Govt Makes Efforts To Enlist Support In Rajya Sabha
13 years, 3 months ago

Govt Makes Efforts To Enlist Support In Rajya Sabha

India TV News  

New Delhi, Dec 29: Amid government's last ditch efforts to enlist support for Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met leaders of parties like BSP and RJD to persuade them to give up their opposition. Mukherjee, along with Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, held meetings with BSP leader Satish C Mishra and RJD chief Lalu Prasad as the debate was underway in the Rajya Sabha. Sources said Mishra and Prasad were asked about the stand of their parties on the Lokpal Bill and how they would vote. Mishra told Mukherjee that BSP was opposed to Lokayukta provision as it goes against the sprit of federalism.

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BSP rejigs U.P. dist, city panels: Dalits, OBCs & Muslims get large share of posts
1 week, 2 days ago

BSP rejigs U.P. dist, city panels: Dalits, OBCs & Muslims get large share of posts

Hindustan Times  

The Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has decided to revive Bhaichara Committees in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh to strengthen the party organisation at the grassroots level before the 2027 assembly election. Party leaders belonging to Dalit, OBC and Muslim communities have been given a large share in organisational posts in the district and city committees. BSP has appointed …

BSP is controlled by BJP, says Congress leader Udit Raj
3 weeks, 3 days ago

BSP is controlled by BJP, says Congress leader Udit Raj

The Hindu  

Congress leader Udit Raj on Thursday claimed that Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati sacked her nephew Akash Anand under pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party since he had called for an alliance of the BSP with the Congress and Samajwadi Party for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elecrtions. The Congress leader claimed that making Mr. Anand coordinator twice and then removing …

No representation in Rajya Sabha from north Andhra since last 25 years
1 month, 1 week ago

No representation in Rajya Sabha from north Andhra since last 25 years

The Hindu  

North Andhra districts of Vizianagaram and Srikakulam could not get representation in Rajya Sabha for the last 25 years, as per a study by academicians and political experts. Vizianagaram Zilla Powra Vedika President Bhisetti Babji said successive governments represented by various parties had completely ignored Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts by denying Rajya Sabha seat to a leader from the region. …

Raj Thackeray joins Opposition in raising doubts over EVMs
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2 months ago

Raj Thackeray joins Opposition in raising doubts over EVMs

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party during last year’s Lok Sabha elections, on Thursday joined the opposition in raising doubts over the Maharashtra assembly poll results and electronic voting machines, claiming that even the ruling Mahayuti alliance leaders were shocked with some of the outcomes. Mumbai, India – 30, Jan 2025: MNS …

Bengal blues for BJP again: Why even lure of posts didn't net 'active' members
2 months, 1 week ago

Bengal blues for BJP again: Why even lure of posts didn't net 'active' members

India Today  

When Union home minister Amit Shah last October declared the ambitious goal of enrolling 10 million members to the BJP in West Bengal, it was a clarion call for mobilisation at the grassroots. Worse still, the number of active BJP members in the state stands at a woeful 45,000, a stark mismatch with the organisational needs of a party that …

Rajya Sabha adopts motion to nominate 12 MPs to joint panel on simultaneous polls
3 months, 1 week ago

Rajya Sabha adopts motion to nominate 12 MPs to joint panel on simultaneous polls

The Hindu  

The Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted through voice vote a motion to nominate 12 of its members to the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections. Soon after the House met following an initial adjournment in the morning, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to move a motion to nominate …

All seven BJD Rajya Sabha MPs are with the party and will never leave it: Sasmit Patra
3 months, 1 week ago

All seven BJD Rajya Sabha MPs are with the party and will never leave it: Sasmit Patra

The Hindu  

The Biju Janata Dal on Tuesday firmly asserted that its Parliamentary Party remains united, dismissing speculations of further defections as the product of ‘yellow journalism’ propagated by vested interests in the State. Addressing a press conference in the presence of six other BJD Rajya Sabha MPs in New Delhi, Sasmit Patra, Rajya Sabha MP, said “there are several vested groups …

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha MPs square off in T20 match. Who won the cricket battle?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha MPs square off in T20 match. Who won the cricket battle?

