While speaking in the Bihar Assembly, CM Nitish Kumar slammed BJP leaders protesting deaths due to suspected hooch tragedy in Saran district.

The fear of its MLAs being poached is now haunting the Congress in Gujarat as well.

Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 27 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said Bulandshahr will be developed with modern infrastructure.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 17 (ANI): Ahead of the July 18 Presidential elections, the Karnataka BJP MLAs have been shifted to a private hotel here on Saturday evening. Following the directives of the party high command, BJP chief whip M Satish Reddy asked MLAs to remain in the hotel until Monday morning before leaving for Vidhana Soudha to vote.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 9 (ANI): Two BJP MLAs will be sworn in as ministers today as Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the first cabinet expansion of his government on Wednesday.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 8 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday indicated the expansion of his cabinet as he said that two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs will take oath as ministers tomorrow.

Panaji Mar 28 PTI Goa BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade on Monday said a decision on three state cabinet berths currently vacant will be taken within a month or two He was speaking to reporters minutes after Pramod Sawant took as the Goas chief minister and eight other BJP MLAs were sworn in as cabinet ministers at a function near here The induction of three more ministers in the state cabinet would be done within a month or twoTanavade said but refused to reveal whether those berths will be filled by non-BJP legislators Besides chief minister the Goa cabinet can have 11 more ministers In the elections to the 40-member state Assembly held last month the BJP won 20 seats one short of a simple majority in the House Three independent MLAs and two legislators of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP have extended support to the BJP A group of BJP MLAs had recently opposed the induction of MGP into the state cabinet They had said the BJP did not require the support of the Deepak Dhavalikar-led political outfit Last week BJP MLA Govind Gaude had said the MGP legislators should not be inducted into the cabinet as they had contested the Assembly polls against the BJP in alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress TMC PTI RPS GK GK

New Delhi Mar 28 PTI Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Monday suspended three BJP MLAs for the day amid vociferous protest by the AAP over derogatory remarks made by Delhi BJP president Adesh Kumar Gupta against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal MLAs Anil Bajpai Jitender Mahajan and Ajay Mahawar were told to leave after they stood on the benches even as the Speaker requested them to sit down Following this the proceedings of the House were adjourned for 15 minutes the second time since the House first met in the morning Earlier as soon as the House assembled in the morning AAP MLAs entered the well of the House shouting slogans over the BJP leaders remarks against Kejriwal AAP MLA Mohinder Goel demanded an apology from Gupta and a censure motion against him A censure motion needs to be brought in the House against the Delhi BJP president for his derogatory remark against the chief minister The Leader of Opposition should tender an apology he said PTI VITGVS CJ CJ

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 24 (ANI): Yogi Adityanath was on Thursday elected as the Leader of the BJP Legislative Party in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of him taking oath as the chief minister of the state for a second consecutive term.

New Delhi Jan 19 PTI Maharashtra BJP MLAs who have challenged their one-year suspension from Legislative Assembly for allegedly misbehaving with the presiding officer told the Supreme Court Wednesday that prolonged suspension is worse than expulsion as the rights of the constituents are affectedA three-judge bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar was informed that the duration of any disciplinary action can only extend to the end of the sessionProlonged suspension is worse than expulsion as the rights of the constituents are affected senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani appearing for one of the MLAs submittedSenior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul appearing for some MLAs said there is nothing to show that one-year expulsion was to safeguard the integrity of legislative functionsKaul argued that no plenary power can go beyond the constitution and if something suffers from illegality and substantive illegality it can never be against the constitutional spiritSenior advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for a few other MLAs submitted that the one-year suspension lacks rationality and the decision is grossly irrationalYou cannot police an MLA for one year Rohatgi said adding that the decision is illegal and arbitraryThe apex court which was hearing the pleas filed by 12 BJP MLAs who have challenged their one-year suspension reserved the order on the pleas filed by them and asked the parties to file their written submissions within a weekThe apex court had on Tuesday said suspension from Legislative Assembly for one year should be linked with some purpose and there has to be an overpowering reason that the member should not be allowed to even attend the next sessionThe 12 BJP MLAs have filed petitions challenging the resolution passed by the Assembly to suspend them for one year They were suspended on July 5 last year from the Assembly after the state government had accused them of misbehaving with presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the Speakers chamberThe 12 suspended members are Sanjay Kute Ashish Shelar Abhimanyu Pawar Girish Mahajan Atul Bhatkhalkar Parag Alavani Harish Pimpale Yogesh Sagar Jay Kumar Rawat Narayan Kuche Ram Satpute and Bunty BhangdiaThe motion to suspend these MLAs was moved by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab and passed by a voice vote PTI PKS RKS RKS