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6 months, 1 week ago

Jitin Prasada resigns from Yogi Cabinet, takes charge as MoS in Modi Govt 3.0

Jitin Prasada on Tuesday resigned as Public Works Department Minister in the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government after assuming charge as Minister of State for Information and Technology in Modi 3.0 government. Prasada was once considered as among Rahul Gandhi's 'young Turks' and was a minister in successive Manmohan Singh governments but defected from the Congress to the …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Lok Sabha Bjp Minister Modi Manmohan Singh

8 months ago

Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 1: High-profile constituencies and key candidates

Hindustan Times

Lok Sabha Election 2024 phase 1- Key seats and candidates: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be held in India in seven phases, from April 19 to June 1, to elect the 543 members of the Lower House of Parliament. Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress candidate from Assam's Jorhat Gaurav Gogoi and BJP candidate from Maharashtra's Nagpur Nitin Gadkari. Lok …

Tamil Nadu Chennai Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Congress Kashmir Union

11 months, 1 week ago

Resignations of the ’powerless’ and a Congress that keeps disappointing

Live Mint

A few months before the countdown begins for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and Milind Deora's exit has reignited past grievances, underlining how the Congress keeps disappointing its young leaders. MILIND DEORA Milind Deora left the Congress on January 14 and joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for "development". JITIN PRASADA Jitin Prasada, ex-UPA minister and Congress' prominent …

Mumbai Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Shiv Sena Lok Sabha Bjp

2 years, 5 months ago

BJP had no time for disgruntled UP minister Jitin Prasada

India Today

Uttar Pradesh minister Jitin Prasada, who was in Delhi to meet the BJP high command, was forced to return to Lucknow without meeting party leadership on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the Yogi Adityanath government cracked down on the Public Works Department, after a three-member inquiry committee, comprising chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra, additional chief secretary home Awanish Awasthi and additional …

Delhi Bjp Minister Meet Yogi Adityanath Prasada Jitin Prasada

2 years, 5 months ago

UP government will take concrete steps: Jitin Prasada on irregularities in transfers

Firstpost

Prasada on Wednesday said that an investigation will be launched into transfer controversy in the PWD department and the government will take concrete steps. New Delhi: Reacting for the first time to the transfer controversy in his PWD department, UP Minister Jitin Prasada on Wednesday said that an investigation will be initiated into the matter and the government will take …

Policy Transfer Pwd Department Minister Meet Kumar

2 years, 5 months ago

2 ministers in Yogi govt upset; Jitin Prasada likely to meet Amit Shah to air grievance

India Today

Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Jal Shakti Department Dinesh Khatik is said to be considering resigning from the Yogi government. PWD minister Jitin Prasada is also said to be upset with the government over the transfer of his officer on special duty. JITIN PRASADA MIFFED WITH YOGI GOVT OVER TRANSFERS PROBE Sources said PWD minister Jitin Prasad is also …

Transfer Minister Yogi Osd Prasada Jitin Prasada Khatik

2 years, 5 months ago

Jitin Prasada's OSD removed from post over 'irregularities', UP minister to meet Amit Shah

India Today

Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department Minister Jitin Prasada’s Officer on Special Duty, Anil Kumar Pandey has been removed from his post, while five other officers have been suspended following allegations of irregularities and corruption in the department. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had ordered senior bureaucrats to file a report on the allegations. Anil Kumar Pandey had worked with …

Pwd Minister Pandey Prasada Jitin Prasada

2 years, 7 months ago

Sunil Jakhar Latest to Abandon Sinking Cong Ship. From Jitin Prasada to RPN Singh, A Look at Recent Exits

News 18

After months of speculation, which involved a blow hot, blow cold relationship, veteran Congress leader Sunil Jakhar quit the party on Saturday, even as the Grand Old Party has gone into a huddle in Udaipur for a ‘Chintan ‘ Shivir’ to chalk out a roadmap for its rejuvenation. News18 takes a look at the recent Congress exits: Ripun Bora: Former …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Union Bjp Minister Punjab

2 years, 10 months ago

UP Elections: A peek into why next-gen leaders are leaving Congress ahead of crucial polls

India TV News

Highlights Next-gen leaders are leaving Congress Party struggles to regain lost ground Out of 166 candidates declared so far by the Cong in UP, 119 are making their electoral debut Synonymous with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh for decades, several families are now losing their new generation to rival organisations, making it even more difficult for the party to regain …

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2 years, 10 months ago

All 4 Legs of Cot Gone: Why RPN Singh's Exit May Give Congress in UP Sleepless Nights

