Latest News Today Live Updates: As Haryana heads for assembly elections in October this year, the Congress top brass will hold meetings with state party leaders to outline their strategy for the polls. With the Congress making significant gains in the Lok Sabha polls in the state, the BJP-led Nayab Singh Sain government is rolling out a slew of welfare schemes, which the Congress has termed as “yet another political gimmick”.
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Meanwhile, today’s Lok Sabha session will witness a rare contest for the post of Speaker, with the NDA fielding BJP MP from Kota, Om Birla, while the opposition All India Bloc will field eight-time Congress MP Kodikunil Suresh. As the raging NEET-UG controversy continues, opposition parties will raise the issue in Parliament.
In other news, after the Delhi High Court stayed the bail granted to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the trial court, the Supreme Court will hear AAP’s High Court bail plea on Wednesday. The CBI, which has received permission to produce Kejriwal before the court, is likely to seek his custody.
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