Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
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Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Jayant Patil on Monday dismissed speculation about his possible move to the BJP, stating he had neither met any leader of the saffron outfit nor had anyone from the ruling coalition party approached him.
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The BJP on Monday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of indulging in "dog-whistle politics" with an eye on "Islamist vote banks".
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At least 35.68 lakh voters in poll-bound Bihar are either dead or have permanently shifted out or are enrolled in more than one place, the data from the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have shown.
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Attacking the ruling BJP in Odisha over the death of the college student who set herself on fire, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged it was nothing less than an "organised murder by the system".
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Eight opposition parties, led by the Congress, called an Odisha bandh on July 17 to protest the death of the college student who set herself on fire following inaction over her sexual harassment complaint against a professor. (PTI)
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said, "I had asked this before, on one hand, we name bridge on 'sindoor', the BJP had to do a programme, but we are probably the only party, which had said that unless all the terrorist activities are stopped, we should not have any relations with Pakistan." (PTI)
His brother Jaipal mentioned, "He (Chandu Nayak) went for a morning walk at around 7:30 AM. Someone called him and shot him. He never said anything to us about any conflict. He didn’t even have any clue that this would happen… We have filed a case against the person we suspect. I have given the names of six people." (PTI)
RJD leader Shakti Singh Yadav shares, "In the SIR exercise, if 35 lakh voters would be disenfranchised, then it is definitely a loot against voters... We want to know if it was because of no furnishing of 11 documents, or they are migrant workers, if it has happened, Bihar won't tolerate it."
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is chairing a meeting regarding the Delhi Master Plan with CM Rekha Gupta and Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at his North Block office. Delhi Minister Ashish Sood is also present at the meeting. (ANI)
Shinde has replaced Jayant Patil who had earlier expressed his desire to step down from the post.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor said, "In Kishanganj and the Seemanchal area, Dilip Jaiswal has created a nexus. He is a mafia who has captured Sikh colleges and is torturing the people here. He has become the president of the Bihar BJP, but the BJP is not responding to it. I have released one instalment of his deeds in my press conference, and I will release the second instalment of his deeds before PM Modi arrives in Bihar on 18th July. I am not scared of anything. It has been 10 days, but he has not responded to my questions." (ANI)
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of "unprecedented corruption", alleging that graft has "permeated every department and level of governance".
"The BJP government has broken all previous records of corruption. From construction projects to public services, every sector is plagued with commission-taking and looting," Yadav said in a statement issued here.
He cited the "crumbling infrastructure" under the Jal Jeevan Mission as an example, claiming that water tanks are collapsing, pipelines are bursting, and roads and bridges are deteriorating across various districts of the state. (PTI)