Politics
Sonia Gandhi stresses need for discipline, unity
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday emphasised on the need for discipline and unity, saying strengthening the organisation must override personal ambitions. Chairing a meeting of top party leaders to evolve a strategy for assembly elections in five states early next year, she said the party must redouble its...
Mamata says BSF jurisdiction move affront to federal structure
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised the Centre’s move to extend the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force, alleging that it is an attempt to interfere into the federal structure of the country. The BJP-led central government had amended the BSF Act to authorise the...
UP Cong leaders join TMC, Mamata promises visit
Two senior Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh, including party stalwart Kamalpati Tripathi’s grandson, on Monday joined the Trinamool Congress, while West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she is likely to visit that poll-bound state after the Chhat Puja. The two leaders, Rajeshpati Tripathi and his son Lalitpati Tripathi,...
‘Order’ asking UP health dept staff to watch PM event alleged
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday cited a purported order issued by the Varanasi district magistrate, instructing the health workers to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme in the district over television and other modes. Chief Medical Officer Dr BB Singh said there was an order from the above...
Delhi Cong begins ‘Pol Khol Yatra’ ahead of civic polls
Ahead of next year’s municipal corporation elections, the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday commenced the ‘Pol Khol Yatra’ to expose the “empty promises” of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the AAP dispensation in Delhi. DPCC president Anil Chaudhary along with other Congress workers took to...
Amarinder seen in Hindu-wooing gambit
Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s announcement to float a new party and ally with the BJP has set tongues wagging about his intentions ahead of the 2022 assembly election. Many in the Congress believe that Captain is trying to woo Hindus in urban areas, who make up...
MP Cong loses another MLA to BJP
In yet another jolt to the opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh, party MLA Sachin Birla on Sunday joined the ruling BJP, days before the bypolls to Khandwa Lok Sabha seat and three Assembly constituencies in the state. He is the 27th Congress legislator to have joined the BJP since...
Punjab Cabinet opposes extension of BSF jurisdiction
Opposing the Centre’s move to extend the BSF’s area of jurisdiction in the state, the Punjab Cabinet on Monday said law and order is a state subject and the police force is capable of dealing with any situation. The Union government has amended the BSF Act to authorise the...
Opposition putting hurdles in development, says Nadda
Accusing opposition parties of trying to put hurdles in the government’s agenda of development, BJP president J P Nadda said on Monday that his party members have worked for the nation keeping in mind not only “political indicators” but also “social indicators”. In his address at the BJP’s national...
Amarinder to meet Amit Shah in 3rd visit to Delhi in a month
Amid growing speculations that he is set to launch his own political party and may even forge an alliance or seat adjustment with the BJP in election-bound Punjab, former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh is set to meet Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday. This will be his third...
Police in Bhopal school after Pragya Thakur’s no to prayer
The back door of Kendriya Vidyala No 2 in Bhopal was closed and the police force was deployed inside the campus on Saturday after the Member of Parliament, Pragya Singh Thakur, made a surprise inspection at the school on Friday and found around 300 offering namaz in the school...
Congress to contest all 40 Bihar LS seats
Patna: Cracks seemed to have deepened in the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar with the Congress in-charge of the state, Bhakt Charan Das, on Friday asserting that the grand old party will contest all 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2024, as its ally, the RJD, “did not follow the...
Gandhis keen on dalit CM face in Uttarakhand
Is it time for another Dalit CM from the Congress after Punjab? Sources say Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are keen on replicating their Punjab move in Uttarakhand as well next year, though no final decision has been taken yet. Fuelling the speculation was the homecoming of veteran...
Amarinder’s new party sets Punjab political cauldron simmering again
A day after former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced that he would soon announce his own political party and will look for an alliance with like-minded parties in state assembly elections, several political parties have reacted to it wherein some advised him to leave the Congress first,...
Rajbhar in SP is ‘Advantage Akhilesh’
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav may have been successful in bringing Om Prakash Rajbhar to the party fold, but the question remains whether Rajbhar will change the fortunes of the party in the upcoming 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election. Experts said while the development was crucial in context to...
Varun Gandhi blames Yogi govt for Pilibhit rain misery
Lucknow: BJP MP Varun Gandhi, whose Pilibhit constituency has been hit by heavy rains, on Thursday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government, saying if the common man is left to fend for himself, what does governance mean. Three people were killed and hundreds were marooned as torrential rains lashed Bareilly...
Row over Tejashwi Yadav fishing in poll-bound village
The “fishing” episode of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav continues to stay in the headlines ahead of the October 30 bypolls to Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Assembly seats with members of the ruling dispensation slamming him for his “hypocrisy”. State Animal and Fisheries Minister and VIP chief Mukesh Sahani said...
Clamour for Priyanka to contest assembly poll
There is spring in the step of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh despite the party being in dire straits in the state. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has dominated headlines since taking a lead in the Lakhimpur incident and has surprised many with her announcement to float as many as 40%...