News 18

In 2016, when Rahul Gandhi started his Khat Yatra from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, it was RPN Singh who was at the forefront of it, being the biggest leader Congress had from Kushinagar region in eastern UP. It is apparent that all the four leaders in question, RPN Singh, Jitin Prasada, Lalitesh Tripathi and Imran Masood felt they simply cannot …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Singh Kushinagar Imran Masood Jitin Prasada

3 years, 2 months ago

Amid Lakhimpur Kheri row, Congress and TMC fight each other

India Today

Even as Opposition parties were trying to corner the BJP over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence collectively, a bitter Twitter war erupted between the Congress and the TMC. "People looking for a national alternative based on poaching INC functionaries who can’t win even their seats are in for a big disappointment. — Bhupesh Baghel October 8, 2021 Bhupesh Baghel was apparently …

Congress Bjp Sit Baghel Looking Inc Tmc

3 years, 2 months ago

Yogi govt allocates portfolios to new ministers, Jitin Prasada to head technical education department

India TV News

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has allocated portfolios to all the seven new ministers who were sworn in on Sunday following the UP cabinet expansion. Newly-inducted Cabinet Minister Jitin Prasada has been given charge of the Technical Education Department, while Minister of State Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar will be taking over the Revenue Department. Among other key appointments, MoS Paltu …

Uttar Pradesh Department Minister Cabinet Yogi Adityanath Yogi Jitin Prasada

3 years, 2 months ago

UP Cabinet Expansion: Jitin Prasada Takes Oath as Minister, Chhatrapal Gangwar, Paltu Ram, 4 Others as MoS

News 18

Former Congress leader Jitin Prasada, BJP leaders Chhatrapal Singh, Paltu Ram, and four others took oath on Sunday as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expanded his cabinet ahead of 2022 state assembly elections. LIVE UPDATES: Jitin Prasada, Chhatrapal Gangwar, Paltu Ram Set to Take Oath Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party is attempting to …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh cabinet expansion: Jitin Prasada, 6 other ministers inducted in Yogi Adityanath govt

India TV News

The Uttar Pradesh government's cabinet expansion was held today as seven new ministers take the oath of office, and get inducted into Yogi Adityanath's cabinet. Uttar Pradesh Cabinter Expansion | Highlights A total of 7 new ministers took the oath of office as part of Yogi Adityanath's cabinet expansion. Jitin Prasada, who left the Congress party and joined BJP in …

Assembly Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Expansion Ministers Bjp Cabinet

3 years, 5 months ago

UP Cabinet expansion: BJP looks to fix caste equations ahead of polls, Jitin Prasada may get a berth

India TV News

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath could soon undertake an exercise to expand his Cabinet. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to focus on caste equations in the upcoming expansion ahead of 2022 assembly polls. Jitin, a prominent Brahmin face from western UP, had who quit the Congress recently to join the and the BJP There have been talks …

Uttar Pradesh Bjp Cabinet Minister Yogi Jitin Prasada Caste Equations Polls Jitin

3 years, 6 months ago

Regional Parties Can't Do Any Good to the Country, Says BJP Leader Jitin Prasada

News 18

The country does not happen to be of any priority for regional parties and they cannot do any good to it, former Union Minister Jitin Prasada said here on Saturday. Without taking any name, Prasada hit out at the regional parties in the wake of Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of Uttar Pradesh’s main regional party, of late making consistent attacks …

Congress Party Leaders Country State Bjp Regional Parties

3 years, 6 months ago

'Over my dead body': Kapil Sibal slams Jitin Prasada, says he can never think of joining BJP

Firstpost

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday said Jitin Prasada’s crossing over to the BJP represented politics of “prasada” or personal gains and asserted that for him a switch to the saffron party could only happen over his dead body. Sibal, along with Jitin Prasada, was among the Congress’ group of 23 leaders who wrote to party chief …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Ex-Congress MP Jitin Prasada is marginal player, but his switch to BJP raises questions for both parties

Firstpost

The BJP has always made a big production of its shtick about the Congress’ dynastic politics, but now it is welcoming a motley crew of dynasts into its ranks with no apparent sense of irony There’s been yet another ‘defection’ from the Indian National Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 9 June, Jitin Prasada, a one-time member of Rahul …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Bjp Pradesh Uttar Scindia

3 years, 6 months ago

With Jitin Prasada Joining BJP & Rakesh Tikait Meeting Mamata, A Big Picture View is Emerging in UP

News 18

Uttar Pradesh is in a political churn. The Congress’s depletion was evident in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when Rahul Gandhi, the putative president, lost Amethi, the Gandhis’ pocket borough, to the BJP and migrated southward to Kerala. In the 2017 Assembly elections, the Congress tied up with the SP in the belief that the projection of two “youths”—Akhilesh Yadav …

