Politics

The senior leader's comments come after Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot arrived in Delhi with some of his loyalist MLAs to talk to party leadership regarding the developing political crisis in the state.

Congress sources say the issues which will be deliberated are mainly the Chinese border transgressions and economic situation arising due to Covid-19.

The state polls are due in October-November. The Election Commission has so far not made any official announcement about the schedule.

State BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said Banerjee and her ministers had been violating the rules over the past three months, which, in a way, contributed to the spike in cases.

Interacting with representatives of various Varanasi-based non-government organisations via video link, he said Kashi has vigorously countered the unprecedented coronavirus crisis.

Condemning the government for dropping chapters on secularism, citizenship, nationalism, demonetisation and democratic rights, Danish Ali asked if this is an example of turning crisis into opportunity.

A Home Ministry spokesperson said a special director in the Enforcement Directorate will head the team.

Trouble has started for the BJP-led coalition government in Manipur after the chief minister withdrew ll major portfolios from the his deputy for criticising him at a public function.

The bypolls are being seen as quite crucial from the political viewpoint as the ruling BJP does not currently have an absolute majority, and the party must win at least nine seats to attain the majority.

The godown was built in place of a pond by M/s Vikas Construction in which Ansari's wife Afsa Begum and his brother-in-law Aatif Raja, besides three others are partners.

Besides Sushil Modi, samples of some officials and his staff members have been sent for testing, sources close to the deputy chief minister said.

The trial court said that neither the requisite sanction was obtained as required under law, nor the complaint was filed before the court of magistrate by the politician himself.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the entire country knows the "deep hatred and vendetta of Prime Minister Narendra Modi" towards the Congress leadership.

YSR Congress Party Prasad V Potluri, his wife and another person were booked under Indian Penal Code's Section 353 (assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty).

Nadda said the foundation, headed by Sonia Gandhi, received donations from the Chinese embassy between 2005-09 and from the "tax haven" of Luxemburg between 2006-09.

The Congress demanded answers from the Prime Minister on what his government was doing to secure Indian territory from Chinese incursions.