Banerjee said her party would go “all out” for the Lok Sabha polls and claimed that if all opposition parties come together, then the BJP government at the Centre would surely be toppled.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna, which demanded West Bengal's "dues" from the Centre for several social welfare projects, lasted overnight despite the cold.
Senior Congress leaders including state party chief Amit Chavda, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Paresh Dhanani, Arjun Modhvadiya, and party's observer for Gujarat Rajiv Satav will take part in the protest to be held at Tricaun Baugh area, said Rajkot city Congress president Mahesh Rajput.
In his letter to Modi, Kejriwal cited instances when the government work was stuck as the officers have not been attending meetings with ministers for the past three months.
An association of former officials of forces like CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and SSB will hold the sit-in at Jantar Mantar for implementation of their demands which they say have been in the waiting for the last over a decade.
The Delhi CM said the Jan Lokpal Bill is almost ready and will be passed at a special session in Ramlila Maidan in February.
At the Centre, the Congress heaped praise on Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for resolving the crisis while the BJP termed the dharna a political drama. "Was this political drama staged to send two police officers on leave," questioned Delhi BJP leader Vijay Goel.
Police today arrested seven more persons in connection with the last Sunday's communal clashes in Madannapet and Saidabad areas of the old city, even as authorities announced a 14-hour relaxation of curfew tomorrow.
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