Sharmila met Sonia Gandhi at her residence at 10 Janpath on Thursday morning and had a private conversation for about 30 minutes. This development follows months of ongoing rumors suggesting that Sharmila, also the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, is now exploring the possibility of merging her party with the Congress.
After Mizoram and Meghalaya, political parties including NDA allies Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and Naga People s Front (NPF) in Nagaland are opposing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as the customary laws and other constitutional protections exist in the region.
A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Thursday formally elected Siddaramaiah as its leader and chief minister of Karnataka, following which he staked his claim with the Governor, who invited him to form the government.
AICC co-incharge for Rajasthan Qazi Nizamuddin, who along with other co-incharges Amrita Dhawan and Virendra Singh Rathore held interactions with party leaders and workers in the state, said that it was an election year and they will take feedback on how to ensure the party's victory