As soon as Jyotiraditya Scindia was welcomed by JP Nadda into BJP, Scindia’s name is among the two candidates named by the BJP for the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. The announcement followed moments after the 49-year-old four-time Lok Sabha MP joined the BJP. “Congress is no longer what it used to be, it is living in denial,” Mr Scindia said after his induction into the BJP, wearing the party’s saffron silk scarf. He also heaped praise on PM Modi, saying no other government had ever won the kind of mandate he did, not once, but twice. Jyotiraditya Scindia, once…
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Last week, the parliament was disrupted by the unruly behaviour of seven Congress MLAs, who eventually got suspended. The suspension of seven Congress MPs from parliament last week for disrupting the house over a call for discussion on the violence in Delhi has been revoked, sources have said. The suspended members include Gaurav Gogoi, TN Prathapan, Dean Kuriakose, Benny Behananm, Manickam Tagore, Rajmohan Unnithan and Gurjeet Singh Aujla. The second half of the budget session will end on April 3. Terming it as “revenge politics”, the Congress’s leader of the house Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had said the party will “not…
Former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who resigned from the party on Tuesday, is likely to join the BJP today. Scindia’s decision to leave the Congress was followed by the resignation from 22 party MLAs loyal to him, bringing the Kamal Nath government in MP to the brink of collapse. Before tendering his resignation yesterday, Scindia met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah. Congress has sent two of its leaders– Sajjan Singh Verma and Govind Singh— to Bengaluru in order to pacify some of the rebel MLAs, who are staying in Bengaluru. Meanwhile, both BJP…
Amid the political crisis in Madhya Pradesh, 95 Congress MLAs reached the Bhopal airport to leave for Jaipur on Wednesday after the ruling party decided to shift its MLAs out of the state in a bid to keep its flock together. The ruling party MLAs, who reached the Raja Bhoj Airport here in three buses around 12 noon, expressed confidence that the Kamal Nath-led state government will be able prove its majority. They also said that 10 to 12 MLAs, out of those who resigned on Tuesday after former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress, will also support the…
Indian hockey team striker Mandeep Singh says they are looking forward to winning a medal at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. Awarded the the Hockey India Dhanraj Pillay Forward of the Year 2019, Mandeep said, “It is the Olympic year and we as a team have put in a lot of effort to qualify for the Games. We look forward to a winning haul and make our country proud in Tokyo.” The Hockey India 3rd Annual Awards saw heroes from the past and present feted for their contribution to the game. Indian hockey team striker Mandeep Singh says they are…
With Coronavirus spreading at unprecendented speed across the globe, India has barred entry of the nationals of three more countries — France, Germany and Spain — suspending the regular as well as e-Visas granted to them till date. “All regular (sticker) Visas/e-Visas granted to nationals of France, Germany and Spain and issued on or before 11 March and who have not yet entered India stand suspended with immediate effect,” said a Bureau of Immigration notification issued late Tuesday night. Regular visas, including e visas, granted to all foreign nationals who have travel history to these countries on or after 1…
It takes courage to resign from a legacy, so I am proud of my father:Mahanaryaman Scindia Mahanaryaman Scindia on Tuesday hailed his father Jyotiraditya Scindia’s decision to quit the Congress, saying it takes courage to resign from a legacy and his family has never been power hungry. In a massive setback for the Congress, its prominent youth leader Jyotiraditya quit the party and appeared set to join BJP amid a rebellion in Madhya Pradesh by his supporters, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse. “I am proud of my father for taking a stand for himself.…
In a massive setback for the Congress, Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress, and in a coordinated rebellion on Tuesday, 22 MLAs loyal to him resigned in Madhya Pradesh, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse. Denied what he considered was his due the post of Madhya Pradesh chief minister after the Congress won state elections in 2018—Scindia, a four-time former parliamentarian from Guna in Madhya Pradesh in his resignation letter wrote today’s events had virtually been building up for a year. Former Congress leader Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, a cousin of and Scindia erstwhile Tripura royal, attested…
As many as 18 MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, including 16 Congress rebels were camping at a resort near here amid speculations of infighting in the party’s state unit. Indicating return of resort politics to the city, the MLAs of the ruling Congress in Madhya Pradesh were taken to a resort after their arrival at the HAL airport here on Monday by special chartered flights, BJP sources said on Tuesday. The legislators have arrived here in the backdrop of allegations by the Congress that the BJP was trying to poach its MLAs to topple the Kamal Nath-led government in that state.…
Congress leader and four-time Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress on Tuesday morning, minutes after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. In his resignation letter, which is addressed to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia said: “…this is a path that has been drawing itself out over the last year”. “While my aim and purpose remain the same as it has always been from the very beginning, to serve the people of my state and country, I believe I am unable to do this anymore within this party,” he wrote. He added…