Politics

The BJP reaction came after the Congress demanded the "Congress brainchild" be scaled up and made open-ended to meet the massive increase in demand due to the coronavirus crisis.

Chidambaram also asked whether Kejriwal sought legal opinion before making the announcement.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi is reportedly keen on getting Gowda back in Parliament to take on the Modi government.

Describing it as another step towards e-governance, he said the Uttarakhand government has already started having paperless e-cabinet meetings.

Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi said Congress MLAs Akshay Patel and Jitu Chaudhary met him on Wednesday and handed over their resignations.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said farmers suffered injustice in the past 70 years and when the current government is giving justice, 'at least don't do politics'.

Siddaramaiah's comments comes amid talks of dissent within the BJP following recent meetings by a section of party legislators that set alarm bells ringing in the party.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said there can be no compromise on India's security and territorial integrity and posed a set of questions to the government on the situation at the border in Ladakh.

BJP's Rahul Sinha said the Covid-19 situation in Bengal will turn out of hand in the next three months and demanded the CM immediately convene an all-party meeting.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was arrested on May 20 on allegations that he provided false documents regarding buses for ferrying migrant workers back to the state during lockdown.

An order of transfer of 55 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) was issued on Tuesday by the general administrative department of the state.

The governor, in a statement, said that it is estimated that these measures will save nearly 10 to 15 per cent of the budget of the Raj Bhavan in the current financial year.

In a video message posted as part of the Congress' 'Speak Up India' campaign, she lamented that even though the country is passing through a serious economic crisis Centre has not heard the cries of pain.

Mayawati urged the Centre and Maharashtra government to stop blame-game and pay attention to the crisis of migrant workers.

Rumours of a potential political upheaval in the state began when former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis complained to the governor about the 'failure' of the Thackeray government in handling the Covid-19 crisis.

The BJP workers accompanying Ghosh had a mild scuffle with the police personnel, and they pushed the men in uniform to pave the way for the vehicle of the party's state president.