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For the next Lok Sabha elections, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the opposition alliance in Maharashtra, has reached a seat-sharing agreement, according India Today TV.
A newly formed alliance of two small parties in Maharashtra is seeking to expand that into a third front of political parties opposed to both the ruling BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led group that is calling itself "INDIA". The Pragatik Vikas Manch (PVM), the new alliance whose key leaders are former MP Raju Shetti s Swabhimani Paksha and the Peasants and Workers Party, has approached other small parties and Telangana s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) to form a third front.
Updated Feb 08, 2021 | 20:00 IST
News headlines for February 8: Rescue operations continued in Uttarakhand a day after a glacier burst resulted in widespread damage. This photograph provided by National Disaster Response Force shows NDRF personnel prepare to rescue workers at one of the hydropower project at Reni village in Chamoli district. | Photo Credit: AP
New Delhi: The week started with a flurry of important newsbreaks as the rescue operations continued in Uttarakhand a day after a glacier burst resulted in widespread damage. Also, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed some key issues in Parliament. Below are the day’s biggest headlines:
Uttarakhand: Hanging glacier broke away and came down the narrow valley, says DRDO
In bid to draw support, Punjab farm leaders begin travelling to other states
Jagmohan Singh Patiala, general secretary of BKU (Dakaunda), said, “I am going to Patna on December 29 as a mega protest rally is being organised by many farmer organisations of Bihar on that day. Updated: December 25, 2020 8:06:10 am
As part of the plan, Satbir Singh, the state general secretary of the Kirti Kisan Union (KKU), Punjab, was in Mumbai on Tuesday. (File)
Farmer leaders from Punjab protesting at Delhi borders have started travelling to different parts of the country from the dharna site to connect them to the ongoing agitation. Protesting unions now plan to take the agitation to 20 states covering nearly 500 districts by December end, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) has claimed.