Hindustan Times  

Political leaders from both Houses of Parliament on Sunday met each other on the cricket field for a noble cause. The Rajya Sabha Chairman's XI, captained by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, faced off against the Lok Sabha Speaker's XI, led by former Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, in the TB awareness match. The "TB Mukt Bharat Awareness Cricket Match," …

Congress calls Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar ‘biggest reason for disruptions’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress calls Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar ‘biggest reason for disruptions’

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar, alleging that the Vice President was the “biggest reason for disruption in the parliament.” Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar listens to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. Kharge also alleged that the Rajya …

BJD remains undecided over its position regarding efforts to remove Jagdeep Dhankhar
3 months, 2 weeks ago

BJD remains undecided over its position regarding efforts to remove Jagdeep Dhankhar

The Hindu  

While the Opposition parties on Tuesday, submitted a notice seeking the removal of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar for allegedly presiding over the Upper House in a partisan manner, the Biju Janata Dal remained noncommittal about its stand on the matter. When asked about BJD’s position on motion against Mr. Dhankhar, former Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik said, “we are …

Ex-BJP MP Sujeet Kumar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat on BJP ticket
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-BJP MP Sujeet Kumar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat on BJP ticket

Hindustan Times  

BHUBANESWAR: Former Biju Janata Dal leader Sujeet Kumar, who resigned from the party and his Rabha Sabha seat in September, on Monday filed his nomination for the by-election to the Upper House on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Sujeet Kumar filed his nomination papers in the state assembly in the presence of chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP state unit …

Rajya Sabha election: CM Chandrababu Naidu urged not to share seats
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajya Sabha election: CM Chandrababu Naidu urged not to share seats

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: With just a few days left to file nominations for the three Rajya Sabha seats, several TDP leaders have demanded the high command not to share the seats with its alliance partners — BJP and JSP. Even as the yellow party is yet to finalise the candidates, there is speculation that Beeda Masthan Rao, who resigned from the YSRCP …

Dismal performance in Maharashtra polls bars Sharad Pawar, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut from Rajya Sabha return
4 months ago

Dismal performance in Maharashtra polls bars Sharad Pawar, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut from Rajya Sabha return

Hindustan Times  

In the absence of enough support in their parties, NCP president Sharad Pawar along with Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena, will not be able to return to the Rajya Sabha. Sharad Pawar had earlier said that this would be his final term in the Rajya Sabha. The BJP-led alliance's resounding victory in Maharashtra has strengthened its chances …

BSP Fielded Muslim and Upper Caste Candidates in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Bypolls
5 months ago

BSP Fielded Muslim and Upper Caste Candidates in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Bypolls

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has fielded a list of eight candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls, including two Muslims, two upper castes, two Dalits, and two Brahmins. This move comes despite Mayawati having blamed Muslims for rallying around the SP-Congress alliance in the 2024 Lok Sabha election and causing her party's defeat.

More BJD RS MPs may join BJP: Mamata Mohanta
6 months, 3 weeks ago

More BJD RS MPs may join BJP: Mamata Mohanta

Deccan Chronicle  

Mamata Mohanta, who recently quit the Biju Janata Dal and got elected to Rajya Sabha on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, on Saturday said “discontentment” was growing in the Naveen Patnaik-led regional party and more leaders were contemplating to switch sides.“I do not have any hesitation to say that most of the leaders and workers in BJD are dissatisfied over …

BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar quits membership and party, joins BJP
6 months, 3 weeks ago

BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar quits membership and party, joins BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Sujeet Kumar, the Biju Janata Dal Rajya Sabha member from Odisha’s Kalahandi district, on Friday resigned from his RS membership as well as his party. A few days ago, another BJD Rajya Sabha member — Mamata Mohant of Mayurbhanj— had resigned from her position and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Soon after Sujeet Kumar’s resignation was accepted by …

