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The senior BJP leader's remarks came against the backdrop of Banerjee beginning a sit-in protest at a Kolkata landmark on Sunday night over the CBI's attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with chit fund scams

Calling for defeat of the Narendra Modi government CPI General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy asserted that there was widespread resentment over the Centre's economic policies.

This year’s allocations is a rise of 15.9% per cent over last year’s budget, which showed a rise of about 13% over what was allotted for this sector in the year before that.

The sources add that the opposition parties may petition the Election Commission (EC) to demand that some percentage of VVPAT (voter verifiable paper audit trail) be compulsorily counted to match the EVMs.

Citing a media report on the leaked findings of the National Sample Survey Office’s Periodic Labour Force Survey, Gandhi termed the job creation report card is a “national disaster”.

Mamata Banerjee reaction came a day after BJP president Amit Shah claimed that her works were bought by chit fund owners for crore of rupees.

The RJD alleges that the UGC's 13-point roster reservation system would deprive the already "under-represented" social segments of affirmative action in centres of higher learning.

Asserting the Opposition does not have a match for Narendra Modi, the former CM said all BJP leaders were standing behind the Prime Minister to ensure the party's victory

The BJP's attack on Gandhi came after the Congress president said at a meeting in Odisha that Chinese ministers told him during the trip in August-September last year that job creation was not a problem in their country.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy dropped a bombshell on Friday, claiming that the BJP had offered huge 'gift' to a Congress MLA on Thursday night asking him to defect to the BJP.

The Congress chief's remark comes two days after his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics on Wednesday ahead of the elections.

In his customary policy address marking the beginning of the 14th session of the Assembly here, he said the state government had stood for gender equality, social justice and the dignity of toiling masses.

Sources said the notice was replied to by the principal secretary (law), but the minister was "not happy" with it.

Both Singh and Yadav have one thing in common — their respective differences with SP president Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati, who have now together stitched an alliance for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The bypoll, which was to be a direct contest between the BJP and the INLD, turned into a multi-cornered fight after the Congress and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) fielded their candidates.

Soon after the mega rally in Kolkata, the AP CM discussed some of the schemes that are being implemented in Telangana with opposition leaders