Politics
BJP to target women and youth ahead of 2024 polls
In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will target women and the youth. BJP national president JP Nadda has appointed a committee to hold sammelans (public meetings) focusing on these groups. The panel held its first meeting in the national capital at...
AAP not to ally with Cong in Punjab for 2024 LS polls
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) may not ally with the Congress in Punjab, as part of the opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, according to top sources in the party. Sources said the alliance between...
Secularism has become pejorative for BJP, says Sonia Gandhi
Describing secularism as a foundational pillar of India’s democracy, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said the word secular is being used as a “pejorative” by those now in power, resulting in increased polarisation in the society. “They say they are committed to ’democracy’, but at the same time, they weaken...
Soren rejects possibility of wife contesting as BJP’s imagination
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday dismissed speculations of his wife Kalpana Soren contesting from Gandey assembly constituency in the state and termed it as a ”complete imagination” of the BJP. There is not an iota of truth in the speculations, said Soren who is the executive president...
Top Cong meet to discuss poll preparedness, yatra
Top Congress leaders from across the country will hold a meeting on January 4 to discuss the party’s preparedness for the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the upcoming Bharat Nyay Yatra. The Congress will hold a day-long meeting of its general secretaries, PCC presidents and CLP leaders among...
BJP has to be removed ‘at any cost’, avers Akhilesh
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the BJP of conspiring to destroy the sanctity of democracy and said the saffron party has to be removed “at any cost” in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the gathering at the SP state headquarters here on New Year’s Day,...
Mann’s dig at Cong over losing ground in Delhi, Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday took a jibe at the Congress losing ground in Delhi and Punjab comparing the party’s existence in the two states to the “shortest story a mother can tell her kids”. “…The shortest story a mother in Delhi or Punjab, can narrate to...
DK alleges conspiracy to finish him politically
With the Central Bureau of Investigation serving notice to Kerala-based Jaihind Communications Pvt Ltd channel headed by him, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday alleged that a big conspiracy is going on to finish him politically. The central agency issued a notice to the firm on...
Owaisi call to Muslim youth to protect mosques unitedly
Ahead of the Ram Mandir inauguration ceremony, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi appealed to the young Muslim community and told them to protect mosques before they are “snatched away”. Owaisi asked the youths to be on the lookout for the activities carried out by the BJP-led...
Andhra CM’s sister to join Cong ahead polls
In a major shock to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, his sister and founder president of the party YS Sharmila is speculated to join Congress by the end of first-week of January. The development comes...
CBI notice to pro-Cong channel over DK Shivakumar investments
The CBI has issued a notice to Kerala-based Jaihind channel seeking details of the investments made in the channel by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in connection with a disproportionate assets case against the Congress leader, officials said Sunday. The Bengaluru unit of the agency, which is probing...
Cong accuses CPM of stirring controversy over Ram Mandir
The Congress in Kerala on Sunday accused the ruling CPI(M) of needlessly creating controversy over the invitation extended to a few individuals from the grand old party for the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. The comments came after the CPI(M) called the Congress indecisive...
Rebellion against Yediyurappa puts BJP in tight spot
On the Karnataka BJP’s dartboard, one person who seems to be the target for several disgruntled leaders is veteran BS Yediyurappa. While a tirade of accusations has been launched by Vijayapura BJP MLA and former Union minister Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, other senior leaders like Sadanand Gowda, KS Eswarappa, and...
BJP alleges attacks on Christians who joined Kerala party
The BJP on Sunday alleged that members of the Christian community who recently joined the party in Kerala are facing online attacks from supporters of the Congress and the CPI(M). The saffron party, which has been actively courting the Christian community in the state, issued a warning of strong...
Nadda ridicules Cong’s ‘Nyay Yatra’
Targeting the Congress, BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday said those who spared no effort in doing injustice to society are now thinking about holding a ‘nyay yatra’. Addressing a public gathering here, Nadda also hit out at the opposition INDIA bloc, saying it is bent on dragging...
Buzz about another possible switch by Nitish Kumar
Drawing an end to speculation and rumours, the JD(U) yet again witnessed a change of guard as party members got their old guard back with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar finally taking the reins of the party once again. At the party’s national executive committee meeting on Friday, senior...
AAP sees revenge in rejection of Delhi, Punjab R-Day tableaux
To “exact revenge on the AAP,” which controls the nation’s capital and the border state, the BJP-led federal government rejected the tableaux of Delhi and Punjab for the Republic Day parade alleged Delhi Art, Culture, and Languages Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday. Addressing a press conference, Bharadwaj said the...
Raut says Cong should begin seat-sharing talks from zero
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said his party would contest 23 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, and the seat-sharing talks with the Congress have to ”start from zero” as the latter had ‘not won any seat’ in the previous elections, a statement that...
