The third day of the Monsoon Session was a washout Monday with several adjournments, as Opposition MPs stood firm on their demand for a larger discussion on the northeast state.
Name of alliance was suggested by Mamata, it is learnt. Parties who attended meeting included Congress, DMK, TMC, JDU, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar), CPI(M), SP etc.
Two-day conclave of Oppn parties underway in Bengaluru. Former Congress ally Kumaraswamy says organisers didn’t invite him since they are under 'delusion' that JD(S) is finished.
Uniform Civil Code has been one of BJP's three key poll planks for over two decades. The other two were abrogation of Article 370 & construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Parties like DMK and TMC also demanded that an all-party delegation be sent to Manipur to initiate peace process. Leaders of the parties questioned PM Modi's silence on the issue.
AAP, it is learnt, insisted that Congress denounce the ordinance on Delhi postings at Opposition meeting, but latter wants to take a call when bill is introduced in Parliament.
In his address to Bihar party workers, Rahul said after Karnataka, Congress was poised to win MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, where polls are due in November-December.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed party workers in Patna before the meeting and said the Opposition had come united and would defeat the BJP together.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.
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