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BJP's National Council meeting in Surajkund on September 27 and 28 will clear the decks for a second consecutive term to Nitin Gadkari as party president after it gives a nod to the amendment in the party Constitution.
The party's National Executive had passed a resolution in in its last meeting in Mumbai, allowing an amendment in the BJP constitution for a second term for its president.
Gadkari's current term as president ends in December when he is expected to get a second term, thereby giving him a tenure upto December 2015.
Nupur Talwar walked out of prison and said that 'their fight for justice will continue'.
Talwar, facing trial in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj, was today ordered by a CBI court in Ghaziabad to be released from prison on bail.
Special Judge A K Lal ordered Nupur Talwar's release in pursuance of a Supreme Court's order which had granted her bail on September 17, stipulating that she should be released by today, September 25.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said he had given "permission" to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is facing allegations of irregularities in irrigation projects, to resign from his post.
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told PTI over phone that Ajit, who is his nephew, had called him yesterday and sought permission to quit from the post.