The release of the final draft of Assam’s NRC has got the opposition in war mode against the BJP-led Modi government at the Centre. The draft, released on July 30, saw 40 lakh people, who applied for their names to be included in the list, left out of the citizens’ database.
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The decision to appoint the chief of the BJP's Rajasthan unit has been deferred as the differences between the party's president, Amit Shah, and the Rajasthan chief minister, Vasundhara Raje, remained unresolved. Sources say Raje and Shah are adamant over their picks.
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Reacting to Congress president Rahul Gandhi's allegation that the Narendra Modi government had "waived off bank loans of 15 corporate houses", finance minister Arun Jaitley took to social media to launch a counterattack against the opposition leader.
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Rahul Gandhi hosted an iftar party on behalf of the Congress for the first time after becoming the party president. The party was attended by former presidents Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil. Several senior opposition leaders too attended the event.
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Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Wednesday ruled out his party's alliance with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party for the upcoming assembly election in the state. The election is likely to be held in December this year.
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The party, which has lost a string of bypolls, both assembly and Lok Sabha, since it stormed into power at the Centre in 2014, is appearing to take no chances with the key state that traditionally witnesses a bipolar contest between the Congress and the BJP.
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