Politics

Besides exposing various corruption cases, the Indore-based physician has filed close to 10,000 RTIs and claims to have submitted first ever RTI application of Madhya Pradesh.

In the two-phase elections, voting for 18 seats will be held on November 12 and for the other 72 seats on November 20.

Patel, who had suffered a heart attack sometime back and had recovered, complained of uneasiness on Monday and was rushed to the district hospital where he died during treatment.

Madhya Pradesh BSP president Pradeep Ahirwar said the party will vastly improve its tally and win 32 seats, and can even think of heading the next government.

The Congress seems to have refrained from being too experimental by re-nominating several party MLAs, fielding leaders of national repute and trying out youth leaders.

Lashing out at the Yogi Adityanath government for failing to create two crore jobs as promised, Gandhi posted pictures of the injured protesters soaked in blood and slammed the Lucknow police for resorting to caning.

Rashtriya Janata Dal national vice-president and close associate of party supremo Lalu Prasad, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh also said discords do crop up in families and get resolved.

The action comes days after Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala and youth leader Digvijay Chautala, both sons of Chautala's elder son Ajay Chautala, were suspended from the party.

In a major embarrassment for the BJP, two days before the Ramanagara assembly bypoll, L Chandrashekhar, its candidate against Kumaraswamy's wife, quit the contest on Thursday and returned to the Congress.

Reacting on the issue, Banerjee's nephew said that they would protest around 1 pm to 'condemn the brutal killings of innocent Bengalis in BJP-ruled state'.

Soon after the list was released, Renu Jogi wrote a letter to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, expressing grief over the decision to deny her a ticket.

On being asked whether the state elections, slated for later this year, will be contested in the name of CM or PM, Chouhan said that the prime minister's blessings and support are a matter of strength for him.

RBI Governor Urjit Patel should also "restrain his officials from making differences public," said the chief of Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), Ashwani Mahajan, in an interview on Wednesday.

The PM stressed on his development plank during a video interaction with BJP workers, asking them to go to people with a three-point agenda - development, fast development and development for all.

Congress, which has been out of power in Madhya Pradesh since 2003, roped in Sanjay Sharma, a sitting BJP MLA from Tendu Kheda. BJP leader Kamlapat Arya from Chambal area also joined the party on Tuesday.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh’s comments came as the Supreme Court adjourned the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute cases till January 2019.