Politics
Survey shows Channi favoured as CM face
There is a growing clamour within the Punjab Congress over the need to declare a chief ministerial candidate for next month’s assembly polls, with many senior leaders throwing their weight behind Charanjit Singh Channi, the state’s first chief minister from the schedule caste community. Though the Congress high command...
Sena says Cong to blame if BJP wins in Goa
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that he agrees to the view expressed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that the Congress should be held responsible if the BJP wins the next month’s Goa Assembly elections and continues to occupy power in the state. He said that although...
‘Hindu exodus’ no longer a poll issue in Kairana
At first glance, Kairana belies its status as the epicenter of a political storm in Uttar Pradesh. No political banner, poster or campaign material can be seen in this seemingly non-descriptive town in western Uttar Pradesh. But step into the Kairana bazaar and the consciousness of a high-profile constituency...
Channi alleges ‘conspiracy’ to ‘trap’ him
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday accused the BJP-led central government of hatching a conspiracy to trap him in the case in which raids were conducted by the Enforcement Directorate at many places in the state. He alleged that whenever elections are to take place, the BJP...
BJP strategy to project 2017-like split in Yadav family
After losing three ministers and half a dozen other MLAs to the Samajwadi Party, the BJP is now trying to hit the Yadav clan’s ‘unity’ in an effort to remind people of the situation in 2017 when the bitter divide inside the family had been laid bare. Mulayam Singh...
Ex-U’khand CM says won’t contest polls
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who stepped down from his post last year, on Wednesday announced that he will not contest the 2022 assembly elections in Uttarakhand. Rawat announced his decision to his party’s cadres at a “farewell lunch” before writing to the BJP national president, Jagat...
SP MLA quits party, says will work for BJP victory
Samajwadi Party MLA Sharadveer Singh from Jalalabad assembly segment has resigned from the party, saying the SP his has deviated from its ideology and he will work for the victory of the BJP. The lawmaker from the Jalalabad assembly segment in the district quit the party after the denial...
SP-RLD justifies poll tickets to candidates with criminal cases
As 27 of the 36 candidates, who featured in the first two lists declared by the Samajwadi Party-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh face criminal cases, the allies justified giving tickets to them on various grounds, including “doing social work under Covid” and working for the “backward people”. For candidate...
BJP rethinks campaign strategy amid EC ban on rallies
As the Election Commission extends ban on physical rallies and roadshows till January 22, the BJP has set up teams to supervise the on-the-ground campaigning as part of its strategy to reach out to voters ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. According to sources, BJP national president JP Nadda...
Mamata to campaign for SP; no TMC candidates for UP
Much water has evidently flown down the Ganga, a river that flows through both Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, in the last 10 years after Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee reportedly extended “unconditional support” to Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party (DP) for the upcoming state elections and, in the...
TMC, BJP battling internal discord
The big Bengal battle of 2021 is over. But conflicts remain, and this time they are internal. Instead of fighting each other, both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are having to contend with skirmishes within. It all started in the TMC with its...
Akhilesh offers SP ticket to MLA losing Gorakhpur to Yogi
With the BJP deciding to field UP CM Yogi Adityanath from his home turf Gorakhpur (Urban) assembly seat in the February polls, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday sought to woo the sitting BJP MLA Radha Mohan Aggarwal, offering him his party ticket for the seat. Asked about BJP’s...
Akhilesh wants Mamata to campaign for SP
With last year’s assembly election and bypoll wins in West Bengal, chief minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee emerged as a formidable force against the Bharatiya Janata Party that is in power at the Centre and many states. No wonder then that Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh...
BJP indicates more heads may roll in Uttarakhand
After terminating senior legislator Harak Singh Rawat as minister from the Pushkar Singh Dhami government and also from the primary membership of the party on Sunday night, the ruling BJP in poll-bound Uttarakhand has indicated that it is not going to tolerate “indiscipline” and pressure politics. Continuing with the...
Punjab Cong tries to buy peace with tickets
Let’s keep everyone happy. This seemed to be the underlying message of the first Congress list of 86 candidates declared for Punjab on Saturday. Being publicly abrasive for state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu or seen loyal to former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh or facing a corruption charge —...
Chhattisgarh CM booked for flouting Covid-19 norms in UP
The Uttar Pradesh police lodged an FIR against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday for allegedly flouting COVID-19 norms while campaigning for a Congress candidate in Noida for the assembly polls, officials said. Baghel along with some supporters was in oida for a door-to-door campaign in support...
Yogi claims SP list has names of criminals
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said while the BJP’s list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls has given representation to different sections of society, the Samajwadi Party’s list consists of names of criminals. Elections for the 403-member state assembly will be held in seven phases,...
Kejriwal flaunts ‘certificate of honesty’ from PM Modi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday vowed to tackle unemployment, corruption and restart mining in Goa if elected to power as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced a 13-point agenda for the coastal state ahead of the assembly elections. Claiming that his party was the most “honest” in...
