Politics

Official sources said top party leadership has found his comments 'highly irresponsible', and its national president J P Nadda 'pulled up' the state brass for not taking quick action.

In a letter to Modi, Gandhi also made some suggestions for the revival of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), which is reeling under the adverse impact of the coronavirus lockdown.

The transfer of over 100 miscreants, who are accused of attacking the health workers in Bengaluru, to neighbouring Ramanagara district prison, has snowballed into a full blown political war in Karnataka.

Babul Supriyo, who posted the video on Twitter, claimed that it was in the public domain and urged the ruling Trinamool Congress to urgently investigate the matter.

Chidambaram has been seeking transfer of cash to the poor who are finding it difficult to survive without employment amid the countrywide lockdown.

BJP leader Dilip Ghosh accused the Mamata Banerjee government of suppressing the death figures to the public, and alleged foodgrains sent for PDS are being diverted to the houses of Trinamool Congress workers

The community kitchens have been started in Lucknow, Noida, Greater Noida, Bulandshaher, Hapur, Varanasi and Fatehpur.

The wedding was planned in a 95-acre land near Ramanagara with a lavish set, with lakhs of party workers and well-wishers in attendance, followed by a grand reception in Bengaluru.

A confidence-boosting financial assistance plan should have been announced either before or simultaneously with the announcement of lockdown, Congress MP P Chidambaram said on Twitter.

Gandhi said the number of people who depend on daily livelihood is too large to 'unilaterally shut down all economic activities'.

While Singh said he had been meeting Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien who had also announced the same, Gupta said he will be following suit as he had been in touch with Singh.

With Speaker now accepting resignation of all the rebels, the strength of Congress will come down to just 92 while the half-way mark is 104.

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon has directed CM Kamal Nath to prove majority in the Assembly on March 16, but Speaker NP Prajapati has been non-committal on ordering a floor test.

Referring to the rebellion in Madhya Pradesh Congress, the party's Karnataka unit chief, Dinesh Gundu Rao, said it was time for Rahul Gandhi to lead the party from the front and make drastic changes at the top.

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu named party general secretary Varla Ramaiah as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha election.

The Upper House failed to transact any substantial business due to Opposition demands for a discussion on the communal violence in northeast Delhi last month.