India Political Highlights: Gehlot or Tharoor will be 'puppet' in hands of Rahul, says BJP on Cong prez poll

Veteran leader Ashok Gehlot appears to be playing all his cards to ensure that his bete noir Sachin Pilot does not succeed him if he has to relinquish Rajasthan Chief Ministership in the run up to his Congress presidential bid and instal his loyalist at the helm in Jaipur.

. He is expected to meet various Union ministers including Nitin Gadkari.

. A delegation of Shiv Sena legislators loyal to party president Uddhav Thackeray met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Wednesday and raised the issue of law and order under the Eknath Shinde-led government and highlighted problems being faced by farmers.

The delegation, led by Ambadas Danve, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, also submitted a memorandum listing their grievances and demands.

. Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday withdrew his order summoning a special Assembly session on September 22 for the AAP govt to move a confidence motion.

The Raj Bhavan cited absence of specific rules on summoning the Assembly for considering only a confidence motion.

. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia meets party workers at Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, in Ahmedabad, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Credit: PTI Photo

. Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Wednesday said the so-calledDelhidevelopment model, being touted by Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal during campaigning in poll-bound Gujarat, is not supported by facts but aimed to gain publicity. In a scathing attack on Kejriwal, Dikshit said the so-calledDelhimodel is not development-oriented.

. Party to hold the open convention in Delhi on Oct 10, so come to Delhi & also convey to the Opposition to unite against BJP; we want the Constitution & democracy, not RSS agenda. All problems to end if BJP is ousted: Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav at RJD state council meeting

. Gujarat Legislative Assembly withdraws bill aimed at prohibiting movement of stray cattle on roads and public places in urban areas of state, months after it was passed

. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Conference of Environment Ministers in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat on 23rd September via video conferencing. He will also address the gathering on the occasion: PMO

. NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that filing cases and arresting Opposition leaders seem to be the flagship project of the Centre. “If you check today's newspaper, it has detailed how Central probe agencies have increased their actions against Opposition parties and leaders. It seems that filing cases and arresting Opposition leaders are the flagship project of the Centre. "Whenever they have some doubts about the outcome of an election, such steps are taken as an important work.

The key issues and challenges before the society are kept aside,” Pawar told reporters here in a swipe at BJP-ruled Centre. We will respond to it politically, said the NCP chief. A prime witness in Mumbai's Patra 'chawl' redevelopment project case has told the Enforcement Directorate, probing the related money laundering, in which Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut is an accused, that during 2008-09 some residents of the area had approached NCP chief Sharad Pawar through local politicians for the redevelopment of the chawl (tenement). After various meetings, Sanjay Raut and Pravin Raut, along with Rakesh Wadhawan, of HDIL (Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd) were asked to handle the project, she told the ED, which has filed a supplementary charge sheet. Before the 2019 Assembly polls, the Enforcement Directorate had served a notice to Pawar. But the agency later said that Pawar's presence was not required for the inquiry.

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. The fight between the Kerala Guv and CM was a manufactured fight to divert attention from the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. Even though governor is a constitutional position, they have now been reduced to be sub-ordinatesof PM.

. There are two typesof people who leave Congress:

First category arethose who get everything from Congress and leave for personal goals, like Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Second category are those who go through the BJP washing machine and are brainwashed.

Our entire focus is on making this yatra a success, we do not care about those who are leaving. These people are being used by BJP to manage headlines. BJP does not want Bharat Jodo yatra to make headline. BJP is rattled and worried by the yatra.

. Dismissing all speculations over his candidature in Lok Sabha polls from Phulpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that "he is only interested in uniting opposition parties ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Kumar also asserted that his efforts should reap benefits for the younger generation, "for people like (his deputy) Tejashwi Yadav". "These are mere speculations and there is no basis for such talks. I don't know the source of such reports. I am only interested in uniting all opposition parties ahead of the 2024 parliamentary elections," said the CM on Tuesday when asked if he had plans to enter the Lok Sabha contest from UP. "I don't want anything for myself…whatever I am doing, it is for the younger generation…for people like Tejashwi Yadav," he added. (PTI)

India Political Highlights: Gehlot or Tharoor will be 'puppet' in hands of Rahul, says BJP on Cong prez poll

As Gehlot agrees to enter Cong prez poll fray, wants loyalist at helm in Rajasthan

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde arrives in Delhi

Legislators of Uddhav-led Sena meet Maha Governor, raise law and order, farmer issues

Punjab governor withdraws order summoning special Assembly session

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