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Nitish flies 130 MLAs to Delhi for show of support

February 11, 2015

Patna/New Delhi, Feb 11: Former chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar flew to New Delhi along with 130 MLAs supporting him on Tuesday, after waiting for more than 24 hours for a communiqué from Raj Bhavan.

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He is expected to parade his legislators before President Pranab Mukherjee soon.

Most of the lawmakers flew to New Delhi in two batches in separate IndiGo flights, with Nitish leaving in the latter.

The others are expected to reach Delhi on Wednesday “We were left with no option other than to fly our supporters to New Delhi, where we will meet the President and parade our supporters in front of him,” said Shrawan Kumar, who, till a day ago, was Bihar’s parliamentary affairs minister, before being sacked by Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Earlier in the day, Nitish conceded that it was a mistake to have appointed Manjhi as his successor.

“I must admit that I erred in choosing my successor. Now it’s time for course correction. Hence we have informed the governor that he should take a decision (on forming new government) at the earliest, or else the game of horse-trading would turn murky,” said Nitish.

Congratulating Arvind Kejriwal on his landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, Nitish said, “We had maintained right from the beginning that there was no such (Modi) wave. But people mistook a ‘blower’ as the ‘BJP wave’ and got carried away. The BJP’s downfall has begun, and it will be decimated in the coming Bihar Assembly elections too.”

Meanwhile, Manjhi, who convened a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, gave his nod to the proposal for reservation of contractors belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe in contracts pertaining to road construction.

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Agencies
June 9,2020

New Delhi, Jun 9: BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and his mother Madhavi Raje Scindia have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently undergoing treatment in a Delhi hospital, India Today reported on Tuesday.

They were admitted on Monday to Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, after the two complained of throat irritation and fever.

"Not so good news: @JM_Scindia and his mother have tested positive for corona, The former Cong turned BJP leader from MP has been admitted to hospital.. Wish him a speedy recovery!" tweeted Rajdeep Sardesai, consulting editor at the India Today group.

Breaking now: Not so good news: @JM_Scindia and his mother have tested positive for corona, The former Cong turned BJP leader from MP has been admitted to hospital.. Wish him a speedy recovery!  @IndiaToday

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) June 9, 2020

Scindia, former Congress MP from Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh, quit the party and joined BJP last March. Scindia, who was once Minister of State with independent charge for Power, is the BJP candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Madhya Pradesh.

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News Network
February 2,2020

New Delhi, Feb 2: The Congress on Sunday released its manifesto for Delhi polls, promising to implement unemployment allowance of Rs 5,000-7,500 per month and cashback schemes for water and power consumers, if voted to power.

Presenting the manifesto, Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra said the party will provide free power up to 300 unit per month.

The manifesto also committed to spend 25 per cent budget each year on fighting pollution and improving transport facilities.

An unemployment allowance of Rs 5,000 for graduates and Rs 7,500 for post graduates per month will be provided under the Yuva Swabhiman Yojna, he said.

The Congress will launch flagship cashback schemes for power and water supply to benefit consumers saving these resources. The party, if voted to power, will open 100 Indira Canteens to provide subsidised meals at Rs 15, Chopra said.

The Congress will challenge the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the Supreme Court and demand the Centre to withdraw the law. The party will also not implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the existing form of the National Population Register (NPR), if voted to power in Delhi.

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May 30,2020

Coronavirus lockdown in India has been extended till June 30 with more relaxations.

While the lockdown has been extended in containment zones, relaxations outside containment zones include reopening of religious places for public  from June 8. 

Hotels, restaurants and shopping malls also to open from June 8. Decision on opening educational institutions to be taken in July.
 

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