Badruddin Ajmal is Not Anti-Hindu, BJP is More Communal: Assam Cong Chief
3 years, 11 months ago

Badruddin Ajmal is Not Anti-Hindu, BJP is More Communal: Assam Cong Chief

News 18  

The Assam Congress on Monday said the chief of its ally AIUDF, Badruddin Ajmal, is not anti-Hindu and the BJP, which accuses him of being communal, had in fact joined hands with his party to run three district councils in the state. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora also exuded confidence that the Congress-led alliance will oust the Bharatiya Janata Party from power and form the next government in the northeastern state. Asked whether the Congress would find it difficult to regain popularity among people in Upper Assam after its tie-up with the Muslim-dominated AIUDF, the APCC president said his party was not in an alliance with the AIUDF in the 2016 Assembly polls but still got less seats there. Bora said Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Assam twice in the last one month but did not utter a single word about the CAA, which is a major issue in the state Assembly polls.

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INDIA bloc to split? AAP says 'will ask other parties in alliance to remove Congress'
2 weeks, 6 days ago

INDIA bloc to split? AAP says 'will ask other parties in alliance to remove Congress'

India TV News  

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance came under a big threat of split after Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday said it would ask the other parties in the coalition to remove the Congress. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged at a press conference that the actions of the Congress are damaging the unity of the …

Ex-AAP MLA Sukhbir Singh Dalal joins BJP: Saw no commitment against corruption
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Ex-AAP MLA Sukhbir Singh Dalal joins BJP: Saw no commitment against corruption

India Today  

Ahead of the Assembly polls in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party leader and former MLA Sukhbir Singh Dalal on Saturday joined the BJP along with Balbir Singh, a former Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee member. Meanwhile, Balbir Singh, a long-serving DSGPC member representing Vivek Vihar in East Delhi since 1995, also joined the BJP, citing his trust in the party’s leadership …

BJP to fight Delhi polls without Chief Minister face, candidate list expected soon: Sources
3 weeks, 6 days ago

BJP to fight Delhi polls without Chief Minister face, candidate list expected soon: Sources

India Today  

The BJP will not field any Chief Minister for the upcoming 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, party sources told India Today TV on Friday. The list of candidates for the saffron party is expected to be released after the BJP Central Election Committee meeting that is slated to meet soon, they added. All eyes will be on the BJP's pick for …

Odisha: BJP State Unit to Elect New President in January
1 month ago

Odisha: BJP State Unit to Elect New President in January

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s membership drive and grassroots-level organisational elections in Odisha are nearing completion. The state unit of the BJP will elect its new president in January 2025, announced the party’s state in-charge, Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, on Thursday. When asked whether any BJD leaders were planning to join the BJP, Tomar remarked, “Many BJD MPs and MLAs …

Maharashtra govt formation: BJP’s legislature party meeting on December 4 — check details
1 month, 1 week ago

Maharashtra govt formation: BJP’s legislature party meeting on December 4 — check details

Live Mint  

Maharashtra government formation: The Bharatiya Janata Party's legislature party meeting will convene at 10:00 am on December 4 at Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan, according to the party's state unit. The MLAs will elect their leader in the legislature party meeting, who will most likely serve as Maharashtra's next chief minister. Earlier in the day, the BJP appointed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman …

"Already given my unconditional support": Eknath Shinde backs BJP candidate for Maharashtra CM
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

"Already given my unconditional support": Eknath Shinde backs BJP candidate for Maharashtra CM

Op India  

Caretaker Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde reiterated his full, unconditional support to the chief ministerial candidate in Maharashtra, stating that the people have delivered a historic mandate in favour of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance. The Chief Minister candidate will be decided tomorrow.” Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party Chief Ajit Pawar had earlier clarified that the Chief Minister would …

Congress, Allies Draw A Blank In Northeast Bypolls As BJP-Led NEDA Scores Big
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congress, Allies Draw A Blank In Northeast Bypolls As BJP-Led NEDA Scores Big

ABP News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party caused a major upset for the Congress and its allies in the Northeast, preventing them from winning even a single seat in the bypolls. In Assam, the BJP won the Dholai, Behali, and Samaguri seats and its allies Asom Gana Parishad and United People's Party won the Bongaigaon and Sidli seats respectively. The disagreement among the …

Modi’s party heads for victory in Maharashtra state election while opposition wins Jharkhand
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Modi’s party heads for victory in Maharashtra state election while opposition wins Jharkhand

