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• JD-S will not ally with BJP for Karnataka council polls: Kumaraswamy
  
  "We will maintain equal distance from both national parties (the BJP and the Congress)," he said.
• Support small shopkeepers in neighbourhood: Varun Gandhi
  
  Varun Gandhi, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Pilibhit, appealed to people to support small shopkeepers in the neighbourhood by purchasing from them instead of Amazon and Walmart.
• FIR lodged against SP MLA, workers after scuffle with police in Chandauli
  
  The clashes broke out on Sunday when the local administration tried to stop the party leaders and workers from approaching towards Ramgarh where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had arrived to lay the foundation stone of 'Baba Keenaram's Taposthali'.
• Bengal Guv, Speaker spar over formation of Bally Municipality
  
  Dhankhar on the other hand alleged that Banerjee was speaking to him in an unconstitutional manner.
• Amarinder, SAD, BJP hand in glove to curb Punjab's rise: Channi
  
  The Chief Minister said now there is sea change in the mood of rank and file of the Congress, especially after the ouster of Amarinder Singh.
• Controversial Punjabi Singer Siddhu Moosewala Joins Congress
  
  Sidhu is likely to contest the polls from Mansa, his hometown in Punjab.
• 4 held for murder of Kerala CPI-M worker
  
  The incident occurred around 8.30 p.m. on Thursday night when a five-member gang attacked 32-year-old P.B. Sandip, who was sitting on a small bridge near his house at Peringara, police said.
• Jagdish Thakor likely to be appointed new Gujarat Congress Chief
  
  Bhartsinh Solanki, Arjun Modhwadia, Hardik Patel and Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil are also in the race for Gujarat Congress Chief's post.
• Congress leadership not divine right, PK's dig at Rahul Gandhi
  
  "Let opposition leadership be decided Democratically," he added.
• No UPA left, Opposition must unite to fight BJP: Mamata
  
  Pawar, who met Banerjee along with his senior party leaders, said that they held a long discussion on various political issues.
• Congress firm on going alone in Bihar Assembly's Winter session
  
  A meeting of all 19 Congress MLAs and MLCs was held here where they unanimously decided to stay away from old alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
• Amarinder meets Khattar, terms it courtesy call
  
  After the meeting, Amarinder Singh told the media that his party will form the next government in Punjab along with the BJP and a breakaway Akali faction.
• Trinamool calls emergency meet of Working Committee on Monday
  
  Party insiders indicated that as there will be discussions on the results of the recent Tripura local body elections, and party supremo Banerjee is likely to give a detailed road-map about the party's future course of action in the Winter session.
• Kanshi Ram's family accuses Mayawati of usurping party
  
  Kanshi Ram's younger sister and nephew have accused Mayawati of having usurped the party for her family members.
• BJP brings back 2017 video clip to haunt Akhilesh
  
  The video that highlights the infighting that had erupted in the Samajwadi Party just before the 2017 Assembly elections has now been tweeted by the Uttar Pradesh BJP.
• Congress MLC candidate declares Rs 1,743 cr assets, becomes richest politician
  
  In his affidavit, 54-year-old Yusuf stated that he owned a hand watch worth Rs 1.10 crore and is having 4.8 kg of gold, hundreds of acres of agricultural and non-agricultural land in and around Bengaluru worth Rs 1,593.27 crore.
• Congress demands Rs 4L compensation to families of Covid victims
  
  The party released a video in which Rahul Gandhi raised the issue and demanded, "The government should tell the real figure of the Covid victims and give compensation of 4 lakh to the families of those whose members died due to Covid."
• 35% MLAs in UP have criminal cases: ADR Report
  
  The ADR report claims that 35 per cent (140) legislators have criminal cases registered against them and 27 per cent legislators have some sort of links with crime.
• Manish Tewari's book proves UPA had put national security at stake: BJP
  
  The BJP on Tuesday flayed the Congress saying that the book penned by its leader Manish Tewari has proved that the UPA government had put the country's national security at stake.
• Kerala slowly turning into Syria, says BJP
  
  BJP alleged that the PFI activities were increasing all over the state, especially in the rural areas with the help of the ruling dispensation.
• Shivpal gives Akhilesh a week's time to decide
  
  Shivpal also met SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow on Monday night and is said to have discussed the issue with him.
• BJP embarks on door-to-door campaign in poll-bound Uttarakhand
  
  Under the 'Har Ghar BJP, Ghar Ghar BJP', programme, the party workers are knocking every door in over 11,000 polling booths in the state.
• Owaisi demands repeal of CAA & NRC, warns of protests
  
  He warned that if the CAA and NRC are not scrapped, protesters will "take to streets and turn it into Shaheen Bagh".
• Trinamool's Saayoni Ghosh arrested in Tripura, party accuses BJP of harassment
  
  West Tripura District's Additional Superintendent of Police (Urban) B. Jagadeswar Reddy said that Ghosh would be produced in court on Monday and police are looking for four of her party men.
• 15 new ministers sworn in Rajasthan cabinet expansion
  
  The Governor administered the oath of office and secrecy to Hemaram Choudhary first who had resigned from the post of MLA in May accusing the government of neglecting his constituency.

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