Springing a surprise, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday picked Mohan Yadav, a leader of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and a three-time MLA, as the next chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, state party president VD Sharma said.
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A Lucknow bench of justices Ramesh Sinha and Saroj Yadav passed the order on the appeal by two Ayodhya residents -- Haji Mahmood Ahmad and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari said, "The party has not yet taken any decision on Uma Bharati's return. The issue is still being discussed." A party leader said the party's decision may be possible after the elections to the Bihar assembly are over.
The Allahabad high court on Monday deferred till October 31 the hearing of an appeal challenging the acquittal of all 32 accused, including former deputy prime minister LK Advani and the then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, in the Babri mosque demolition case.
The top court said the extension of tenure of the special judge will only be for the purpose of concluding the trial and delivering the verdict in the case.
As a judge of special Central Bureau of Investigation court, Yadav had on September 30, 2020 acquitted all the 32 accused, including BJP veterans LK Advani, M M Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh, in the case of demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
'She showed courage at every turn in her political career.'
Here are the key figures among the 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case who were on Wednesday acquitted by a special CBI court in Lucknow of all charges.
The programme, however, will be held as planned, maintaining all the safety rules for coronavirus.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday set at rest speculation that Uma Bharti could be fielded against Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli after the firebrand leader asserted that she "cannot leave my Jhansi" from where she has already been nominated.
The mahant said that only devotion to God will bring her happiness and solace.
The verdict by a special court in the Babri Masjid demolition case comes 28 years after kar sevaks razed the 16th century mosque and almost a year after the Supreme Court settled the land case in favour of a Ram temple at the disputed Ayodhya site.
Muttemwar, who hails from Vidarbha region, told PTI that the video in circulation was distorted.
'I tried to find out the element of indiscipline in yesterday's action, but I could not get any,' she said in a letter to Advani. \n
'The Ganga must be kept above all divisive politics,' says Uma Bharti.
On Thursday, he broke a record which had been held by former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh.
It is not immediately clear if they have to be present in court or can appear through a video conference due to restrictions imposed to fight the spread of coronavirus.
The court also observed that late Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal wanted to save the structure because Ram idols were inside.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the security of former special judge S K Yadav who had pronounced the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case and acquitted all 32 accused, including Bharatiya Janata Party veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti.
The proceedings in the case at the Central Bureau of Investigation court in Lucknow ended on Tuesday with the advocates for some of 32 accused presenting their oral arguments.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the tragic events of September 30 in the most populous state in the Indian Union, Uttar Pradesh.
Following is the chronology of events in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case.
The development comes after the Supreme Court decided to strike down the recent 27 percent reservation in favour of OBCs in local bodies made by Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh governments.
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Friday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "messiah Indians had been waiting for to appear for a thousand years" who has solution to all their problems.
The accused include former deputy prime minister Advani, former Union ministers Joshi and Uma Bharti, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, besides Vinay Katiyar and Sadhvi Rithambara.
Vajpayee's statement comes as a setback to Bharti, who had himself incurred the wrath of the entire second generation\nleadership in the party earlier.
The top court, which had earlier fixed August 31 as the deadline for completion of proceedings including pronouncement of the verdict, took note of the report filed by special judge S K Yadav in the high-profile case.
She had criticised party colleague Pramod Mahajan and also claimed the credit for the victory in the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.
Business establishments and markets remained closed as BJP, Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists took to the streets shouting anti-Congress slogans and burning effigies Sonia Gandhi.
Bharti had been in the forefront of the 'Hindu andolan' especially during the Ayyodhya movement, he said.
Chouhan put the onus on senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to deal with the fallout of the crisis created by firebrand sanyasin Uma Bharti over his selection.
Since Wednesday morning, around 45-odd MLAs met Bharti.
The Congress leader said Bharti had concealed information pertaining to the flag hoisting case against her in Karnataka.
A court in Hubli on Monday rejected a petition filed by the previous S M Krishna government seeking withdrawal of a case against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti.
The Upper House did not transact any business and was adjourned for the day.
Patel was suspended from the party following 'unruly and violent' scenes during the legislature party meeting, which elected Shivraj Singh Chouhan as its leader.
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Babulal Gaur, who was elected the new leader of the Madhya Pradesh BJP Legislature Party on Monday, has said he will make way for the outgoing chief minister Uma Bharti if the courts give her a clean chit in a riot case.
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