‘We’ll fight unitedly against BJP’: Opposition sound clarion call for 2024 polls
1 year, 6 months ago

‘We’ll fight unitedly against BJP’: Opposition sound clarion call for 2024 polls

Live Mint  

Opposition leaders from 17 parties presented an unified front on Friday, assuring that they would fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections together. The meeting was convened by Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar and had become the focus of heavy criticism from the ruling BJP. Opposition leaders are likely to meet again in Shimla next month to "prepare an agenda on how to move ahead together while working in our respective states to fight BJP in 2024.” "We are united, we will fight unitedly.The history started from here, BJP wants that history is changed. Acknowledging the differences within the Opposition ranks, Rahul Gandhi stressed the need to “work together with flexibility” in the coming months.

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Congress must clarify if alliance was only for polls: Shiv Sena (UBT)
2 days, 13 hours ago

Congress must clarify if alliance was only for polls: Shiv Sena (UBT)

The Hindu  

Shiv Sena on Monday slammed Congress for its inactive approach towards the INDIA bloc and undermining regional parties. In an editorial published on Monday in Shiv Sena ‘s mouthpiece Saamana, the party raised concerns about the future of the INDIA bloc and said the Congress needed to decide whether to go solo or strengthen the alliance. The editorial also reflected …

All eyes on Rahul Gandhi's public meeting as Congress aims to challenge AAP in Delhi polls
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3 days, 5 hours ago

All eyes on Rahul Gandhi's public meeting as Congress aims to challenge AAP in Delhi polls

New Indian Express  

As the Delhi Assembly elections draw closer, all eyes are on Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, who is set to address a public meeting in Seelampur on Monday evening. Political analysts are closely watching how Gandhi addresses the AAP government in Delhi, led by its party chief Arvind Kejriwal, given the complexities …

Rahul Gandhi to address his first Delhi election rally tomorrow
4 days, 9 hours ago

Rahul Gandhi to address his first Delhi election rally tomorrow

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a rally for the upcoming Assembly election in Delhi on Monday. Mr. Gandhi’s ‘Jai Bheem-Jai Samvidhan’ rally in north-east Delhi’s Seelampur will be his first in the national capital since the 2024 Lok Sabha poll. Making the announcement on Saturday, the party’s Delhi in-charge, Qazi Nizamuddin, said Mr. Gandhi’s rally will see huge participation …

Delhi polls: BJP decides to shun its core agenda Hindutva to return to power after 27 yrs
6 days, 11 hours ago

Delhi polls: BJP decides to shun its core agenda Hindutva to return to power after 27 yrs

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi:In its bid to return to power in Delhi after 27 years, the BJP has decided to shun its core agenda -- Hindutva. The cautionary shift in the BJP's strategy is a direct response to the backlash faced during the last Assembly polls, when inflammatory speeches like "Desh ke gaddaro ko, goli maaro saalo ko" had not only triggered …

Worried over continuing tussle between rival camps, ‘neutral’ group of BJP leaders wants central leadership to put the house in order
6 days, 12 hours ago

Worried over continuing tussle between rival camps, ‘neutral’ group of BJP leaders wants central leadership to put the house in order

The Hindu  

The prolonged squabble between the two rival camps in the Bharatiya Janata Party — the rebels and those loyal to State unit president B.Y. Vijayendra — has caused concern among leaders in the “neutral” group in the party who are worried that the party organisation and cadre, particularly grassroot workers, are being adversely impacted. Frustrated over the unabated fight between …

AAP, Congress should decide how to fight BJP in Delhi polls: J&K CM Omar Abdullah
6 days, 21 hours ago

AAP, Congress should decide how to fight BJP in Delhi polls: J&K CM Omar Abdullah

The Hindu  

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that Aam Admi Party, the Congress and other political allies should figure out how to fight the BJP in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. The Aam Admi Party, Congress and the political parties on the ground there should decide how to fight better with the BJP,” he told reporters when asked whether …

Delhi polls less than a month away, how will key players fare? A SWOT analysis
1 week, 1 day ago

