Politics

On December 16 last year, five days after Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha, the Bengal government stayed the process of NPR across the state.

Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah, and party representatives from states filed nomination papers in JP Nadda's support as the BJP began the exercise to elect its new national president.

Protests against the contentious law have unfolded in several parts of the country since it was passed on December 11 and have led to clashes at several places including Uttar Pradesh, where nearly 20 people have died.

Before filing his nomination, Kejriwal will hold a roadshow after seeking the blessings of Bhagwan Valmiki at the historic Valmiki Mandir.

Addressing a press conference in Kanker supporting Citizenship Amendment Act, the Union minister of state for steel also said states had no right to decide against implementing a law passed by Parliament.

The government has suddenly expressed alarm and a "revamp of official statistics" is being proposed because it believes unorganised sector has not been looked at, Congress said.

In Delhi, Sisodia, who holds the education portfolio, said his government has managed to do this by preventing schools from becoming "profit-making machines" and provided relief to lakhs of parents.

According to Congress leaders, the meeting lasted for over an hour. A senior Congress leader said that the list of candidates will be released later on Saturday.

Shiv Sena's Sanjay raut had earlier said that those opposing Veer Savarkar should be sent to the jail where he was kept in prison.

The announcement was made by national BJP secretary Sunil V. Deodhar at a function here attended by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.

Chidambaram interacted with the protesters and expressed his full support. The former foreign minister will also hold a workshop on Saturday with party workers and leaders to chalk out the future course on the citizenship law issues.

Investment is an act of faith, people invest when they see returns, when they see an opportunity and investment generates jobs and economic activities, said Congress spokesperson Supriya Srinate.

The reunion of the two parties, which comes after a separation of three years due to what they termed 'communication gap', may alter the political scenario in the state, where the local body elections are round the corner.

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said on Thursday most of the suggestions were on waterlogging, potholes, damaged roads, dirty water supply, pollution and unemployment.

Manish Sisodia, the sitting Patparganj MLA, said the upcoming elections in Delhi would be based on the work done by the AAP government in the last five years.

Subramanian Swamy was speaking to reporters on Tuesday night after addressing a lecture series titled 'Swami Vivekananda Vyakhyanmala' in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district.