Reacting to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's "big corona has entered our party" remark, Congress MLA and Sachin Pilot loyalist Ved Prakash Solanki said that "if corona has crept in then vaccination is needed."
Members of the committee include Olympic medalist Mary Kom, former archer Dola Banerjee, Alaknanda Ashok, London Olympic medalist Yogeshwar Dutt, Indian Weightlifting Federation President Sahdev Yadav and two advocates, the IOA announced on Friday.
Sachin Pilot, in an apparent jibe at the Rajasthan government, said that he had "hoped" that the Ashok Gehlot administration would take action against those found involved in alleged corruption during the previous BJP regime.
The Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister wrote a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday seeking a crop survey to estimate the loss of farmers due to cold and frost. Pilot met the farmers of Hanumangarh during his visit and took stock of the loss of mustard crop.
Marking the occasion of Exodus Day, filmmaker Ashoke Pandit on Monday paid tribute to the Kashmiri Pandits by screening his documentary 'Kashmiri Pandito Ka Narsanghar' in Mumbai, which was attended by Anupam Kher.
"We are giving social security pension to one crore people in Rajasthan, but in order to benefit every poor of the country, the central government should enact a law related to it," Gehlot said.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rajyavardhan Rathore on Wednesday urged Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to announce a relief package for the farmers as they have suffered huge losses.
Amid the heavy backlash faced by the Congress government in Rajasthan over the paper leak case, All India Congress Commitee (AICC) national secretary and Rajasthan Seed Corporation Chairman Dheeraj Gurjar on Wednesday said that the perpetrators, involved in the paper leak were sacked immedia
Karnataka revenue minister R Ashoka on Wednesday said that the state government has decided to give Rs 2,000 per month to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and the decision shall be announced in the upcoming budget.
While not naming the Rajasthan chief minister, Pilot, addressing an event in Jhunjhunu on Wednesday, said, "We welcome the government's decision to investigate the paper leaks case. However, it's hard to believe that no Congress leader or government official is not involved in the leaks."