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It was only after 'Guruji' quit the Manmohan Singh cabinet owing to his court conviction, Hemant Soren emerged as heir apparent of the 'Soren clan' and won the Dumka Assembly seat in 2009.

In Jharkhand, the BJP experimented with a non-tribal CM to give a stable government for five years. But here again, numerically dominant social groups are recalibrating to seek a larger say.

Check who won and who lost, who is leading, who is trailing and who will be the new Kolebira (कोलेबिरा) MLA (Vidhayak / Member of Legislative Assembly).

Banerjee had recently challenged the Modi government to go for a UN-monitored referendum over the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Addressing a rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, Modi said the Congress and ‘urban Naxals’ are spreading lies about detention centres in India and denied the existence of such centres.

The Sena, a long-time ally of the BJP, had last month joined hands with ideological rivals Congress and NCP to form a government in Maharashtra with Thackeray as Chief Minister.

Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, however, said that that the recommendations of Clause 6 implementation committee on the definition of 'indigenous' is awaited.

The Opposition MLAs also cornered the ruling party over the issue of regularising the guest faculties in state universities and commotion ensued after the higher education minister Jitu Patwari failed to provide satisfactory answers.

AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal also said marches led by Congress chief ministers will be organised in their respective states from December 22.

A BSP delegation met President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday over the Citizenship Amendment Act and the violence that ensued over the issue.

Thackeray's party Shiv Sena had earlier supported the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, but staged a walkout during voting on it in the Rajya Sabha.

Nitish Kumar was targeted for his 'silence' on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which was passed by Parliament with his JD(U) voting in favour of it, and on the National Register for Citizens (NRC), which he has been opposed to in principle.

He hit out at DMK for accusing the AIADMK of betraying Sri Lankan Tamils and sought to know why the opposition party did not get citizenship for them when it shared power at the Centre for over a decade in the past.

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he had met South Korea Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon during a visit to the country. His visit to South Korea came amid protests over the amended citizenship law in India.

He made a scathing attack on Congress for opposing the amended Citizenship Act. "Should not they be given Indian citizenship? Where will they go? For them India is home (country), Nadda said.

Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel is the latest to join the growing coterie of chief ministers who have voiced opposition to the NRC, which is seen as the next step to the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act.