France has suspended counterterrorism cooperation with Mali and expelled two Malian diplomats after Bamako arrested French envoy Yann Vezilier on coup-plotting charges. Mali accused him of working for French intelligence, which Paris called "unfounded." Ties have soured since Mali's military
The expelled Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader also took a subtle dig at his younger brother, Tejashwi Yadav, who is the leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly as he visited the latter's constituency to take stock of the situation.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has formally expelled PoGB Chief Minister Gulbar Khan and 11 other members of its assembly, accusing them of forming a breakaway group and defying party directives in legislative proceedings, The Express Tribune reported.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) General Secretary Edapaddi K Palaniswami also removed six party functionaries from the Erode rural west district.
BJP leader Tamilisai Soundarajan on Friday declined to comment on the AIADMK leader K.A. Sengottaiyan's call for the induction of the expelled leaders, including V K Sasikala, O Panneerselvam, and T T V Dhinakaran, into his party.
AIADMK leader K A Sengottaiyan on Friday called for the induction of the expelled leaders, including V K Sasikala, O Panneerselvam, and T T V Dhinakaran, into the party, arguing that it is necessary for the party to win election.
Former Bihar minister and expelled RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), saying that both organisations just "incite riots."
BJP leader and former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad condemned TMC MP Mahua Moitra's reported remark about Union Home Minister Amit Shah and asked that her Lok Sabha membership was revoked earlier and whether she wanted to be expelled again.
Pal, who was expelled from the party earlier this month, wrote to Yadav on Saturday, stating that if anything happens to her, the Samajwadi Party and Akhilesh Yadav should be "held responsible."
Addressing a press conference here, Yadav said, "It is hard to understand that someone is meeting the CM and having their life threatened by a leader of another party. I cannot comprehend this..."