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"I will be camping here after Diwali to expand the base of my party in the state. The party leadership has given me that mandate," Patel told reporters here.

The impact of Rahul Sandesh Yatras, currently touring all districts in the state, was also discussed.

The developments came a day ahead of a mega meeting of party MPs, MLAs, MLCs and ministers convened by Mulayam where some tough decisions are likely to be taken. Akhilesh is learnt to have told his supporters that he will attend the meeting.

"We held discussions. Proposals have come and we will send these to the Congress Vice President for his approval," Amarinder said.

On being asked about Ram Gopal Yadav, who was expelled from the SP, Vadakkan said: "We are not taking sides. Let them settle the matter internally."

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav caught the Mulayam Singh camp by surprise by the way he sacked his uncle and Samajwadi Party state unit chief Shivpal Yadav from his Cabinet, sources said Sunday.

A Special Investigation Team will be set up to unearth alleged collection of "goonda tax" through Akali-BJP and Congress collusion, the AAP manifesto said.

"You brought the term (strike) in your speech referring to labour issues," he said on a lighter note after the speech by Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar during the event.

In the midst of raging crisis in the Samajwadi Party (SP) which is showing no sign of respite, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday sacked party state unit chief Shivpal Singh Yadav – sending a strong signal that party comes first.

Priyanka Gandhi will be a "force multiplier" for Congress in Rahul Gandhi's "forceful" campaign in Uttar Pradesh and people will reject any attempt by BJP to use army's surgical strikes across the LoC for political gains, Congress' Chief Ministerial candi...

The decision came after Mulayam met senior leaders in the morning to find ways to end the raging infighting which is threatening to take the party to the verge of a split.

In the two-and-a-half years of the NDA government, the world has witnessed the pace with which India is moving ahead.

Himachal Pradesh Congress on Friday revoked the expulsion orders of senior party leader and former minister in the Virbhadra Singh government Satya Prakash Thakur and his wife Prem Lata Thakur and brought the two back into the party fold.

Samajwadi Party's General Secretary Kiranmoy Nanda on Friday said that Akhilesh Yadav taking out a Vikas Yatra two days before the SP's silver jubilee programme on Nov 5 should not be 'alarming'.

Slamming Congress for needlessly targeting Parrikar for his comments, Kandolkar said: "RSS believes that Kashmir is ours, the Congress believes in something else."

Farmers' bodies and political parties had staged state- wide rail blockade yesterday and today urging the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Management Board.