Politics
Saamana provokes calling Patna group ‘India’s Wagner Group’
In a bizarre comparison, the Saamana mouthpiece of Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray has called the Opposition bloc that participated in the June 23 Patna meeting the “Wagner Group of India”, claiming it would bring down the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre. “The ‘Wagner Group’ came together...
Shah says PM constantly monitoring Manipur situation
Leaders of different political parties, including the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress, Left parties and others participated in an all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the prevailing situation in Manipur on Saturday. Shah called for the meeting to assess the situation, weeks after he visited the...
No takers for AAP charge against Cong on Delhi ordinance
The Aam Aadmi Party’s shrill indictment of the Congress over alleged apathy towards the central ordinance issue seemed to have few takers among those present at the recent opposition meeting in Patna. At least five leaders, who represented their respective parties at Friday’s meeting hosted by Bihar Chief Minister...
Sidda defies Vastu to use ‘unlucky door’ to his office
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday defied superstition and began using the ‘inauspicious’ south door to his chamber in the state assembly building. The south-facing door in the Vidhana Soudha was shut in 1998 after then-chief minister J H Patel lost the assembly elections. Siddaramaiah ordered open the door...
Stalin moots common minimum programme to fight BJP
The opposition parties’ meet at Patna did not decide on fielding a common prime ministerial candidate but have resolved to consolidate all democratic forces to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday. All the parties that attended...
BJP trashes Patna meeting as mere photo op
As 32 leaders from more than a dozen opposition parties held a high-optics meeting in Patna on Friday, the BJP, predictably, refused to accord it any importance. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s disregard turned into ridicule as the day progressed and public contradictions and even a war of words broke...
AAP, Cong in war of words over Delhi ordinance
Merely an hour before the big opposition meeting in Patna – hosted by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and attended by 30 leaders from 15 parties – the AAP accused the Congress of making a compromise with the ruling BJP for presidency. The party’s Delhi spokesperson, Priyanka Kakkar, said...
Gandhi’s India can’t be allowed to become Godse’s: Mehbooba
The India of Mahatma Gandhi cannot be allowed to become of a country of his assassin Nathuram Godse, PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said after a meeting of some opposition parties here on Friday. Another former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah...
HC seeks explanation on mass withdrawal of Bengal nominations
The Calcutta High Court on Friday sought an explanation from the State Election Commission (SEC) on why as many as 20,585 candidates withdrew their nominations for the July 8 panchayat elections in West Bengal. The division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam also sought to know why as many...
Opposition leaders head to Patna for crucial unity meet
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi have left for Patna, while former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has reached the Bihar capital as top politicians from the Opposition parties gear up for key “anti-BJP” meeting. The June 23 meeting has been scheduled to...
Mamata hopeful on one-on-one fight against BJP
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed confidence that opposition parties will fight like a family and take on the BJP “one to one”. The TMC chief, however, parried questions on her reservations about the Congress’s alliance with the Left in her state and the Aam Aadmi...
Pawar says focus to be on issues plaguing country
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said various important issues plaguing the country, including the current situation in violence-hit Manipur, will be discussed in the meeting of Opposition parties in Patna. Top leaders of opposition parties will meet in the Bihar capital on Friday to chalk...
Muslim BJP leader blasts US leaders on ‘minority rights’ row
As American politicians including former president Barack Obama raised questions over protecting rights of minorities in India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the United States, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said India doesn’t need lectures about minority rights and all the communities in the country get...
Kharge: Decision on Delhi ordinance before next session
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said a decision on whether to oppose the Centre’s ordinance on the control of administrative services in Delhi would be taken before the Parliament session. His remarks come a day after the AAP’s ultimatum that it will walk out of the Opposition meeting...
Opposition meet may agree on caste census card for 2024
There is no denying the fact that politics in India largely runs on two factors: religion and caste. Parties that master either have an edge in the game. While there is no doubt that when it comes to the Hindutva agenda, the BJP is far ahead in the race,...
Amit Shah calls all-party meet in Delhi on Manipur
Union Home Minister Amit Shah convened an all-party meeting on June 24 in New Delhi to discuss the volatile situation in Manipur, which was rocked by ethnic clashes over a month ago. The meeting will take place at 3pm, informed the Ministry of Home Affairs. Shah visited the state...
Ajit Pawar googly hints at another coup in the making
Ajit Pawar’s speech on the 25th foundation day of the NCP has led to political speculations in Maharashtra. His open demand seeking responsibility of the state as well as wanting to be relieved as the Leader of Opposition is being seen as possibly another coup in the making or...
Mayawati accuses BJP of fomenting religious disputes
BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday accused the BJP governments at the state and Centre of encouraging communal and religious disputes to divert people’s attention from pressing issues of price rise and unemployment. In her address to the party workers, she urged them to strengthen the party ahead of the...
