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Home minister Rajnath Singh, takes a dig at Congress for not listening to Mahatma Gandhi for development of villages and poor.

"In the last general elections, blessings of the 'sants' brought the (popular) mandate to BJP in the country," he said.

Bhagat Singh Koshiyari from Uttarakhand and Rameshwar Teli from Assam are among those likely to be included in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, sources told CNN-News18.

CAPD Minister Zulfikar Ali intervened saying the opposition was making "baseless charges".

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed uproar as 14 ruling and opposition MLAs stormed into the Well and then staged a walkout in the House, demanding restoration of reservation in promotion in government jobs in the state.

After the success in Assam where it had announced Sarbananda Sonowal as its CM face, a section of the party strongly believes that BJP should clearly and categorically project its leadership before the UP electorate.

Even before the elections, there was speculation that the overwhelming majority of the 17 Congress MLAs, owing allegiance to former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, would not toe the party line on supporting Anand.

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman won Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka.

According to sources, BJP Parliamentary Party will decide on the UP chief minsterial candidate and not the executive board.

The party also asked the state government to immediately recommend for a CBI inquiry so that truth could come out.

The Delhi Chief Minister's letter on Monday came in response to Jung's "two letters" seeking details about some officers and consultants appointed by the AAP government.

"I had only desired to become an MP at least once in life ... I had never nourished a dream to become a minister, chief minister or prime minister," the Chief Minister said at a function to launch a biography of 'Super-30' founder Anand Kumar.

Facing heat over a string of corruption charges, including irregularities in a land deal, Khadse on Saturday resigned from the state Cabinet.

"I have submitted a factual report on the matters which have come up recently," Fadnavis said.

The decision, which will see him take over the reins of the Grand Old Party from his mother Sonia Gandhi, has been hanging in the air ever since he became Congress vice president in 2013.