Congress has demanded the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of insulting Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar during a debate on the 75th anniversary of the Constitution’s adoption in the Upper House on Tuesday.
The ongoing turmoil at North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in Meghalaya has intensified as Vice Chancellor Prof Prabha Shankar Shukla extended his leave until December 13.
Scores of Congress workers gathered outside the residence of MLA Nirmala Sapre in Bina town of Sagar to stage a protest, prompting police to resort to using water cannons to disperse them.
The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh has demanded resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda, alleging that one of the three accused arrested in the seizure of 907 kg of contraband drug mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 1814 crore from Bhopal, is " very close" to the Deputy CM.
Accompanied by other AAP leaders, including Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kejriwal arrived at the Delhi LG's residence around 4:30 P.M. and submitted his resignation to LG Saxena.
The board also appointed Sanjay Pugalia and Senthil Chengalvarayan as directors on RRPRH board with immediate effect.
Recalling that the MLAs had decided to resign en masse, the letter written by LoO Kataria to the Speaker said he should take a decision on legitimate membership of the legislator (s) in the House and accept their resignations en masse.
"It was not expected from him to write a letter when Soniaji was in Delhi's hospital. Soniaji has saved and run the party for the last 20 years. The style Azad sab put in his papers is inhumane... against human feelings...and highly insensitive."
In a hard-hitting five-page letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, he squarely blamed her son and senior leader Rahul Gandhi for the party's terminal decline, saying all important decisions were being taken by Rahul or his security guards and PAs while she was just a nominal figurehead.
The young leader said the Congress' decision-making is influenced by the "self-serving interests" of individuals indulging in sycophancy.