Former BJD MP Sujeet Kumar joins BJP
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Former BJD MP Sujeet Kumar joins BJP

Hindustan Times  

Former Biju Janata Dal Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party On Friday in presence of senior party leaders. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The BJD on Friday expelled Kumar, who also quit from his Rajya Sabha membership, for anti-party activities. I take this opportunity to express my sincere and profuse gratitude to you for giving me an …

BJD Rajya Sabha member Sujeet Kumar resigns from Upper House of Parliament; joins BJP
6 months, 3 weeks ago

BJD Rajya Sabha member Sujeet Kumar resigns from Upper House of Parliament; joins BJP

The Hindu  

Biju Janata Dal’s Rajya Sabha member Sujeet Kumar has resigned from the Upper House of Parliament and joined the BJP on Friday, following a similar move by Mamata Mohanta, who quit her membership on July 31. Whenever I tried to raise the issue in party forum, I was not given due importance.” Mr. Pradhan also praised Mr. Kumar for his …

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed
7 months, 1 week ago

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed

Hindustan Times  

Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, is set to get elected unopposed as no other party has fielded a candidate. Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, filing her papers in Chandigarh on Wednesday. When contacted, Saket Kumar, the managing director …

With 9 seats, BJP may bag major chunk in RS bypolls
7 months, 1 week ago

With 9 seats, BJP may bag major chunk in RS bypolls

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to bag nine of the twelve Rajya Sabha seats in the latest round of by-elections in which all candidates might win uncontested, barring any last-minute change. The two seats had fallen vacant after Union minister Sarbanand Sonowal won the Lok Sabha seat from Dibrugarh and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa won the seat from Kaziranga. Union …

Ahead of Budget session, JD(U), RJD, YSRCP, BJD demand special category status for Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
8 months, 1 week ago

Ahead of Budget session, JD(U), RJD, YSRCP, BJD demand special category status for Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

The Hindu  

At the very first all-party meeting of the 18th Lok Sabha held on July 21, ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, both allies and rivals came up with a long wish list for the Narendra Modi Government. We oppose this and the entire Opposition is with us.” AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi called the order a violation of Article 17 …

Set your house in order before offering us support: Bhupinder Hooda to Dushyant Chautala
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Set your house in order before offering us support: Bhupinder Hooda to Dushyant Chautala

Hindustan Times  

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said that Jannayak Janta Party leader Dushyant Chautala should vouch for his flock before making an offer to support a consensus candidate fielded by the Congress for Rajya Sabha byelection. There is a question mark on the stance of many JJP MLAs,” said Hooda, indicating that many JJP MLAs would not …

Disruptions a disgrace to Rajya Sabha: Dhankhar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Disruptions a disgrace to Rajya Sabha: Dhankhar

The Hindu  

Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar, during his valedictory remarks on July 3 at the conclusion of the 264th session of the Upper House, expressed “deep disappointment” over recent disruptions in Parliament. Mr. Dhankhar reminded elders that they are expected to exemplify their conduct, turning the Rajya Sabha into a temple of deliberation, discussion, dialogue, and debate. …

BJD joins Opposition walkout in Rajya Sabha, YSRCP lends support to BJP
8 months, 4 weeks ago

BJD joins Opposition walkout in Rajya Sabha, YSRCP lends support to BJP

India Today  

The Biju Janata Dal, which supported the BJP on many occassions in Parliament earlier, on Wednesday joined the Opposition as they staged a walkout over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address. Both YSRCP and the BJD stayed away from any national-level alliance during the recently concluded Lok Sabha election and Assembly polls …

Naveen Patnaik’s BJD withdraws supports to BJP in Rajya Sabha: ‘Determined to agitate if…’
9 months ago

Naveen Patnaik’s BJD withdraws supports to BJP in Rajya Sabha: ‘Determined to agitate if…’

Live Mint  

BJD president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party's nine Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday and asked them to emerge as a "vibrant and strong" opposition in the Upper House of Parliament during its upcoming session that would begin on June 27. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the party's leader in Rajya Sabha Sasmit Patra said, "The BJD …

