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"It's becoming increasingly clear that in the choice between principles and power, Mehbooba has opted for power," Omar Abdullah tweeted.

District and state level officials had been directed to "comprehensively review and reassess vulnerable locations" which will be under focus of the Commission, CEC Nasim Zaidi said.

"We pass bills from here (Delhi Assembly). We work hard to prepare them, but the Centre sits on these bills passed by the Assembly," Sisodia said.

"Congress has won both the seats. Independent candidate Mahabir Prasad Jain got no vote," Assam Assembly Principal Secretary Mrigendra Kumar Deka said.

The BJP took out a march from Vijay Chowk to Rashtrapati Bhawan with all its MPs and MLAs, including the nine Congress rebel MLAs, to highlight that the Rawat government had lost majority in Uttarakhand.

"Both democracy and secularism are being murdered in Uttarakhand. The Centre's extra-powerful government is out to shatter the dreams of a small state like ours," Rawat said.

The Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala E K Majhi has now referred the matter to a committee headed by the state Chief Secretary P K Mohanty to examine whether the move is violative of the model code of conduct.

"There is a serious leadership crisis in Congress. It has become a sinking ship and its leaders are leaving it as soon as they get a chance," Shrikant Sharma said.

BJP MLA Ravinder Raina said the party would stick to the Agenda of Alliance that had been agreed upon with PDP a year ago.

"Many IITians went to the US, the UK but I stuck here. Let me tell you I never anticipated joining politics," said Parikkar.

Speaking at the inauguration of a Vaidik School in Dehu, Bhagwat said, "India is among the few ancient nations of the world and as we are ancient, we are like elder brother to the rest of the world.

Top party brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and senior leaders and ministers are expected to participate in the meet.

Bora was a part of the protest march led by BJP Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi, which was agitating against alleged cases of corruption, when the horse was injured.

Modi's Budget has allocated a record $18 billion in the Union Budget to expand irrigation and recharge aquifers - two thirds of that could come from overseas loans.

The Election Commission took the decision in Kolkata after meeting representatives of political parties.

In 2015, AAP government had announced a compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre to farmers who faced losses due to crop damage.