Name: Setback to BJP in Odisha, 2 senior leaders quit
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Description: In a big jolt to the BJP in Odisha, two senior leaders of the party, Dilip Ray and Bijoy Mohapatra have resigned. In a strongly worded letter to BJP chief Amit Shah, they said several leaders have kept quiet fearing they won't be given tickets. They said as self-respecting politicians, they refuse to continue in the party as showpieces, and won't be treated as furniture.

In a big jolt to the BJP in Odisha, two senior leaders of the party, Dilip Ray and Bijoy Mohapatra have resigned. In a strongly worded letter to BJP chief Amit Shah, they said several leaders have kept quiet fearing they won't be given tickets. They said as self-respecting politicians, they refuse to continue in the party as showpieces, and won't be treated as furniture.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday once again targeted the Narendra Modi government, calling its demonetisation policy and implementation of Goods and Services Tax failures. In a tweet, he also said that these policies along with the government&rsquo;s failure in handling of the coronavirus situation will be studied by the Harvard Business School.

Ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for November this year, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United national president Nitish Kumar will launch party&rsquo;s election campaign on August 7, through a virtual rally that aims to reach out to 10 lakh people through various social media platforms.&nbsp;Nitish&rsquo;s rally is in line with the trend of virtual rallies, kick started by BJP leader Amit Shah last month in wake of Covid-19 situation, and will be the first big political event by the head of NDA ally JD(U). During the rally&nbsp;Kumar is likely to spell out his developmental initiatives and urge people to ensure the return of the alliance to power for another term.&nbsp;

Resentment over Thursday's expansion of the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh continued with ruling party MLA Ajay&nbsp;Vishnoi&nbsp;shooting off a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.&nbsp;Vishnoi, a former minister and a&nbsp;four time&nbsp;MLA, in his letter&nbsp;claimed there was resentment among the people of Jabalpur and Rewa divisions.&nbsp;In&nbsp;a&nbsp;apparent reference to Congressman-turned-BJP Rajya Sabha MP&nbsp;Jyotiraditya&nbsp;Scindia&nbsp;whose loyalists managed to corner a sizable share of the berths, the BJP MLA wrote to Chouhan, saying he&nbsp;can understand&nbsp;CM&rsquo;s&nbsp;difficulties but people can't.&nbsp;On Thursday, a supporter of Indore BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola tried to immolate himself after the cabinet expansion.&nbsp;

Emphasising on service mentality among party workers, Prime Minister&nbsp;Narendra Modi&nbsp;on Saturday said for the&nbsp;BJP&nbsp;as an&nbsp;organisation is not just a machine to win elections, but &ldquo;it means serving the people, taking everybody along and ensuring everybody&rsquo;s happiness and prosperity&rdquo;. Addressing party workers from across the country on a virtual platform, Modi lauded the party leaders and the workers for the welfare works they have done during the lockdown and the corona crisis, but reminded them that everyone of them is in the public life to serve.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding reservation for OBC students in state medical colleges under the all India quota of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test or NEET. She has stated that OBC students have lost 11,000 seats since 2017 due to the denial of reservation. Gandhi said the denial of reservation to OBC students in state medical institutions is a barrier to access of medical education for deserving candidates.

Former finance minister P&thinsp;Chidambram on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi&rsquo;s unwillingness to term China as the aggressor in the face of violent clashes that took place last month along Line of Actual Control in Ladakh&rsquo;s Galwan valley. The Congress leader asked in a series of tweets why for the third time in a week, PM did not name China as the aggressor. He sought &nbsp;purpose of talking about an unnamed &lsquo;enemy&rsquo; to the people of India and the soldiers in Ladakh. Chidambaram also raised questions about PM&rsquo;s continued silence on where exactly the clashes between Indian and Chinese troops took place and whether China intruded into India&rsquo;s territory.

The Congress on Friday petitioned the Election Commission against the government's move to extend postal ballot facility to electors aged 65 and, and demanded its reversal. Top&nbsp;Congress leaders, in a meeting held through video-conferencing, urged the poll panel to utilise its powers under Article 324 of the Constitution. The Congress memorandum to the EC said the manner in which this decision has been taken demonstrates a shocking circumvention of any consultation process with the key stakeholders i.e. any other political parties other than the one ruling. The change in rules comes ahead of the polls to the 243-member Bihar assembly which are due before November this year.

Jharkhand government has moved the Supreme Court against the Centre's decision to auction coal blocks situated in the state for commercial mining alleging that the announcement was made "unilaterally" without its consultation. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led government has filed an original suit under Article 131 of the Constitution which provides for the state to move directly to the Supreme Court in matters of dispute with the Centre. The move came weeks after Jharkhand government had filed a separate petition in the apex court challenging the Centre's action for virtual auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining. Referring to the purported meetings or consultations held on February 5 and February 23, the suit has claimed that the Centre did not consider the objections raised by the state.

