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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday launched an angry tirade on Union ministers for failing to comment on Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's objectionable remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

The video that has been doing rounds on social media shows Sanjay Raut taking digs on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its Union ministers for speaking on everything except on the "insult" of Shivaji.

While speaking to media, the Shiv Sena leader said, "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's insult was noted by everyone. Basically, BJP people never loved Shivaji. A few years ago there were hoardings comparing PM Narendra Modi with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj."

Telangana Pradesh Congress Commitee Chief (TPCC) Revanth Reddy filed a complaint against 12 MLAs who had defected into Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) from Congress in 2018 and said that the CBI which is probing the alleged MLA Poaching case should also probe the case related to the legislators who defected to the TRS.

"We have filed a complaint at the Moinabad police station against MLAs who won elections in 2018 on Congress tickets and defected to the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (now BRS),"Revanth Reddy said while speaking to the media.

"So we lodged a complaint against these MLAs and demanded to take stringent action against the culprits," Reddy said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed happiness over the declining cases of Kala Azar disease. He also shared his ‘Mann Ki Baats’ excerpts on the disease.

Responding to a tweet by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, the PM said: “Encouraging trend…let us keep at it and eliminate Kala Azar. Also sharing what I had spoken on this subject during last month’s MannKiBaat.”

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday flagged off a more than 1,000 km long march, inspired by Rahul Gandhi's "Bharat Jodo Yatra", in Banka district of Bihar.

The march, which would cover a major part of the state, was launched close to the "Mandar" hills, about 250 km from the state capital, which finds a mention in Hindu mythology.

Kharge, who was visiting Bihar for the first time after getting elected to the top post of his party, slammed the BJP government at the Centre for "failure to provide employment to the youth" and diverting public attention with "communally charged rhetoric".

India has set its sights on getting more Rafales from France as the Navy is likely to get 26 fighter jets in a multi-billion dollar deal, according to reports. Defence sources claim that the deal could be signed in March when French President Emmanuel Macron visits India.

The Rafales will be acquired for the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant after the Navy rejected the American jet F/A-18 Super Hornet. Dassault Aviation's Rafale M jets are better suited for India's new aircraft carrier.

The Rafale and the F/A-18 Super Hornet were both tested at the INS Hansa in Goa earlier this year. “The Rafale M has been found to be a better fit for the navy’s requirements,” said a second official, also asking not to be named.