After Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy threatened to step down over adverse comments by Congress lawmakers, the MLA is said to have apologised to the CM. Congress state chief Dinesh Gundu Rao said that statements which cross the lakshmanrekha of coalition politics will not be tolerated. He further said Congress legislator ST Somashekar has apologised to the Chief Minister for his comment. Somashekar's remark that there would have been "real development" if former CM Siddaramaiah had got another term didn't go down well with Kumaraswamy.

As a court sent sedition-accused Amulya Leona to 14 days in custody, the girl&rsquo;s father has said that he will not fight for her release and even if she rots in jail. In a video in which the girl&rsquo;s father is seen with men purportedly from a right-wing group, he says that he had warned her about her&nbsp;behaviour. This as reports also said that the girl&rsquo;s house was&nbsp;vandalised&nbsp;hours after a video showing her shout pro-Pakistan slogans while AIMIM chief&nbsp;Assaduddin&nbsp;Owaisi was on dais at an anti-CAA event went viral. Meanwhile, Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa has claimed that&nbsp;Leona had links with the&nbsp;naxals. The viral video also showed girl shouting pro-India slogans after&nbsp;organisers&nbsp;of the Bengaluru event snatched her mic.&nbsp;&nbsp;

A political war of words has broken out over the attack on Dalit men in Rajasthan with the BJP targeting Rahul Gandhi for his comments on the horrifying video. After the video of two Dalit men being thrashed went viral, Rahul Gandhi tweeted, urging the state government to take immediate action to bring the perpetrators of the shocking crime to justice. Reminding Rahul Gandhi who is at the helm of affairs in Rajasthan, BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya said crimes against Dalits and women has shot up in Rajasthan.

AIMIM leader Waris Pathan has triggered a controversy by hitting out at the BJP for targeting Muslims who are protesting against the amended citizenship law. The former Byculla MLA while addressing a rally in Karnataka's Gulbarga on February 15 said, members of the Muslim community may be just 15 crore, but they can give a fitting reply to the majority community if needed. In a video of the address, doing the rounds of social media, Waris Pathan says for now it's just the Muslim women who have rattled the entire nation, but when the entire community comes together, it will be tough on the majority. He also said that Muslims are very much capable of snatching 'azaadi' if its not given.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor pitched a new idea before the Congress Working Committee, saying the party must hold leadership elections to 'energise cadre and inspire voters'. Tharoor's appeal came in support of his party colleague and former MP Sandeep Dikshit's remarks, that the the biggest challenge before the Congress is the 'leadership question'. Sandeep Dikshit has accused the Congress top brass of failing to find a new president after all these months because they are 'scared who will bell the cat'. Tharoor tweeted, saying, what Sandeep Dikshit said openly is what dozens of party leaders from across the country are asking privately, including many with responsible positions in the party. The Thiruvananthapuram MP had earlier suggested opening up all key posts in the Congress, including the Presidency and the CWC membership to party workers by means of elections, in order to help legitimise new leaders.

While addressing the state Assembly, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday, claimed that none of the anti-CAA protesters had been killed in police firing in his state, adding that casualties were due to firing by protesters. The Bijnor Superintendent of Police reportedly had accepted that one protester had died in police firing during protests in the state, while unofficial estimates peg this number at 20. Yogi Adityanath told the assembly, that if someone tries to disturb the peace by hiding behind the tricolour, they won&rsquo;t be spared. He targeted Opposition parties saying they were supporting rioters instead of talking about farmers, women's safety and other issues. The Up CM added that if someone wants to play with the law or attack people or resort to arson, then they will be made to understand in the language they understand.

Three days after he took oath as the chief minister of Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday. Calling it a good meeting held in a cordial atmosphere, Kejriwal said they held discussions on various issues and agreed that the centre and the Delhi government needs to work together for the development of Delhi. When asked by reporters after the meeting if he and Shah had spoken about the issue of Shaheen Bagh, Kejriwal said, there was no discussion on that.

Is there a rebellion brewing in the Karnataka BJP against CM Yeddiyurappa? A mystery letter has surfaced accusing the chief minister of favouring his family members and not allowing anybody else to grow. The unsigned letter has reportedly surfaced after a meeting of some BJP MLAs. BJP leaders in the state, have however, denied any sort of rift in the party. Yeddiyurappa has been under pressure from party MLAs since cabinet formation over berths to 10 MLAs who quit Congress and JDS to support the BJP.

NCP&nbsp;chief Sharad&nbsp;Pawar&nbsp;on Tuesday questioned the role of Pune Police and senior officials in the&nbsp;Elgar Parishad case, hinting at a&nbsp;leak. Pawar&nbsp;questioned how&nbsp;the central government got information about an internal meeting on setting up an SIT team, held between Maharashtra&nbsp;deputy CM&nbsp;Ajit Pawar and state home minister Anil Deshmukh. Pawar&nbsp;also said that the Maharashtra government should take the incident seriously and find out how the details of the meeting&nbsp;reached the Centre. On January 25, the Centre issued notification on taking over the&nbsp;Elgar Parishad probe, hours after Pawar and Deshmukh held a meeting with police and home officers on forming the SIT.

