What were our political leaders up to on the first day of November?
IMAGE: Is Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, left, telling Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, second from left, why he didn't want to be Congress president?
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, right, appears curious what a Congress CM is telling the PM at the Mangarh Dham Ki Gaurav Gatha programme in Banswara as Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, second from right, maintains an impassive face. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, right, joins party MP Rahul Gandhi at the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hyderabad. Photograph: AICC/PTI Photo
IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, left, interacts with Dr Shankar Acharya, the longest serving (1993 to 2001) chief economic advisor to the GoI and honorary professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, at ICRIER's annual international G-20 conference in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, second from right, and Swami Chidanand Saraswati, right, perform Ganga Aarti in Haridwar. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, wearing traditional attire, tries his hand at playing the drum at the inauguration of the National Tribal Dance Festival in Raipur. Photograph: ANI Photo
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