Politics

BJP says Nitish betrayed people of Bihar, readies plan

Dumped yet again by Nitish Kumar in Bihar, the BJP is readying its arsenal against the new alliance of JD(U), RJD and Congress again joining forces, and will attack the new government on the issue of corruption, law and order and abuse of the public mandate in the 2020...

Aug 9 · >

No woman in 20-member Maharashtra cabinet

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday expanded his two-member ministry 41 days after taking oath as the CM by inducting 18 ministers, nine each from his rebel Shiv Sena group and the BJP. The list doesn’t include a woman, a move being panned by politicians and women’s rights...

Aug 9 · >

Parliament adjourned sine die 4 days before schedule

The Parliament’s Monsoon Session ended on Monday, four days before its scheduled completion, with both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die. The session, which began on July 18, was slated to go on till August 12. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, before adjourning the ninth...

Aug 9 · >

8 Cong MLAs to defect in a month, claims Assam BJP man

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) four-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Prasanta Phukan of Assam claimed on Monday that eight Congress MLAs will join the ruling BJP within a month. An event to facilitate this will be held soon, he said. Prasanta Phukan, who represents the Dibrugarh constituency in Upper...

Aug 9 · >

Badal warns party members against airing views outside

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday set up a five-member disciplinary committee and also appealed to party members to only use the party platform to express their views. The committee will be headed by senior Akali leader Sikandar Singh Maluka. The other members are Sharanjt Singh Dhillon, Virsa...

Aug 9 · >

Akhilesh to start Tiranga campaign with padayatra

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, will embark on a padayatra from Jhauva village of Tirwa Tehsil in Kannauj district as the party starts its tiranga campaign from Tuesday on the occasion of Kranti Diwas. Yadav will also interact with the families...

Aug 8 · >

UP minister says he is ready to go to jail for his community

Uttar Pradesh Fisheries Minister and Nishad party chief Sanjay Nishad, who has been served a warrant by a Gorakhpur court in connection with a 2015 case connected to an agitation, has said that he is ready to go to jail for the rights of his community. Reacting to the...

Aug 8 · >

Gehlot’s rape remark kicks up row

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot landed in a fresh trouble on Sunday for his remark, that murder cases after rape have increased after the law providing death sentences for rape convicts came into force. While the remark triggered criticism with several politicians condemning the statement, the chief minister later...

Aug 8 · >

BJP launches drive to woo minorities in Uttar Pradesh

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about reaching out to marginalised sections of minorities at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Working Committee meeting in Hyderabad, it was not without a vision. Ahead of the 2024 general elections, the BJP is not just wooing the majority community, but is...

Aug 7 · >

Parliament ‘dysfunctional’, says Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said he was veering to the conclusion that Parliament has become “dysfunctional” and alleged that democracy is “gasping for breath” in India with almost all institutions tamed, emasculated or captured. He also said Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu “failed” to protect...

Aug 7 · >
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