Politics

• Only CBI can answer, says Nitish on Lalu raids
  
  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday avoided questions on CBI raids over his archrival and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad.
• KCR, Kejriwal discuss national politics at luncheon meeting
  
  Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday had a luncheon meeting with his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal at the latter's residence in New Delhi.
• Azam, Shivpal stay away from SP legislative party meeting
  
  Senior SP MLA, Mohd Azam Khan, his son Abdullah Azam and Shivpal Singh Yadav stayed away from the Samajwadi legislative party meeting held here on Sunday, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly's budget session which begins on Monday.
• Karnataka Congress leader seeks SC judge-led probe into 19 lakh 'missing' EVMs
  
  Senior Karnataka Congress leader and MLA H.K. Patil called on Legislative Assembly Speaker Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri on Sunday and sought a probe into the issue of 19 lakh "missing" Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
• BJP instigating people on loudspeaker, Hanuman Chalisa issues: Lalu Yadav
  
  RJD President Lalu Prasad on Wednesday hit out at the BJP and the RSS for trying to instigate people on the loudspeaker and Hanuman Chalisa row.
• Shivpal's tweet declares war against Akhilesh on Eid
  
  On Eid, when the world celebrates the festival of peace and brotherhood, the war in the Yadav clan intensified further with Shivpal Singh Yadav going all out to express his anger at his nephew and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
• Punjab Congress internal rift widens with demand for action against Sidhu
  
  The Congress state in-charge of Punjab has written to party president Sonia Gandhi for action against former state party president Navjot Singh Sidhu for speaking against the party line. The letter written by Harish Chaudhary says that Sidhu can't be allowed to portray himself above the party.
• 'Time to go to the real masters', PK drops hint on next step
  
  Election strategist Prashant Kishor on Monday dropped a hint about what his next step will be. He said that after the experience of the last 10 years, the time has come to go to the 'real master', i.e., the public.
• Is Rajasthan leadership next on Congress radar after Punjab, Himachal and Haryana?
  
  After the Congress' change of guard in Punjab, Himachal and Haryana, all eyes are now on Rajasthan to see how the Congress high command resolves the long simmering tensions between the two camps led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former deputy CM Sachin Pilot.
• Was refusal of 'free hand' reason behind PK declining Congress offer?
  
  The Congress and Prashant Kishor parted ways on Tuesday after hectic parleys for two weeks gave rise to speculation that the ace election strategist might join the grnad old party.
• Tej Pratap Yadav announces resignation from RJD after row over thrashing youth leader
  
  RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav, who on Monday faced allegations of beating up a party youth leader, announced his resignation from the RJD after meeting his father and party's national President Lalu Prasad.
• BJP secures clean sweep in Guwahati civic polls
  
  The ruling BJP-led alliance on Sunday secured a clean sweep by winning 58 seats in the 60-seat Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) opened its account in the civic body.
• New alignments in UP politics as Jayant meets Azam's family
  
  With the Assembly elections over, new political realignments have started taking place in Uttar Pradesh.
• Power crisis will crush small industries: Congress on coal shortage
  
  A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting of the concerned department on power situation, the Congress on Wednesday attacked the Centre and alleged that only eight days of coal was left in the country.
• Anurag Thakur, man behind coup in Himachal AAP unit
  
  Amid the ongoing coup in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) unit of Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister Anurag Thakur is said to be instrumental and played an active role in diminishing the AAP's poll prospects ahead of the Assembly election in the state.
• TN BJP Chief says no to imposition of Hindi in state
  
  Tamil Nadu BJP legislative party leader Nainar Nagendran has said that the party would not allow imposition of Hindi in the state. In a statement, he said that there was no need to learn a language under any compulsion to prove that he was an Indian.
• Sun sets on iftar politics in UP
  
  The politics of Iftar parties in Uttar Pradesh has come to an end.
• Tej Pratap invites Nitish Kumar to re-enter Mahagathbandhan
  
  RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has invited Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to re-enter the 'Mahagathbandhan'.
• Upset with Akhilesh, Azam Khan may walk out of SP
  
  The Samajwadi Party (SP) may soon face another major jolt as speculations about senior party leader Mohd Azam Khan leaving the party and, possibly, forming his own party, gained ground.
• Jagan Reddy to induct 14 new faces in revamped Cabinet
  
  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's revamped Cabinet will have 14 new faces while he has decided to retain 11 ministers who were part of the previous Cabinet.
• Third term for Sitaram Yechury as CPI-M general secretary
  
  CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury will continue in the post for a third term. This was announced at the party's 23rd party Congress venue on Sunday.
• Akhilesh questions handling of Gorakhnath temple attack case
  
  Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has questioned the handling of the Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi case, related to the attack on Gorakhnath temple.
• Revival of Congress is essential for democracy: Sonia Gandhi
  
  Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi while addressing the parliamentary party on Tuesday said that the revival of the party is essential for democracy and the results of elections were "shocking" and "painful".
• Congress to fight 2023 MP polls under Kamal Nath's leadership
  
  Madhya Pradesh's former Chief Minister Kamal Nath will remain the state Congress President and the party will contest the 2023 Assembly elections under his leadership, it was unanimously decided at a party meeting on Monday evening.
• Nitish Kumar denies plan to move to Rajya Sabha
  
  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday categorically denied that he is going to the Rajya Sabha.

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