Politics
G-23 to meet again after Rahul reaches out to ‘rebel’ camp
The group of 23 leaders of the Congress are set to meet again on Thursday evening, making it the second meeting in the past 24 hours. This came after Rahul Gandhi reached out to the party’s “rebel” group through one of the members, former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda....
Cong will have to be junior partner in Bengal, Punjab: Chidambaram
Only the Gandhis cannot be held responsible for the Congress’s recent election defeats, party veteran P Chidambaram has said, urging the G-23 ‘group of rebels’ to not split the party. In a statement made to NDTV a day after G-23 met to call for an institutional rehaul, Chidambaram said...
No support to Cong sans Gandhis at G-23 meeting
The venue for the Wednesday dinner meeting was supposed to be Kapil Sibal’s official residence but was later shifted to Ghulam Nabi Azad’s place. Sources say this was an indication that while the so-called Group of 23 rebels, or G23, was united and wanted to put pressure on the...
Pramod Sawant seen likely to continue as Goa CM
The BJP central leadership has finalised caretaker CM Pramod Sawant’s name as the next chief minister of Goa, sources told News18 on Wednesday after the legislative party meeting. The reason behind Sawant continuing in his post is BJP’s victory margin in the recently-concluded Goa elections. Under his leadership, the...
Cricketer Harbhajan may be AAP’s Rajya Sabha nominee
Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh is likely to be one of the five Rajya Sabha candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). According to party sources, getting the cricketer onto its team will help in strengthening the party’s connection with the youth and he will also suggest ideas during the...
G-23 looking to expand at today’s meeting
The G-23 group within Congress is meeting today looking to expand its size. The decision to convene a meeting of the G-23 came on a day when Sonia Gandhi sought the resignation of Congress presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa following the party’s dismal performance in...
Loyalists turn ire against Sibal for seeking leadership change
Reflecting the dissensions in the party, senior Congress leaders lashed out at their colleague Kapil Sibal for his remarks against the leadership, with Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot saying that the senior lawyer is ‘not rooted in Congress culture’, and he ‘doesn’t know ABC of the Congress’. Gehlot’s Chhattisgarh...
Punjab Cong in a predicament over chief’s choice
With Congress president Sonia Gandhi cracking the whip by seeking the resignations of the local unit chiefs of the five states where the party lost elections this month, including Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Punjab wing faces a stiff challenge to find a new head and rejig itself. What will...
Hijab verdict produces reactions on predictable lines
The Karnataka High Court’s verdict saying that hijab is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islamic faith led to a string of reactions on Tuesday. While Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti was “deeply disappointed” with the order, National Commission for Women’s chairperson...
Yogi govt embarks on dream of $1 trillion economy by 2027
After securing a historic consecutive term in office, the Yogi Adityanath government has revived its earlier proposal to hire a private consultant to help his government achieve a $1 trillion economy in the state in next five years. On Tuesday, the Yogi government invited bids for this ambitious project,...
G-23 sees AAP Punjab sweep ominous for Cong
At a crucial Congress Working Committee meeting, some G-23 leaders on Sunday said they have been seeking corrective measures only to strengthen the party but a few have vilified them as those working at the BJP’s behest, and asserted that this must stop as they remain “lifelong Congressmen”. They...
Akhilesh may continue as MP with eye on 2024
The Samajwadi Party may not have been able to taste electoral success in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh elections but that has not stopped the party from setting its eyes on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Sources told CNN-News18 that SP president Akhilesh Yadav and veteran Azam Khan are...
After Punjab, AAP eyes Bengal for bigger national role
After sweeping the 2022 Punjab election, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) now wants to make their mark in West Bengal. The party is likely to hold a ‘Padarpan Yatra’ at 4 pm in Kolkata today. Though the AAP had several units in the state capital but some of them...
Owaisi’s AIMIM ensured BJP sweep in at least 7 seats
Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) performance in Uttar Pradesh elections is being considered as a big failure. The party managed to bag just 4.51 lakh or 0.49% of votes in the country’s largest state with 15.02 crore voters. The Hyderabad-based party contested on 95 seats but failed to...
Uttarakhand’s ‘jinxed’ CM residence myth continues
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has lost to Congress’ Khatima after leading BJP to a majority in the state. BJP’s win in Uttarakhand has become soar after its chief minister could not secure his seat from his consistency. Political pundits claim that Dhami’s loss has continued to reiterate...
Cong loses security deposit in 97% of UP seats
The Congress in Uttar Pradesh lost its security deposit in 387 of the 399 seats it contested in the recently concluded assembly polls. The party won from just two constituencies. Although having contested nearly all seats, Congress got just 2.4% of the total votes, lower than RLD’s 2.9% from...
People voting for development, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attributed the BJP’s storming back to power in Uttar Pradesh, and also retaining Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa to people voting for development. “Due to the power of democracy, the BJP retained power in states where governments were hardly elected twice in a row,”...
Ticket aspirants line up for AAP in Karnataka
After the Aam Aadmi Party’s spectacular sweep in Punjab, its Karnataka state convener Prithvi Reddy’s mobile phone has not stopped ringing. On an average, he is getting 30 calls in an hour and an overwhelmed Reddy has not been able to answer all of them because dozens of aspirants...
