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In Rajasthan, former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and Gehlot have been locked in a leadership tussle.
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The state government has procured 2.36 metric tonne moong beans against the target of 2.39 lakh metric tonne during the procurement period of 90 days from over 1.67 lakh farmers, officials said.
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Governor Kalyan Singh administrated the oath of office to the new ministers at an event attended by Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and senior Congress leaders.
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Gadkari said under Bharat Mala scheme 253 km-long new highway will be constructed from Sri Ganganagar to Karanpur, Gajsinghpur, Raisingh Nagar, Rawala and Dantor.
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Under the partnership, Ola will team up with the state government to provide skill development for 50,000 men and women over the next five years, it said in a statement. It also spoke of introducing offerings like Ola Autos and Ola Share in the state in coming months.
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This revelation was made before the Supreme Court by US-based Madison Capital, which said that it would buy two hotels owned by Sahara.
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The minister was speaking on the sidelines of a party initiative to reach out to people to explain to them about what happened during the recently concluded Monsoon Session of Parliament.
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During her meeting with Union Minister of State for Energy Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on Tuesday, Raje said solar power generation is increasing in Rajasthan and most of the solar power generated in the state will be exported to other states
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"For the greater interest of Parliamentary democracy, we are opposed to suspension of 25 Lok Sabha MPs. We are not attending Lok Sabha from tomorrow," Bandyopadhyay said in a statement.
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Congress-led opposition parties continued to stall the proceedings of Parliament, inviting the ire of Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who went on to suspend at least 25 opposition MPs for five days.
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Congress will not allow Parliament to function till the ministers whose names have surfaced in Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam resign, party leader Ashwani Kumar said on Saturday, stressing that it was opposition's right "to oppose, expose and depose" the government.
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As the issue rocked Parliament for the second day, Finance Minister Arun Jailey lashed out at the opposition saying it is "weak on arguments and strong on disturbance".
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Lok Sabha was repeatedly disrupted over Lalit Modi controversy on the first working day of the Monsoon session on Wednesday with opposition members storming the Well with placards, ignoring Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's warning of action.
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On the first day of the proceeding of the Monsoon session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha faced three back-to-back adjournments after Opposition created uproar seeking Sushma's resignation in the row over alleged links with former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi.
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Talking to reporters after an all party meeting called by him on the eve on Monsoon beginning tomorrow, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters that Swaraj was keen to make a statement on the Lalit Modi issue.
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With the 'who's who' of anti-BJP politics expected to be present, considerable significance is being attached to the get-together ahead of the Monsoon session, which is likely to be the most turbulent for the Narendra Modi government since it took office in May 2014.
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With Congress and other opposition parties threatening to disrupt the upcoming monsoon session, Jaitley said the message from the Socio Economic and Caste Census is clear that "growth and economic reforms help the poor as do targeted schemes".
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Govindacharya claimed that Modi had benefitted from his ties with Swaraj and Raje. "It is clear that Raje and Swaraj had ties with Lalit Modi and he had gained from it. A message has gone out that the government has done something wrong," said Govindacharya.
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Sources said that while no formal meeting is planned between Raje and the BJP leadership but if she wished to meet Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah, she will be granted an appointment.
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According to sources, the BJP is not going to take any action against the Rajasthan CM immediately. The decision comes after Raje told the BJP that she signed Lalit Modi's immigration papers in her personal capacity as his friend and not as an official. Sources also say that Raje claims she did not depose before any court of law.
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Arun Jaitley also said there is "no question at all" about the government going on the back foot on this issue, as it has done "nothing wrong".
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Raje have been facing flak for "helping" Modi in procuring travel documents in the UK, a country which he has made his home to avoid legal processes in India.
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The Union Minister further clarified that Raje's son Dushyant's deal with Lalit Modi's company was purely a commercial one. Notably, the same was asserted by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday.
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The former IPL chief on Sunday levelled allegations against several senior politicians on social media platform twitter.
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According to reports, Modi and Singh discussed the government strategy to tackle the continued attack by the opposition over the issue. They also discussed government‘s plan to move Supreme Court for revocation of Lalit Modi‘s passport.
