Morning Digest | Congress to put out electoral rolls; Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral to be held on September 19, and more

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Congress to put out electoral rolls

If anyone desires to get nominations from 10 supporters from different States to contest the upcoming Congress presidential polls, the list of all 9,000-plus delegates will be available at All India Congress Committee (AICC) office from September 20, Central Election Authority (CEA) chairman Madhusudan Mistry said on Saturday in response to the Lok Sabha members who had demanded transparency in the election procedure.

Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral to be held on September 19

The coffin will be taken from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh on Sunday before being flown to London on Tuesday. It will later lie in state at Westminster Hall from Wednesday until the morning of the funeral which will take place at London’s Westminster Abbey.

Amit Shah accuses the Congress in Rajasthan of organising riots

Addressing a meeting of the BJP’s booth-level workers in Jodhpur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Congress had organised “well-planned” communal riots at places like Karauli, Jodhpur, Chhabra and Malpura, and put a ban on the celebration of Hindu festivals. “This vote bank politics will spell doom for Congress. The people in Rajasthan are ready to bring the BJP back to power,” he said.

PM Modi conveys condolences and congratulations to Britain PM Liz Truss