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Deputy chief minister G Parameshwara confirmed that some leaders of the Congress were not traceable, but said he was confident they would not switch sides. “The two [who withdrew support] won as independents and want to remain as such. They have even said they will support the BJP; that’s their wish. But one thing is true, the BJP is trying very hard to destabilise this government, and they have even got some Congress MLAS to go to Mumbai. The whole country is watching what is happening.” Congress leader Zameer Ahmed said four to five party MLAS were in Mumbai and warned that the party “will not sit silently if attempts of poaching are made; even we are in touch with some BJP MLAS”.

All 104 MLAS of the BJP were in a resort in Gurugram for the second day amid allegations that the coalition government was trying to poach the party’s members in a bid to counter similar moves by the BJP. Repeated attempts to reach MLAS in the resort were unsuccessful.

“We are staying in the resort. We don’t know how long we are going to be here,” former chief minister Jagdish Shettar told PTI.

A senior Congress leader said on condition of anonymity the party was considering measures to ensure its MLAS were not lured by the BJP. “We can call a legislature party meeting and those who absent themselves against the party’s directive, we can approach the speaker to disqualify them. We are looking at all legal and constitutional measures.”

When election results to the Karnataka assembly were declared in May, the BJP, with 104 members, emerged as the single largest party in the House, but the Congress quickly sewed up an alliance with JD (S) and formed the government.

Senior BJP leader and the party’s in-charge for Karnataka P Muralidhar Rao on Tuesday said the Jd(s)-congress government in the state “cannot survive” its full five-year term and will fall on its own because of internal conflicts.

Congress leader DK Shivakumar said that all its MLAS were still with the Congress.

(With inputs from Agencies)

revelation by former Supreme Court judge justice Patnaik who said no “allegations of corruption” were made against Verma by a witness, as had been claimed by his deputy, Rakesh Asthana .

Justice Patnaik also asserted that the findings of the vigilance commission enquiry report were not his.

Kharge cited media reports where Patnaik has said that “what CVC said can’t be the final word” and termed the action of the committee “very, very hasty”. “Such huge embarrassment could have been avoided if the committee had decided to independently examine the CVC report, the report of Justice Patnaik, the submission of Alok Verma in his defence and draw its own conclusions,” Kharge wrote. He also emphasised that such a panel “should not take a decision merely on a report without vetting it and applying its own mind.”

“It is unfortunate that the manipulative actions of the government are directly responsible for causing deep embarrassment to the judiciary,” Kharge added.

Verma’s sacking as the CBI chief came following a preliminary inquiry conducted by the CVC, which indicted him on at least four out of 10 counts under consideration.

Verma and his deputy Asthana were engaged in an internecine war that roiled CBI. They levelled allegations of corruption against each other — Asthana through an August letter to the cabinet secretary and Verma through a first information report that the agency registered against Asthana in October. The government eventually decided to divest both of their powers and send them on a forced leave of absence. ground we do not see any difference,” he said.

On Tuesday, referring to the action taken in the wake of firing by Pakistani troops, the Army chief said: “We have been giving befitting reply to the enemies on the Line of Control (LOC) that has led to heavy loss of lives and logistics.” VJNT and SBC communities.

The state government expects central grant of ₹ 81 crore for the implementation of the schemes.

OBC organisations welcomed the move. “We thank chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for keeping the promise made to us in August last year, during our state-level convention,” said Sachin Rajurkar, general secretary, Rashtriya OBC Mahasangh.