An analysis conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that in the newly-elected 230-member legislative assembly, a total of 187 MLAs are multi-millionaires or 'crorepatis', while 41% of the total number have criminal cases against them. The average of assets per MLA in the Madhya Pradesh 2018 assembly elections is Rs.10.17-crore, compared to Rs.5.24-crore in 2013.

Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that the Supreme Court verdict on Rafale deal was based on "factual-bloomers". He further criticized the Centre stating that "Centre has submitted wrong facts to the apex court and Attorney General should be held responsible for it." This comes after the government filed an affidavit with SC seeking factual corrections in the verdict.

Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister on Sunday, 51 days after he was sacked by President Maithripala Sirisena. This comes a day after Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed as the PM by Sirisena following Wickremesinghe's ouster, resigned from the post. Wickremesinghe was sacked by Sirisena following differences over policymaking and other issues.