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Shah, Nadda, Rajnath to address booth leaders in UP

On Monday, Nadda will address a meeting of 27,637 booth presidents in Gorakhpur district, which is the home turf of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The BJP chief will also visit the Gorakhnath temple and offer prayers. Later, he will interact with families from the Vantangiya tribal community near the airport. Adityanath and state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh will be present along with Nadda.

Sources said Nadda would also visit the home of a BJP worker from the Rajbhar community in Chargawan block for tea. The Rajbhar community has a significant presence in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The BJP’s former ally Om Prakash Rajbhar of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) has joined hands with the Samajwadi Party (SP).

The repeal of the farm laws has brightened the possibility of BJP tying up with Congress rebel and former CM Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress, thus upending the equations of the coming assembly polls in the state. "The plan for seat-sharing with BJP will be worked out 110%, and farmers too should join the fight," Amarinder told a news channel.

Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Friday thanked PM Modi for the plan to repeal the farm laws and said he would now go ahead with his plans for an alliance with BJP for the 2022 Punjab polls." The plan for seat sharing will be worked out 110% and farmers too should join the fight," he told a news channel.

MP to bring in police commissioner system for Bhopal, Indore

“Police is doing a good job… But the population of cities is expanding… Thereby new problems of law and order and administration is coming up. For their resolution and for control on crime, we have decided to implement the police commissioner system in Bhopal and Indore,” Chouhan said.

Currently, responsibilities are divided between the district magistrate and the Superintendent of Police. The DM issues arrest warrants and licences, and the SP directs investigation for crimes and the arrests.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday (November 19) welcomed the repeal of the three farm laws and expressed regret farmers could not be convinced despite the government's best efforts.

"The government tried to have a dialogue with farmers at every level. But maybe because of some deficiency on our part, we failed to explain our point to the people," Adityanath said.

"I sincerely welcome the withdrawal of three agricultural laws by the Prime Minister on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government," he said.