Delhi polls less than a month away, how will key players fare? A SWOT analysis

India Today  

The Election Commission has announced the dates for the Delhi Assembly elections, setting the stage for a keenly contested triangular battle between the Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Congress. The BJP also finds it challenging to effectively counter Arvind Kejriwal's aggressive and charismatic campaign strategies, which keeps the AAP in an advantageous position. With corruption allegations weighing …

Delhi polls: Kejriwal claims BJP, Congress working together 'covertly', taunts them to declare alliance
1 week, 5 days ago

Delhi polls: Kejriwal claims BJP, Congress working together 'covertly', taunts them to declare alliance

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Congress and the BJP should formally declare their alliance, amid the two opposition parties sharpening their attacks on the former chief minister ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls. Kejriwal also took a dig at the Congress, saying barring a few mediapersons, people had stopped taking the party "seriously." AAP has …

INDIA Flails As AAP-Congress War Tears 'United Opposition' Apart Ahead Of Delhi Polls
2 weeks, 6 days ago

INDIA Flails As AAP-Congress War Tears 'United Opposition' Apart Ahead Of Delhi Polls

ABP News  

Delhi Assembly Election 2025: Plagued by a leadership crisis, the 'united opposition' front — INDIA — is falling apart. दिल्ली सरकार कहती है कि हम काम की राजनीति करते हैं, लेकिन सच्चाई है कि ये काम की राजनीति भी नहीं करते। जेब में 2 रुपए का पेन रखते हैं, पार्टी का नाम आम आदमी रखा है, लेकिन राजा की तरह …

'Congress Has Allied With BJP, Must Be Expelled From INDIA Bloc': AAP
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

'Congress Has Allied With BJP, Must Be Expelled From INDIA Bloc': AAP

ABP News  

The INDIA bloc lies in tatters in Delhi. Congress must take action against Ajay Maken for calling Arvind Kejriwal 'anti-national'. Chief Minister of Delhi Atishi said: "We have come to know from official sources that the BJP is funding Congress candidates. Referring to a police complaint registered by Maken against Kejriwal and her, Atishi said: "If they think that we …

Opinion: 3 strategies BJP may use to break into AAP citadel in Delhi elections
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Opinion: 3 strategies BJP may use to break into AAP citadel in Delhi elections

India Today  

After historic mandates in Haryana and Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party has set its eye on Delhi, which is scheduled for elections in February 2025. Around 30 per cent of voters back the AAP in the Vidhan Sabha polls but back national parties — the BJP and the Congress — in the Lok Sabha polls. The AAP got 24 per …

Can AAP's New Strategy Help it Become the Only Party to Defeat BJP Thrice?
4 weeks ago

Can AAP's New Strategy Help it Become the Only Party to Defeat BJP Thrice?

The Quint  

AAP's success in Delhi so far has had two elements - winning over a section of voters who vote for the BJP at the national level and consolidating the entire anti-BJP vote, a big part of which goes to the Congress at the national level. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP secured 54 percent votes and the AAP-Congress …

No Alliance with Congress: Kejriwal on Delhi Polls
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1 month ago

No Alliance with Congress: Kejriwal on Delhi Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

With the Delhi Assembly elections round the corner, Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced that the party will contest the polls independently, ruling out chances of an alliance with the Congress. https://t.co/NgDUgQ8RDo AAP’s Confidence Despite Challenges Kejriwal’s statement reflects AAP’s confidence in its ability to fight the elections on its own, despite facing anti-incumbency challenges after nearly a decade …

AAP to contest Delhi elections solo: Kejriwal rules out alliance with Congress
1 month ago

AAP to contest Delhi elections solo: Kejriwal rules out alliance with Congress

New Indian Express  

Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said, “The AAP national convenor has clarified that there is no alliance happening with the Congress in Delhi. In the last three elections, the party has decisively defeated the BJP.” Meanwhile, MP Raghav Chadha said, “I want to categorically state that the AAP will fight the upcoming Delhi election based on …

