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Congress backs Rajkumar Lohani, a 68-year-old Bhopal shopkeeper who filed as an independent on 2 November, against BJP's Union Minister Hardeep Puri in the Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha bypoll on 12 November. Lohani's papers may be rejected at scrutiny; the BJP's numbers make Puri the favourite.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
The INDIA bloc will hold a symbolic 'public impeachment' of CEC Gyanesh Kumar at 3:30 pm on Friday at Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi, after being denied other venues. It has no legal force. Jairam Ramesh says Kumar lied to the Supreme Court; a Ramlila Maidan rally follows.
Amita Sahani4 min
Rahul Gandhi urged people in a video to join the INDIA bloc's 1 November march to Ramlila Maidan and not to fear police or lathis. The bloc holds a 'public impeachment' of CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Friday. Delhi Police sources say permission for the rally stands; the Congress alleges obstruction.
Amita Sahani4 min
Rahul Gandhi wrote that Tata is being 'criminally destroyed' and no business leader dares speak. Finance Minister Sitharaman said he should stop politicising every issue and spreading distrust, and recalled the licence-quota raj. Tata Group has not responded amid the Tata Sons leadership dispute.
Prateek Rawat4 min
The BJP released a music video, 'Modi kahin nahin jayega', after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said 'Modi ka baap bhi jayega' in Patna. Union ministers and chief ministers shared it. The Congress replied with 'vote chori' videos, and the INDIA bloc plans a 'Dilli Chalo' march on 1 November.
Amita Sahani4 min
Sonia Gandhi has said her upcoming book will give her own account and that much written about her has been inaccurate. The memoir, 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', is due on 10 November from HarperCollins India, after Penguin Random House India withdrew over disagreements on editorial changes.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday transferred the collectors and police chiefs of Sagar and Dewas and suspended three Dewas excise officials after suspected spurious liquor deaths. The Congress blames the liquor; the Dewas administration says some deaths were natural. Tolls differ.
Amita Sahani4 min
Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge called on CEC Gyanesh Kumar to step down, asking why he has not addressed reports that two of three Election Commissioners disagreed with him. He raised concerns about bulk Form 7 applications and software, and said the Congress will protest on 1 November.
Amita Sahani4 min
A special MP/MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, dismissed the criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi on Monday. The complaint, filed by a BJP functionary, concerned a remark about Amit Shah at a Bengaluru press conference in May 2018. The court's reasons were not given in the reports.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said 'Modi ka baap bhi jayega' after a man in the crowd at a Patna event shouted that the Prime Minister would not go anywhere. Amit Shah and other BJP and JD(U) leaders condemned it; Congress defended him and blamed the BJP for the ruckus.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
A cleanliness drive at Mandleshwar in Khargone district found 343 voter ID cards with Indore addresses along the Narmada on Sunday. Revenue officials seized them and police are investigating. The Congress alleges vote theft and wants an FIR; how the cards got there is not known.
Amita Sahani4 min
Rahul Gandhi has invited students, farmers, workers, women, youth and traders to a march and rally at Ramlila Maidan on 1 November. In Patna, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge demanded an end to the revision of electoral rolls, ballot papers and annulment of two years of assembly polls.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