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party headed for a victory Saturday in state elections in politically significant Maharashtra while the opposition won mineral-rich Jharkhand state. India’s Election Commission said Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies have already won 183 of 288 seats and were leading in another 48 seats in Maharashtra, India’s wealthiest state and …

Assembly Election Results 2024 Date: Poll outcome for Maharashtra, Jharkhand to be declared today
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Assembly Election Results 2024 Date: Poll outcome for Maharashtra, Jharkhand to be declared today

India TV News  

Assembly Election Result 2024: The Assembly Elections 2024 in Maharashtra and Jharkhand ended on November 20. Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray became the Chief Minister with the backing of Congress and Sharad Pawar's NCP in 2019 and remained the CM till 2022 before Eknath Shinde engineered defection in the Shiv Sena and joined hands with the BJP. Chief Minister Eknath …

Election results today: Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and key bypolls in focus
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Election results today: Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and key bypolls in focus

India Today  

The results of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, along with bypolls held across 48 assembly constituencies and two parliamentary seats in 13 states, will be announced on Saturday. Saturday would also be the verdict day for Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is making her poll debut from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. As for the seats in focus, …

Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The BJP is heavily relying on anti-incumbency and consolidation of non-tribal votes for the second phase polling in Jharkhand. In its bid to make inroads into the Santhal Pargana, considered a JMM stronghold, the BJP is aggressively campaigning to woo non-tribal voters besides harping on its “illegal immigrants changing the Jharkhand’s demography” poll plank. Besides Santhal Pargana, the …

Kharge says people of Maharashtra will give a befitting reply to BJP
2 months, 1 week ago

Kharge says people of Maharashtra will give a befitting reply to BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday slammed the BJP over its leader Devendra Fadnavis' remarks on Rahul Gandhi showing a 'red-covered' copy of the Constitution, and said the people of Maharashtra and the country will give a befitting reply to the “anti-Constitution and anti-reservation” BJP. “The whole country knows how the Sangh Parivar burnt copies of the Constitution …

Congress anti-Hindu, 'B-Team of Muslim League': BJP's Nitesh Rane
2 months, 1 week ago

Congress anti-Hindu, 'B-Team of Muslim League': BJP's Nitesh Rane

Hindustan Times  

Nitesh Rane, the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Maharashtra's Kankavli, called the Congress party the B-Team of the Muslim League. He also supported MNS chief Raj Thackeray's statement over loudspeakers on mosques and called them illegal and a violation of the high court's order. Therefore, what Raj Thackeray ji is saying, and what we all believe, is that in Maharashtra, …

Maharashtra polls: Former corporators in the ring for Chinchwad seat
2 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra polls: Former corporators in the ring for Chinchwad seat

Hindustan Times  

In Chinchwad, the upcoming assembly polls will be a contest between former corporators – Bharatiya Janata Party’s Shankar Jagtap who will fight to retain the family bastion, and Nationalist Congress Party/NCP ’s Rahul Kalate. There are plans for strengthening public transport, a river development project in Ravet, and strengthening public transport among others.” Whereas Kalate said that though urbanisation has …

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, …

SP Chief Calls for Unity Against Mahayuti in Maharashtra Assembly Elections
2 months, 2 weeks ago

SP Chief Calls for Unity Against Mahayuti in Maharashtra Assembly Elections

New Indian Express  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav called for unity against the Mahayuti alliance in the upcoming assembly elections. He criticized the BJP's negative politics and vowed to defeat the alliance's enemies. Yadav's party, the Samajwadi Party, won two seats in the last elections and is seeking a bigger share of the seat-sharing talks. His speech is seen as a challenge to …

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 …

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, …

BJP to contest Maharashtra Assembly polls under collective leadership
4 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP to contest Maharashtra Assembly polls under collective leadership

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that it will fight the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections under collective leadership, moving away from its previous strategy of centring campaigns around a single figure. The decision to adopt a collective leadership approach comes as the BJP seeks to strengthen its position across various regions and communities in Maharashtra. In a core committee …

Cong may focus on youth and loyalists for tickets in assembly polls
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cong may focus on youth and loyalists for tickets in assembly polls

Hindustan Times  

The Congress might give preference to young leaders, fresh faces and loyalists in the ticket selection for the upcoming assembly polls, senior leaders told HT after the party brass met the screening committees of the four poll-bound states on Monday. Cong may focus on youth and loyalists for tickets in assembly polls According to three leaders who were present in …

