Politics

Sunday, November 17, also happens to be the death anniversary of Sena founder Bal Thackeray.

Union minister Suresh Angadi dismissed the opposition's criticism over the state of economy, asserting that 'airports and trains are full and people are getting married' indicating that the country's economy is 'doing fine'.

He also said that if India had joined the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), farmers, labourers and industries would have been adversely affected.

The Congress and NCP would work out a common minimum programme (CMP) with the Sena, which would then be discussed in the meeting between Gandhi and Pawar, sources said on Thursday.

'Government will do the work so that the coming generations can understand history in the right perspective and assimilate it. If you know wrong history, then you don't know what the picture will be of the country after 25 years,' Gehlot said

The assurance came from the CM as 16 disqualified Congress-JD(S) legislators were welcomed into the BJP fold, a day after the Supreme Court paved the way for them to contest the Assembly bypolls in the state.

The induction of 10 members -- six of cabinet rank and four ministers of state -- takes the strength of council of ministers to 12.

Chidambaram's family said that he needs to be brought under the treatment his doctor in Hyderabad as he knows about his health as he had treated him in 2016.

Among the front runners from the BJP for the ministerial berths are six-time legislator Anil Vij, former Speaker Kanwar Pal, Seema Trikha, Mahipal Dhanda, Deepak Mangla and Ganshyam Saraf.

In September, Lakhma had courted a row when he "advised" a school boy to "grab the collar of SP and Collector to become a big politician."

An official said that there is some defect in the petition and the judicial branch of the the apex court registry is working with the advocate-on-record who has filed the petition to cure the defect.

BJP leaders Harshvardhan Patil and Ashish Shelar also met 57-year-old Raut at the hospital here following which the latter said it was a courtesy visit with 'no political angle'.

Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan on Tuesday announced the party's decision to contest alone on 50 seats and said that the first list of candidates will be released today evening.

Reddy further added that the judgment may not satisfy everyone but it is the decision of the highest court of the country and should be accepted.

The BJP on Sunday announced that it would not form government in Maharashtra in view of the ally Shiv Sena's stand to not join them in the efforts.

Apart from Mallikarjun Kharge, some of the senior party leaders from Maharashtra are also camping in Jaipur to decide their strategy in view of the political impasse in Maharashtra.