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Raising the pitch on the BJP`s silence on the gas pricing issue, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked the party`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to come clean on his connections with Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani.

Akhilesh Yadav, who is among the nine people tagged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his cleanliness drive today, refused to comment on the nomination.The 41-year-old Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister walked away when reporters in Lucknow asked him about his reaction to Prime Minister`s invitation.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has now called a bandh in his state to protest against the Centre. Mr Kumar is miffed that while the Centre was quick in announcing special status for Seemandhra - the region of Andhra Pradesh that will form the residuary state once Telangana is carved out - it has not accepted Bihar`s longstanding demand for a similar grant.

The Congress `high command` came in for fresh criticism with senior leader P Chidambaram`s son Karti questioning Delhi micro-managing state units. Congress MP Hanumantha Rao has rubbished Karti Chidambaram for his outburst against the party leadership, saying his father too was part of the high command that he has slammed.

Modi camp sidelines senior BJP leaders; Firm on having it`s way.

Robert Vadra, the husband of Priyanka Gandhi, is quietly closing down six companies set up just two years ago.The fear of `banana republic` has crept into the mind of otherwise not so `serious` Robert Vadra. Close on the heels of the announcement by the new BJP Government in Haryana that Robert Vadra`s land deals will be probed, Sonia Gandhi`s son-in-law has started winding down his businesses.

In the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, there is an infighting in the BJP Party over seats. Lucknow BJP MP and key associate of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lalji Tandon said that he will not vacate his seat for anyone other than Narendra Modi.There were reports that BJP President Rajnath Singh was keen on shifting from Ghaziabad to Lucknow seat.

On a day when the Union Cabinet paved the way for fresh polls in the national capital after eight months of political uncertainty, the Delhi BJP announced on Tuesday that it would contest the polls without a chief ministerial candidate. Buoyed by its recent poll victories in Maharashtra and Haryana, the BJP plans to continue to seek votes in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name

The much-hyped joint rally of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Anna Hazare in the national capital on Wednesday turned out to be a disappointing affair with the anti-corruption crusader giving it a miss, triggering a blame game.

The over-eight-month-long suspense over the fate of Delhi assembly and government has ended with the capital heading for fresh elections. On Monday, the three major political parties - BJP, AAP and Congress - informed lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung that government formation was not possible in the present circumstances and pressed for immediate dissolution of the assembly.