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BJP complains about poor show by Shiv Sena ministers
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s high command in a recent meeting with Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde expressed its displeasure over the working styles and performances of a few Shiv Sena ministers, sources told News18 on Monday. This, they added, has increased tensions in Shinde’s camp and also the distance...
Unease in Haryana’s ruling BJP-JJP coalition over wrestlers stir
Both chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala may have vouched for the continuation of the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, but there is an undeniable unease in the relationship between the two parties as insiders believe that both could not just explore breaking ties in the...
DK approaches high court against prosecution sanction
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday filed an appeal before the High Court against the dismissal of his petition by a single judge in which he had challenged the sanction accorded by the state government to the CBI for prosecuting him. A division bench comprising Chief...
Jagan does not trust BJP, foresees TDP’s demise
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed his distrust towards the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and speculated the eventual shutdown of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Addressing a gathering during the launch of the fourth phase of the Jagannanna Vidya Kanuka kits distribution...
MP govt is all about ’21 Jobs, 225 scams’, says Priyanka
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday kickstarted her party’s campaign for the year-end Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh with a rally in Jabalpur where she accused the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government of being mired in corruption and failing to provide jobs. She cited alleged corruption in Vyapam, ration...
Amit Shah springs a surprise with pitch for Tamilian as PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that a Tamil from a poor family should become the Prime Minister of India, party sources said. Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu against backdrop of 2024 Lok Sabha election, was addressing a closed door party...
SP slogan calls for win in 80 seats and defeat for BJP
“Assi harao, BJP hatao (defeat BJP on all 80 UP Lok Sabha seats and oust it)” is the new Samajwadi Party slogan for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav has said that if the BJP was to be removed from the seat of...
Brij Bhushan dares public conscience with plan to contest
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday announced that he would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Kaiserganj seat in Uttar Pradesh. Singh, a six-time Member of Parliament who has been accused of sexually harassing women wrestlers, addressed Sanyukt...
Pune man arrested for death threat to Sharad Pawar
Mumbai Police on Monday arrested a man for alleged involvement in a death threat to Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. Accused Sagar Barve is working in the data feeding and analytics section of a private firm, a Mumbai Police official said. “The Mumbai Crime Branch, which was probing...
Cong attacks govt failure to restrain airlines from fleecing
The Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Centre over rising airfares, alleging that the government has been incapable of preventing “predatory behaviour” on part of airlines and has “facilitated a loot at the hands of crony airport operators”. Senior Congress leader K C Venugopal and Union...
Kejriwal warns other states of Delhi-like ordinances
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit out at the Centre over its ordinance on control of services in the national capital, saying Delhi is the first to be “attacked” and similar ordinances will also be brought for other states. Addressing the Aam Aadmi Party’s “Maha Rally”...
Priyanka to kick-start MP poll campaign with Jabalpur rally
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will kick off the Congress’s campaign for the year-end Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls from Jabalpur on Monday after praying at the banks of the Narmada river, a party leader said. Jabalpur is at the centre of the state’s Mahakoshal region, which has a sizable number of...
Karnataka BJP continues to remain a divided house
Even after the drubbing in the Assembly elections and losing its base in entire south India ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, the Karnataka BJP unit still remains a divided house. The party leadership is struggling to foster unity and the spirit of fighting against the odds...
Opposition slams Giriraj Singh’s endorsement of Godse
Union Minister Giriraj Singh stoked a controversy by calling Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse a “good son of India” and said he was not an invader like Mughal rulers Babar and Aurangzeb as he was born in India. The Opposition shot back saying if Godse is the “good son”...
Ajit Pawar says not unhappy with Praful, Sule appointments
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Saturday named his daughter Supriya Sule and senior leader Praful Patel as new working presidents of the party. However, Pawar’s decision to not give any important responsibility to nephew Ajit Pawar has left many in political circles surprised. Pawar said that...
Cong spikes reports of Sachin Pilot floating own party
The Congress on Friday dismissed as rumours reports that its leader Sachin Pilot may announce his own party on his father Rajesh Pilot’s death anniversary and asserted it will contest Rajasthan’s assembly polls unitedly, even as sources close to him said there has not been much forward movement on...
Shatrughan Sinha says united opposition can work miracle
Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha on Friday said that a united opposition could work a “miracle” in next year’s Lok Sabha polls. Sinha, who is on a trip to his home town Patna, told journalists that he was sanguine about the opposition parties’ meet scheduled here on June 23....
BJP copies Cong guarantees to rain ‘freebies’ in MP
It is a promise of Rs 1,000 per month versus Rs 1,500 per month and an LPG cylinder for Rs 500 – the ruling BJP and the Congress are going all out to woo women voters in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Last month, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath promised the...
