Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday confirmed that the State leaders would visit Delhi to meet the top brass and finalise appointments to Boards and Corporations.
While RAS officer Gopal Singh has been made special assistant to Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari, RAS Sawan Kumar Chayal has been appointed as Special Assistant to Deputy Chief Minister Dr Premchand Berwa.
Amid the BJP planning a nationwide protest over the stripping and parading incident at Belagavi, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday said all culprits involved in the incident have been arrested and none will be spared at any cost.
Soon after taking charge as the Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Diya Kumari said that people of the state have expressed faith in the party so the responsibilities increase and that the government will try to shoulder the responsibilities well.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday lambasted the Opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party, and Janata Dal (Secular), alleging that they were only interested in politics and not in the welfare of the state or its people.
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari on Friday assumed her office and greeted Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and former CM Vasundhara Raje.
Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla said on Friday that directions have been given on the strict implementation of the ban on the unregulated use of loudspeakers.
The president of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and ex-Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday publicly expressed his regret for the failure to apprehend the individuals responsible for the sacrilege incidents in 2015.
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister-designate Prem Chand Bairwa on Friday said that he never had any expectations that the BJP would give him a ticket to contest elections, adding that he would honestly work for the state.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Legislative Affairs Minister D Sridhar Babu, other Cabinet Ministers and former Minister and BRS Working president KTR, and other legislators were also present on the occasion.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Vishnu Deo Sai and Arun Sao after they took oath as the chief minister and the deputy chief minister of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.