Kolkata Political Congress Mamata Rahul Bjp Mayawati

3 years, 6 months ago

Congress needs to undergo 'major surgery': M Veerappa Moily on Jitin Prasada's exit from party

Firstpost

The Congress veteran said the top leadership should make a proper assessment of leaders in the party, asserting that ‘one cannot make people leaders when they do not deserve it’ New Delhi: A day after Jitin Prasada switched to the BJP, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the Congress needs to undergo a ‘major surgery’ and not …

Leadership Surgery Congress West Bengal Party Leaders Bjp

3 years, 6 months ago

Will Jitin get 'prasada' from BJP? Kapil Sibal questions Congress leader's switch

India TV News

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has said that there must be some reason behind Jitin Prasada's decision to quit the party and join the ranks with the Bharatiya Janata Party. "I am not against what Jitin Prasada did as there must be some reason which hasn't been disclosed, but joining BJP is something I cannot understand," Sibal, one of the …

Congress Party Sibal Join Kapil Sibal Prasada Jitin Prasada

3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada is Casteist, Should’ve Been Sacked After He Ran Away from Bengal Polls Responsibility: Veerappa Moily

News 18

Bengaluru: Jitin Prasada’s exit from the Congress has raised questions yet again on the party’s power to retain young leaders. While calling for a ‘major surgery’ in the party under Sonia Gandhi’s leadership, Moily tells CNN-News18 that “casteist” leaders like Jitin should have been sacked long ago. Party has been strengthened by the family of Nehru but, at same time, …

Congress Party Leaders Bjp President Think Bengal

3 years, 6 months ago

'Those who have small mindset': Jitin Prasada on MP Congress' garbage remark

India TV News

Newly inducted BJP leader Jitin Prasada on Thursday said that his decision to switch sides was well-thought as he was aware of the situation of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Prasada's reply came following Mallikarjun Kharge's statement that he was never ignored in the party. When asked about Madhya Pradesh Congress' now-deleted tweet calling him garbage, Prasada said, "I won't …

Bjp Pradesh Congress Prasada Jitin Prasada Jitin

3 years, 6 months ago

How Jitin Prasada may help BJP in 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls and gain in return

India Today

For three generations, Prasadas were Congressmen. Now, Jitin Prasada has quit the party to join the BJP about eight months from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Jitin Prasada lost two Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019, failed to make a mark in Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in 2017 and achieved nothing in West Bengal Assembly election 2021 as Congress …

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Jitin Prasada resigns from Yogi Cabinet, takes charge as MoS in Modi Govt 3.0

Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 1: High-profile constituencies and key candidates

Resignations of the ’powerless’ and a Congress that keeps disappointing

BJP had no time for disgruntled UP minister Jitin Prasada

UP government will take concrete steps: Jitin Prasada on irregularities in transfers

2 ministers in Yogi govt upset; Jitin Prasada likely to meet Amit Shah to air grievance

Jitin Prasada's OSD removed from post over 'irregularities', UP minister to meet Amit Shah

Sunil Jakhar Latest to Abandon Sinking Cong Ship. From Jitin Prasada to RPN Singh, A Look at Recent Exits

UP Elections: A peek into why next-gen leaders are leaving Congress ahead of crucial polls

All 4 Legs of Cot Gone: Why RPN Singh's Exit May Give Congress in UP Sleepless Nights

Amid Lakhimpur Kheri row, Congress and TMC fight each other

Yogi govt allocates portfolios to new ministers, Jitin Prasada to head technical education department

UP Cabinet Expansion: Jitin Prasada Takes Oath as Minister, Chhatrapal Gangwar, Paltu Ram, 4 Others as MoS

Uttar Pradesh cabinet expansion: Jitin Prasada, 6 other ministers inducted in Yogi Adityanath govt

UP Cabinet expansion: BJP looks to fix caste equations ahead of polls, Jitin Prasada may get a berth

Regional Parties Can't Do Any Good to the Country, Says BJP Leader Jitin Prasada

'Over my dead body': Kapil Sibal slams Jitin Prasada, says he can never think of joining BJP

Ex-Congress MP Jitin Prasada is marginal player, but his switch to BJP raises questions for both parties

With Jitin Prasada Joining BJP & Rakesh Tikait Meeting Mamata, A Big Picture View is Emerging in UP

Congress needs to undergo 'major surgery': M Veerappa Moily on Jitin Prasada's exit from party

Will Jitin get 'prasada' from BJP? Kapil Sibal questions Congress leader's switch

Jitin Prasada is Casteist, Should’ve Been Sacked After He Ran Away from Bengal Polls Responsibility: Veerappa Moily

'Those who have small mindset': Jitin Prasada on MP Congress' garbage remark

How Jitin Prasada may help BJP in 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls and gain in return