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His reaction came after the Unnao rape victim, who was set on fire early Thursday morning, died at Safdarjung hospital a day after she was airlifted to Delhi with 90% burn injuries.

A total of 260 candidates are in the fray in the second phase with 44 or 17 per cent of them having declared serious criminal cases in their self-sworn affidavits.

Sources said the YSR Congress party (YSRCP) chief is expected to discuss the issues of special category status and the financial help of Rs 2.58 lakh crore to the debt-ridden state.

The Nagpur-based Research for Resurgence Foundation, founded by Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal which is an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), purchased huge tracts of land in Karol tehsil there, a government official said.

During a debate in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the Congress leader had taken a swipe at Nirmala Sitharaman and suggested that the finance minister has become weak, describing her as 'Nirbala Sitharaman'.

Naidu said if this government wants to be transparent, the case should be immediately handover over to the CBI.

Apart from Sardesai, the chief minister's son Aaditya Thackeray, who is an MLA from Worli in Mumbai and head of the Yuva Sena, was also present at the meeting held at the state secretariat.

The Congress claimed that only after a letter by AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had the government swung into action and taken the matter seriously.

The BSP leaders have also been asked to make preparations for the death anniversary of social reformer BR Ambedkar on December 6.

In the clipping posted by a user on Sunday, a party leader can be seen and heard shouting slogans of 'Priyanka Gandhi zindabad' and 'Sonia Gandhi zindabad', to which the supports respond enthusiastically.

Fadnavis has also already dismissed Hegde's claim as 'absolutely wrong', asserting that nothing of that sort happened.

In a remark addressed to Union Ministers Amit Shah and Nirmala Sitharaman, Rahul Bajaj had said there was an 'atmosphere of fear' as people were afraid to criticise the government.

The ruling party in the state had been harping on 'Bengali pride' by resisting the apparent 'imposition of Hindi' by the Centre, following the Lok Sabha polls.

The TMC’s internal review found the party has managed to swing nearly 60,000-70,000 votes in Kharagpur Sadar and Kaliaganj which is more than 20% of all the votes polled in the two seats.

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The wins, especially in Kaliaganj and Kharagpur-Sadar, pose a strong challenge to the BJP which had won the corresponding Lok Sabha segments, Raiganj and Medinipur, in the May general elections.