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The Congress general secretary has been attacking the Uttar Pradesh government over law and order and has slammed the state dispensation over the Vikas Dubey incident as well as the killing of Ghaziabad-based journalist Vikram Joshi, who was shot in the h...

The former Union minister alleged that BJP-appointed governors have violated the letter and spirit of the Constitution and have in the process "gravely impaired" parliamentary democracy, its conventions and traditions.

This is the second time that the governor has returned the proposal and sought clarifications from the state government.

Three former law ministers have written to the state governor, saying the delay in doing so has resulted in an avoidable constitutional crisis..

Maken said to protect the Constitution and democracy, Congress workers will stage protests in front of the Raj Bhawans across the country on Monday, though th.

The former president said Narasimha Rao did not just belong to his birthplace Telangana but to the entire country and hoped others across India would be inspired to celebrate his birth centenary.

Jyotiraditya Scindia became a member of the Parliamentary Committee on HRD, while Congress' Digvijaya Singh was nominated to the Committee on Urban Developme.

Sources said Shah was accompanied by a battery of government lawyers as he met Advani at the 92-year-old leader's residence in connection with the case. 

Joshi, who served disqualification notices to the dissidents for "anti-party activities" last week, was asked to not act against the MLAs till Friday.

In an apparent comment directed at his own party, Meghwal, close to former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, opposed the "ongoing buying and selling" of MLAs in order to oust the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government.

BJP state president Satish Poonia also hit out at Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, saying he levelled false allegations against Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to defame him.

Taking to Twitter, Nirupam tagged a news report to say that Mumbai Congress leaders had complained to the party high command about his anti-party activities.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, however, did not mention Sachin Pilot by his name but said the "former Pradesh Congress Committee president" was himself "doing the deal".

Poonia also claimed that about 400-500 post holders in the Youth Congress, NSUI and Seva Dal have resigned in protest against the latest development.

Nearly all the opposition parties in the state — like Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party — are trying to woo the Brahmins, considered to be the traditional votebank of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.

The 78-year-old Maratha strongman said he believed allowing the BJP to be in power in Maharashtra was not in the interest of the Shiv Sena and other parties.