Politics

Workers are being treated as slaves, said the letter signed by CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI's D Raja, CPI (ML)'s Dipankar Bhattarcharya and RJD MP Manoj Jha among others.

Gopichand Padalkar, who joined the party on the eve of last year's Lok Sabha polls, also figures in the list.

Sources also say that senior Congress leaders like Bhupinder Hooda, Kumari Selja, Ashok Gehlot among other have been asked to mobilise funds for the mission.

As the deadly virus continues to claim lives, people not just in India but outside too, are looking for additional methods, especially in connection with age-old traditions, to help fight the pandemic.

On Monday, the cabinet made a fresh recommendation proposing Chief Minister Thackeray's nomination to one of the two vacant seats in the Council in the governor's quota.

Fadnavis, leader of the opposition in the Assembly and former chief minister, was accompanied by Pravin Darekar, leader of opposition in the council, senior leaders Ashish Shelar and Vinod Tawde, as well as Mumbai party unit chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha.

Without taking any names, the Sena said it feared that some people in Maharashtra would "instigate" the migrant labourers for their petty political gains.

The Samajwadi Party chief also questioned why the ‘Kutumb Shakha’ of the RSS is being held despite a nationwide lockdown.

West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiv Sinha also denied any deliberate attempt to not cooperate with the central teams.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday sought to know who was stopping Maharashtra Governor B K Koshyari from approving the state Cabinet's recommendation to nominate Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as MLC from the governor's quota.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that over 9.29 lakh missed calls were received at the state helpline number, of which 4.32 lakh calls have been verified.

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa said all the necessary permissions were given and the marriage was performed in a simple manner, adding They had done it well within their limits.

Manisha Kayande said Modi could have announced extension of the lockdown on Wednesday itself along with the new guidelines, instead of declaring it separately.

The Loktantrik Janata Dal leader claimed India would have been in a much better position if the lockdown was imposed earlier but he alleged the government was busy in other affairs.

Bandopadhyay urged Modi not to suspend the MPLAD funds scheme as it would impact development works at the grassroots level and demanded a financial aid for West Bengal to tackle the outbreak.

The actor-politician, who had welcomed the Janta curfew call given by Modi earlier, said he had high expectations from his address to the nation.