Post poll debacle, Patnaik’s diktat to BJD MPs: 'No more support to BJP, emerge as strong Opposition'
9 months, 1 week ago

Post poll debacle, Patnaik’s diktat to BJD MPs: 'No more support to BJP, emerge as strong Opposition'

India TV News  

BJD president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party’s Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday and asked them to emerge as a “vibrant and strong” Opposition in the Upper House of the Parliament as the upcoming session begins on June 27. Speaking to the reporters after the meeting, BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra said, “The BJD MPs this time …

'No more support to BJP': Patnaik asks BJD Rajya Sabha MPs to emerge as strong opposition
9 months, 1 week ago

'No more support to BJP': Patnaik asks BJD Rajya Sabha MPs to emerge as strong opposition

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: BJD president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party's nine Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday and asked them to emerge as a "vibrant and strong" opposition in the Upper House of Parliament during its upcoming session that would begin on June 27. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the party's leader in Rajya Sabha Sasmit Patra said, "The …

Lok Sabha Speaker election: Sanjay Raut offers INDIA bloc's support to TDP; JD(U) backs 'BJP's right'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Speaker election: Sanjay Raut offers INDIA bloc's support to TDP; JD(U) backs 'BJP's right'

Hindustan Times  

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed the Opposition's INDIA bloc will support N Chandrababu Naidu's TDP if it fields its candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker's election. Reacting to his remark, Nitish Kumar's party, Janata Dal, said the right to nominate the Speaker of the lower House of the Parliament rests with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sanjay Raut …

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

Success in the Lok Sabha has imperiled the Opposition’s equation in the Rajya Sabha, with the Congress narrowly saving the post of Leader of the Opposition after two of its members K.C. A total of 10 vacancies, two each from Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra and one each from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Tripura have arisen following victory of Rajya …

BSP supporters demand key role for Akash Anand after party’s dismal show in Lok Sabha polls
9 months, 2 weeks ago

BSP supporters demand key role for Akash Anand after party’s dismal show in Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

After the Bahujan Samaj Party’s dismal show in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, supporters of the Dalit-centric party are demanding that its former national coordinator Akash Anand be given a prominent role yet again. Many BSP supporters took to X to demand a key role in party affairs for Mr. Anand, who was removed from the high-profile post of …

Sonia Gandhi re-elected leader of Congress parliamentary party
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sonia Gandhi re-elected leader of Congress parliamentary party

India Today  

The Congress on Saturday re-elected senior party leader Sonia Gandhi as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Party, which consists of all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs. She was the head of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the last Lok Sabha and has been re-elected to the post. Earlier today, the Congress Working Committee unanimously urged Rahul Gandhi to accept …

Bihar: One dead, two injured in clash between RJD, BJP workers in Chapra, internet shut down
10 months, 1 week ago

Bihar: One dead, two injured in clash between RJD, BJP workers in Chapra, internet shut down

India TV News  

In an incident of political violence one person was killed and two others were injured on Tuesday after a clash erupted between workers of Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar's Chapra. Giving details of the incident, Saran District Magistrate Aman Samir said that tension erupted on the day of polling for the fifth phase after a candidate …

Kerala: Two more claimants in Left front for Rajya Sabha seat
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala: Two more claimants in Left front for Rajya Sabha seat

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The imminent vacancies to Rajya Sabha from the state seem to be posing a major challenge to the ruling Left front. Of the two seats, the CPM is likely to take one seat while Left allies CPI, Kerala Congress and RJD have raised demands for the second seat. The party is of the view that since it has not …

Lok Sabha polls: Raja Bhaiya to remain neutral, urges supporters to vote as per their will
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Raja Bhaiya to remain neutral, urges supporters to vote as per their will

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ: Seven-time MLA from Kunda and president of Jansatta Dal Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya has announced that he will not support any political party or candidate in the Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, both the BJP and Samajwadi Party candidates contesting for the Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency approached Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh seeking support in the polls. It …

