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Rahul Gandhi may also do live interactions on Facebook and Instagram so that people can directly ask him questions, sources said.

For quite some time, Sinha has been criticizing the leadership of Modi and BJP president Amit Shah calling it a one man army and two man show.

Confident of coming back to power after 2019 elections, Shah said that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief will once again try to join NDA.

The bench said it is open for the solicitor general or any other party to lay before the court any material or evidence to show that any West Bengal authority or police official is planning or trying to destroy evidence related to the case.

The chief minister was reacting to the remarks made by Shah at a BJP tribal convention in Puri where the saffron party chief dubbed the BJD government as a "fused transformer" and asked the people to throw it away.

Going by the current situation, it is imperative for the BJP to take a political stand in view of people's aspirations, Union minister D V Sadananda Gowda said.

Paying homage to those killed while fighting terrorists, PM Modi said heroes are those who live to fulfil dreams and the biggest cowards are the ones who kill others' dreams.

Shah's comments came amid indications from BJP leaders that the government may not push the bill for passage in the ongoing session of Parliament.

Siddaramaiah ridiculed BJP's criticism that the state has two chief ministers at present, saying the BJP had three chief ministers during their tenure and still could not complete their term.

The BJP hopes that the citizenship bill will yield electoral dividends in Bengal, especially in Thakurnagar, which is the hub of the sizeable Matua community.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the issue of EVMs was discussed at length by the opposition leaders.

Holding placards and shouting slogans, opposition Left Front and Congress members trooped into the Well of the House demanding a discussion on the governor's address during the current session.

He was referring to the infamous 1995 state guest house incident in Lucknow in which Mayawati was attacked by Samajwadi Party workers.

Jaitley's statement comes against the backdrop of Dubai-based businessman Rajeev Saxena and corporate aviation lobbyist Deepak Talwar getting deported to India.

Gandhi was seated between former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.

Debbarma, a former MLA of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT), a regional tribal party, had joined the BJP before the Assembly election in Tripura last year.