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Priyanka Gandhi will meet the newly constituted UP Congress Committee at the state party headquarters and she is expected to hold meetings with the party members to finalise the roadmap for the upcoming rally in Delhi.

Besides Thackeray, Sena leaders Eknath Shinde and Subhash Desai, NCP MLAs Jayant Patil and Chhagan Bhujbal, and Congress' Balasaheb Thorat and Nitin Raut took oath, but they have not been assigned any ministry so far.

The decision to give loan guarantees to these seven sugar mills was taken by the previous BJP-led government in September this year before the state Assembly polls.

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, the party's outspoken national vice-president, launched a veiled attack on the newly appointed state president Jagadanand Singh, alleging that the party office here almost resembled a 'government office'.

In Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Haryana, the BJP handed over leadership to someone who did not belong to the numerically dominant caste or social group.

Fadnavis said this in the Assembly while congratulating senior Congress leader Nana Patole on being elected Speaker of the Lower House of the state Legislature.

Samajwadi Party has sent out circulars to all its district units to observe the death anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar on December 6 in a bog way by paying homage to the Dalit icon.

India's economic growth slipped further to hit an over six-year low of 4.5 per cent in July-September, according to official data released on Friday.

Of the total available time of more than 55 hours, the House availed more than 49 hours, the Rajya Sabha secretariat said in a statement on Saturday.

The row began after BJP Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur called Godse a patriot during a discussion on SPG (Amendment) Bill on November 27, though she denied using the term in a statement made in the Lok Sabha.

Chandrakant Patil told reporters at Vidhan Bhawan that ministers while taking oath included names of their leaders and other figures which is not as per protocol.

Putting behind their political ideologies, several leaders, including three former state Congress chiefs, have switched over to rival camps in the run-up to the polls.

Parliament LIVE: BJP MP Pragya Thakur took a second shot at an apology in the Lok Sabha over her remarks praising Nathuram Godse, this time reading out from one agreed to by all parties.

The chief minister reiterated that her government will not allow the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal, saying it is the BJP's political stand.

The Congress is spearheading the motion that seeks to censure her for her 'unwarranted remarks' on Godse and against the party.

Nath said If the BJP is with Gandhiji, then it should take strict action against those who glorify Gandhi's killer.