Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday chaired a meeting with party leaders and MLAs of Belagavi district ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, scheduled next week.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath condoled the demise of 15 former members, including current assembly members Rahul Prakash Kol and Keshari Nath Tripathi on the second day of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature's Budget Session on Tuesday.
Opposition MLAs on Monday raised slogans of "Rajyapal Go Back" (Governor go back) and held up placards in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, as they protested amid Anandiben Patel's address on the opening day of the Budget Session on Monday.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena is likely to move to Supreme Court on Monday against Election Commission's move to allot the party name "Shiv Sena" and the symbol "Bow and Arrow" to the rival faction led by CM Eknath Shinde.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs protested against the policies of the state government outside the Uttar Pradesh assembly in Lucknow ahead of the commencement of the Budget Session on Monday.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday asserted that the trust of the people in his government and party "forced" Mukul Sangma and his team to leave Congress and join the TMC, while also stating that Congress is left with no MLAs in the state.
"Uddhav Thackeray was the only Chief Minister without a pen in his pocket. He never made any remarks on any letters presented to him which is why 40 MLAs got fed up with him and left him," said Bawankule.
NPP leader and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma appealed to voters in his constituency, Tura, to go along with the prevailing NPP wave and support his candidature for CM because the political situation on the ground was in favour of his party.
Staying firm on his stand and terming Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde-led Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena faction as a 'Traitors faction', Thackeray said quoting "experts" that this matter of disqualification must be taken up on priority.