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Mamata Banerjee is in Delhi to attend the INDIA bloc meeting on June 8.AAP is unlikely to attend Monday's meeting. The Mamata Banerjee-Kejriwal meeting comes months after AAP announced that it was no longer part of the INDIA bloc.

Rijiju accused Reddy of fracturing the nation along regional lines, specifically concerning comparisons to Hitler. He also urged Telangana CM 'stop trying to divide' nation by making such remarks.

Addressing reporters here, Bharathi also issued a fierce electoral challenge to rivals, daring them to win a single mayor seat in the upcoming local body polls, and demanded the elections be held as early as January.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made “grand claims” in Parliament about diversifying fuel sources across 41 countries. Citing gradual rise in the prices for the last over two months, Kharge raised questions as to what happened to those claims.

While the specific agenda of the discussions was not officially disclosed, the interaction comes at a time when political circles have been abuzz with speculation regarding Amarinder Singh's future political plans. Observers are viewing this meeting a gesture to put at rest the speculations about his plans to return to Congress fold.

Sourav Ganguly has denied reports claiming he was asked by Mamata Banerjee to persuade Baharampur MP Yusuf Pathan to resign, calling the allegations completely false and baseless.

Nathwani’s entry has significantly widened the field and added fresh uncertainty to the electoral arithmetic.

Founder Abhijeet Dipke and activist Sonam Wangchuk also left the venue. Dipke warned that protests will be held across multiple cities throughout the week in India if the Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan does not resign by 5 pm today. He also announced plans for another major demonstration at Jantar Mantar next Saturday.

The high drama unfolded two days after the state home department announced that the security cover provided to Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad, both former CMs, and their family members, including younger son Tejashwi Yadav, who is the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, was being downgraded.

The two candidates submitted their nominations at the state assembly complex here in the afternoon in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and senior party leaders.Voting for the three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to take place on June 18, and the last date for filing of nominations is June 9.

The AIADMK leaders who joined TVK include Udumalai K Radhakrishnan, MC Sampath, Kadambur C Raju and NR Sivapathi.

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi flew from New Delhi to Bengaluru to accompany the AICC party president to file his papers. Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, former CM Siddaramaiah, Congress general secretaries Randeep Singh Surjewala and K C Venugopal, and several ministers were also present.