Desultory Congress campaign may make BJP lose again
2 months, 1 week ago

Desultory Congress campaign may make BJP lose again

New Indian Express  

Since 2014 Lok Sabha polls, its evident in every election in Delhi that BJP in assembly polls, with poll not being a direct referendum on the leadership of Narendra Modi, fails to touch the mark of 40 per cent votes in its favour. In 2013 polls, when the Congress had garnered about 15 percent votes, AAP got 28 seats and …

SP Chief Denies Targeting BJP, Focuses on Unity and Social Justice
2 months, 2 weeks ago

SP Chief Denies Targeting BJP, Focuses on Unity and Social Justice

Hindustan Times  

SP leader Akhilesh Yadav has targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state of Uttar Pradesh, alleging that youth are not getting jobs, the reservation system is being tampered with, and the Constitution is being weakened. He also stated that the BJP is going to lose all nine seats in the assembly by-elections and that the election of …

BJP and Congress Battle It Out in Maharashtra Assembly Election: A Glimpse into the Crucial State's Political Landscape
2 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP and Congress Battle It Out in Maharashtra Assembly Election: A Glimpse into the Crucial State's Political Landscape

The Hindu  

The Hindu Editorial on the parties and their prospects in the Maharashtra polls highlights the close attention both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are paying to the State. The BJP, despite a decline in its seat tally, is hoping to consolidate its position in the western State through its victory in the Haryana Assembly election. The Congress, …

Congress and SP to Team Up in UP Assembly Bypolls: Leaders Emphasize Unity Against BJP
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress and SP to Team Up in UP Assembly Bypolls: Leaders Emphasize Unity Against BJP

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai has announced that the party will contest the upcoming Assembly bypolls together with the SP, despite ongoing talks on seat sharing between the two parties. Rai stated that the sole purpose of the Opposition alliance is to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), highlighting the BJP's history of instigating riots and carrying out fake …

J&K polls: A shaky Opposition could offset BJP’s tricky set of challenges
3 months, 3 weeks ago

J&K polls: A shaky Opposition could offset BJP’s tricky set of challenges

Hindustan Times  

Voting for the first phase of assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir concluded on Wednesday. The BJP’s electoral campaign is centred on the abrogation of 370 and granting of Scheduled Tribe status to the Pahadi community, and despite growing anti-incumbency, this election is seen as a “crucial battle” for the party to secure dominance and validate its centralised policies. The …

Winning Over Anti-BJP Vote Bank, Focus on Rahul Gandhi: 3 Reasons Why Congress is Keen on Haryana Alliance With AAP
4 months, 1 week ago

Winning Over Anti-BJP Vote Bank, Focus on Rahul Gandhi: 3 Reasons Why Congress is Keen on Haryana Alliance With AAP

News 18  

After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress leadership consistently rejected the idea of an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Haryana. The decision of the Grand Old Party to align with AAP in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections is driven by a blend of strategic goals, primarily centered around strengthening its leadership within the Opposition, consolidating anti-BJP votes, …

Congress, AAP start alliance talks for Haryana polls
4 months, 1 week ago

Congress, AAP start alliance talks for Haryana polls

Hindustan Times  

The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have started intense negotiations for a last-minute alliance in the upcoming October 5 Haryana elections, people aware of the matter said on Tuesday. According to the two parties, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, a trusted lieutenant of former party chief Rahul Gandhi, and AAP’s Rajya Sabha lawmaker Raghav Chadha have already held two …

UP By-Polls: BJP's Nationalism vs. INDIA Alliance's Backward and Minority Outreach
5 months ago

UP By-Polls: BJP's Nationalism vs. INDIA Alliance's Backward and Minority Outreach

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: With the shadow of the byelections in the 10 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh looming large, the fight is on between the BJP’s jingoistic nationalism and the INDIA alliance’s attempts to weaponise the backward and minority communities. As the BJP, blending Hindutva and nationalism, kicked off its “Tiranga March” across all the state’s Assembly constituencies on Saturday, the …

The fight is not between BJP and Congress, but between hierarchy and equity: Sasikanth Senthil
6 months ago

The fight is not between BJP and Congress, but between hierarchy and equity: Sasikanth Senthil

