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BJP’s Kerala Chief K surendran has said that the party will bring ‘Love Jihad’ legislation if they are elected to power in the state. He further alleged that the ISIS is targeting Hindu and Christian girls in Kerala. ‘ISIS is targeting Hindu-Christian girls especially students. Why are they sending couples to Syria if there is no love jihad? Surendran said. The statement comes days ahead of polls in the state where the BJP is trying to make inroads. ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan, who recently joined the BJP, had said that the BJP will emerge kingmaker in the state in the upcoming polls. 

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Coucillor Guddi Devi created a stir when she entered the well of Delhi Assembly with a bottle of kerosene threatening to immolate herself.

The Malka Ganj councillor entered the well threatening to immolate herself if the number of sanitation workers was not increased in her ward.

She claimed that the number of staff was reduced from 206 to 85 in 2018 and it was getting difficult to manage the situation.

The mayor condemned the act saying she was compromising the safety of other members of the House and assured to solve the problem in the next two days.

Trouble within the B S Yediyurappa government has once again erupted with a complaint being registered by Rural Development & Panchayat Raj (RDPR) minister K S Eshwarappa against the CM with the governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala and Karnataka BJP in-charge Arun Singh.

The complaint pertains to CM Yediyurappa’s “ad-hoc” allocations for rural development without the knowledge of Eshwarappa and lack of funds for specific projects which were announced under the RDPR department by the minister and his department officers.

On Wednesday, the senior BJP MLA and former deputy CM is believed to have submitted his complaint in person to the governor.

On March 26, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's office gave his formal approval to a state home department resolution to withdraw all 'Pathalgadi' cases lodged between 2017 and 2018. This decision has triggered both appreciation and apprehension across the state.

Broadly speaking, the issue began as a reaction to the former Jharkhand government amending land laws to easily acquire tribal land. However, it soon spiralled into a violent, exclusionary movement under which tribal villages in three of the state's 24 districts attempted to give themselves supreme governing authority in their own areas, on all matters, from business and education to the operation of government offices and PDS shops. Sources also allege that this movement was egged on by Maoists to put additional pressure on state police forces.