Today in Politics: Shah may review Manipur situation; Curtains on Assembly poll campaign in Maharashtra and Jharkhand

In context: Shah’s Sunday gathering came arsenic the concern successful Manipur, which has been reeling from taste strife since May past year, continued to beryllium volatile pursuing protests and unit aft the betterment of bodies of women and children.

Irate mobs acceptable ablaze the residences of 3 much BJP legislators, 1 of whom is simply a elder minister, and a Congress MLA successful assorted districts of Imphal Valley adjacent arsenic information forces foiled an effort to tempest the ancestral residence of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, officials said.

Enraged radical torched the houses of PWD Minister Govindas Konthoujam astatine Ningthoukhong, Hiyanglam’s BJP MLA Y Radheshyam astatine Langmeidong Bazar, Wangjing Tentha’s BJP MLA Paonam Brojen successful Thoubal territory and Khundrakpam’s Congress MLA Th Lokeshwar successful Imphal East district, the officials said.

The caller incidents of convulsive protests took spot connected Saturday nighttime adjacent arsenic an indefinite curfew was clamped aft people, agitated by the sidesplitting of 3 women and 3 children by militants successful Jiribam district, attacked the residences of 3 authorities ministers and six MLAs earlier connected Saturday.

More than 220 radical person been killed and thousands rendered stateless successful taste unit betwixt Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May past year.

Last time of run successful Maharashtra and Jharkhand

Monday volition people the past time of campaigning for the Maharashtra Assembly polls and the 2nd signifier of elections successful Jharkhand.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP president J P Nadda volition beryllium successful Maharashtra. While Kharge volition code a nationalist gathering successful Vasai, Nadda is scheduled to code a rally each successful Thane, Solapur and Raigad.

Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi volition code property conferences successful the capitals of the 2 poll-bound states.

All 288 seats of Maharashtra and 38 of the 81 Assembly constituencies successful Jharkhand will spell to the polls connected November 20, the results of which volition beryllium announced 3 days later.

SC to perceive plea connected Delhi pollution

The Supreme Court connected Friday is apt to perceive a plea for enforcement of measures to cheque contamination successful the capital, aft it was informed that Delhi should not go the astir polluted metropolis successful the world.

Senior advocator Aprajita Singh, who has been appointed arsenic amicus curiae, past week mentioned a substance related to aerial contamination earlier a Bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih. Singh urged the seat to perceive the substance urgently against the backdrop of terrible aerial contamination successful Delhi. The seat led by Justice Oka has been proceeding a substance related to aerial contamination successful Delhi-NCR.

Singh submitted earlier the seat that she has intimated the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) and they should explicate what steps are being taken. After proceeding little submissions, the seat scheduled the substance for proceeding connected November 18.

– With PTI inputs