23 Trinamool Congress MPs in touch with rebel camp: Sources
A political crisis is unfolding in West Bengal as twenty-three Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members of Parliament are in contact with a rebel faction of the party, according to sources.
In a fiery showdown during the Winter Session of Parliament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing counter-attack on the Congress party, rebutting their 'vote chori' (vote theft) allegations. Responding to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's concerns about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and immunity for Election Commissioners, Shah cited historical instances of alleged electoral malpractice by the Congress. He referenced the Allahabad High Court's 1975 verdict against Indira Gandhi and a petition questioning Sonia Gandhi's voting rights before citizenship. Shah asserted, 'Illegals will not be permitted to decide who the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers in this country will be.' The Opposition staged a walkout, with Rahul Gandhi challenging Shah to a debate.
A political crisis is unfolding in West Bengal as twenty-three Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members of Parliament are in contact with a rebel faction of the party, according to sources.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge filed his Rajya Sabha nomination at the Vidhana Soudha, accompanied by senior party leaders on Friday.
A day after DMK, now the Shiv Sena UBT is unlikely to attend the upcoming INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for June eight in Delhi, according to sources.
Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai resigned from the party on Friday, and BJP national president Nitin Nabin accepted his resignation.