The Congress government in Karnataka was expanded on Saturday with 24 MLAs taking oath as ministers and the party seeking to give representation to various castes and groups
The Congress on Friday released a list of 24 legislators who will be sworn in as ministers in the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led government on Saturday. With this the Cabinet will reach its full strength of 34.
"This is an issue of sidelining the President of India, who is also the first tribal woman President. Why don't they answer this question?" the Congress General Secretary told ANI.
Slamming the Congress party for the boycott call for the inauguration of the new Parliament building, former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the grand old party is "not interested" in the development of the country.
"Why does the Congress party hate Indian traditions and culture so much? A sacred Sengol was given to Pandit Nehru by a holy Saivite Mutt from Tamil Nadu to symbolize India's freedom but it was banished to a museum as a 'walking stick'," Tweeted Shah.
A total of 20 opposition parties, including the Congress have announced a boycott of the inauguration of the new Parliament building. They have said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to inaugurate the building without President Droupadi Murmu "insults the high office of the Pre
After the Congress demanded President Droupadi Murmu inaugurate the Parliament building, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that this showed the "double-faced nature" of the opposition parties.
"There are already D K in the state, Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh and former CM Kamal Nath. Both have ruined the Congress party. Instead of showing trust on DK Shivakumar, it is better to bring back senior congress leader Suresh Pachauri and former state Congress Chief Arun Yadav who are si
CM Chouhan on Wednesday wrote on twitter, "Today, the Congress party has again presented an example of their levelless politics, in which they used indecent words for BJP state president V D Sharma in one of their tweets."
His candidature will be formalised during the Congress Legislature's Party meeting scheduled on May 24. If appointed, Khader will become the first Muslim leader to serve in the post of the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly.