Assam Police on Wednesday said it arrested a Congress MLA for allegedly making derogatory remarks about priests, Namgharias (residents of Namghariya village in the Dhemaji district) and seers.
Kushwaha took the membership of the party in the presence of Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district on Tuesday.
"Yesterday, there was a meeting of MLAs. All MLAs demanded that Arvind Kejriwal should not resign. All the MLAs said that even if he (Kejriwal) is sent to jail, he should run the government from jail but should not resign," said AAP MP Sandeep Pathak.
After casting a vote for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, Congress candidate Mohan Markam from Kondagaon expressed confidence that he will win from Kondagaon for the third time saying that BJP cannot compete with Congress in Chhattisgarh.
Amid speculation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest in the liquor 'scam' case, the party chief on Monday called a meeting of party leaders to discuss the ongoing situation.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar met the ailing former Maharashtra minister and Member of Legislative Council (MLA) Eknath Khadse at the Bombay Hospital after the latter suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday.
Hinting at a big shift in the political landscape of Karnataka, Congress minister MB Patil suggested that soon around 10 JD(S) and 25 BJP MLAs will be joining the Congress.
Hitting out at the BJP over poaching of MLAs, Patil said that BJP cannot even poach 5 MLAs of the Congress in Karnataka
In the same case, in the case of criminal intimidation (Section 506), two years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 have been imposed and both sentences will run concurrently.
Hitting back at Karnataka former chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, who stated his readiness to offer the support of 19 of his MLAs if Deputy CM Shivakumar aspired to become CM, the Congress leader said that he is not in a rush to assume the post.
Shukla's supporters were also seen wearing the equipment which were worn during the time of Covid-19 pandemic. The Congress candidate reached Govind Colony in the city on Saturday evening appealing the people to vote for him in the forthcoming state assembly polls.
Amid reports of factionalism in the ruling Congress and a tussle for the CM's post between the incumbent Siddarammaiah and his deputy DK Shivkumar, former chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday took a jibe at Shivkumar saying if he wants to ascend, he was ready and wil