Facing an ED probe in a money-laundering case, Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Friday said the economic investigation agency has failed to answer his question on who in the Gujarat government had bestowed benefits, privileges and honours to the Sandesara group, for which he is being quizzed. Patel said he has answered 128 questions posed to him by the ED and thanked the agency for visiting him thrice in connection with the Sandesara money-laundering case. The ED investigators questioned Patel at his residence for about 10 hours on Thursday for his alleged links with the Sandesara brothers, who are the promoters of the Vadodara-based Sterling Biotech pharmaceutical company, and dealings of his family members with them.

After BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia took a dig at senior Congress leaders with his &lsquo;tiger is still alive&rsquo; comment, former MP chief minister Digvijaya Singh&nbsp;on Friday recalled how he used to hunt tigers with his young rival&rsquo;s father Madhavrao Scindia. The senior Congress leader wrote on twitter that he and Madhavrao Scindia used to hunt tigers but ever since former Prime Minister&nbsp;Indira Gandhi&nbsp;brought the Wildlife Protection Act, he shoots them only on camera. Reacting to reports of friction in the BJP ranks after Scindia loyalists were given most ministerial berth in the Shivraj Singh Chauhan government, Singh wrote don&rsquo;t know how many tigers have come to life after the cabinet expansion.

Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka on Friday trained guns at UP CM Yogi Adityanath over law and order situation in UP after 8 cops were gunned down by criminals in Kanpur. Calling the incident another example of goonda raj in UP, Rahul Gandhi asked if even police is not safe in UP, how are people supposed to feel safe. Priyanka too stated that law and order has gone for a toss in the state under Adityanath and criminals are having a free run. They both expressed their condolences to the families of the killed cops.

Lalu Yadav's son and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has apologised&nbsp;for mistakes during the 15-yr RJD rule in Bihar. Asserting thsat no one can deny that Lalu Yadav ensured social justice in the state during his rule, Tejashwi apologised for some mistakes that happened during those 15 years. He added that he cannot be blamed for those as he was just a kid then.

The expansion of Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet in MP has left many in the BJP with heart burns. A large chunk of berths has gone to the loyalists of former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, whose switch to the BJP, led to the fall of the Congress govt in the state. Supporters of several BJP ministry hopefuls staged protests across the state. 11 of the 28 ministers who took oath on Thursday are from Scindia camp. Senior BJP leader and former CM Uma Bharti has written to the state leadership complaining that her suggestions have been totally ignored.

Congress troubleshooter DK Shivakumar officially took charge as the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee in a grand event that was streamed live for party leaders and cadres across the state. The oath-taking ceremony that took place at the Congress office had just 150 party leaders in attendance. However, to reach out to its party workers, the Congress, for the first time, live-streamed the event to 7, 831 locations in the state through 12,000 LEDs placed in 6,608 panchayats, 30,000 Zoom platforms,&nbsp;Facebook, Youtube, Twitter live. There was also a telecast of the event in regional TV channels across the state. According to the Congress, the event reached more than 50 lakh people.

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday appeared before a special court in Lucknow, accusing the then Congress-led government of framing her in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case because of political vendetta. The former Union minister alleged that the then central government got an FIR lodged against her and others over the demolition to fulfil its political intentions. Calling herself a "Ram Bhakt", the former Union minister told a CBI court that she took part in the temple campaign in Ayodhya with full faith and with a feeling of devotion towards Lord Ram.

BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia alleged on Thursday that 'atmosphere of corruption' prevailed in Madhya Pradesh during the Congress' 15-month rule. The former whose switch to BJP lead to the fall of Kamal Nath government said state Congress leaders who are trying to malign his image should know that 'the tiger is still alive'. He said he was sure in the coming 24 Assembly by-polls, the BJP's flag will fly high in all the seats and people will give a befitting reply to the 15-month long government of corruption. Scindia alongwith 22 MLAs supporting him quit the Congress and joined the BJP in March.

Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sharpened his attack on the Narendra Modi government over its moves to allow private firms to run passenger trains. He said government was taking away the lifeline of the country from the poor, and the people will give a befitting reply. In a tweet, the Congress leader said people of the country will give a befitting reply to the government&rsquo;s move. The Railways have invited the request for qualifications for private participation for passenger train operations on 109 pairs of routes through 151 modern trains.

Twenty-eight ministers took oath on Thursday in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's government in Madhya Pradesh. Several loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia were among the ministers who took oath, including his aunt &amp; BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia. Others included BJP MLA Gopal Bhargava, Imarti Devi, Prabhuram Choudhary and Pradhuman Singh Tomar. The oath was administered by Anandiben Patel, the Uttar Pradesh Governor who has been given additional charge of Madhya Pradesh.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday termed India's ban on Chinese app a digital strike on Beijing. "We banned Chinese apps to protect data of countrymen. It was a digital strike," the minister stated. India, in a surprise move, banned 59 Chinese apps days after a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh left 20 soldiers dead.

The Congress has hit out at the Modi government for sending a house vacation notice to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The party said that neither Priyanka nor the Congress leadership will be cowed down by such moves. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the entire country knows the "deep hatred and vendetta of Prime Minister Narendra Modi" towards the Congress leadership. He added that notice shows the anxieties&nbsp;of PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

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