Bhubaneswar, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Tuesday suspended three of its legislators who had reportedly voted in favour of a BJP-backed Independent candidate, Dilip Ray, defying the party’s whip in the Rajya Sabha polling. Sanakhemundi MLA Ramesh Chandra Jena, Barabati-Cuttack MLA Sofia Firdous, and Mohana MLA Dasarathi Gomango went against the party whip and supported Dilip Ray, leading to the defeat of Dr Datteshwar Hota, the common candidate fielded by the opposition Congress and Biju Janata Dal.

Hyderabad, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday accused the ruling Congress party legislators of arrogance of power and high-handedness. He asserted that funds for Gram Panchayats and welfare schemes like Indiramma Houses are public money and not the personal property of Congress leaders. Addressing a felicitation ceremony for newly elected Sarpanches, Upa-Sarpanches and Ward Members from Khanapur and Shadnagar constituencies at Telangana Bhavan, KTR urged local body representatives to stand firm against political intimidation.

New Delhi, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday turned down the prayer of former Karnataka Minister and Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni to grant him additional time to surrender before the concerned jail authorities in connection with the murder of BJP worker Yogesh Gowda. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan refused to grant seven more days to Kulkarni, who was ordered on June 6 to “surrender before the concerned trial court or jail authority within a period of one week”.

Hyderabad, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday asked the Congress MLAs to reach out to people and explain to them the schemes launched by the state government. Addressing the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting, he asked the MLAs to visit every village in their respective Assembly constituencies from April 16 to June 2. The Chief Minister told the legislators that he would also allocate time to meet people from May 1 to June 2.

Karnataka Congress MLA Ravi Ganiga has stated that the BJP is offering Rs 100 crore to Congress MLAs to bring down the ruling government in the state. He added that he has evidence in this regard whic...