Ex-MP Dhananjay Singh gives call to support BJP after BSP replaces wife's ticket with sitting MP in Jaunpur
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-MP Dhananjay Singh gives call to support BJP after BSP replaces wife's ticket with sitting MP in Jaunpur

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Former Independent MP and MLA Dhananjay Singh has given a call to support the Bharatiya Janata Party in Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency. On March 6, a court in Jaunpur sentenced Dhananjay Singh to seven-year rigorous imprisonment in a 2020 case of kidnapping and extortion of a Namami Gange project manager. Meanwhile, in another development, Raghuraj Pratap …

JJP leader Dushyant Chautala promises support to bring down Haryana government
10 months, 3 weeks ago

JJP leader Dushyant Chautala promises support to bring down Haryana government

Hindustan Times  

Jannayak Janta Party leader and former deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala on Wednesday promised support to bring down the government in Haryana if former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda thinks it needs to be done. JJP withdrew support to the then Manohar Lal Khattar government in March, prompting Bharatiya Janata Party to appoint Saini as the chief minister. Hooda said …

The person we support will be the MP: Dhananjay Singh
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The person we support will be the MP: Dhananjay Singh

Hindustan Times  

JAUNPUR: Former MP Dhananjay Singh on Monday claimed that the key to winning the election in Jaunpur lay in his hands, stating that the candidate he will choose would emerge victorious and become an MP. BSP zonal coordinator Ghanshyam Chandra Kharwar claimed that on Sunday night, Dhananjay Singh called a senior leader of the party and said that his wife …

3 JJP leaders join BJP in Haryana ahead of Lok Sabha polls on May 25
11 months ago

3 JJP leaders join BJP in Haryana ahead of Lok Sabha polls on May 25

Hindustan Times  

Jannayak Janta Party’s national secretary Ashok Sherwal along with two other party leaders joined the ruling BJP in Haryana on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion in Panchkula CM Saini welcomed the three leaders into the party fold. They joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at the party office in Panchkula in the presence of Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini. Earlier …

BSP releases fresh list of Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Prakash Maurya to contest from Amethi
11 months ago

BSP releases fresh list of Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Prakash Maurya to contest from Amethi

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Bahujan Samaj Party has released a fresh list of three candidates from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, Azamgarh and Sant Kabir Nagar today. Image Source : INDIA TV BSP releases fresh list of Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Prakash Maurya to contest from Amethi. In its first list, the BSP has nominated Mazid Ali from …

Rajput test for BJP’s Gujarat sweep bid
11 months ago

Rajput test for BJP’s Gujarat sweep bid

The Hindu  

After the BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal scored an easy win in Surat uncontested, 25 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, with 266 candidates in the fray, will go to polls in the third phase of the Lok Sabha election on May 7. The BJP, which won all the 26 seats in 2014 and 2019 due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal …

BSP fields Prayagraj division in-charge from Phulpur
11 months, 1 week ago

BSP fields Prayagraj division in-charge from Phulpur

Hindustan Times  

A retired Territorial Army personnel, Jagannath Pal is the Bahujan Samaj Party’s choice for the Phulpur Lok Sabha seat. Jagannath Pal Pal is considered a hard-working cadre of the BSP and will make his Lok Sabha poll debut from where his idol, Kanshi Ram, once fought. Kanshi Ram, the BSP founder, famously used Pal’s house as his office and control …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BSP releases sixth list of candidates in UP, fields Neyaz Ali against PM Modi
11 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BSP releases sixth list of candidates in UP, fields Neyaz Ali against PM Modi

India TV News  

The Bahujan Samaj Party has released its sixth list of 11 candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The party has fielded Sayyed Neyaz Ali against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi which goes to polls in the last phase of seven-phased general elections on June 1. Image Source : INDIA TVBSP list of candidates Mayawati-led Bahujan …

Big setback for BSP as both Rajasthan MLAs join Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena: Who are they
11 months, 1 week ago

Big setback for BSP as both Rajasthan MLAs join Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena: Who are they