The Hindu  

Lok Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu Sasikanth Senthil said that the country is currently witnessing an ideological fight and not an organisational fight, at an event held by Jagrutha Karnataka in Bengaluru. The event which focused on the theme “How to reshape politics to reclaim the Idea of India” was held by Jagrutha Karnataka as part of its “Back to …

Doesn’t appear to be much scope for Congress-AAP alliance for polls in Haryana, Delhi: Jairam Ramesh
6 months, 1 week ago

Doesn’t appear to be much scope for Congress-AAP alliance for polls in Haryana, Delhi: Jairam Ramesh

Hindustan Times  

There does not appear to be much scope for an alliance between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party for the assembly polls in Haryana and Delhi but the INDIA bloc will fight elections together in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said there is not much scope for an alliance …

Jairam Ramesh rules out Congress-AAP alliance for Haryana, Delhi polls
6 months, 1 week ago

Jairam Ramesh rules out Congress-AAP alliance for Haryana, Delhi polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: There does not appear to be much scope for an alliance between the Congress and the AAP for the assembly polls in Haryana and Delhi but the INDIA bloc will fight elections together in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. Asked whether the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance will fight the assembly polls …

Beyond the Ballot: The Real Test of India’s Opposition Begins Now
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Beyond the Ballot: The Real Test of India’s Opposition Begins Now

News 18  

The curtains have drawn on the Lok Sabha elections, and India’s political theatre is abuzz with unexpected twists. While a strong Opposition is crucial for a healthy democracy, the current portrayal of unity among India’s Opposition parties is misleading. The party’s history of confrontational politics, particularly in states like Kerala, West Bengal, and Punjab, may not bode well for a …

Congress starts preparing for 2025 Delhi assembly polls
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress starts preparing for 2025 Delhi assembly polls

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi DPCC chief Devender Yadav during the Lok Sabha poll campaign. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Devender Yadav on Tuesday addressed executive committee meetings of Adarsh Nagar and Karawal Nagar district units as part of the party’s bid to start preparations for the assembly polls in 2025. Congress leaders said a resolution was passed to hold monthly block-level meetings, …

AAP says no alliance with Congress for Delhi Assembly election
7 months, 1 week ago

AAP says no alliance with Congress for Delhi Assembly election

The Hindu  

The Aam Aadmi Party will be fighting the Delhi Assembly elections independently despite contesting the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Congress, said the party’s Delhi State convenor Gopal Rai on Thursday. Speaking to the media after holding a meeting with AAP MLAs regarding the performance of the party, which lost the four Lok Sabha seats it …

AAP says it will fight Delhi assembly elections on its own, no alliance with Congress
7 months, 1 week ago

AAP says it will fight Delhi assembly elections on its own, no alliance with Congress

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Conceding a nil to seven defeat in the parliamentary polls in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party has decided to go it alone in the Assembly polls, which are months away in the city. The AAP fought the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with the Congress as a part of INDIA bloc, with many within and outside AAP wondering …

Rahul in Focus: INDIA Meet to Discuss Future
7 months, 1 week ago

Rahul in Focus: INDIA Meet to Discuss Future

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha poll outcome was a mandate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it was his “political and moral defeat”, the Congress said on Tuesday while announcing it would consult the I.N.D.I.A. Addressing a joint press conference at the Congress headquarters here along with party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi …

AAP-Cong. combine fails to stop BJP from repeating clean sweep in Delhi
7 months, 1 week ago

AAP-Cong. combine fails to stop BJP from repeating clean sweep in Delhi

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party won all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi for the third time in a row, defeating the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress that came together under a 4-3 seat-sharing alliance to consolidate the anti-BJP votes. The voters of Delhi, in their verdict declared on Tuesday, made it clear that while they backed AAP with consecutive …

INDIA leaders to meet on June 1, days before Lok Sabha election results: Report
7 months, 2 weeks ago

INDIA leaders to meet on June 1, days before Lok Sabha election results: Report

Hindustan Times  

Heads of the Congress-led opposition INDIA bloc's member parties will meet in Delhi on June 1, according to a report, with the meeting set to take place on a day when the seventh and final round of polling will be held for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. Opposition leaders during Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance bloc’s meeting in Mumbai on …