After his public ousting from JD(U) over differences with party chief Nitish&nbsp;Kumar,&nbsp;political strategist Prashant Kishor&nbsp;has cleared the air- he holds no grudge against Nitish Kumar. Citing ideological differences as one of the reasons behind the rift that drove him out of the party, Kishor&nbsp;said that Gandhi loving JD(U)'s alliance with Godse loving BJP is an impossible union he does not support. "Nitish ji has always said- Gandhi, JP and Lohia- these three people and their teachings we cannot forgo. When you are going around Bihar preaching Gandhi, how can you stand with those who follow the ideology of Godse? Both cannot happen together," said Kishor.&nbsp;

Maharshtra&nbsp;CM and Shiv&nbsp;Sena&nbsp;supremo&nbsp;Uddhav&nbsp;Thackeray on Tuesday sang a different tune from his allies Congress and NCP&nbsp;on the issue of CAA, NRC and NPR. While Thackeray maintained that there was no issue with CAA, he insisted that Centre has not talked about implementing&nbsp;NRC&nbsp;yet. He further added that the&nbsp;NPR&nbsp;exercise is only Census that is conducted every 10 years and there should be no issue with that. Both Congress and NCP&nbsp;have spoken strongly against CAA, NRC&nbsp;and NPR.

Delhi BJP leader Kapil Mishra triggered fresh controversy after he equated the December 15 violence at Jamia University to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. In a tweet, Mishra said, "Had Kasab ran inside a library along with his gun on that day, today he would be called innocent". His comment comes an ongoing video war over the Jamia violence. On Sunday, the Jamia Coordination Committee released CCTV footage showing how police personnel armed with batons and dressed in riot gear entered the library and started thrashing students who were studying. Following which, another video released by Delhi Police surfaced, in which people carrying stones in their hands with faces covered, were seen entering the library from a back door.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Arvind Kejriwal on taking oath as Delhi chief minister for the third successive term and extended him best wishes. Responding to Modi's tweet, Kejriwal said he wished the Prime Minister could have attended the ceremony. He added, that they must now work together towards making Delhi a city of pride for all Indians. During his address after the oath-taking, Kejriwal said he had invited Modi to the event. But the PM was on a daylong visit to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi and couldn't attend.

Congress leader Milind Deora's praise of Arvind Kejriwal for his third consecutive victory in the recently held Delhi assembly elections may not have gone down well with some of his party colleagues. Tweeting a video of Arvind Kejriwal, Milind Deora said AAP government in Delhi managed to double its revenues to ₹60,000 crore and maintained a revenue surplus over the last five years. Kejriwal, who took oath as Delhi Chief Minister on Sunday, was also quick to retweet the video. But senior party leader Ajay Maken blasted Deora by asking him 'leave Congress' and not propagate 'half-baked facts'.

The Congress top brass is likely to announce the party&rsquo;s key troubleshooter in Karnataka, DK Shivakumar as the next state unit president, with MB Patil as the working president, according to reports. In what could be a delicate balancing act between caste wars in the state, reports quoting Congress sources said, that with&nbsp;Shivakumar, a Vokkaliga, lobbying to ensure that his role as the Congress' go-to man during difficult times,&nbsp;should be rewarded. Former CM S Siddaramaiah is likely to continue as the Congress Legislature Party leader. With assets worth over Rs 840 crore, DK&nbsp;Shivakumar&nbsp;is&nbsp;one of the richest politicians in the state.

Hundreds of women protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Shaheen Bagh&nbsp;stopped their march to Union home minister Amit Shah's house,&nbsp;after being assured of a proper appointment with him. The women started the march in the afternoon, hoping for a dialogue with the Home Minister on the contentious citizenship law.&nbsp;They did not have an appointment or the permission for a protest march from the police. The police stopped the match midway and told the protesters&nbsp;that their application for a meeting has been sent to the home minister.&nbsp;Shaheen Bagh has been the epicentre of the protests against the citizenship law for the last two months.

The Delhi Police on Sunday denied permission to anti-citizenship law protesters at Shaheen Bagh to meet Home Minister&nbsp;Amit Shah. Delhi Police had asked for details of the delegation to facilitate their meeting with the Home Minister, but demonstrators said they all wanted to go. News agency ANI&nbsp;reported quoting Delhi police that Amit&nbsp;Shah's home has been barricaded.&nbsp;A section of Shaheen Bagh protesters said they were ready to meet Amit Shah to raise their concerns but added that the onus was on the government to call them for talks. However, Home Ministry officials said no request has come for an appointment.

Speaking at the Ramlila Maidan after taking oath, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said, the victory was not his win, but the victory of every Delhiite, of every family. He said in the last 5 years, his govt's only effort has been to bring happiness and relief to every Delhi citizen. Kejriwal said, elections are over, and it doesn't matter who Delhiites voted for, Congress or the BJP, he will work for everyone, be it from any party, any religion, caste or strata of society.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday shared a video purportedly showing Jamia students being beaten up by police and said if no action is taken, the government's intentions would stand exposed. She also accused the Home Minister and the Delhi Police of "lying" that Jamia students were not beaten up inside the library. The Delhi Police crime branch has said the video is being investigated as part of their ongoing probe.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi&nbsp;inaugurated and laid&nbsp;the foundation stone for developmental projects worth more than Rs 1,254&nbsp;crore at his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Sunday.
The Prime Minister also flagged off the Kashi Mahakaal Express via a video link, the train will link Varanasi with Ujjain and Omkareshwar.
PM also unveiled a 63-feet statue of Pandit&nbsp;Deen Dayal Upadhyay in Varanasi&nbsp;along with a 430-bed super speciality hospital and a 74-bed psychiatric hospital at the Benaras Hindu University.

A new CCTV video of the December 15 crackdown on the campus, released by the Jamia Coordination Committee, shows Delhi Police personnel, in riot gear, entering the hall and beating up students who were studying with lathis. In the video, students can be seen sitting in the reading hall as the Delhi Police storms in and starts hitting them with batons and damaging property. The Jamia Coordination Committee, a group comprising students and alumni of the university has issued a statement, saying it shows how state-sponsored terrorists are playing the game of brutality on the students of Jamia who were preparing for their examinations. Reacting to the new footage, Delhi Police said the case has already been transferred to the Crime Branch and the video is being probed.

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