India TV News  

Rajasthan Lok Sabha Election 2024: Two Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs in Rajasthan -- Manoj Kumar and Jaswant Singh Gurjar -- have joined the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena in Mumbai, saying they will support Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Manoj Kumar represents the Sudalpur Assembly constituency while Jaswant Singh Gurjar is the legislator from Badi in Rajasthan. It has …

BJP drops sitting MPs in Deoria, Firozabad
11 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP drops sitting MPs in Deoria, Firozabad

Hindustan Times  

The BJP on Tuesday named two more candidates for the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. In Deoria, it replaced sitting MP and former UP BJP chief Ramapati Ram Tripathi with former MP lieutenant general Prakash Mani Tripathi’s son Shashank Mani Tripathi. The party hasn’t still named candidates for the Kaiserganj and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats. In Firozabad, the BJP …

BSP Not To Give Walk Over To Gandhi Family in Amethi And Raebareli Seats
11 months, 2 weeks ago

BSP Not To Give Walk Over To Gandhi Family in Amethi And Raebareli Seats

Deccan Chronicle  

In latest developments in UP politics, Mayawati led BSP seems to be in no mood to give a walk over to Gandhi family in its bastions - Raebareli and Amethi Lok Sabha seats. On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti on 14th April, BSP leader Ghanshyam Kharwar made an announcement that party has finalised strong candidates for both the seats and …

Lok Sabha polls | Construction of Ram Mandir only possible because of PM Modi, says Raj Thackeray
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Construction of Ram Mandir only possible because of PM Modi, says Raj Thackeray

The Hindu  

While stating that a nation ought not to be built along religious lines, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi by remarking that the construction of the Ram Temple would not have been possible without Mr. Modi. Justifying his support for the BJP, Mr. Raj Thackeray, in a dig at the Opposition Maha Vikas …

RJD dithers on Siwan, names rest 22 candidates
11 months, 2 weeks ago

RJD dithers on Siwan, names rest 22 candidates

Hindustan Times  

The Rashtriya Janata Dal, which on Tuesday named its candidates for 22 of the 23 Lok Sabha seats it’s contesting in Bihar in the upcoming parliamentary polls in the country, has put on hold the name of its candidate from Siwan, which was represented four times in the past by strongman Mohammed Shahabuddin, who was a close aide of party …

BJD's Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty Joins BJP, Second MP From CM Patnaik's Party To Do So
11 months, 4 weeks ago

BJD's Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty Joins BJP, Second MP From CM Patnaik's Party To Do So

ABP News  

Biju Janata Dal's Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty on Monday joined the BJP, days after quitting the ruling party in Odisha ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha Elections. #WATCH | Delhi | Kendrapara Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty, who resigned from BJD recently, joins the BJP. Welcoming Anubhav Mohanty to the saffron camp, BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde said …

Lok Sabha polls | Focus on Muslim outreach, BSP announces 25 candidates for Lok Sabha polls
1 year ago

Lok Sabha polls | Focus on Muslim outreach, BSP announces 25 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday declared 25 candidates for the 2024 parliamentary polls in Uttar Pradesh. The party gave Mohammad Irfan Saifi a ticket from Moradabad, Mujahid Hussain from Amroha, Majid Ali from Saharanpur, Zeeshan Khan from Rampur, Anis Ahmad Khan alias Phool Babu from Pilibhit, Shaukat Ali from Sambhal, Abid Ali from Aonla, Surendra Singh Pal from Nagina, Girish …

Trouble for INDIA bloc? Congress unhappy with RJD's poll symbol distribution
1 year ago

Trouble for INDIA bloc? Congress unhappy with RJD's poll symbol distribution

India Today  

With the Election Commission accepting nominations of candidates for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19, the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is apparently facing differences over seat-sharing negotiations. In a move that has apparently irked the Congress, its INDIA bloc ally, RJD, has awarded the party symbol to turncoat Abhay Kushwaha, who recently flipped slides from the Janata …

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