Student protests in Bangladesh took a new turn as the protesters who were demonstrating over quotas in government jobs, are now calling for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign until Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government resigns, reported Al Jazeera.
Earlier in the day, AAP staged a protest outside the LG Secretariat Office, demanding the resignation of LG Saxena, days after a woman and her son drowned to death in an open drain in East Delhi on Wednesday (July 31).
Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday protested outside the LG Secretariat Office, demanding the resignation of Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena, days after a mother and son drowned in an open drain in East Delhi.
The workers of All India Mahila Congress in Delhi started a protest against the Delhi government and demanded the resignation of Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi Marlena over the deaths at Asha Kiran shelter home on Friday.
The most number of deaths (14) have been recorded in the month of July in Asha Kiran Shelter Home being run in Delhi's Rohini area, an official report said.
Odisha BJP MLA Ashok Mohanty said that the BJD leaders have lost their trust in Naveen Patnaik after Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Mamata Mohanta resigned from the Rajya Sabha and also from the party on Wednesday.
Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday announced that he has received the resignation letter of Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Suganta and has accepted her resignation with immediate effect.
Union Minister of State and BJP MP Harsh Malhotra on Wednesday blamed the Delhi government's policy for the death of three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar adding that Atishi should resign immediately.
The scam pertains to the alleged illegal transfer of funds from the Maharshi Valmiki ST Corporation, which is charged with implementing welfare programmes for scheduled tribe members.