Left, Right & Centre

The rape and murder case of a 26-year-old veterinarian will be heard in a fast-track court, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao said. Activists are asking whether things will really change for women in this country. The Telangana Police have been accused of not acting fast enough, after the victim's family alleged they were made to run from one police station to another.

Hours before the burnt body of a young veterinarian was recovered on Thursday, her distraught family, who could not contact her on her mobile, had to go from "one police station to another" as the police could not decide if the case fell in their jurisdiction. The National Commission for Women that met the family has found fault with the Telangana Police, saying they delayed taking action and shunted complainants from one police station to another. The family has now sought speedy trial in the rape and murder case.

On a day when the Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray has been sworn in as the Chief minister of Maharashtra at a ceremony in Mumbai's Shivaji Park, on Left, Right and Centre we look at the new formed government of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress and what it means for the nation and the political ideologies across the state of Maharashtra.

After the controversial remark made by BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Nathuram Godse in Parliament, her party has taken a step to remove her from the defence panel. On Left, Right and Centre we ask if this token step is enough or whether the BJP needs to take a concrete action against her?

On Left, Right and Centre, we look at the recent controversy surrounding Pragya Singh Thakur after she called Godse a patriot in the Parliament today. Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'never forgive' her again for such remarks?

After an apparent end to the political turmoil in Maharashtra, we look at how the recent developments will impact the nation.

On Left, Right and Centre, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi talks about how there is a complete mandate for the BJP and its alliance since the pre-polls and why Maharashtra deserves a strong and stable government - which Devendra Fadnavis has been providing for the past five years.

Despite the BJP-Ajit Pawar camp claiming the numbers, the NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena paraded their MLAs in Mumbai's Grand Hyatt Hotel lobby in a massive show of strength. So, who really has the numbers in Maharashtra?

Mukul Rohatgi, the lawyer for BJP MLAs and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis talks about the Governor's action and what the right step is in the legal battle of Maharashtra government formation, during which, according to him, Shiv Sena and the Congress have been playing games and the floor test will prove who is right and who is wrong.

The Supreme Court on Sunday said the Centre must produce the letters of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claiming majority, as well as that of the Governor inviting Fadnavis to form government on Monday. It was hearing a petition of the Shiv Sena, Congress and Sharad Pawar's NCP against the extraordinary manner in which government formation took place in Maharashtra on Saturday. The letters have to be submitted by 10:30 am on Monday, the court said.