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Missing ministers, MPs spark buzz at BJP’s Bengal camp
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal “Chintan Shibir” kicked off on Monday at Vedic Village Resort near Kolkata. But the nonappearance of three central ministers from the state set tongues wagging. Nisith Pramanik, John Barla, and Shantanu Thakur were conspicuous by their absence. Apart from them, party MPs Raju...
Tharoor may run for Cong president against Gehlot
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is exploring the possibility of running for the post of Congress president though he is yet to take a final call on it, sources said. They said he has not made up his mind but could take a call on it soon. While Tharoor...
AAP overnight protest against L-G, BJP launches its own
Amid the ongoing war of words between them on allegations of corruption, AAP and BJP legislators held overnight protests on the Delhi Assembly premises on Monday. Hours after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its night-long sit-in against the Lieutenant Governor, BJP MLAs also started an overnight dharna on...
Chorus of ‘Rahul for president’ grows, CWC mum
The Congress party, staring at a massive setback following the exit of party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad, held a key meeting yesterday and announced that it would hold the election for its president on October 17. The results for the elections are to be announced on October 19. While...
Nadda seen likely to continue as BJP chief till 2024
JP Nadda’s tenure as BJP president will be over next year in January but sources say he is likely to get an extension till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Highly placed sources in the party said Nadda will continue as party chief till at least 2024 if not for...
Karnataka Cong veteran Muniappa’s exit ‘imminent’
Amid recent speculations about him quitting the party, Congress national General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday met veteran party leader K H Muniyappa and held talks. There were speculations about the former Union Minister joining the BJP following his meeting with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj...
UPA accuses Jharkhand governor of encouraging horse-trading
As the suspense over the continuation of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren continued, UPA charged the Governor with encouraging political horse-trading by deliberately delaying announcing a decision on the CM’s membership of the legislature. After a series of meetings, coalition partners JMM, Congress and RJD in a joint press...
Crucial CWC meet amid turmoil over Azad’s shock exit
Reeling from the shock exit of Ghulam Nabi Azad – the party’s oldest and most prominent faces, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will hold a crucial meeting today to decide the fate of the grand old party’s future. The key agenda for the meeting by the CWC– the highest...
BJP lashes out at Soren over boat ‘picnic’ with MLAs
As the suspense over the fate of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren continues to raise the political temperatures in the state, the opposition BJP on Sunday lashed out at him over his ”picnic” on a boat with MLAs at Latratu dam in Khunti district the day before. Senior BJP...
Gehlot suspense over his ‘attachment’ to Rajasthan
As the Congress is facing a most turbulent time with veteran leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jaiveer Shergill among others going on a resignation spree, all eyes are on old warhorse and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to see if he will lead the Congress from the front as AICC president....
Rahul attacks Modi’s Khadi pitch as insincere
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pitch for Khadi, alleging that his words and actions ”never match”. The prime minister on Saturday said Khadi can become a source of inspiration for achieving the dream of a developed and Atmanirbhar Bharat. Attacking the...
Rs 6,300 cr spent by BJP for poaching MLAs, claims Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that the Centre did not have to impose GST on food items if the BJP had not spent a whopping Rs 6,300 crore on toppling governments of other parties in the country. Kejriwal’s remarks come a day after his called the...
Rahul Gandhi will be forced to become chief, says Kharge
Rahul Gandhi would be pursued to return as Congress President as there is none in the party other than him who has a pan-India appeal, veteran leader M Mallikarjun Kharge has said. The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha said anyone aspiring to lead the party should be...
Soren’s fate in sealed envelope as coalition calls third meeting
Amid the political crisis in Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday called a third meeting of the state’s ruling coalition members at his residence in Ranchi at 11 am. According to sources close to the ruling UPA, strategies were being chalked out at the meeting to ensure that...
Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Cong citing abuse, humiliation
Ghulam Nabi Azad has quit Congress. Azad said in his resignation letter that the 23 leaders who wrote to point out weaknesses in the party were abused, insulted, humiliated, vilified The Congress, he said, has lost both the will and the ability under tutelage of the coterie that runs...
AAP firm on ‘Op Lotus’ claim, BJP rejects ‘political stunt’
The showdown over Delhi’s Excise Policy continues in the national capital with both the BJP and the ruling AAP fighting it out. Both parties have traded several allegations with the latest one coming from the AAP who alleged poaching attempts by the BJP. A total of 53 AAP MLAs...
Row over Cong leader comparing Jinnah with Savarkar
Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Council B.K. Hariprasad on Thursday stirred a controversy by saying that the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Veer Savarkar were “same”. Hariprasad, a senior Congress leader, said: “It is because of Jinnah and Savarkar the country is facing the current situation.”...
CBI lookout notice Against TMC MLA in school jobs scam
The CBI on Thursday issued a lookout notice for TMC MLA and former chairman of West Bengal Board of Primary Education Manik Bhattacharya in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in primary teachers’ appointment after he was not found at his residences in Kolkata and Nadia, an official...
