KTR slams Congress over HCU land issue, calls for environmental accountability
He alleged that the police entered the HCU campus without the vice chancellor’s permission.
The Congress, which has got 12 berths in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, wants two additional departments relating to rural areas.
SNS | New Delhi | January 3, 2020 9:54 am
Congress leader Ashok Chavan (File Photo: IANS)
The Congress said on late Thursday night that it had conveyed its stand about portfolio allocation to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Congress’ Ashok Chavan spoke to reporters after a meeting of leaders of the ruling coalition of Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress in Mumbai.
The meeting on Thursday night was attended by Chavan, Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat, NCP’s Ajit Pawar, Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde, and others.
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The Congress, which has got 12 berths in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, wants two additional departments relating to rural areas. “We gave our proposal to the CM. He will take a call,” Chavan said while downplaying reports about resentment in the party over portfolio distribution.
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He alleged that the police entered the HCU campus without the vice chancellor’s permission.
On Friday, the Madras High Court granted interim anticipatory bail to Kunal Kamra in connection with multiple FIRs lodged against him.
Congress General Secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh said Article 15(5) was introduced through the Constitution’s 93rd Amendment Act, 2005, and came into effect from January 20, 2006.
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