Workers of both parties came to blows at residence of BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy after MLA Arekapudi Gandhi, who switched to ruling Congress in July, was chosen as PAC chairman.
Congress emerged as single-largest party in Goa & Manipur in 2017 but failed to form govt as it couldn’t gather numbers. A series of defections followed in both states.
All UP ministers and MLAs who quit this week came from other parties, with no ideological grooming in RSS or BJP. There have been similar exits in Bengal and other states too.
Over the past five years, Congress has especially been stung by defections in Goa. In 2017, it emerged as single largest party with 17 MLAs in 40-member house. Now it's down to 2.
In what’s almost a local tradition, at least 6 MLAs in 40-member Goa House have resigned in the past three months, while two have pledged support to parties without quitting the assembly.
BJP, Congress MLAs in Bengaluru, Sehore & Bhopal are having a gala time while both parties are busy trying to keep their flock together in their struggle for power.
Congress leader and former MP CM Digvijay Singh held a sit-in protest in Bengaluru after he was not allowed to meet the 21 Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh.
The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.
The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation.
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.
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