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Delhi excise policy case: K Kavitha summoned by probe agency for questioning today

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned BRS leader K Kavitha for a fresh round of questioning in connection with its probe into the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, official sources said on Monday.

The 45-year-old daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has been asked to depose before the agency in Delhi on Tuesday, they said.

Sources, however, said that she may not depose before the agency and has communicated her decision to the investigating officer through an email.

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Jharkhand CM Soren agrees to record statement with probe agency in money laundering case

Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Hemant Soren has finally agreed to record his statement with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its probe into a money laundering case, sources told India Today TV.

Soren gave his consent to attend the questioning days after the probe agency summoned him for the eighth time, urging him to appear at the CM secretariat (CM House) on the specified date.

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Congress must do justice to its netas: BJP takes swipe at Nyay Yatra

BJP on Sunday took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' and said opposition party should first look at doing justice with its own party leaders and refrain from divisive politics before talking about "uniting" the country.

"Rahul Gandhi's campaign is not to unite but divide the country. This is another attempt to launch Congress's famous crown prince Rahul Gandhi, who has failed in every test. This is Rahul Gandhi's second journey of hatred and disintegration. Congress seems to be filled with hatred after construction of Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya," said BJP Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni.

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Setback to Congress as Mikind Deora quits

In yet another setback for the Congress, on the day it launched the second leg of the 6,500 km Bharat Jodo Yatra on Sunday, former Union Minister Milind Deora quit the party "to walk the path of development" and joined the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The Congress alleged that the timing of Deora's departure from the party was orchestrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for headline management to counter the yatra, and asserted that it would have no impact.

On his part, Deora ended a "55-year-old association" of the Deora family with the Grand Old Party. The former Mumbai South MP announced his decision to resign from the primary membership of the party on the social media platform. Deora was the head of the Mumbai Congress at one time and is the son of the party stalwart late Murli Deora.