BJP had been coaxing Eknath Shinde to join as deputy CM, but he didn’t give his consent till mere hrs before ceremony. Sena sources say he had put the condition of getting home portfolio.
Amritpal, who is lodged in Dibrugarh jail, will be brought to Delhi in special aircraft arranged by Punjab govt, while Rashid is coming from Tihar. Both will return to jail same day.
Apart from raising slogans, MPs flaunted traditional wear, held up Constitution copies and voiced concerns over NEET irregularities & Manipur at the 18th LS swearing-in.
Others to violate the rule during oath-taking for new Karnataka assembly was BJP's Basanagouda Patil who swore on 'Hindutva & Goumata'. Several others took oath in the name of local deities.
Bengaluru’s traffic congestion is said to be the worst in India, and rains and the arrival of 23 leaders for Kumaraswamy's oath-taking ceremony made 23 May a particularly chaotic day.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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