Haryana assembly elections: Anti-incumbency, farmers angst, bickering can spoil BJPs poll plans
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Haryana assembly elections: Anti-incumbency, farmers angst, bickering can spoil BJPs poll plans

Hindustan Times  

A decade of anti-incumbency for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party coupled with farmers’ angst seems to have emerged as the key factors influencing the October 1 Haryana assembly elections. A Panjab University based political scientist Prof Ashutosh Kumar says that after the Lok Sabha poll results, the Congress seems to be on a strong wicket. While the BJP is taking …

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 …

Assembly bypoll blues for Congress allies in Assam
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Assembly bypoll blues for Congress allies in Assam

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Congress decision to contest the byelections in all five seats in Assam has annoyed the constituents of the opposition bloc. Three others – All India United Democratic Front, Bodoland People’s Front, and Janata Dal – left the bloc after the 2021 Assembly election. “If Congress contests the upcoming byelections in the State alone, it will be a historic …

Assembly bypolls: INDIA bloc wins 1 seat, leading in 10; NDA parties ahead in 2
6 months ago

Assembly bypolls: INDIA bloc wins 1 seat, leading in 10; NDA parties ahead in 2

Deccan Chronicle  

INDIA bloc member AAP won the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll in Punjab while the alliance's other constituents -- Congress, TMC and DMK -- were leading in 10 of the remaining 12 seats where by-elections were held earlier this week, according to the counting trends on the Election Commission website and state officials.While the BJP was in the lead in Himachal …

Discontent grows in Puducherry BJP unit after Lok Sabha loss
6 months, 1 week ago

Discontent grows in Puducherry BJP unit after Lok Sabha loss

Hindustan Times  

A rebellion is brewing in the Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party as MLAs raised their angst against party member and home minister A Namassivayam and the N Rangasamy-led All India N R Congress government. The MLAs believe that chief minister N Rangasamy and home minister A Namassivayam planned badly for Lok Sabha polls. The MLAs believe that Namassivayam …

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 …

Ahead of Assembly election, schisms between alliance cadres roil ruling Mahayuti coalition
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ahead of Assembly election, schisms between alliance cadres roil ruling Mahayuti coalition

The Hindu  

For all its professions of unity, deep rifts within the ruling Mahayuti coalition comprising the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party are coming to the fore at the cadre level following the alliance’s rout in the Lok Sabha election. A viral audio clip in which the Beed district chief of Maharashtra …

We want Selja to contest the assembly election: Birender Singh
7 months ago

We want Selja to contest the assembly election: Birender Singh

Hindustan Times  

Senior Congress leaders--Kumari Selja, Birender Singh, his son Brijendra Singh and Randeep Singh Surjewala-- largely perceived as the anti Bhupinder Singh Hooda camp, on Saturday, put up a show of strength in Jind’s Narwana during Kumari Selja’s thanksgiving workers’ meeting after her victory from Sirsa in the recently concluded parliamentary elections. Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Birender Singh …

BJP appoints R S Prasad, Tarun Chugh as observers to elect Arunachal CM
7 months ago

BJP appoints R S Prasad, Tarun Chugh as observers to elect Arunachal CM

Hindustan Times  

The parliamentary board of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday named senior leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Tarun Chugh as the party’s central observers to elect the legislature party leader of Arunachal Pradesh. National Peoples’ Party, which is a constituent of the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, came second with 5 seats, Nationalist Congress Party won 3 seats, …

BJP Odisha legislature party to meet on Tuesday to choose CM
7 months ago

BJP Odisha legislature party to meet on Tuesday to choose CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: The BJP legislature party of Odisha will hold a meeting on Tuesday to elect the chief minister of the state and the new government will take oath the next day, a senior party leader said. While the chance of senior Odisha MP Dharmendra Pradhan becoming the next chief minister of the state seems bleak after his induction into the …

Assam BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal likely to assume cabinet berth in Modi 3.0
7 months ago

Assam BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal likely to assume cabinet berth in Modi 3.0

Hindustan Times  

Guwahati: Union minister and former Assam chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, won the Dibrugarh seat for the second time, beating Lurinjyoti Gogoi of the Assam Jatiya Parishad, INDIA bloc, by a margin of 2,79,321 votes. Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal Sonowal, who was minister for ports, shipping, and waterways as well as the ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha, sowa-rigpa and homoeopathy in the …

