Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President Pranab Mukherjee had a “strange” relationship – the BJP leader would always touch the Congress veteran’s feet as a mark of respect – but it was one marked by “honesty and openness”, the late Mr Mukherjee’s daughter told NDTV Wednesday.

Sharmishtha Mukherjee, the author of a new book – “Pranab My Father” – told NDTV her father, when elected President, was very clear about his duties and responsibilities and told the Prime Minister that while they belonged to different ideologies, he would not interfere in governance.

“I think that was something very strange considering their different ideologies. But, I think, the relationship actually goes back many years… even before Mr Modi became Gujarat Chief Minister.”

“He (PM Modi) told me that he used to come to Delhi then, as an ordinary party worker, for various events and that he used to meet baba (Mr Mukherjee) on morning walks. He told me baba would always talk very nicely to him and that he would always touch baba‘s feet,” Ms Mukherjee said.

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“I thought this was a very interesting entry in baba‘s diaries…”

Ms Mukherjee, also a former Congress leader, spoke of another entry in her late father’s diaries.

“When Mr Modi, as Gujarat Chief Minister, came to meet the President, for the first time, baba wrote, ‘He is a bitter critic of the Congress government and its policies… but in private he always touches my feet. He says it gives him pleasure. I do not understand why…’,” she told NDTV.

Ms Mukherjee said the Prime Minister had confirmed this anecdote to her.

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“The relationship between the President and the Prime Minister was not just built on personal regard. As President, baba believed he had a responsibility also to not interfere with the elected government.”

“So, in the very first meeting (in those roles), he very candidly told Mr Modi, ‘We belong to two different ideologies but the people have given you a mandate. I will not interfere with governance… that is your job. But if you need help in any constitutional matter, I will be there.”

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“I was told about this by Mr Modi himself, who said ‘For dada (older brother) to say this was a big thing. From the beginning there was openness and honesty between them,” she said.

That, however, did not mean the late President did not question the Prime Minister on key issues, including the government’s tendency to bypass Parliament and pass ordinances, Ms Mukherjee said.

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Three people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting at a Las Vegas university on Wednesday, police said, with the suspect also dead.

The incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a short distance from the gambling hub’s tourist-packed Las Vegas Strip, was the latest in the United States, where gun violence is a part of the fabric of daily life.

“According to our investigators at the scene, we have three deceased victims and one additional victim in critical condition at a local hospital,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department wrote on social media.

“The suspect in this #ActiveShooter incident is also deceased.”

Police said they had responded to calls around midday (2000 GMT) and indicated that officers had engaged a suspect on the campus, where gunshots rang out in at least two locations.

Television footage showed police military-style vehicles moving near containment lines, as well as dozens of young people being escorted through them.

One woman told local broadcaster KVVU that she had heard a series of loud noises and fled into a building on the campus, from which she was later evacuated by police.

“I was just having breakfast and then I heard three, like, loud booms,” she told the station.

“Then two more, and then police showed up there and ran inside… but then after two minutes boom, boom, boom, more shots. So I ran into a basement, and then we were in the basement for 20 minutes.”

Three hours after the shooting erupted, the university continued to urge people to shelter in place, saying that police were working to clear each building in turn and that the investigation remained ongoing.

“Law enforcement will potentially be coming to your door, follow directions and exit calmly with your hands plainly seen,” the university said.

Brett Forrest, a reporter from local outlet KSNV, told CNN he had been on the campus for an assignment and was continuing to shelter in place with dozens of students and faculty as they awaited the all-clear from police.

“We are told that they’re coming building by building, slowly letting out each building making sure no additional victims or anyone else inside, so they might take a while,” he said.

Universities in the area were shuttered for the rest of the day and flights into the nearby international airport were halted, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Las Vegas is a gambling and entertainment hub that attracts millions of visitors every year, many of whom come to see large, high-profile events.

Last month, the city played host to its inaugural Formula One Grand Prix, and in February it will be the scene of the Super Bowl, the showcase final of the professional American football season.

The city was also the scene of one of America’s deadliest-ever mass shootings, when a gunman opened fire on a crowded music festival in 2017, killing 60 people.

Mass shootings are alarmingly common in the United States, a country where there are more guns than people and where attempts to clamp down on their spread are always met with stiff resistance.

The country has recorded over 600 mass shootings this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nongovernmental organization that defines a mass shooting as four or more people wounded or killed.

The Washington Post, which keeps its own tally of mass shootings, said that as of Monday, there had been 38 such incidents in which at least four people had been killed.

Efforts to tighten gun controls have for years run up against opposition from Republicans, staunch defenders of what they interpret as an unfettered constitutional right to weaponry.

The political paralysis endures despite widespread outrage over recurrent shootings.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

You are absolutely right in getting shocked with head line as mere 0.1% voters i.e approximately 30k voters has decided the Telangana Assembly Election Result concluded in 2023.

It is known fact that Congress has won 63 out of 119 Assembly election and secured majority to form government. Apparently, it looks public Mandate of 3 crore voter population.

If you do deep dive in Assembly wise data then you will realize that there are two constituencies Jukkal and Devarkadra where Congress won by just 1100 and 1300 votes and there are 4 more constituencies where congress won by 3k,4k,5k votes which implies Total 20k voters or less than 0.09% voters decide fate of 6 constituencies where congress has won and crossed Majority.

If these 20k voters has voted the other way then Congress would have slipped to total 57 Assembly seats and State politics would have witnessed unprecedented alignment between BRS,MIM and BJP to deny congress forming Government.

Please refer this Wikipedia link for detailed Constituency wise winning data.