The ex-Union minister was dropped from BJP’s central decision-making body Thursday. The move came amid his consistent support to the farmers’ agitation.
BJP booth president Shubham Mishra was one of 8 people killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri clashes Sunday. Priyanka says police told her that family didn’t want to meet her.
Since 8 people died Sunday, Punjab politicians have been at forefront of delegations to Lakhimpur Kheri. Many have also issued statements demanding justice for the farmers killed.
Bench comprising CJI Ramana and justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli tells UP's Additional Advocate General to update court on FIR, and arrests made so far.
Calling for accountability for the farmers, BJP MP Varun Gandhi said justice must be delivered before message of arrogance and cruelty enters the mind of every farmer.
The Congress leaders' visit came after Yogi Adityanth permitted politicians to visit Lakhimpur. The two left from a guest house in Sitapur where Priyanka Gandhi was kept in detention.
Families of the BJP workers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri are also upset at the media coverage of the violence, especially of them being painted in a negative light.
A three-judge bench, also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, will hear the matter that has triggered a major political storm in Uttar Pradesh.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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