Politics
BJP leaders meeting with DK triggers buzz
Amid speculations of ‘Operation Hasta’ going on in Karnataka to woo BJP leaders to join the Congress, former BJP Minister BC Patil and ex-MLA Narasimha Naik met Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar during the birthday party of noted Kannada film actor Sudeep Sanjeev, who is popularly known as ‘Kiccha’...
Akhilesh moots simultaneous LS, UP polls first
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said before implementing ‘One Nation, One Election’ in the country, the BJP government should carry out an experiment by holding the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls this time. The Centre on Friday constituted a committee led by...
UP by-poll to see first INDIA bloc-BJP clash
The stage is set for the first electoral showdown between the BJP and an INDIA bloc constituent in Uttar Pradesh, with leaders of both sides going all out to drum up support for their candidates for the September 5 Ghosi assembly bypoll. The Congress and the Left parties have...
Stalin’s son sparks massive row over Sanatan Dharma
Tamil Nadu Sports Minister and MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday sparked a massive political row after his controversial comments on ‘ending Sanatan Dharma.” Reacting to his remarks, Ram Janmabhoomi chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das said that the leader does not understand the meaning of Sanatan Dharma. Talking to ANI, Acharya...
Uddhav demands Maratha, OBC quotas during special session
Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday demanded the Centre provide reservations to Marathas and OBCs in the special session of Parliament convened later this month, a day after violence erupted in Maharashtra’s Jalna over the Maratha quota demand. Addressing Shiv Sena (UBT) workers here, Thackeray slammed the...
Shah, Azad in Kovind-led panel polls, Adhir out
The government on Saturday notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities, and panchayats. The committee, headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind, have Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress...
Chidambaram slams election plan as pre-packaged
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the BJP over the ‘one nation, one election’ move, alleging that like every other issue “sponsored by the BJP”, this seems to be “pre-determined and pre-packaged”. His attack came after the government notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine...
INDIA bloc announces more appointments
Opposition bloc INDIA on Saturday made some additional appointments in some of the committees set up at its Mumbai meeting to get battle-ready for the Lok Sabha polls. The bloc had formed a 14-member coordination-cum-election strategy committee comprising members of various parties. The opposition alliance had also announced a...
INDIA to do seat-sharing in ‘accommodative spirit’
Leaders of at least 28 opposition parties under the INDIA bloc concluded their third meeting in Mumbai and announced the resolutions and decisions jointly undertaken on Friday. In a joint press conference attended by Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Sharad Pawar and others, Congress leaders...
BJP says bloc has no vision for nation’s development
The BJP on Friday took a jibe at the Opposition parties’ INDIA bloc meeting, saying its only takeaway is that they have “formally and politically” accepted their give-and-take principle. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, senior party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said in the...
Shinde says ‘One Nation, One Election’ will save money
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday defended the `one nation, one election’ proposal, stating that it would save public money. Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting of the BJP-led NDA here, he said the Opposition’s INDIA alliance was made up of those who are full of hatred...
Maratha quota protest turns violent
At least a dozen police officers were injured after a protest for the Maratha reservation in the Jalna district of central Maharashtra turned violent on Friday as protestors resorted to stone-pelting. To disperse the crowd, police used lathi-charge and fired teargas shells at a mob at Antarwali Sarathi village...
Opposition slams ‘One Nation, One Election’ move
Opposition leaders on Friday slammed the government’s move to set up a committee to study feasibility of ”one nation, one election”, alleging it would pose a threat to the federal structure of the country. CPI leader D Raja said Prime Minister Narendra Modi always talks about India being mother...
5-day special session of parliament called
The government on Thursday announced that Parliament will sit for a Special Session between September 18 and 22, comprising of five sittings. “Special Session of Parliament (13th Session of 17th Lok Sabha and 261st Session of Rajya Sabha) is being called from 18th to 22nd September having 5 sittings....
INDIA leaders say win First, PM face decision later
Leaders of at least 26 opposition parties under the INDIA alliance held talks in Mumbai on Thursday to come up with a concrete roadmap and develop a structure for cooperation among the alliance partners to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The...
Rahul, TMC’s Abhishek meet ahead of Mumbai session
Just one day before the opposition INDIA bloc got together in Mumbai, according to sources, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had an early morning meeting. Neither side has officially accepted that this meeting actually took place, but analysts say such an...
ED Vs Kolkata police after raid
A political slugfest has started between the Trinamool Congress and BJP after raids at Kolkata’s Leaps and Bounds Pvt Ltd last week, and this is now followed by a police versus police tussle. History seems to be repeating itself with the Kolkata Police starting a preliminary inquiry against officers...
INDIA meet to discuss witch-hunt, governance
With the I.N.D.I.A coalition of Opposition parties set to meet for the third time in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1, its prime movers — Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren and others — are battling fresh cases, summons and raids against their cabinet and party...
