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He also said passing an ordinance in the Parliament was the "only option" left to facilitate the temple's construction.

Yadav had announced a 50-km long cycle yatra in September from Kannauj which was to be flagged off by ‘demonetisation baby’ Khajanchi. It was later postponed to November.

Harsh Vardhan advised Smriti Irani to ignore such statements. It is then that the minister goes on to explain why, "according to the gotra system", Rahul Gandhi can never be a Dattatreya.

A Tonk journalist says that Sachin Pilot still has an edge over Yunus Khan, but the gap is smaller now.

The ruling BJP went all out to stave off anti-incumbency after 15 years of rule while the Congress has mounted a strong challenge to storm to power in the state.

In one of the strongest criticisms of Kushwaha, LJP parliamentary board chairman Chirag Paswan also disapproved of the RLSP chief's frequent outbursts against Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar.

Kushwaha had on November 17 given an ultimatum to the BJP to conclude seat-sharing talks by November 30, saying the offer made to the RLSP was not respectable.

The BJP fortress of Bellary has fallen to the Congress and the once-powerful Gali Janardhana Reddy cuts a lonely figure; fortunes have clearly shifted in Karnataka’s mineral-rich district.

Nath, during his rally, said CM Shivraj Chouhan identified himself as a ‘Kisan Ka Beta’ but farmers’ suicides were 'more or less the same as those being witnessed in Africa'.

BJP state chief expressed his gratitude to the leaders and their supporters for joining the BJP and hoped that the newcomers would work hard and provide their services to the party and the society.

Ravan said that even though Mayawati derided him as an “agent” of the BJP and the Congress, he has always been a BSP supporter and will continue to stand by the Dalit czarina.

Taking a dig at the BJP, Uddhav Thackeray says parties chant ‘Ram, Ram’ before elections, and do only ‘aaram’ after that.

A seven-time Lok Sabha member, Sharief, started his career under late Karnataka CM S Nijalingappa and became the railway minister during 1991 to 1995 in PV Narasimha Rao's cabinet.

Expressing his clear displeasure, Gandhi said Joshi’s statement was contrary to the ideology of the Congress party.

At the same time, he made it clear that the Commission will decide on poll dates after "considering all aspects."

The 27-page 'Aarop Patra' lists down the Vasundhra Raje government’s fiascos in the past five years on various fronts including finance, agriculture, women's safety and basic amenities such as electricity, water and health.