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Prashant Kishor rules himself out of contesting elections
Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor ruled out the possibility of contesting elections himself, but reiterated his pledge to build a “better alternative” for his home state of Bihar. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he also lambasted JD(U) leaders for alleging that he was a “dhandhebaaz” (trader)...
Rahul Gandhi to take yatra break to campaign in Gujarat
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be campaigning in Gujarat on November 22. He will visit Gujarat during a break from Congress party’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra. Elections are scheduled to be held in Gujarat in two phases, on December 1 and 5. Votes will be counted on December 8....
Govt dismisses Rahul’s claim about privatisation of Railways
The government on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tweet claiming privatisation of trains, railway property, stations and hospitals of Indian Railways are “completely bogus and factless.” In a tweet, the fact-checking unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) referred to Gandhi’s post on the micro-blogging site. It said:...
Cong, AAP make old pension scheme major poll plank
The demand for restoration of the old pension scheme (OPS) has emerged as a major poll plank in Gujarat with both the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party promising to implement it if voted to power in the state where the Assembly elections are scheduled next month. With this...
Cong, NCP forge pre-poll alliance in Gujarat
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) entered into a pre-poll alliance for the next month’s Gujarat Assembly elections, as part of which the Sharad Pawar-led party will contest three of the total 182 seats in the state, the leaders of the two parties announced here on Friday....
KCR boycotts Modi’s visit for third time in two years
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to skip Prime Minister Modi’s events in the state, and not receive him- yet again breaking the protocol for the third time in two years. The TRS claims a proper invitation was not extended to the Chief Minister and that his...
Cong disagrees with Sonia over release of Rajiv killing convicts
The Congress on Friday said the order of the Supreme Court regarding the premature release of six convicts, including Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, serving a life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case was “totally unacceptable” and asserted that the party does not agree with the view of...
BJP slams AAP for ‘anti-Hindu’ MLA as star campaigner
BJP has attacked AAP over the inclusion of MLA Rajendra Pal Gautam as a star campaigner for the MCD polls. The saffron party accused AAP of taking an “anti-Hindu” stand. Gautam had resigned last month from the Arvind Kejriwal-led government after courting controversy over attending a religious conversion programme...
Subhas Chandra Bose was first PM, says Rajnath Singh
Subhas Chandra Bose was the first prime minister of undivided India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh claimed Friday while asserting that his contributions were either ignored or undermined after the country got Independence. “There is a need to re-evaluate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s role and vision. Some people call it...
Aaditya Thackeray to join Rahul’s yatra in Maharashtra
The Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi continued on the fifth day of its Maharashtra leg in Nanded district on Friday and will later enter neighbouring Hingoli district, where Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray will take part in it. Thackeray is scheduled to join...
Nitish to visit Assam to consolidate anti-BJP parties
Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is spearheading formation of an anti-BJP alliance before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, is likely to visit Assam next month, opposition party leaders said on Thursday. A senior Congress leader and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) President Badaruddin Ajmal separately said that...
ED says Rs 100 cr bribes paid In Delhi liquor scam
Bribes worth Rs 100 crore were paid for favours involving the now-scrapped Delhi liquor sales policy, in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is an accused, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed on Thursday. They also claimed to have found that over three dozen VIPs, including Mr Sisodia, allegedly changed...
Anand Sharma regrets his ‘under-utilisation’ in HP Cong campaign
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday said the party’s campaign planning for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls could have been “much better” with the deployment of senior leaders, and rued that his services were not fully utilised. However, Sharma said Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has led...
JD(U) leader says Nitish’s Prohibition policy a failure
Two days after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar ordered the strict implementation of the prohibition law by cracking down on liquor suppliers, JD(U) national parliamentary board president Upendra Kushwaha caused him major embarrassment by saying prohibition had been unsuccessful in the state. Kushwaha also remarked on the role of...
DMK writes to President seeking removal of Governor
Tamil Nadu’s ruling party DMK has petitioned President Droupadi Murmu to sack the state’s Governor RN Ravi, alleging that he is “instigating communal hatred” and has violated the oath he took under the constitution. “Governor RN Ravi has violated the oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and...
Cong slams BJP for lotus featuring in G20 Logo
The Congress on Wednesday attacked the BJP over the lotus being part of the G20 logo, saying that while it was shocking that the BJP’s election symbol was used, it knows by now that the PM and his party would not lose any opportunity to promote themselves. The attack...
Meet warns against information manipulation in India
European parliamentarians and officials have cautioned against the capacity of social media users in India to manipulate the digital information environment for political and ideological propaganda. At a briefing moderated by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Marketa Gregorova streamed online on Tuesday, experts warned that digitalisation in India...
DMK to file review petition against 10% EWS quota
Last Updated: November 09, 2022, 19:06 IST The DMK will file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict upholding the 10 per cent EWS quota, a move hailed by Congress MP Karti Chidambaram. DMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Minister for Water Resources, Duraimurugan, pointed out at the...
