworn in because the Maharashtra leader minister lately, the Congress had hit out on the BJP for shooting energy “unethically” The Jharkhand Congress additionally claimed that the large sum of money used to be a part of a conspiracy by way of the BJP to topple the Hemant Soren govt, of which this can be a phase at the side of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal.

    Howrah Superintendent of Police (Rural) Swati Bhangalia had stated, “We had explicit inputs that a large sum of money used to be being transported in a black automobile. We began checking the automobiles and intercepted this SUV by which 3 Jharkhand MLAs had been travelling. An enormous sum of money used to be discovered within the automobile.”

    “Money counting machines are being introduced in to establish the entire quantity. The MLAs also are being puzzled concerning the supply of the cash and the place it used to be being taken to,” she added.

    But even so the MLAs, there have been two people within the SUV, which carried a board citing “MLA Jamtara Jharkhand” at the side of the Congress’ election image, police stated.

    Ansari is the MLA of Jamtara, whilst Kachchap is the legislator of Khijri in Ranchi district and Kongari is the MLA of Kolebira in Simdega district.

    NEW DELHI: The Congress has accused the BJP of seeking to topple its coalition govt in Jharkhand after 3 MLAS had been stuck allegedly with an enormous sum of money in West Bengal’s Howrah, pronouncing the saffron birthday celebration’s recreation plan is to do in Jharkhand what they did in Maharashtra.

    Performing on a tip-off, police on Saturday intercepted an SUV by which Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari had been travelling on nationwide highway-16 at Ranihati in Howrah and allegedly discovered an enormous sum of money within the automobile.

    Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh stated on Twitter on Saturday that “The BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ in Jharkhand stands uncovered this night in Howrah. The sport plan of ‘Hum Do’ in Delhi is to do in Jharkhand what they did in Maharashtra by way of putting in E-D duo.”

    After revolt Sena chief Eknath Shinde used to be sworn in because the Maharashtra leader minister lately, the Congress had hit out on the BJP for shooting energy “unethically” The Jharkhand Congress additionally claimed that the large sum of money used to be a part of a conspiracy by way of the BJP to topple the Hemant Soren govt, of which this can be a phase at the side of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal.

    Howrah Superintendent of Police (Rural) Swati Bhangalia had stated, “We had explicit inputs that a large sum of money used to be being transported in a black automobile. We began checking the automobiles and intercepted this SUV by which 3 Jharkhand MLAs had been travelling. An enormous sum of money used to be discovered within the automobile.”

    “Money counting machines are being introduced in to establish the entire quantity. The MLAs also are being puzzled concerning the supply of the cash and the place it used to be being taken to,” she added.

    But even so the MLAs, there have been two people within the SUV, which carried a board citing “MLA Jamtara Jharkhand” at the side of the Congress’ election image, police stated.

    Ansari is the MLA of Jamtara, whilst Kachchap is the legislator of Khijri in Ranchi district and Kongari is the MLA of Kolebira in Simdega district.