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'Admission of crime getting louder with removal of Paresh Adhikari from West Bengal cabinet'
Admission of crime was getting louder with first removal of Partha Chaterjee and then Adhikari from West Bengal cabinet, the BJP co-incharge Amit Malviya said. West Bengal BJP co-incharge Amit Malviya tweeted, "This PIL has become infructuous, as Mamata Banerjee, weighed down by mounting evidence in the SSC Scam, and under pressure from the BJP, quietly dropped Paresh Adhikari from the cabinet.
Partha's conspiracy theory doesn't hold any ground: Trinamool MLA
Roy was referring to a comment Chatterjee made just a day after being stripped off his ministerial and party portfolios that he was victim of conspiracies. Although there were rumours that Roy might get a ministerial berth during Wednesday's cabinet reshuffle because of his clean image and vast experience as a legislator, his name did not figure among the new faces who were inducted as ministers.
BJP to organise events to felicitate Pasmanda Muslims in leadership role
A programme 'Pasmanda Muslim Sneh Milan and Samman Samaroh' will be organised in the national capital in which Uttar Pradesh minister Danish Azad Ansari, chairman of Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission Ashfaq Saifi and Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed Javed will be felicitated in the presence of BJP OBC Morcha president and MP K. Laxman.
Opposition protests in Parliament against 'misuse' of probe agencies by Centre
Opposition members led by the Congress in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha protested against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids and summons against Opposition leaders. The Lok Sabha proceedings were first adjourned until 2 p.m. and then adjourned for the day after opposition members continued loud sloganeering over the misuse of the ED against political rivals.
Kharge quizzed by ED during search operation in National Herald case
Kharge, being the principal official of YI, was assisting the ED officials when he was quizzed. He was quizzed over a few documents of YI. On Thursday a team of ED officials reached the YI office for the search operation. They also opened the office of YI which had been sealed. The ED had earlier accused Mallikarjuna Kharge and Pawan Bansal of not cooperating despite sending two emails to them.
WBSSC scam: ED sleuths manage to retrieve data from mobiles seized from Arpita Mukherjee
All these mobile phones were locked by using a combination and since retrieving data from Apple iPhones is often a more difficult proposition, the ED sleuths took help of special experts in the field in doing so and finally on Thursday afternoon the central agency officials began to retrieve the data details from these mobile phones.
National Herald case: Kharge assists ED officials in search operation
On Thursday, a team of top officials of the ED reached the office of Young Indian (YI) to conduct the search operation. The ED has also opened the office, which was temporarily sealed. Kharge was present at the YI office after he decided to assist the ED officials in search operations. On Wednesday, the ED officials had seized the YI office saying no one was assisting them.
CJI to Shinde: Ignoring political parties after being elected, isn't a danger to democracy?
Senior advocate Harish Salve, representing Shinde, submitted that disqualification under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution takes place, only if the Speaker reaches a conclusion that a member has voted against the stand of a party. Salve added that if the Speaker of an Assembly takes one or two months to decide on disqualification pleas against MLAs, then what does this mean? That they should stop attending the proceedings of the House? He further added, "There is no per se illegality principle, until and unless there is a finding of disqualification..."
Kuldeep Bishnoi joins BJP
He joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at party headquarters here. Welcoming Bishnoi to the party, Khattar said that his joining will strengthen the organisation. Khattar mentioned that Bishnoi has supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and also supported the BJP during the Rajya Sabha poll in June despite being a Congress MLA.
Shah in Karnataka: Asks leaders to assuage concerns of angry party workers
Sources said that Shah stated that the party leaders should consider seriously the anguish and backlash of the BJP workers following the murders of Hindu activist. He also gave them directions to come up with brave decisions to assuage the workers' anger and prepare them to work for the party as elections are fast approaching, sources added.
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