Politics

The other bills that were introduced included establishment of permanent OBC Commission, 50 per cent quota for SCs, STs, BCs, minorities and women in all government-nominated posts and government-nominated works.

Dismissing claims made by the Poonjar MLA, KPCC Vice President V D Satheesan said no one takes George seriously as he is a big mouth and is known for making such allegations to get media attention.

In a latest tweet, the BJP MP from Asansol said, Trinamool Congress was reduced to half its strength in 2019, it will be wiped out by 2021.

Lal Ji Tandon, who is at present the Governor of Bihar, will replace Anandiben Patel to become the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

State Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao took to Twitter to warn the rebel leaders who have been camping in Mumbai over the past few days of the possible consequences that may jeopardise their career.

Principal Advisor to the Andhra Pradesh government Ajay Kallam also raised suspicions about power lobbies playing a part in forcing the Union government to put pressure on the state against cancelling the agreements.

Mayawati's remarks came after a cleric in Muzaffarnagar claimed that 12 youngsters accosted him, beat him up and also pulled his beard before forcing him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.

Days after 10 Congress MLAs in Goa joined the BJP, chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday reshuffled his cabinet, dropping three members of the ally GFP and an Independent legislator as ministers.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Friday dropped all three GFP ministers alongwith independent Rohan Khaunte from his cabinet after 10 Congress MLAs joined the BJP.

The five MLAs have sought impleadment in the already pending application filed by the 10 other rebels in which the hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.

Apart from Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo, Chandrakant Kavlekar, Philip Nery Rodrigues, Atanasio Monserratte, who had quit the Congress and joined the BJP on Wednesday, would be sworn in as ministers at Raj Bhavan today.

While the MLAs visited the famous Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai on Friday, they are scheduled to visit Shirdi on Saturday.

Senior leader Mohan Charan Majhi said he was not even allotted a room in the state guest house or one meant for MLAs.

Amid the crisis triggered by the resignation, Kumaraswamy in the assembly earlier said he would prove the majority of his government on the floor of the House and asked Speaker to fix the time for it.

The meetings have been planned so that BJP MPs from both Houses get an opportunity to directly interact with the prime minister, who can guide them and discuss various issues, especially those related to Parliament, said a BJP leader.

Accusing BJP over the political crisis in Karnataka and Goa, Digvijaya Singh said Congress in Madhya Pradesh was safe as Chief Minister Kamal Nath has the support of 121 MLAs.