Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) newly appointed president Hemant Khandelwal has expressed gratitude to the party leadership, saying that he would try to make the party grow further.
He has been elected unopposed after emerging as the sole candidate for the post during the nomination process held at the party's state headquarters in Bhopal on Tuesday.
The District Administration of Ramban district warmly welcomed the first batch of the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims at a 'Langar' site in Chanderkote.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban (DKR) Range Shridhar Patil, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ramban, Arjun
The clarification came amid speculation of a power tussle in the Karnataka unit of the Congress after the party formed the government in the State in 2023. Siddaramiah is the current Chief Minister, and DK Shivakumar is the Deputy Chief Minister.
This comes after Sanjeev Arora, the newly elected MLA from AAP in Punjab, on Saturday took oath in the state assembly after winning the recently concluded bypoll from Ludhiana West assembly constituency.
Khandelwal, a two-time legislator and former Member of Parliament from Betul, was born on September 3, 1964, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. He currently resides in Betul, Madhya Pradesh. Khandelwal holds degrees in Commerce (B.Com) and Law (LLB).
As the party gears up for the upcoming elections, the Union Minister is set to meet the various leaders of the party in the state, including the MLAs, Members of Parliament, and other party leaders. Currently the party has 80 MLAs in the state assembly.
"AICC general secretaries are meeting to discuss party organisation issues and accept requests from MLAs, but there is no discussion about changing the CM or expanding the cabinet," Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, said.
Former MLA Kishore Samrite has accused minister Uike of taking a commission of Rs 1000 crores from the fund of Rs 30,000 crores released by the Center for Jal Jeevan Mission to the state and complained to the Prime Minister's Office for the same.
The controversy erupted after Mitra's comment, where he suggested that the incident could have been avoided if the victim had not gone alone to the location.
Rafiqul Islam told ANI, "There is not a single Muslim who is a foreigner in Assam. Muslims have documents in their hands. They have complete records. Their voter list, land records, and father-grandfather's papers of NRC."
During his visit, CM Sarma chaired a review meeting with NRL officials, ministers, MPs, and MLAs, and took stock of the expansion works at NRL as well. He also assessed preparations for the Prime Minister's upcoming visit, during which the PM is expected to dedicate the ethanol project to th