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The expelled leader Dayashankar Singh meanwhile continues to abscond although he is expected to surrender on Friday.

Singh had openly criticised the Akali government for forcing an unpopular project.

It had been alleged Khadse received calls from fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's Karachi house. Dogged by this and a couple of other allegations, he had resigned in June.

The book is a 25-page compilation of Narendra Modi's pre-election speeches and also contains cartoons. It contends that Modi did not fulfil a single promise made before the elections.

While members thumped desks to welcome those taking oath, Chairman Hamid Ansari greeted the newly elected with a "Welcome" and the re-elected with "Welcome Back".

There was even a suggestion that a woman should be projected as the CM candidate to take on Mayawati and Sheila Dikshit.

The Prime Minister had inducted 19 new faces in his Council of Ministers in the expansion which took place on July 5.

Responding to a query on the future of the road-rationing measure during the 'Talk to AK' session, he said it would be again considered during the winter months when the pollution levels remain on the higher side.

With an eye on the assembly polls in Gujarat, Punjab and Goa, Kejriwal slammed the Centre for trying to paralyse his government and compared the relation between Centre-state as similar to India-Pakistan.

"We want discussion on NSG and floods. We won't block any bill, but a bill will be passed on merit only," Ghulam Nabi Azad said.

The department will have an annual budget of Rs 3.80 crore for salaries besides other expenses.

Sagar had on July 3 lodged a complaint with Saroor Nagar Police here and sought registration of sedition case against the 47-year-old politician, who has had run-ins with law in the past over his "hate" speeches.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present at the function. The Modi government dismissed duly elected governments in these states and insulted the popular mandate, she said.

The announcement comes two days after the party named Raj Babbar as its president in the state which goes to polls in the first half of next year.

Congress has been pressing for a cap of 18 per cent as part of the Constitutional Amendment bill to which government is not agreeing.

Curfew continued in all districts of Kashmir and mobile internet services continued to be shut while separatists have extended their strike till Wednesday.