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The Trinamool Congress chief also claimed that industrialists in the country feel intimidated by central agencies such as the CBI, the ED and the Income Taxt Department.

The Congress leader said that the BJP formed the government by horse-trading, forcing the 17 people to resign, and destroying democracy.

Clad in black shirts, Deputy CM O Panneerselvam and CM K Palaniswami led a silent march from Anna Salai-Walajah Road junction upto the samadhi of Jayalalithaa on Marina beach, a distance of about 1.5 km.

The BS Yediyurappa government has a wafer-thin majority of 106 MLAs over the Congress-JD(S) alliance, which has the support of 101 MLAs in the current 207-member Assembly.

Eknath Khadse said he and Pankaja Munde were of the opinion that a few BJP leaders had tried to defeat her and Rohini. The concerns were voiced to BJP unit chief Chandrakant Patil.

All efforts of the BJP to ally with the NCP were only to restrict the Shiv Sena from coming to power, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party alleged.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people for coming out to vote despite some elements trying to disrupt polling.

The press release issued by the party’s state general secretary KS Narendran further stated that Arasakumar will be barred from participating in media debates or any BJP event till the party high command decides on action to be taken against Arasakumar.

Associated with the BJP for the past five years, Prabhakar had been among the founding members of the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), which fought the 2014 Assembly election in alliance with the BJP but is contesting separately this time

The Maharashtra potboiler, which began after the election results were announced, saw the BJP and Shiv Sena part ways over the CM’s chair.

Patole, who comes from the OBC Kunabi community in Vidarbha region, was the first BJP MP to rebel against his party during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first term between 2014 and 2019.

Thakur created a controversy on Wednesday with her remarks in the Lower House of Parliament during DMK member A Raja's narration of a statement by Nathuram Godse before a court on why he killed Mahatma Gandhi.

India's economic growth slipped further to hit an over six-year low of 4.5 per cent in July-September, according to official data released on Friday.

Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah also accused the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government in the state of doing nothing for the flood victims.

Her microphone was cut off after she finished reading the prepared apology and before she could go off script. She continued to utter something but remained inaudible.

Rahul Gandhi had earlier attacked the BJP over its MP Pragya Thakur's praise for Nathuram Godse, saying her remarks represented the 'heart and soul' of the saffron party.