Bhupesh Baghel meets Rahul Gandhi over ‘Cabinet reshuffle, poll preparations in U.P.’
The Hindu
Chhattisgarh has witnessed intense leadership tussle between Chief Minister and Health Minister
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi at his residence where the two leaders are said to have discussed plans for a Cabinet reshuffle in the State and the party’s poll preparedness in Uttar Pradesh.
There was, however, no official word on the meeting as Mr Baghel didn’t speak to the media and left for U.P.
Sources, however, claimed that the Chief Minister is keen on replacing some of the non-performing Ministers with new faces.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.