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TMC seeks ECI intervention against ‘misuse’ of central agencies
Trinamool Congress leaders on Monday approached the Election Commission of India alleging misuse of central agencies by the ruling BJP, and sought its intervention. The TMC leaders will meet the chief election commissioner and election commissioners on Monday to raise their concerns. Addressing the media outside the ECI’s headquarters...
Karnataka Cong infighting over ‘parivarwaad’, damage control on
The Karnataka Congress is witnessing a full blown infighting over ‘parivarwaad’. Several legislators and leaders are up in arms against Karnataka Minister KH Muniyappa and the candidate for the Kolar Lok Sabha seat. Muniyappa was reportedly assured of the Kolar seat for his son-in-law KG Chikka Peddanna by the...
Palaniswamy calls Stalin ‘puppet chief minister’
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Wednesday hit out at Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo MK Stalin and called him a “puppet chief minister”. EPS — speaking at an election campaign in Tenkasi — said that despite being in power for...
ED money laundering case against Vijayan’s daughter
ED Initiates Money Laundering Case Against Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s Daughter | Kerala NewsThe Enforcement Directorate has filed a money-laundering case against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan, her IT company and some others to probe alleged illegal payments made by a private mineral firm to her...
Uddhav faction releases list; fields 2 former Union ministers
Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena on Wednesday announced the party’s all 17 candidates from Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, introducing the candidature of Anil Desai from the Mumbai South Central seat. The party — which is a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the state — fielded...
BJP show-cause notice to Dilip Ghosh over Mamata remarks
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday sent a show-cause notice to its MP Dilip Ghosh over the controversial remark he made against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The party has asked Ghosh to explain why he spoke about Mamata Banerjee in such a manner and asked him to...
BJP fields all 6 ex-Cong MLAs for HP assembly by-election
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday declared its candidates for the upcoming assembly bypolls in several states, fielding all six disqualified MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh assembly in the state days after they joined the party after leaving the Congress. In Gujarat, the saffron party has named several...
Himanta claims Assam Cong chief to join BJP; denied
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that state Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah will join the saffron party by early next year. However, Borah on Tuesday dismissed the CM’s claim and stated that Sarma was playing ’mind games’ to divert attention from real issues. Sarma termed the...
BJP to go solo in Punjab due to feedback on Akalis
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced that it will not partner with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab. BJP Punjab chief Sunil Jakhar posted a video on X to announce the saffron camp’s move. BJP to contest the Lok Sabha elections alone in...
Akhilesh hails Dalit JNUSU president as collective victory
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said a Dalit being elected the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) is a collective victory of backward classes, Dalits and minorities. In a post on X, Yadav said, “The PDA unity has collectively won all important posts in...
No legal bar against Kejriwal continuing as CM in custody
Amid discussions about whether Arvind Kejriwal can continue as Delhi Chief Minister and the BJP’s call for his resignation, he has issued his first order from the Enforcement Directorate’s custody on Sunday. The order relates to the water supply in the national capital and was sent to Delhi minister...
AAP to launch another ‘Main Bhi Kejriwal’ campaign
The AAP will hold the ’Main Bhi Kejriwal’ campaign and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not resign from his post, the party decided in a meeting held on Sunday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held the meeting to decide its future course of action in the aftermath of...
Varun Gandhi, minister Choubey, ex-Army chief VK Singh out from BJP list
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) released its fifth list of 111 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. Some big names that have been dropped from BJP’s candidate list for the Lok Sabha polls include...
Naveen Jindal quits Cong to Join BJP and ‘contribute’ to Modi’s dream
Congress leader and former MP Naveen Jindal on Sunday announced his resignation from the party and joined the BJP, weeks before polling for the Lok Sabha elections. The chairman of Jindal Steel and Power entered Lok Sabha in 2004 from Haryana’s Kurukshetra seat and was reelected in the 2009...
Karnataka BJP Faces Rebellion Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s decision to deny tickets to some senior leaders has stirred the pot in Karnataka ahead of this year’s Lok Sabha elections, bolstering voices of dissent within its ranks. Some of the disgruntled leaders have threatened to fight the elections as Independent candidates, causing a...
AAP rejects any move for Kejriwal to quit
The morning after Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested and remained in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate, AAP had expected massive protests in front of the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in the capital. Kejriwal is AAP’s fifth top leader to be...
Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj Detained Amidst AAP Protest
D The two ministers were taken away in police buses as officials asked protesters at the ITO intersection, which is near the AAP and BJP offices, to disperse in view of the prohibitory orders imposed in the area under section 144 Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj were...
AAP says Kejriwal will run govt from jail
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday was arrested in connection with the excise policy case, said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi. A team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) reached the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday evening to question him in connection with the...
