Navneet Rana, an incumbent MP from Amravati, joined the BJP in Nagpur late on Wednesday night in the presence of the party's state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. (PTI)
The party has announced Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma as the in-charge, former Haryana MLA OP Dhankar as Delhi in-charge, while Nalin Kateel was named as the in-charge of Kerala.
South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri, who has been denied a ticket this term, will be the co-incharge in Uttar Pradesh alongside Bihar MLA Sanjeev Chaurasia who has been named the state in-charge. In Telangana, the party has named Karnataka MLA Abhay Patil as the incharge.
This is the second such list of appointments of in-charges; earlier this month, the party had appointed in-charges and co-incharges in Rajasthan, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
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Additionally, the candidature of Nayab Singh Saini has been decided for the ensuing Bye-Election to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana in Karnal.
Sudarshan Singh Rawat returned his ticket, saying he had already expressed his unavailability due to personal reasons to the High Command.
Since March 16, when the Model Code of Conduct was enforced, total seizure of Rs 20.04 crore has been made. One of the reasons behind the increased number of seizures is that we have done the route mapping, have identified sensitive points, and have been supervising the Lok Sabha election hotspotsChhattisgarh Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Apurva Priyesh Toppo
Arvind Kejriwal has not received any respite from Delhi High Court and remains to be in ED custody. The High Court will hear today PIL to remove Kejriwal from post of CM.
He is pitted against Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Matter before Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja. Kejriwal likely to be produced in court at 2 PM.
(Live Law)
Matter will be heard by a division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora.
The PIL has been moved by Surjit Singh Yadav, a Delhi resident claiming to be a farmer and social worker, Live Law reports.
He says that a Chief Minister accused of a financial scandal should not be permitted to continue in public office.
Accusing Union minister Pralhad Joshi of suppressing Lingayat and other community leaders, Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Mutt on Wednesday demanded the BJP leadership to replace Joshi, who is seeking his fifth term from Dharwad parliamentary seat, with other leader.
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Kejriwal chose to stay away from the (ED) summons giving some excuse or the other. It is for the court to decide finally, what is to happenBJP leader Nalin Kohli
People of Gaya are ready (to vote) in favour of NDA candidate Manjhi ji. He served as the CM of the state and is an experienced leader. There is a wave in favour of PM Modi. Manjhi ji will win with record margin.Bihar minister Prem Kumar
Money, Lok Sabha candidature, Y plus security offered to Punjab MLAs for joining BJP.Saurabh Bharadwaj
We are confident that the court will give its verdict after taking into account the fact that the agencies have no evidence yet.Delhi Minister Gopal Rai
Is there any scope for judicial interference in this? We read today's newspaper. The LG is examining the issue. It will go to the President. It belongs to a different wing.ACJ Manmohan
We shouldn't be getting into this.... The executive branch will consider this. There is no scope for judicial interference in this.Acting Chief Justice Manmohan
Having heard the counsel for the petitioner, and having perused the paperbook, this court is of the view that there is no scope of judicial interference vis a vis the relief sought.Court Verdict
ASG SV Raju and special counsel Zoheb Hossain appearing for Ed through VC. Senior Advocate Ramesh Gupta appearing for Kejriwal in court.
He is deliberately not cooperating. Counsels etc are not sharing ITRs details.ASG SV Raju
I want to ask where exactly is the scam money? This 100 crores being talked about are nowhere...Real liquor scam begins with ED investigationArvind Kejriwal in Court
Sarath Reddy donated 55 crores to BJP. I have proof that a big racket is underway. Money trail is established. He donated 50 crores to BJP after being arrested.Arvind Kejriwal in Court
"He says the relevant pages which favours him are in ED custody. How does he know that they are in ED custody? All figment of imagination...He is the person in-charge of affairs of AAP. AAP has received the bribe amounts which was used in Goa elections. Those money we have witnesses to say that they came from hawala from South Group. There is a chain. He has selectively not talked about that chain," he further added, reports Live Law.
It has nothing to do with the liquor scam as BJP or anyone else did not have the right to make this policy. We are not concerned with anyone paying any money to any person. That has nothing to do with the liquor scam.ED counsel Raju in reply to Kejriwal's submission on Sarath Reddy
ED has demanded extension of 7 days.
Former BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, who resigned from the primary membership of BJD on March 22, joined the BJP today in Delhi, reports ANI.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday himself made submissions in a court during the hearing in the excise policy case and said a smokescreen of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) being corrupt has been created before the nation.
The AAP national convener made the submissions in Hindi after taking permission from the court despite his lawyers being present. He made the submissions as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) produced him in the court of Special Judge Kaveri Baweja and sought seven-day further custody, arguing he needs to be confronted with some people linked with the case.
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Actor Govinda on Thursday joined Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Mumbai in presence of CM Eknath Shinde.
The 60-year-old actor, fighting on a Congress ticket, had defeated veteran BJP leader Ram Naik from the Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat in 2004. However, over the past few years, Govinda, who used to campaign for Congress, stayed away from politics.
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Individually, Nirmala Sitharaman may not have funds, but as a party, BJP has tons of money for the elections. There’s some other reason for her (Nirmala Sitharaman) not contesting Lok Sabha elections. If the Finance Minister has no money, imagine the financial condition of the common man.Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury