Politics

Ashok Gehlot said that the government itself should have sent a delegation of opposition leaders and let them check the things on ground themselves.

In a major setback for the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government, the high court on Thursday had stayed the reverse tendering process, initiated by the state government, for the Polavaram hydroelectric project and the dam head works.

The court declined to give an earlier date, saying the matter will take time and "it is not going to happen overnight".

Sonia Gandhi said the former prime minister's 75th birth anniversary is not a ritual being marked by the Congress, but an occasion to reaffirm the party's resolve to uphold the values that inspired him.

Veteran Congress leaders Basappa Danappa Jatti, popularly known as BD Jatti, and SR Kanti, too had served as chief ministers and later joined the government as ministers.

The letter sent by 'Citizen Speak India' referred to alleged police lathicharge on and arrest of para-teachers during their hunger strike at Kalyani in Nadia district on August 17 to press for hike in their salaries.

The chief minister ran a 'one-man' cabinet for over 20 days and decided to appoint more ministers after go-ahead from BJP chief Amit Shah.

Yediyurappa, who took oath as chief minister on July 26 and proved his government's majority on the floor of the Assembly on July 29, is yet to induct any minister into his cabinet.

Assistant Director Information at Raj Bhavan earlier said that the oath-taking ceremony would be held on Monday around 11 am at UP Raj Bhavan.

Yediyurappa's statements came after pro-Kannada organisations, under the banner of 'Karnataka Jobs for Kannadigas', held a 24-hour satyagraha demanding a 100% reservation in jobs in the state.

Soon after coming to power by defeating the Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the recently held Assembly elections, the YSR Congress government had announced its intentions in this regard.

Owaisi alleged that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to change Kashmir's demography through delimitation of Assembly constituencies to have its own chief minister.

He suggested that the state's lack of self reliance was because of inept leadership provided by successive state governments once Sheikh Abdullah left the scene.

Referring to the current dispensation, Owaisi said that the BJP leaders have inadequate political vision and that their power-mongering ideas had led to the division of Kashmir.

The Bharatiya Janata Party MLA was charged with inciting riots in Muzaffarnagar by giving provocative speeches.

Priyanka Gandhi said that her party always stood for safeguarding the Constitution and unlike BJP, it gave importance to every voice.