The chief ministers of four non-BJP ruled states on Saturday visited the residence of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who is staging a dharna inside the waiting room of LG Anil Baijal’s residence for last six days, and expressed solidarity with him.
In wake of a Supreme Court order cancelling allotment of government residences to Uttar Pradesh's former Chief Ministers, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati vacated her palatial official bungalow on Wednesday, her aide announced.
The MLAs from the ruling BJP have complained that they got text and WhatsApp messages asking them to pay Rs 10 lakh or their families will be eliminated within three days.
Mamata Banerjee said they would not leave any scope for any party to place obstacles in the coming together of regional parties.
Earlier reports had emerged about his party working out a power sharing formula of heading the government for 30 months each, with its coalition partner the Congress.
Considered close to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Bopaiah had disqualified 11 disgruntled BJP and five independent MLAs ahead of a trust vote to help the Yeddyurappa government in 2011.
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BJP legislature party leader B S Yeddyurappa was today sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka for a second time, after an overnight high-voltage legal battle in the Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court refused to stay Yeddyurappa’s swearing in ceremony, scheduled for 9am on Thursday. But it did not dismiss the Congress' petition, saying it would be heard on Friday.
Currently serving as an MP from Meghalaya’s Tura, Sangma started his political career in 2008 when he was elected to Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
In Tripura, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance partner, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, surged ahead of the ruling CPI-M-led Left Front in the counting of votes.
The states have been asked to present the status of implementation of central schemes targeted at the poor, and socially and economically weaker sections like Jan-Dhan, Mudra, Ujjwala, housing and others schemes.
In India, around 35 per cent chief ministers have criminal cases against them and 81 per cent of the total are possessing millions of rupees, according to an ADR report released today.
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