Will analyse what went wrong in Assam: AIUDF chief Ajmal
7 months, 1 week ago

Will analyse what went wrong in Assam: AIUDF chief Ajmal

The Hindu  

The outcome of Mandate 2024 was a bitter pill for the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party in Nagaland and the National People’s Party in Meghalaya’s Tura Lok Sabha seats. The party’s victories, mostly in the Muslim-dominated constituencies, were seen as an outcome of a shift in the minority vote from the Congress and former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s tendency to ignore …

Congress leading in both seats in Manipur
7 months, 1 week ago

Congress leading in both seats in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Even as the counting of votes is underway, the Congress party is leading in both seats of Manipur. In Inner Manipur, Indian National Congress candidate Bimol Akoijam was leading against the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate T Basanta Kumar Singh by 78,947 votes, as per the latest data on the Election Commission of India website. Congress’ Alfred Kanngum Arthur …

Exit polls are ‘Modi media’ fantasy, says Rahul as Opposition rejects surveys
7 months, 1 week ago

Exit polls are ‘Modi media’ fantasy, says Rahul as Opposition rejects surveys

The Hindu  

A day after all major exit polls gave a clear majority to the BJP-led NDA for a third term, Opposition leaders rejected the predictions outright. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called it a “Modi media poll.” “This is Modi ji’s poll, a fantasy poll,” Mr. Gandhi said on Sunday, adding that the Opposition bloc will get 295 of the 543 seats …

Jharkhand Elections 2024: Tribal Identity Politics Takes Centre Stage
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand Elections 2024: Tribal Identity Politics Takes Centre Stage

The Hindu  

Published : May 24, 2024 18:59 IST - 12 MINS READ In the Lok Sabha election in Jharkhand, a State with a tribal population of 26 per cent, the January 31 arrest of Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a case of alleged land grab has resulted in identity politics taking centre stage. Hemant Soren’s arrest seems to have papered over …

Congress, three regional parties discuss front for 2026 Assam Assembly election
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress, three regional parties discuss front for 2026 Assam Assembly election

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Top leaders of the Assam unit of Congress and three anti-BJP regional parties met Tuesday night for a potential front to contest the 2026 State Assembly election together. They also discussed the possibility of forming an umbrella organisation of anti-BJP regional parties “to safeguard the regional interests of Assam and its indigenous peoples” and encourage small political parties representing …

Kharge, Akhilesh and Kejriwal likely to address joint press conference in Lucknow on May 15
8 months ago

Kharge, Akhilesh and Kejriwal likely to address joint press conference in Lucknow on May 15

The Hindu  

The Opposition INDIA bloc is exploring the possibility of holding a joint press conference of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Lucknow on May 15, a source said on Monday. Mr. Kejriwal, who was released on interim bail last week in the alleged Delhi liquor …

PM Modi, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik two sides of same coin: Jairam Ramesh
8 months ago

PM Modi, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik two sides of same coin: Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik are "two sides of the same coin", Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on May 11, accusing the BJP and the BJD of being "in cahoots" with each other. Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal, Mr. Ramesh said the Odisha party has bailed out the Modi …

Vote INDIA Alliance to End Modi's Barbarian Rule: Sitaram Yechury
8 months, 1 week ago

Vote INDIA Alliance to End Modi's Barbarian Rule: Sitaram Yechury

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Secularism and fundamental rights guaranteed to Indian citizens under the Constitution are facing a severe threat from Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government, underlined CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury here on Wednesday. Campaigning in support of the INDIA alliance candidates in Tadepalli of Guntur district, Yechury said, “The Prime Minister’s latest remarks on Adani and Ambani are a sign …

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Amit Shah to Dimple Yadav, meet key candidates in phase 3
8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Amit Shah to Dimple Yadav, meet key candidates in phase 3

Hindustan Times  

From Union ministers Amit Shah, Pralhad Joshi, and Jyotiraditya Scindia to Congress stalwart Digvijaya Singh, to NCP’s Supriya Sule and Samajwadi Party’s Dimple Yadav, the third of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Tuesday will see these key candidates lock horns with their opponents. Jyotiraditya Scindia Civil aviation minister and former Congress leader who switched boat into BJP, leading …

BJP and Congress Spar in Crucial Third Phase of Lok Sabha Elections
8 months, 1 week ago

