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• There won't be any impact: Karnataka CM on Sonia joining Bharat Jodo Yatra
  
  Even as the Karnataka Congress was upbeat after the participation of the party's interim President Sonia Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Thursday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said 'there won't be any impact'.
• Manoj Jha denied permission to visit Pakistan
  
  The Centre has denied permission to Rashtriya Janata Dal Rajya Sabha MP Manoj K. Jha to visit Pakistan to attend the Asman Jahangir conference.
• Bihar Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh resigns
  
  Bihar Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh resigned from the government on Sunday.
• Divided house, demoralised workers: Gujarat Congress presents a sorry picture
  
  The fear of desertions has gripped the party so much that it has failed to appoint 70 state secretaries, media spokesperson and team
• Police officers troubling Congress will be taught a lesson, says Siddaramaiah
  
  Opposition leader Siddaramaiah on Friday said that if the police officers join hands with BJP to trouble the Congress, they will be taught a befitting lesson in future.
• Ahead of Congress president poll, G-23 says time to strengthen party
  
  One of the most vocal G-23 faces, Manish Tewari on Friday said that it was time to strengthen the party and termed the recent events in Rajasthan as unfortunate.
• Looking into matter of woman IAS officer's sharp words for school girl: Nitish
  
  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said his government has taken cognisance of senior woman IAS officer's apparent humiliation of a school girl over a sanitary napkin pad.
• Akhilesh becomes SP President for third time
  
  Akhilesh Yadav was on Thursday unanimously elected as the Samajwadi Party President for the third consecutive term.
• Won't contest Congress president poll, says Gehlot
  
  Amid the political imbroglio in the desert state, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said whatever has happened is sad and he is also hurt.
• Opposition unity 'core' as Nitish and Lalu meet Sonia
  
  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss matters pertaining to opposition unity.
• Gehlot to file nomination as no Gandhi wants to become party president
  
  Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that Rahul Gandhi has refused to contest the party president's election and wants a non Gandhi to be the party president.
• Shiv Sena seeks HC orders to BMC for Dussehra rally permission
  
  The Shiv Sena has filed a plea in the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to give permission to the party to hold its annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, here on Wednesday.
• Nitish Kumar denies plans to contest 2024 LS poll from UP's Phulpur
  
  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday denied speculations that he may contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh's Phulpur, saying he only has ambition to unite opposition parties in the country.
• AAP govt raking up 2015 police firing cases to divert attention: SAD chief
  
  Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Wednesday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab is raking up the Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan cases purely to divert people's attention from its 'scandals'.
• BJP set for another easy victory in Gujarat, says Amit Shah
  
  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that BJP will once again romp to power in Gujarat with 2/3 majority in the upcoming Assembly elections.
• BJP, Congress in war of words over Rahul's meeting with controversial Christian priest
  
  The BJP and Congress on Monday engaged a war of words over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's meeting with controversial Christian pastor, George Ponniah, at Kanniyakumari during his Bharat Jodo Yatra.
• AAP's vote share up by 4% in Gujarat after raid on Manish Sisodia: Kejriwal
  
  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that vote share of Aam Aadmi party has increased by 4 per cent since the CBI raid on his deputy Manish Sisodia's residence.
• Shivpal launches new front for 'Yadukul' in UP
  
  In a move that is designed to damage Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, his estranged uncle and president of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL), Shivpal Yadav has launched the 'Yadukul Punarjagran Mission.'
• Congress Presidential poll on Oct 17, counting on Oct 19
  
  The Congress announced that the election for its new President will be held on October 17 as a meeting of its Working Committee - the party's highest decision-making authority - on Sunday approved the poll schedule.
• Rahul's tearing of ordinance in 2013 led to party's defeat, undermined PM's authority: Azad
  
  Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in his resignation letter has blamed the tearing of ordinance by Rahul Gandhi in September 2013 as a 'reason for the defeat of the party'.
• Akali Dal smells Rs 500cr AAP liquor scam in Punjab
  
  Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said the party would appeal to the Punjab Governor to take action in the Rs 500-crore AAP excise scam, besides filing complaints with the CBI and the ED into kickbacks received by the party from the liquor cartel in Punjab.
• Hostile takeover: Congress on Adani group's buying of stake in NDTV
  
  The Congress on Wednesday termed the Adani group's buying of 29.18 per cent stake in media group NDTV a "hostile takeover".
• BJP dismisses Sisodia's claim of receiving offer to join party
  
  The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday dismissed Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's claim of having received an offer to join the BJP and get all cases against him closed.
• Keshav Prasad Maurya's tweet creates furore in UP politics
  
  A one-line tweet by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has created a furore across political circles in the state.
• Jinnah & Mountbatten partitioned India, not Nehru: Karnataka Congress
  
  Coming down heavily on the ruling BJP leaders for holding country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for partition of the country, Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday said Nehru strived to build modern India and it was Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Mountbatten who partitioned India.

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