In Himachal Pradesh, BJP has a daunting task at hand as Assembly bypolls go along with Lok Sabha polls
7 months, 2 weeks ago

In Himachal Pradesh, BJP has a daunting task at hand as Assembly bypolls go along with Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

With Himachal Pradesh gearing up for the 2024 Parliamentary election, the stakes for Bharatiya Janta Party, which swept all four Lok Sabha seats in the State twice – in 2014 and 2019 - are even bigger as the task appears daunting amidst simultaneous byelections for six Assembly seats in the hill State. The Congress campaign is led by Chief Minister …

The battle for Delhi: Will Modi’s BJP pass bellwether Indian election test?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The battle for Delhi: Will Modi’s BJP pass bellwether Indian election test?

Al Jazeera  

The BJP has won Delhi in all but two national elections since 1989. The people there were waiting to see Rahul Gandhi, the great-grandson of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and the top leader of the Congress party, India’s principal opposition party. The next morning, Arjun Singh Meena, a farmer from Vidisha, a district in central India’s Madhya Pradesh, …

HT interview: United Opposition will form a stable govt for 10 years, says Kharge
7 months, 3 weeks ago

HT interview: United Opposition will form a stable govt for 10 years, says Kharge

Hindustan Times  

As the seven-phase general elections enter the final two rounds, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge spoke to Sunetra Choudhury and Saubhadra Chatterji about his party’s campaign, the prospects of the INDIA alliance, and suggested that there were signs that there would be a change in regime when the results are announced. But automatically, people are coming forward and they want to …

United to save Constitution, democracy: Kanhaiya Kumar after meeting Sunita Kejriwal
8 months, 2 weeks ago

United to save Constitution, democracy: Kanhaiya Kumar after meeting Sunita Kejriwal

The Hindu  

Congress’s North East Delhi candidate Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday met Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, and said both parties stand united in the fight to “save democracy and Constitution”. The meeting took place a day after senior leaders of AAP and the Congress held their first campaign strategy meeting after announcing …

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Maharashtra not a cakewalk for BJP but people will choose Modi as PM again: Bhujbal
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Maharashtra not a cakewalk for BJP but people will choose Modi as PM again: Bhujbal

The Hindu  

Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal said that while the BJP and the Mahayuthi will not find Maharashtra a cakewalk as it had in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would still have an advantage in forming the government at the Centre. Speaking exclusively to The Hindu, Mr. Bhujbal said while it was true …

Shrinking footprint of the Congress party
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Shrinking footprint of the Congress party

Hindustan Times  

The upcoming general elections are a watershed moment for the Congress. The party is set to contest in less than or around 300 Lok Sabha seats, its lowest ever tally since 1952: The lowest so far has been 417 in 2004. The fall in tally also suggests that the party has finally admitted to its decline and recognises the need …

Delhi Congress to launch separate manifesto for its 3 constituencies in city to address local issues
9 months, 1 week ago

Delhi Congress to launch separate manifesto for its 3 constituencies in city to address local issues

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Delhi Congress is gearing up to launch a separate manifesto for the city and the three parliamentary constituencies where it intends to contest in the upcoming elections, aiming to tackle local concerns affecting residents. Earlier on April 5, the Congress released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls promising a slew of measures including the …

Letters to The Editor — April 2, 2024
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — April 2, 2024

The Hindu  

The great Indian election In its urge to somehow stay on in power, the Bharatiya Janata Party could be resorting to the use of many undesirable tactics. The party seems to be accommodating many who are involved in corruption and in this the Opposition’s claim of the ‘washing machine’ effect could hold true. Soundarrajan, Chennai A joint platform of Opposition …

No BJP-BJD deal after weeks of Lok Sabha seat talks
9 months, 3 weeks ago

No BJP-BJD deal after weeks of Lok Sabha seat talks

Hindustan Times  

Talks between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal over a proposed pre-poll alliance in Odisha ahead of the Lok Sabha and assembly polls next month broke down on Friday three weeks after they began, with both parties announcing that they would fight all 147 assembly seats and 21 Lok Sabha seats alone. On Friday morning, after days …

DC Edit | Does I.N.D.I.A. bloc have a narrative for voters?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

DC Edit | Does I.N.D.I.A. bloc have a narrative for voters?

