According to Congress sources, Gandhi's go-ahead to the Congress-Left alliance is politically significant given TMC's recent call for uniting of all opposition forces in Bengal in a bid to stop the march of BJP in the state.
The incident was reported at around 8:21 pm after flight Alliance Air - 9643, from Delhi to Jaipur developed landing gear problems and returned to Delhi Airport.
Meanwhile, 10 Karnataka Congress-JD(S) MLAs stayed at Sofitel hotel in Mumbai after the resignations came through.
The JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka plunged into a crisis with 13 MLAs of the alliance submitting their resignation to the Speaker.
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav takes a dig on alliance with BSP
Hours after Mayawati announced her plans of going solo in future elections in a series of tweets, a senior SP leader accused her of "weakening" the fight for social justice.
The Congress and the UPA allies have decided to support the candidature of Om Birla as the Speaker of Lok Sabha.
Party leaders, who met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Bhuyemau Guest house in Rae Bareli on Wednesday, said that the party should make an effort to stand on its own feet.
According to the sources, Sanjay Singh has proposed 6:3:1 seat sharing in Haryana in which Congress would fight from six seats, while the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) would field its candidates for three seats and one candidate would be fielded by the AAP.
Questioning Congress leader Randeep Surjewala's statement where he said his party was not in talks with the AAP or any other party for an alliance in Haryana and Punjab, Rai asked whether the Congress has forgotten about its loss in the bypolls in Jind.
It is pertinent to mention here that the state sends the largest number of MPs (80) to Indian Parliament.
The 2019 general election is scheduled to be held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The counting of votes will be conducted on 23 May. On the same day the results will be declared.
Earlier, a booth worker speaking in the presence of Gandhi, urged him not to align with the AAP in Delhi.
Vote for Congress even if the candidate is from Pak, says Mahan Dal leader Keshav Maurya
Lok Sabha polls are scheduled to take place in the months of April-May.
Kejriwal claimed that the BJP is going to lose 10 per cent votes this time as compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls when it got 46 percent votes in Delhi.
The coalition leaders are likely to discuss seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha polls during the first week of February.
BJP, Shiv Sena meetings today likely to decide fate of their poll alliance
Modi further slammed the law and order and political violence in West Bengal and said incidents during the panchayat polls last year reminded one of the jungle Raj during the Lalu era in Bihar.
Uttar Pradesh has 80 Lok Sabha seats.
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