Politics

Addressing a poll rally at Aheri in Gadchiroli, a Maoist-affected district in eastern Maharashtra, he also said that Naxals were opposed to development and added the Modi government curbed the menace over the last five years.

In its manifesto for the October 21 Assembly polls, BJP's Maharashtra unit has sought the country's highest civilian award on Savarkar.

Addressing a rally, the UP CM said the Congress is opposing the abrogation of Article 370, which was a blot on Kashmir and under such circumstances, no person with self-respect will accept the membership of the party.

Choubey, who represents Buxar, was on an inspection visit to the Patna Medical College and Hospital where several dengue patients have been admitted.

Pointing towards a recent survey, Rao claimed that TRS will get 50 per cent of the votes in Huzurnagar.

The Rajasthan chief minister and Congress leader said "such kind of politics" does not last for long and people were being selectively targeted under the Modi government.

The assembly election in Maharashtra is scheduled to be held on October 21 and the counting will be held on October 24.

In the party's annual gathering at Shivaji park on Dussehra, Uddhav Thackeray focused on why he chose an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and agreed to play second fiddle to the party.

Earlier, Salman Khurshid had said that the Congress was taking too long to come to terms with its defeat in general elections.

Athawale heads a faction of the Republican Party of India (RPI), founded by Dr BR Ambedkar.

Some veteran Congress leaders are reportedly upset over the exclusion of senior leaders from the new committee which was announced on Monday night.

In his campaign speech, the Sena president said that Tejas, younger sibling of party leader Aaditya Thackeray, had come on the stage merely to watch the rally that was held at Sangamner in Ahmednagar district.

The chair designated for deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi stayed vacant and local BJP MLA, BJP ministers and other senior leaders also chose to give the event a miss.

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon's response to the amendment comes close on the heels of Bhartiya Janata Party's strong reservation Kamal Nath government's move on civic body elections.

Sahasrabuddhe, who himself hails from Maharashtra, said the state politics has always been caste ridden, but in the last five years the BJP government has succeeded in shunning its identification with any caste group.

Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco who on many occasions earlier criticised the BJP-led government in Goa Assembly, ruled out any move to join the ruling party, while the CM did not deny possibility of him switching.