The bench said that pending adjudication of their plea, rebel HP Congress MLAs will not be allowed to vote or participate in the proceedings of the Assembly.
Speaking at PRS Legislative’s annual conference in Delhi, BJP Rajya Sabha MP & Bihar’s ex-deputy CM said it is the public that ultimately bears the cost of such doles.
The three main contenders are MP Pratibha Singh, former state president Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and leader of Opposition in the outgoing assembly Mukesh Agnihotri.
While Congress' Bhawani Singh Pathania won with 33,238 votes, the BJP’s Rakesh Pathania, who came second, got 25,884 votes. In comparison, Parmar got only 2,811 votes.
While Congress may be used to successive defeats, polls in Gujarat and Himachal came at a time when the party is doing some major organization rejigs under new president Mallikarjun Kharge.
BJP wins 156 of 182 seats in Gujarat — a massive improvement over its 2017 tally of 99. In Himachal, however, anti-incumbency and infighting took the party down.
While BJP feels its Yogi’s 'charisma' and his image as 'the flag-bearer of Hinduism' that drew large crowds, opposition Congress termed it as an attempt to polarise the voters.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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