Politics

Asaduddin Owaisi said the proposed National Population Register has nothing to do with social welfare schemes and it is purely an exercise done to undertake the National Register of Citizens in future.

After a meeting with state office bearers at the chief minister's residence, senior party leader Gopal Rai said, "It has been decided that work would be done on three things."

In a letter to Jammu and Kashmir CEO, NC central secretary Rattan Lal Gupta said the party is a strong votary of democratic process and wishes to participate in the eight-phase elections starting March 5.

The Maharashtra government's sudden decision to allow the NIA to take over the probe from Pune Police after initially opposing it caused a flutter in the coalition government.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee also criticised the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre for booking mainstream politicians in Jammu and Kashmir under stringent provisions of the Public Safety Act (PSA).

The Congress party and its dynasty had only stealthily usurped the Gandhi title but had over the decades systematically ignored his legacy and only perpetuated the Nehru family dynasty, BJP's spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said.

The reasons behind the defeat in each seat were discussed in detail during the meeting, a statement issued by the party said.

Asked about the ongoing agitations against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Union Home Minister said everyone has a right to peaceful protest but violence is not justified.

The polls, to be held in eight phases from March 5 to 20, will be the first in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into union territories.

The provisions of the model code of conduct are enforced from the date of announcement of poll schedule by the Election Commission and it remains in operation till completion of the election process, officials said.

AICC Delhi in-charge PC Chacko and Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra resigned from their posts in the wake of the party's debacle in the Delhi assembly elections.

A day after the police said he allegedly drove the car, injuring a two-wheeler rider and damaging an autorickshaw, Harris appeared before them and told reporters later he would fight it out in court.

In five of the six seats -- Ballimaran, Okhla, Matia Mahal, Babarpur, Mustafabad -- the Congress bagged a little more than 5,000 votes in each constituency.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora also said that the Commission would engage with political parties in the coming days on various electoral reforms and the model code.

Veerappa Moily said the Congress is concerned and worried about the humiliating defeat in Delhi, adding, 'it's a lesson which we have to learn'.

The state cabinet, which met here under the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, resolved to establish Andhra Pradesh State Financial Services Ltd, AP State Agriculture Council and AP Green Energy Corporation Ltd.