Politics

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil had on Friday said that they will soon form government in the state, claiming that his party can count on support of 119 MLAs in the 288-member Assembly.

Prasad, who is in Ranchi serving sentences in fodder scam cases, condoled Singh's death on his official Twitter handle operated by his office in consultation with the family.

All 16 disqualified Congress-JD(S) legislators joined the BJP and the party fielded 13 of them as as its candidates for the December 5 assembly bypolls.

Delivering her speech at the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Gandhi alleged that the government lacks the capacity, vision and wisdom to uphold Nehru's legacy.

The plea, likely to be listed for hearing in next few days, alleged that the change in the stand of the Shiv Sena, which fought the Assembly polls with the BJP, was 'nothing but betrayal of people trust reposed in the NDA'.

Kumaraswamy, who was forced to resign as chief minister in July after the rebellion by the now disqualified MLAs, said the JD(S) was facing thepolls keeping both the national parties at 'equal distance'.

In a series of tweets, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the judgement of the apex court has proved that the disruption of Parliament over the Rafale fighter aircraft deal was a 'sham'.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, and senior party leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare are likely to hold parleys with the Congress to evolve a consensus on what should be the policies if the Shiv Sena is to be backed to form government.

AAP's Preeti Sharma Menon said that the Congress MLAs in Maharashtra should join Sharad Pawar, President of Nationalist Congress Party, adding 'it's really time for Congress to die'.

Chirag Paswan had categorically said a few days ago that LJP would like to contest assembly elections in Jharkhand under the banner of NDA and conveyed this to the alliance leaders.

The DMK also batted for amendments to the Constitution including one to make all 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule as India's official languages.

If no alliance or party expresses confidence of forming the government, the governor will have to send a report to the Centre recommending President’s Rule in Maharashtra.

With the deadline for staking claim to power in Maharashtra ending at midnight Friday, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari will play a crucial role in what happens next.

BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's visit triggered speculation in political circles that he may step in to break the fortnight-long BJP-Sena logjam over sharing the chief minister's post, which is delaying government formation in the state.

The controversy started on November 2 when the BJP tweeted a picture of the Tamil Nadu’s celebrated poet in saffron robes, which led to a political scuffle between the BJP and the DMK.

The Punjab government had appointed six minister-rank advisers to CM Amarinder Singh. Five of them were given the status of a cabinet minister while the sixth legislator was given the rank of the minister of state.