Gehlot and Pilot were in the race for the post after the party won the assembly elections in December last year. After days of intense deliberations in Delhi, the Congress named Gehlot as the chief minister and Pilot as his deputy. Jaipur: Months after the unpleasant campaigning for the Rajasthan boss priest’s post among him and state Congress boss Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot said he turned into the CM since he merited it. Without referencing Pilot, who is currently the vice president serve, Gehlot said Rahul Gandhi picked him forRead More

Replying to the general discussion on Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman also said the government has set the fiscal deficit target at 3.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2019-20. New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the government is committed to follow the path of fiscal consolidation without compromising on public expenditure. Replying to the general discussion on Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, the minister also said the government has set the fiscal deficit target at 3.3% of the Gross DomesticRead More

The Congress leader said he would not move from outside the hotel as he wanted to meet his ‘friends’ who would eventually return to the coalition fold. While trying to defrost the political emergency in the state, Karnataka Congress Minister DK Shivakumar touched base in Mumbai to meet radical MLAs remaining at Hotel Renaissance on Wednesday. He was joined by JD(S) MLA Shivalinge Gowda. Shivakumar stated, “Let Mumbai Police or some other power be sent. Give them a chance to perform their responsibility. We have come to meet our companions.Read More

The bill, moved by Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel in Lok Sabha on Monday, states that it seeks to “delete” the mention of ‘President of the Indian National Congress’ as a trustee. The stated aim of the move is to make the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial apolitical. Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has described as “completely wrong” the move to bring a bill which seeks to remove the Congress president as a permanent member in a trust that runs the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial. The bill, moved by CultureRead More

The JJP was launched last year by former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala’s grandson Dushyant Chautala, following a power struggle in the state’s main opposition Indian National Lok Dal. New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party has discounted a union with the JJP for the up and coming Assembly elections in Haryana, a party leader said on Wednesday. AAP senior pioneer Gopal Rai said the state unit has been approached to set up a report on the political situation in the state. “After the Lok Sabha decisions, we dissected theRead More