"This is the government of Devendra Fadnavis, not that of Uddhav Thackeray, where he did not ask for the resignation of his minister who went to jail. Our government immediately asked for his resignation. Shiv Sena UBT and Congress have no right to ask questions..." Kadam said.
Telangana Jagruthi chief K Kavitha on Thursday termed the assembly speaker's ruling against the disqualification of five Bharath Rashtra Samithi MLAs as an infructuous stating that the judgement is against the constitution.
NCP leader Manikrao Kokate resigned from the post of Sports and Minority Development and Waqf Minister of Maharashtra after conviction in a 1995 cheating case. Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat has allotted the portfolios to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Addressing the protest, Adhikari said the protest would continue and added that the BJP has also moved the court in the matter. "Protest will also go on, and we also have an appeal filed in the court for tomorrow. He (Aroop Biswas) should be taken into custody; he is completely responsibl
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday pulled up the state government for the chaos and vandalism at Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, saying that the CEO of Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) tried to hide the truth.
He criticised the BJP's handling of past incidents, pointing out the Kumbh Mela tragedy and the New Delhi railway station stampede, where many lives were lost. In contrast, he praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's swift response to the chaos at Lionel Messi's event at Salt
"I think he is very much correct and until and unless the impartial inquiry is over, the Sports Department will be looked after by me for the time being," the statement read, with a copy sent to Biswas too.
"Yesterday, this demand (of resignation) of the public was conveyed to the government, today I got the news that the Sports minister has resigned. As per the Constitution of India, resignation is to be approved by the Governor. I am waiting for the file," Bose told ANI here.
"Our Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is following her duties. During the CPM time, in 1980 in August, when 16 people were killed, then the CPM government did not do anything. CPM did so many wrong things, they didn't investigate anything, and on the other hand, or Chief Minister has ordere
Earlier today, the West Bengal government also informed that a Special Investigation Team comprising of IPS officers Piyush Pandey, Javed Shamim, Supratim Sarkar and Muralidhar has been constituted to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.
Notably, the Congress ruled the state for 15 months between December 2018 and March 2020. The Kamal Nath-led Congress government collapsed in 2020 after the resignation of then-party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who joined the BJP along with 21 MLAs.
The protestors raised slogans against the minister and demanded her immediate resignation. They also accused the Mohan Yadav-led state government of ruining the future of Youth in the state.