Politics

MP Cong may expel ex-minister for anti-Modi outburst

The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has warned senior party leader Raja Pateriya of expulsion from the party over his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Issuing a notice to Pateriya on Tuesday, Congress sought an explanation why he should not be expelled from the party’s membership. The...

Dec 14 · >

Parliament uproar likely as govt readies statement

The Winter Session of Parliament is underway with the Opposition seeking to corner the BJP-led Central government over a host of issues including the India-China troops clash along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector, inflation, and unemployment. The Congress on Monday hit out at the Centre...

Dec 13 · >

MP ex-minister held over ‘kill Modi, save Constitution’ call

Former Madhya Pradesh minister and senior Congress leader Raja Pateria has been arrested by Panna Police, in connection with his alleged ‘kill Modi to save constitution’ remarks. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Monday afternoon at the Pawai police station in MP’s Panna district against the Congress leader for the controversial remark against...

Dec 13 · >

Deserting MLAs won’t affect AAP’s bid for national status

Amid speculations that some of the newly elected AAP MLAs in Gujarat may switch sides, a former Election Commission official on Monday said it will not hamper the party’s bid to get the national party tag. “The national party thing should not get affected at all because post-election people...

Dec 13 · >

New Patel ministry balances caste, regional representation

The Bharatiya Janata Party has tried to balance the caste and regional equations with Patidar, Koli, Dalit, tribal, OBC, Jain, Brahmin, and Kshatriya communities getting representation in the new cabinet of second-term chief minister Bhupendrabhai Patel. Among sixteen ministers, excluding Bhupendra Patel who was sworn in again as Gujarat...

Dec 13 · >

Boss Kharge’s warning to Karnataka’s warring factions

Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in his hometown Gulbarga/Kalaburgi to a grand reception last week. A victory in Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections under his belt, Kharge was more confident and aggressive. He took centre stage and was frank when he told two top leaders of the party in...

Dec 13 · >

Sukhu says no factionalism in HP Cong, only lobbying

Amid reports of simmering tensions between the Congress high command and former chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s family after Pratibha Singh was “neglected” for Himachal Pradesh CM post, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said that there is no factionalism in the state Congress unit but “lobbying happens”. “Lobbying happens, but...

Dec 12 · >

CBI qizzes KCR’s daughter over Delhi excise policy

A team of CBI sleuths on Sunday interrogated Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and BRS MLC K Kavitha here in connection with the ‘Delhi excise policy scam’ and recorded her statement. The officials, who arrived at 11 am, left her residence at 6.30 pm. The city police...

Dec 12 · >

TMC team to visit EC over spokesperson’s arrest

A five-member TMC parliamentary delegation will visit the Election Commission of India on Monday to raise the alleged violation of the Representation of the People Act in connection with party spokesperson Saket Gokhale’s arrest, the party said. The delegation will comprise Lok Sabha MPs Saugata Roy and Kalyan Banerjee,...

Dec 12 · >

Khattar junks speculation about his ‘replacement’

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday ridiculed the social media speculation that he was being “replaced.” The 68-year-old senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader said some people who are fond of social media go to sleep with the thought that the CM was being “replaced.” Khattar was speaking...

Dec 12 · >
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