All eyes on NDA’s ‘Mangal Milan’ meeting on Tuesday
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party meeting, now called 'Mangal Milan', will be held on Tuesday at Parliament House.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party meeting, now called 'Mangal Milan', will be held on Tuesday at Parliament House.
The government has a heavy legislative agenda, and several significant Bills are expected to be taken up during the upcoming session.
To overcome shortfall of numbers in Lok Sabha, BJP intensified outreach to regional and Opposition parties, including DMK and NCP (Sharad Pawar). On Wednesday NCP (SP)appeared to signal openness to Delimitation Bill if conditions met
Congress General Secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government of abandoning its anti-corruption plank, alleging that the Prime Minister's 2014 promise of "Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga" (I will neither indulge in corruption nor allow it) had been undermined by a series of alleged scams, cronyism and governance failures over the past 12 years.
Mahua Moitra publicly accused senior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay of misleading party colleagues about his health and travelling to Delhi amid a growing rebellion by a section of Trinamool Congress MPs.
On Tuesday, Nadda was present at the closed-door meeting in which preparations for the formation of the new government, including the allocation of ministerial portfolios, especially candidates for two key posts—Home Minister and the Speaker, were discussed.
The Prime Minister, during the short duration visit, is scheduled to inaugurate the South Indian Natural Farming Summit in the textile city.
Nitish Kumar is expected to take oath as Chief Minister for the tenth time, along with around 20 ministers from the five NDA allies. The remaining ministers are likely to be inducted during a cabinet expansion after the floor test.
The buzz is that along with key Cabinet posts, LJP’s Chirag Pawan is also negotiating for one deputy chief minister and sources indicate that there is also considerable pressure on the BJP to select those who will man the post from its side. In the outgoing councils of ministers, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were BJP's two deputies to JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar.
Incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar remains the frontrunner, although some voices are calling for a change.
