Politics
Cracks widen in Rajasthan Cong as Gehlot calls Pilot ‘traitor’
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday stirred up a row with his former deputy Sachin Pilot again, calling him a “gaddar” (traitor) who cannot replace him as he had revolted against the Congress in 2020 and tried to topple his government. The remark drew a sharp response from...
BJP dismisses Gehlot’s charge of hand in Pilot rebellion
Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia on Thursday rejected as baseless Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s allegations that his party had a role in the rebellion by a group of Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot in 2020. Poonia also said the BJP had nothing to do with the present crisis...
Sisodia alleges BJP hatching plot to kill Kejriwal
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday alleged that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) conspired to kill Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. He also claimed that Delhi BJP leader Manoj Tiwari was also involved. He suspected that the conspiracy was hatched in fear of losing the upcoming Gujarat Assembly...
Row over national anthem faux pas at Rahul’s yatra
Rahul Gandhi’s ambitious ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is in the news once again, but this time for all the wrong reasons. A viral video of a wrong song being played instead of the National Anthem for a few minutes during a stop in Maharashtra on Wednesday has triggered a row,...
Independents hopeful as hung assembly forecast for HP
The Independents may as well turn out to be trump cards during government formation with pollsters predicting a photo finish in the Himachal assembly elections. Sensing this, some have even started to form pressure groups to cash in on the unclear outcome. A total of 21 rebels from Congress...
Women key factor in results of 22 Himachal seats
The focus on women, who make up 49.5 per cent of total voters in Himachal Pradesh, and the announcement of freebies by major parties are seen as the contributing factors behind their higher turnout in the recent Assembly elections. According to constituency-wise data procured from the election department, votes...
ED arrests TMC’s Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal in a cattle smuggling case after a marathon interrogation at Asansol Correctional Home where he has been lodged, the agency officials said. He was earlier apprehended by the CBI in the same case in August and...
Cong says Tushar Gandhi presence at Rahul yatra ‘historic’
Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson, Tushar Gandhi, joined Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon in Buldhana district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, with the Congress hailing his participation as “historic”. The yatra, which has been passing through Maharashtra since November 7, resumed the day’s journey from Balapur...
Chouhan says Modi is ‘kalpvriksha’, Rahul babul, Kejriwal weed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold nearly 25 rallies in the next two weeks. On Saturday, Modi will land in Gujarat and address a rally in Valsad. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also attacked the Congress saying that thousands of people laid down their lives...
Kamal Nath rejects charge of insult to Hindus as baseless
Former Chief Minister and Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Kamal Nath has said that he is not the kind of person “who wastes his energy on countering baseless allegations”. Nath, who on Friday completed 76 years of age, was responding to BJP’s accusations against him of insulting Hindu...
SIT summons BJP leader in TRS MLAs poaching case
Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary BL Santosh has been summoned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana Police investigating the alleged MLAs poaching case in the state. Telangana government-appointed SIT has served notice to the BJP leader under Section 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code(CrPC) asking him...
ED denies role in Satyendar Jain’s leaked Tihar videos
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday told a Delhi court that the agency had no role in the leak of purported CCTV footage showing jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain getting special treatment inside the prison cell. The ED made the submission before Special Judge Vikas Dhull while opposing Jain’s plea...
Infighting ahead of Rahul yatra in Rajasthan causes worry
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra will pass through Rajasthan in the cold days of December but political temperature within the party is high, with leaders supporting former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot demanding solutions to existing issues. Even as infighting between the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and...
Rs 1 lakh NCP reward for tearing Maharashtra governor’s dhoti
The National Congress Party has announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for anyone who would tear Governor Koshyari’s dhoti over Bhagat Singh Koshyari calling Maratha icon Shivaji Maharaj an icon of “olden days”. Governor Koshyari on Saturday said Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was an icon of “olden days” even...
Sanjay Raut slams Shinde’s silence in row over ‘Shivaji’
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut of the Uddhav Thackeray faction on Sunday demanded the removal of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari over his “old idol” remark on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and also demanded that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde resign. Raut’s remark came after Koshyari on Saturday triggered controversy by...
Modi targets Rahul for walking with Medha Patkar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for walking with Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. “A Congress leader was seen taking out a padyatra with a woman who stalled the Narmada dam project for three decades,” Modi said, addressing...
Cong claims yatra ‘revolutionary moment’ for national politics
Congress General Secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a “revolutionary moment” for national politics as well as the party and not an event, and converting it into electoral success will take a while. Addressing a press conference on the last day of the...
Cong avoiding direct attacks on Modi in poll campaign
The leaders of Gujarat Congress have deliberately desisted from any direct attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their campaign in the run-up to assembly polls next month. Terming the prime minister ‘Ghar ka Ladka’, Congress’ Nadiad candidate Dhruval Patel said: “Even though our ‘Ghar ka Ladka’ may be...
