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New Delhi: BharatiyaJanataParty is planning to induct the third deputy chief minister in Uttar Pradesh from the Dalit community before elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are announced. This could be one of the attempts to retainthose seats that the Party had won in the 2014 LokSabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP is trying every bit for it as formation of the government at the Centre largely depends upon the success of the party in the state.

Cabinet expansion in the state is on cards and has already been discussed by the state leadership and the Central leadership. During the UP cabinet expansion, a Dalit deputy CM may also take oath of the office.

New Delhi: Prime Minister NarendraModi will take up the responsibility by addressing Farmers' rally which will start from Mukhtasar in Punjab on July 11 by addressingKrishiKalyan Rally there. It is expected that Modi might announce MSP for Rabi crop in the Mukhtasar rally. Actually the government is looking at en-cashing the increased minimum support price (MSP) of Kharif as it is planning to start a multi-media campaign to tell the government welfare schemes to farmers and villagers.

Despite the fact that opposition political parties are targeting the Modi government on MSP but the government is planning to take the issue to farmers in view of the next LokSabha elections with the help of Integrated High Decibel Multimedia Campaign.

New Delhi: Delhi chief minister ArvindKejriwalhas approved 'Mukhyamantri Tirth YatraY ojana' for senior citizens under which the government will bear the expenses of 77,000 pilgrims every year. Kejriwalalso overruled all objections raised by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, days after the Supreme Court verdict on power tussle between the Delhi government and the Centre.

"Mukhyamantriteerthyatrayojana approved. All objections overruled..." Kejriwal tweeted. Delhi residents above the age of 60 are covered under this scheme. The government said that those selected, will be allowed to be accompanied by an attendant aging 18 years or above and their expenditure will also be borne by the city administration.

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the security situation in North East has ‘improved drastically’ during the four years of NDA government, with insurgency-related incidents coming down by 85 per cent as compared to the 90s.

The government is giving special attention to the internal security in the region, Singh said, addressing the 67th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here. He stressed on the need for a forum to address inter-state and security-related issues, including boundary disputes, narcotics and arms trafficking, and common approaches for tackling terrorism and militancy in the region.

"During the last four years of NDA government the security situation has drastically improved. When compared to the '90s, the insurgency related incidents have declined 85 per cent. There is 96 percent reduction in civilian and security forces casualties," he said.