BJP and Congress Spar in Crucial Third Phase of Lok Sabha Elections

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The high-octane campaign for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections that saw the BJP-led NDA and the I.N.D.IA. In Maharashtra, where 11 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats will go to polls, a riveting contest is on in Baramati between Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar, wife of the veteran leader's estranged nephew and Maharashtra …

Arvinder Singh Lovely, who quit as Delhi Congress chief, joins BJP
8 months, 1 week ago

Arvinder Singh Lovely, who quit as Delhi Congress chief, joins BJP

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Arvinder Singh Lovely, who quit Congress last week, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at its headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday along with former Delhi minister Rajkumar Chauhan, and two former Congress MLAs – Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basyoa. :Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the BJP on Saturday along with former Delhi minister Rajkumar Chauhan, and two former MLAs …

Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP days after quitting Delhi Congress chief post
8 months, 1 week ago

Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP days after quitting Delhi Congress chief post

India Today  

Arvinder Singh Lovely, who recently resigned as Delhi Congress president over the grand old party's alliance with AAP for the Lok Sabha polls, formally joined the BJP on Saturday. Lovely joined the party in the presence of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva and the party’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde. VIDEO | Former DPCC chief …

Himanta and AIUDF’s Ajmal have a ‘secret understanding’ to defeat Congress, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Himanta and AIUDF’s Ajmal have a ‘secret understanding’ to defeat Congress, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has a “secret understanding” with All India United Democratic Front chief Badruddin Ajmal to defeat the grand old party, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged on Wednesday. Seeking support for the Congress candidate, Rakibul Hussain, Ms. Vadra addressed an election rally at Balajan in Dhubri district, where she claimed that “mafia raj” prevails …

Mafia raj in Assam under BJP, Himanta most corrupt leader: Priyanka Gandhi
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mafia raj in Assam under BJP, Himanta most corrupt leader: Priyanka Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: Congress leader and national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra while campaigning for the party’s candidate in Assam’s Dhubri Wednesday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of protecting criminals and the Mafia-Raj, implying that it still exists in the northeastern state. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Rokibul Hussainon is the Congress party’s candidate for the Dhubri constituency, who is in …

'BJP wants to destroy Constitution, abolish reservation': Lalu Yadav
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'BJP wants to destroy Constitution, abolish reservation': Lalu Yadav

India Today  

Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday launched a scathing attack on the BJP and claimed that the ruling party wants to destroy the Constitution made by Babasaheb Ambedkar. Earlier in the day, Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya filed her nomination from Bihar’s Saran Lok Sabha seat. "Along with Saran, the 'Mahagathbandhan' is …

Castes from Muslim communities ‘intentionally’ included in backward classes, claims BJP
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Castes from Muslim communities ‘intentionally’ included in backward classes, claims BJP

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Shahnawaz Hussain said some castes from the Muslim community were intentionally included in the backward community under the reservation system allotted under the Mandal Commission. BJP national spokesperson and former Union minister Shahnawaz Hussain "In the reservation system given under the Mandal Commission, some people intentionally …

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal promises 700 new madarsas after Lok Sabha elections
8 months, 3 weeks ago

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal promises 700 new madarsas after Lok Sabha elections

Op India  

All India United Democratic Front founder and president Badruddin Ajmal issued a challenge to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while speaking during the election campaign in Nagaon. Ajmal claimed, “Even Modi or Himanta Biswa Sarma is unable to give jobs, and you have given jobs, but none of the Muslims has said they got a job in any of …

Congress, BJP expect to reap political benefit by fielding turncoats in Rajasthan
9 months ago

Congress, BJP expect to reap political benefit by fielding turncoats in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

Political leaders switching sides after deserting their original parties, turncoats being fielded as candidates, new alliances being formed and caste groups shifting their traditional loyalties present a volatile scenario ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Rajasthan. The Congress has given tickets to Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Churu and two-time former BJP MLA Prahlad Gunjal from Kota, after they …

BJP high command in favour of Cabinet berth for Purandeswari, says party election in-charge
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP high command in favour of Cabinet berth for Purandeswari, says party election in-charge

The Hindu  

RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM BJP election in-charge for Andhra Pradesh Siddharth Nath Singh on April 6 announced that the party high command has already decided to induct its Rajamahendravaram Lok Sabha constituency candidate D. Purandeswari into the Union Cabinet. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Rajamahendravaram Lok Sabha constituency office here, Mr. Singh said, “There is a strong …

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