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Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Merges With BJP
In a letter to the Goa Assembly Speaker, MGP MLAs Manohar Ajgaonkar & Deepak Pauskar said they have agreed to merge the party with BJP, reported news agency ANI.
"Total strength of Legislators of MGP is three members & we constitute 2/3rd of the members," they said.
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Never Laid Claim on Any Sitting Seat of Allies : Paswan
Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday sought to come clean in the face of the controversy over Union minister Giriraj Singh's Nawada seat being alloted to his party asserting that the LJP had never laid any claim on its own on a sitting seat of its allies, the BJP and the JD(U), reported news agency PTI.
At no point of time did we insist on laying claim on any of the sitting seats of our allies the BJP and the JD(U).
But when JD(U) expressed the desire to contest Munger, which was our (LJP's) sitting seat, we had simply requested that since our MP from that seat was a Bhumihar we should be compensated with some other constituency where the caste had a sizeable presence," Paswan told reporters.
Model Code of Conduct Violation Complaint Lodged Against Sambit Patra
The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee has filed complaint with Chief Electoral Officer of the state against Sambit Patra, BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Puri, levelling allegation of violation of Model Code of Conduct by holding idol of Lord Jagannath in an election rally, reported news agency ANI.
EC Orders Transfer of Three Officials
The Election Commission has issued orders transferring Intelligence DG AB Venkateswara Rao, Kadapa SP Rahul Dev Sharma and Srikakulam SP Venkata Ratnam. The three are asked not to take-up any election related duty. Their immediate subordinates have been ordered to take charge, reported news agency ANI.