Party sources maintain that the high command is less likely to do any experimentation on the appointment of the Gujarat in-charge as assembly elections are drawing close and it cannot afford to face another defeat as seen during the civic body polls held early this year. Congress in-charge for Gujarat, Rajiv Satav (46), had died of Covid last month.
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This time, the Congress appears to have reduced Delhi s influence on pre-poll decisions, instead mobilising several senior leaders to each state.
A Congress meeting in Assam. Photo: Twitter/@bhupeshbaghel
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New Delhi: The counting for assembly elections in four states and a Union Territory will take place on Sunday, May 2. Even though Congress is out of power in all five, it has high stakes in Assam and Kerala where it is the main opposition party challenging the incumbents.
Interestingly, in the run up to the elections in both these states, Congress president Sonia Gandhi tasked sitting chief ministers in January with the responsibility of being senior observers to oversee poll campaigns. While Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was appointed as a senior observer in Assam, his Rajasthan counterpart Ashok Gehlot was given a similar responsibility in Kerala. Sitting ministers from other
Senior JD(S) MLC Basavaraj Horatti elected Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman
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Last Updated: Feb 09, 2021, 03:29 PM IST
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Senior JD(S) MLC Basavaraj Horatti was on Tuesday elected as the Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council, amid protests by Congress over the passage of anti cow slaughter bill in the House.
Senior JD(S) MLC Basavaraj Horatti was on Tuesday elected as the Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council, amid protests by Congress over the passage of anti cow slaughter bill in the House. Horatti, a seven time MLC, who represents Karnataka west teachers constituency, was declared unanimously elected, as the opposition Congress that was protesting from the well of the house, did not propose the name of its candidate Naseer Ahmed, during the election process.