Ex-CM Das has resigned as Odisha governor & is likely to join active politics in state where BJP has had big losses. Reservations against his return have been set aside, say functionaries.
Ex-CM wants to return to Jharkhand politics by fighting from Jamshedpur East, but BJP isn’t keen. It has put talks ‘on hold’ while asking JD(U)'s Saryu Roy to fight from Jamshedpur West.
Ex-CM Das, who is now Odisha Governor, had lost to Roy from Jamshedpur East in last state election. Both leaders are now said to be eyeing the seat again amid talks of BJP-JD(U) tie-up.
Baikuntha Pradhan, ASO at Raj Bhawan in Puri, has alleged that Governor Raghubar Das’s son & aides assaulted him on night of 7 July for not being able to arrange a luxury car.
Ministers & civil servants say reverberations of developments in 'office of profit' case against CM Soren & governor's silence on matter are being felt in govt’s daily affairs.
Vasundhara Raje, Raman Singh and Raghubar Das became BJP vice-presidents after party lost assembly elections in their home states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Confederation of All India Traders has said BJP must act against the Jharkhand ex-CM who called traders 'mafia and snake'. Raghubar Das says he wasn't talking about 'honest traders'.
Raghubar Das has already participated in 45 virtual assembly meetings and is likely to hold a few more. BJP has also given Maharashtra ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis a role in Bihar.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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