Chirag Paswan Invited to NDA Meeting, Not Attending Due to Health Reasons, Says LJP
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Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan is among the leaders invited to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting on Saturday to discuss the ruling bloc s agenda for the Budget session of Parliament, party sources said. However, Paswan will not be attending the meeting due to health reasons, they said, adding that he also skipped the all-party meet.
The invite to Paswan from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi to the meeting of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies assumes significance as it comes in the backdrop of the LJP walking out of the NDA in Bihar due to its opposition to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and contesting the state Assembly polls on its own. Though the LJP could win only one seat in the Bihar polls, it inflicted serious damage on the JD(U), the tally of which fell to 43 from 71, triggering a backlash from Kumar s party, with s
NEW DELHI : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan is among the leaders invited to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting on Saturday
India has big role to play in new world order emerging after COVID-19: PM Modi
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Updated: Jan 30, 2021, 10:22 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that new world order is about to take shape after the COVID-19 pandemic and India has a big role to play in the emerging new world order..
Addressing the meeting of NDA leaders here, he said this decade is a very important, just like the decade after second world war and India will rise to the occasion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told floor leaders of various political parties that his government s offer on agri laws made to protesting farmers still stands and it was a phone call away for talks, days after violence broke out in parts of the national capital on Republic Day.
Addressing these leaders at the customary all-party meeting convened by the government for the smooth conduct of the Budget Session, the Prime Minister, responding to the references by Opposition leaders about the unfortunate incident on Republic Day, said that the law will take its own course .
Sharing the details of the meeting chaired by Modi and attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, The Prime Minister assured that the Centre is approaching the farmers issue with an open mind.
Ghazipur takes centrestage as farmers from Uttarakhand, western UP join sit-in; internet services suspended at protest sites The farmers held a day-long fast on Saturday, paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, as the stir appeared to regain momentum after rallying support from the farmer community of the crucial western Uttar Pradesh region FP Staff January 30, 2021 22:17:25 IST Farmers from western UP and Uttarakhand joined protesters at Ghazipur on Saturday. PTI
More farmers gathered Saturday at Gazipur, on the Delhi-Meerut highway, that has now become the new focal point of the stir against the Centre s farm laws, while farmer leaders claimed that protesters were also heading back to Singhu and Tikri protest sites, days after the crowds had waned following the violence at the tractor rally on 26 January.