Politics
MP minister booked for Rs 25 lakh offer for votes
Madhya Pradesh minister Govind Singh Rajput has been booked for “violation of Mode Code of Conduct” in force in the state for the assembly elections next month. This came after Congress alleged that he “openly and blatantly offered to pay Rs 25 lakh” to the booth where most votes...
BJP drops rowdy MLAs from MP list
Leaving nothing to chance, the BJP has dropped quite a big chunk of its MLAs for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. The reason being anti-incumbency and low approval ratings of the leaders in their constituencies found by surveys. The party removed nearly 29 MLAs, including three state...
‘Party picture’ with Mahua cheap politics: Tharoor
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday criticised the circulation of his cropped images with Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra and called it an act of “cheap, low-level politics.” Shashi Tharoor while responding to media in Kottayam about the online trolls related to his pictures with MP Mahua Moitra...
Owaisi appeals PM to help Gaza humanitarian corridor
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make efforts to see that a humanitarian corridor is opened in Gaza so that people can get relief and a ceasefire announced. He spoke to reporters after addressing a public meeting on Monday night organised at the...
Relatives turn rivals in MP poll fight
Some assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh are set to see an electoral fight among members of the same family albeit with different political backgrounds with the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress giving tickets to relatives, making them take on each other in quest for power. Brothers, uncle-nephew, brother-in-law...
Gehlot calls Shekhawat a coward over Sanjivani ‘scam’
Calling Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat a coward, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said if he claims to be innocent in the alleged Sanjivani scam, why has he moved court against his arrest, and asked that the police be barred from filing a chargesheet in the case....
Ajit Pawar for Bihar-like caste census
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday batted for a “caste census” on the lines of the one conducted in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government and said such a move will help find the exact population of all communities so that proportionate benefits can be given accordingly....
Supporter alleges Fadnavis bid to ‘control’ Ajit Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party MLA Rohit Pawar on Sunday alleged 26 works at under-construction government hospitals in Maharashtra were lying incomplete due to stoppage of funds by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on the orders of Devendra Fadnavis who wants to “control” his colleague. These include under-construction hospitals in his...
Kharge writes to PM over ‘politicisation’ of bureaucracy
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that the government’s recent orders asking officials to “showcase” the achievements of the last nine years was “politicisation” of the bureaucracy and demanded their withdrawal. In his letter, Kharge objected to the government order issued on...
Nadda brings up ‘warship holiday’ to counter Kharge
Just ahead of the five state assembly elections and less than a year before the Lok Sabha elections, thanks to a letter by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resurrected an issue that has so far only embarrassed the Congress....
Nath jibe on Chouhan’s ‘bridge without river’
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has gone on an announcement spree this election season and is even promising a bridge where there is no river, claimed state Congress president Kamal Nath on Sunday. The BJP-governed MP will go to polls on November 17 and votes will be...
Cong high command calls for truce with SP
The Congress high command has firmly snubbed state party leaders from issuing statements regarding seat sharing among INDIA bloc members in Uttar Pradesh, said sources on Sunday. The move comes after the SP leaders took a strong view of statements being issued by UP Congress leaders, and the SP...
RSS chief on why no Israel-like war happens in India
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat drew a comparison with Hinduism in India while commenting on the ongoing war between Israel and militant group Hamas. Hinduism respects all sects and India has never seen a conflict like the one in Israel, he said. Bhagwat on Saturday was speaking...
Union minister mobbed by BJP workers over MP tickets
Supporters of BJP aspirants who failed to make it to the fifth list of the candidates for the next month’s Madhya Pradesh assembly elections created a ruckus in front of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav in the party office at Jabalpur on Saturday evening. Superintendent of Police AP Singh said...
BJP lodges plaint with Chhattisgarh poll authority
The opposition BJP in Chhattisgarh has filed a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Raipur seeking action against 83 Congress candidates, claiming they have not furnished their criminal record details to the Election Commission within 48 hours of their selection. The Congress, however, claimed the BJP was...
Jaipur royal says no rivalry with Vasundhara
BJP’s Vidyadhar Nagar seat candidate and Rajsamand MP, Diya Kumari, has told News18 that she respects Vasundhara Raje “greatly”, and it was she who brought her into the party, accusing the opposition of creating rumours of her alleged rivalry with the former BJP chief minister. News18 on Saturday...
Nath indicates further drift in SP-Cong ties
The spat between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress over the seat-sharing arrangement in Madhya Pradesh on Friday turned worse when MP Congress President Kamal Nath gave a snappy response to a media query about Akhilesh Yadav. On being asked about SP’s allegations of betrayal over seat-sharing, Kamal Nath...
Several Union ministers in BJP state lists
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present at the BJP headquarters on Friday evening where discussions on tickets for the upcoming state elections of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana took place in the presence of leaders from all three states and members of the Central Election Committee (CEC). Sources present...
