Politics

PK identifies bane of Bihar politics as power with families

Former election strategist Prashant Kishor on Sunday asserted that a state of “inertia” has scourged politics in Bihar, his home state, where positions of power have remained concentrated among just 1200-1300 families in the last three decades. The celebrated data analyst made the claim at a press conference here,...

May 30 · >

Owaisi says India belongs to Dravidians and Adivasis

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for going “only after Mughals”. Addressing a rally in Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi, Owaisi said, “India is neither mine, nor Thackeray’s, nor Modi-Shah’s. If India belongs...

May 29 · >

BJP hunts for new faces for Chhattisgarh unit

Amid the infighting and factionalism, the BJP central leadership has in a strong message to its Chhattisgarh unit asked it to put its house in order before next year’s assembly polls. The party is exploring the possibility of new leadership in Chhattisgarh before the assembly polls. The BJP ruled...

May 29 · >

MP Cong accuses BJP of ‘grave injustice’ to OBCs

A day after the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) announced the schedule of three-tier panchayat polls, the Opposition Congress accused the BJP-led state government of doing “grave injustice” to the other backward classes (OBCs). It claimed that the government has given only a 9-13 per cent quota to...

May 29 · >

Regional parties report Rs 250cr electoral bond donations

Five regional parties have declared they received donations amounting to Rs 250.60 crore through electoral bonds in 2020-21, according to poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). According to ADR’s latest report, the total income of 31 regional parties for the 2020-21 financial year was Rs 529.416 crore,...

May 28 · >

BJP wants AAP stopped from becoming main opposition party

Concerned with the expansion plan of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has directed state units to plan strategies to stop it from becoming principal opposition parties there by replacing Congress. After its thumping victory in Punjab assembly polls, the AAP has now shifted its focus...

May 27 · >

Mann govt trains guns on ‘corrupt’ ex-ministers

In what could raise political temperatures in Punjab, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday asked former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to make public names of former ministers involved in “corrupt” practices or hand over evidences to investigating agencies so that the government can initiate action against...

May 27 · >

Expelled Mayawati favourite lands up in Cong

  The former minister in the Bahujan Samaj Party government in Uttar Pradesh and once a Brahmin face of the BSP, Nakul Dubey, joined Indian National Congress yesterday in Delhi. Once considered a blue-eyed boy of BSP chief Mayawati, Dubey was expelled from BSP a few days back for...

May 27 · >

Telangana CM holds talks with Deve Gowda in Bengaluru

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday called on JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda at his residence here and held discussions on various issues. KCR, as he is popularly known, left for Bengaluru hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hyderabad visit to participate in the 20th year...

May 26 · >

Cong may get 11 RS seats to better its strength

The Congress is likely to get 11 Rajya Sabha seats in the upcoming election cycle with some of its top leaders, including P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, eyeing another term. This will also help the Congress strengthen its party position in the Upper House of Parliament from the current...

May 26 · >
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