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MP Cong rivalry greets Sonia on first day in office
It was infighting in the Madhya Pradesh Congress that greeted Sonia Gandhi as she walked in yesterday at the AICC headquarters from her residence next door to begin her first official day as party president. But she chose the easy way out. She kept both Arjun Singh's suggestion, to replace Digvijay Singh, and the Chief Minister's request for a Cabinet reshuffle, pending. Thus ended the first serious attempt by Sonia to beef up the party.
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BJP agenda a hoax, alleges the Left
The Left parties yesterday charged the Bharatiya Janata Party and allies with trying to "subvert" the secular nature of the Constitution saying the "opportunist alliance" did not have the mandate to "tamper" with it. Describing the national agenda of BJP and allies as a hoax on the people, CPM and CPI said BJP did not "accept secularism as a basic feature of the Constitution" and advocated a presidential form of government, besides the scrapping of Article 370.
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Bengal CPM draws flak for stand on Cong
The State unit of the CPI has criticised its ally the CPI(M)'s stand on the issue of support to a Congress-led government at the Centre. The State secretary of the CPI, Manju Majumdar, said the party felt that since they have fought the elections both against the Congress and the BJP, they cannot follow the politics of convenience and decide to back a Congress-led government.
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AP seeks extension of crop insurance
The entire Opposition lambasted the State Government on the cotton farmers issue even as the State Assembly yesterday condoled the death of scores of farmers who had committed suicides during last three months. Members observed a two-minute silence.
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