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The resolution was passed at the RJD's national council meeting, which was for the first time held in the absence of its founding president Lalu Prasad as he is serving sentences in fodder scam cases in Ranchi.

Both NCP and Congress in Maharashtra said that although Shiv Sena has backed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), the parties are committed to ensuring that no injustice is meted out to anyone on their identity.

Tewari’s remark came in response to Amit Shah’s claim that the Citizenship Bill would not have been needed had the Congress not allowed partition on basis of religion.

The BJP had fielded 13 of the 15 turncoats, who were previously in Congress and the JD(S), but were disqualified by then Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar for indulging in anti-party activities.

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While the government is said to be ready to conduct the session for about 10 days, the main opposition is demanding that it be held for at least 15 days to discuss several pressing issues of public interest.

They also shouted slogans holding the Governor responsible for delaying clearance of pending bills leading to an abrupt two-day adjournment of the state Assembly this week.

Gandhi further questioned the Uttar Pradesh government as to why the gang rape victim was not given security keeping in mind a similar incident that took place earlier in the same district.

In the meeting that was also attended by Shiv Sena leaders Eknath Shinde, Sanjay Raut and Subhash Desai, Sharad Pawar stressed the need for allocation of portfolios to the ministers.

Badal, a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), a BJP ally, said the anti-Sikh riots which took place in the aftermath of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination were a blot on the country's history.

While reiterating his claim of innocence, Chidambaram devoted the bulk of his first press conference since walking out of Tihar Jail to criticizing the Narendra Modi government on the dismal state of the economy.

TMC leader Saugata Roy's comments in Lok Sabha also evoked a sharp reaction from the treasury benches which wanted him to withdraw his remarks on Chandrayaan-2.

Attacking Congress and NCP’s demand of withdrawal of false Bhima-Koregaon cases, opposition BJP dubbed it as a "blatant support to naxalism".

Nagpur Police delivered summons, issued by a magistrate's court here, to Fadnavis in connection with the case on November 28, the day when a new Shiv Sena-led government was formed in the state.

The daughter of late Gopinath Munde triggered speculation about her next political move when she put up a Facebook post on Sunday about her 'future journey' in view of the 'changed political scenario' in Maharashtra.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur will not be able to attend the meeting as the party leadership has barred her from participating in the weekly gathering of its lawmakers during Parliament's sessions.