National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday questioned the delay in the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and holding Assembly elections there, saying that people in the Union Territory want an elected government at the earliest.
A fortnight after Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and his two deputies, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were sworn in, state cabinet expansion is likely to take place tomorrow at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur, sources said.
A day after Karnataka BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal alleged that Rs 40,000 crore was embezzled by former CM BS Yediyurappa during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the party was "profiting over the dead."
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, vacated the CM house in Bhopal on Wednesday, moving to a new residence, B-8, 74 bungalow near New Market area, with his family.
Party MLAs, district president, district in-charge, AICC in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, Jitendra Singh, State Congress President Jitu Patwari, former CM Digvijaya Singh, Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar and others leaders were present in the meeting.
The cabinet expansion took place on Monday with a total of 28 leaders sworn in as ministers which include, 18 cabinet ministers, six ministers of state (Independent Charge) and four state ministers.
Condemning the killing of a retired senior police officer in Baramulla, former Jammu-Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday urged all political parties to unite in the fight against terror.
Chouhan himself confirmed about his visit to Delhi and meeting with the BJP chief while talking to the reporters in the state capital Bhopal on Monday. According to information, the former CM will reach Delhi on Tuesday morning.
After filing his nomination for the post of Speaker in the newly-elected legislative assembly of Chhattisgarh, former CM Raman Singh resigned from the post of National Vice President of the Bhartiya Janata Party on Sunday.
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.
Former CM of Telangana and BRS party leader K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) reached his residence in Hyderabad on Friday after being discharged from the hospital following hip replacement surgery.
"They (BJP) are looking for some excuse for a dispute. Whatever they can do but there should not be any dispute in the society, this is our aim. It is our culture of living together and of love," Nath told reporters.