Gaur said he regretted having made harsh remarks against Bharti.
Gaur, 89, passed away due to caridiac arrest. He was suffering from various old-age related ailments and was hospitalised for quite some time.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur fuelled another controversy with his remarks that drinking liquor is a "fundamental right" and that it is a status symbol too.
The BJP retained power in MP in the November 17 polls emphatically winning 163 seats in the 230-member assembly, leaving the Congress a distant second with 66 seats.
The Congress on Saturday appointed 50-year-old Jitu Patwari, who belongs to the Other Backward Classes, as president of the party's Madhya Pradesh unit replacing veteran Kamal Nath.
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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.
The longest-serving Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister and popularly known as mama (maternal uncle) and 'paon-paon wale bhaiya' (foot soldier), Shivraj Singh Chouhan has emerged as the hero of his party's stunning victory in the state assembly elections.
Opposition is using a 'marak shakti' (killing power) to harm BJP leaders, says BJP's Bhopal MP.
We don't know who is behind this, a party leader said.
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.
On Thursday, he broke a record which had been held by former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh.
Even as debate rages over credentials of next prime minister, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Madhya Pradesh minister, Babulal Gaur, on Monday termed Narendra Modi as a 'secular' leader.
A Group of Ministers on Friday gave its approval to the Madhya Pradesh government to dispose of 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste in Germany.
A bus-borne museum will take the experiences of Bhopal gas victims round the country, says Rrishi Raote
The Bharatiya Janata Party has said that it is unhappy with the recommendations suggested by the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal tragedy case.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, Madhya Pradesh government has decided to throw open for public the defunct Union carbide factory that claimed thousands of lives following leakage of toxic gases.
The meeting is being held purportedly to discuss ways and means of raising the issues of Hinduism and the Ram Temple at Ayodhya in the coming weeks.
Reacting to the alleged phone-tapping, Bharti said, "It is against principles of democracy, violative of rules and an act of cowardice."
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The party said it will hold discussions with disgruntled members of the legislative assembly and ministers who reportedly sent a letter making the demand.
"The memorial will be constructed on 66 acre land," Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur said, adding, "It will include a park and gallery of rare photographs of the tragedy."
Reliance Industries Ltd will invest Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) for laying down methane gas pipelines in Satna, Mahiya and Shehdol in Madhya Pradesh.
Chouhan was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Balram Jakhar.
Chief Minister Babulal gaur said it was necessary to control terrorist activities.
Since Wednesday morning, around 45-odd MLAs met Bharti.
Ministers Gauri Shankar Shejwar and Arun Mishra, who is also Vajpayee's nephew and state Legislature Party secretary Dhyanendra Singh met Vajpayee for about 30 minutes, the sources said.
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.
With the expansion and reshuffle, Babulal Gaur ministry has 17 cabinet ministers and 18 ministers of state.
The two chief ministers who are in Delhi to attend the Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security and Law and\nOrder also discussed various other issues at the meeting that lasted over 30 minutes, party sources said.
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