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In a tweet, Gandhi also claimed that banks are in distress and attacked the BJP for ridiculing him for highlighting the issue of non-performing assets (NPAs) a few months ago.

The minister escaped unhurt in the incident which occurred when he was returning to Vijayawada from Hyderabad.

The senior Congress leader had earlier asked the Narendra Modi government not to be in "denial" over the incursion by the Chinese military into Indian territory.

Last month, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had removed Jha as a party spokesperson days after he wrote a newspaper article critical of the party.

Top sources in the government who have been in touch with the custodians of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have indicated that the upcoming monsoon session would be held in the Parliament complex and not at other external locations like Vigyan Bhawan.

Chatterjee, who left her acting career to join politics, is the Lok Sabha MP from Hooghly in West Bengal.

Describing the KC-M as a party with "wide follower base", the CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in an article, said the Congress-led UDF had failed to resolve the rift between the two factions.

Chouhan returned to Bhopal on Tuesday after staying in Delhi for two days, discussing the cabinet expansion. More than three months have passed since the BJP government was formed in the state.

Patel was given additional charge as Madhya Pradesh governor following the illness of incumbent governor Lalji Tandon.

Thorat, who is the president of the Maharashtra Congress unit, also said the PM did not say anything about the stand-off with China in eastern Ladakh in his address.

Chouhan also attacked Congress top brass over donations allegedly received by Sonia Gandhi-headed Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and accused party leader Rahul Gandhi of "demoralising" the Army with his statements.

The Sena said the PM is playing 'caste and regional card' by highlighting the role of a particular Army regiment whose personnel were involved in the fierce clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley along the LAC on June 15.

Tejashwi, the former deputy chief minister, said there has been a constant price rise of petrol and diesel ever since the NDA government came to power at the Centre.

The Galwan Valley violence is part of a larger design of China, the chief minister said, adding that the amount of build-up in the valley showed that the Chinese were working on a plan.

The Karnataka government on Monday decided to seal five places in the city from where the maximum number of coronavirus cases have been reported. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa took the decision at a meeting with ministers and officials on Monday.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal the "huge hike" in fuel prices over the past 16 days was "causing stress" to the country's economy, which is still reeling from the effect of the lockdown.