Deccan Chronicle  

bloc has gained some traction with its back-to-back rallies — the Jan Vishwas rally in Patna earlier this month and one in Mumbai on Sunday to mark the finale of the Bharat Nyay Jodo Yatra of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi — but it remains a question whether it is sufficient to sustain the Opposition campaign against a formidable electoral opponent …

Lok Sabha polls: Congress, AAP to hold joint press conference in Delhi today
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Congress, AAP to hold joint press conference in Delhi today

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: A press conference is scheduled today in Delhi, where both the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party will participate. On seat sharing for Lok Sabha elections, Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh said, “The important thing is that an official announcement has been made for the alliance.It took time to give it a final form.Today, the …

The opposition alliance that aimed to oust Modi appears to be cracking just before India’s elections
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The opposition alliance that aimed to oust Modi appears to be cracking just before India’s elections

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Last year more than two dozen opposition parties in India came together to take on Narendra Modi, one of the country’s most popular prime ministers in generations. Riven by rivalries, political defections and ideological clashes, the INDIA alliance, formed to unseat Modi and defeat his Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral juggernaut, is in shambles, analysts say. Meanwhile the …

Will Cong and AAP finally unite for Lok Sabha poll fight in Delhi? Kejriwal replies
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Will Cong and AAP finally unite for Lok Sabha poll fight in Delhi? Kejriwal replies

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the alliance between Aam Aadmi Party and INDIA ally Congress for the Lok Sabha elections ‘should have happened’ earlier. The Delhi chief minister's remark comes in wake of the Congress and Samajwadi Party announcing seat sharing pact for the Lok Sabha polls. “Congress has zero Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, it …

Combat mode: The Hindu Editorial on the BJP and the general election 2024 campaign
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Combat mode: The Hindu Editorial on the BJP and the general election 2024 campaign

The Hindu  

The National Council Meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi on February 17 and 18 has set the tone for the party’s Lok Sabha election campaign. Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the party a target of winning 370 seats in the Lok Sabha, compared to the 303 seats that it had won in the 2019 general election. In fact, …

Opposition alliance: Too wobbly
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Opposition alliance: Too wobbly

Live Mint  

For the opposition “INDIA" bloc to present a credible fight to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, it’s critical that it stays united. On Wednesday, Mamata Banerjee, chief of the Trinamool Congress Party, declared that her party would battle the BJP alone in West Bengal after the Congress party rebuffed its offer of two of the state’s 42 seats to contest. …

India’s main opposition party begins a cross-country march ahead of a crucial national vote
1 year ago

India’s main opposition party begins a cross-country march ahead of a crucial national vote

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Thousands of members of India’s main opposition Congress party and its supporters began a 2-month cross-country march Sunday in a bid to regain some of the popularity it has lost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party ahead of a crucial national vote this year. The “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra,” or “Unite India Justice March,” …

Stumbling 'Bloc'? Internal & External Feuds, Seat-sharing Spats Fetter INDIA Parties - News18
1 year ago

Stumbling 'Bloc'? Internal & External Feuds, Seat-sharing Spats Fetter INDIA Parties - News18

News 18  

Around four months ahead of the general elections, the opposition’s INDIA bloc seems to be still struggling with various external and internal factors. The Congress’s war of words with the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab and Trinamool Congress in West Bengal over seat-sharing as well as the Janata Dal ’s tussle with ally Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar are exposing …

After a year of turbulence, AAP hopes to draw strength from INDIA bloc to take on BJP
1 year ago

After a year of turbulence, AAP hopes to draw strength from INDIA bloc to take on BJP

The Hindu  

The Aam Aadmi Party rode into 2023 on a high note after ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and an impressive show in the Gujarat Assembly election, which made them eligible for a national political party status. “Both the Congress and AAP need each other to defeat the BJP in the Lok Sabha …

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