Politics

Sadananda Gowda had cautioned people against the 'flood of tears', saying the flood caused by tears is more dangerous than the flood that ravaged 22 districts of Karnataka in August and October.

Pragya Thakur created a controversy on Wednesday with her remark in the Lok Sabha during DMK member A Raja's narration of a statement by Nathuram Godse before a court on why he killed Mahatma Gandhi.

At the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Parliament House, she also attacked the Governor Koshyari and said he acted in an 'unprecedented and reprehensible manner'.

Congress spokesperson Rajeev Gowda alleged that there is an agrarian distress but the government will ensure that no data comes out.

The minister said the BJP has been accused of horse-trading while the newly formed SS-NCP-INC alliance has stole the entire stable along with the CM's post.

The former revenue minister, who resigned in 2016 over allegations of corruption, said leaders like him, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Vinod Tawde and some others were 'deliberately kept out' of the state election campaign.

Thackeray, who heads Shiv Sena, will be sworn in as the 17th chief minister of the state in a grand ceremony at the venue which hosts annual Dussehra rallies of his party.

In last month's state polls, Rohit Pawar won from Karjat Jamkhed seat in Ahmednagar district.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari also said the turn of events in Maharashtra has put the role of the President under scanner.

Even after Ajit Pawar broke ranks and decided to support a BJP government, members of the Pawar clan and senior NCP leaders kept up their resolve to win back the prodigal nephew of Sharad Pawar over the last four days.

In Mumbai, NCP chief Sharad Pawar hailed the Supreme Court's direction saying he was grateful to the apex court for upholding democratic values and constitutional principles.

I will not do anything that will benefit the BJP. I will not get involved into any anti-party activities, the MLAs of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress pledged.

BJP national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said the party's candidate in Karimpur assembly Jay Prakash Majumdar was attacked by 'TMC goons'.

The CRPF said the paperwork for the transfer of the SUVs and other equipment could take a couple of months, but these will continue to be used in the meantime.

In 1978, Pawar ran a rainbow coalition comprising the Janata Party and the Peasants Workers Party that lasted less than two years. Incidentally, this time he is trying to forge a similar alliance by joining hands with the Congress and the Shiv Sena.

Ajit Pawar had won the 2019 Assembly elections from Baramati with a crushing 1.65 lakh votes, the biggest margin for any candidate in this election, despite a high-decibel campaign by the BJP.