In the interest of the party and nation, the JD(U) state president Umesh Kushwaha said the party’s national executive requested Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to assume responsibility for the position.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a Congress programme here on Thursday, Tharoor, however, said there was no finality about it since it is politics.
Earlier, in a letter to Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, the VBA had expressed its interest to join the Opposition bloc — Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) — if invited.
To mark the occasion, Kharge hoisted the national flag at the party headquarters here in the presence of senior leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The Janata Dal (United) will hold its national executive meeting and national council meeting in Delhi on Friday.
Congress general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal announced on Wednesday that Gandhi will begin the yatra on January 14, which will culminate in Mumbai on March 20.
Kharge said apparently the intruders have been planning this since months and asked who is responsible for this massive intelligence failure.
The prime minister said everyone believing in democracy and democratic values should have collectively condemned what had happened.
Former state chief minister Raman Singh put forth his name during a gathering of the party’s recently elected legislatures.
The meeting, the first by BJP during the current Winter Session comes amid suspense over the selection of Chief Ministers in these three states.
RJD president Lalu Prasad had on Tuesday claimed that top leaders of the INDIA bloc would meet on December 17 in Delhi to chalk out the strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc are scheduled to meet in Delhi on December 6 to formulate a strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
The Congress ousted the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana to make it 3-1 for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the latest round of Assembly elections billed as a semi-final before next year’s poll showdown.
Balaknath, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Alwar and is just 40 years old, told ANI that this time BJP on its own will bag 120+ seats in Rajasthan.
The party was followed by BRS which declared total assets of Rs 319.55 crore in FY 2020-21 and Rs 512.24 crore in FY 2021-22.
Tomar made the remark while speaking to ANI in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal on Sunday, as the BJP is leading in Madhya Pradesh as per the latest trends of the Election Commission.
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat took a dig at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, saying his “magic” is over.
As per the latest trends available with the Election Commission, the BJP was leading in 161 out of the total 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress was ahead in 66 seats.
Siddaramaiah was reacting to the current trends following counting of votes polled in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan assembly elections.
During the meeting, which will be held in the evening on Wednesday, the leaders are likely to discuss and finalise their plan to unitedly take on the BJP ahead of the polls, they said.
According to the exit polls, the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), which is made up of six parties, is likely to win at least 17 seats.
With 230 Assembly seats, Madhya Pradesh has the most constituencies, making the result very important and anticipated.
You can see the results of the Rajasthan Assembly poll on our site, NDTV.com.
Elections were held in Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Mizoram and the counting of polled votes is slated on Sunday.
While launching a book on the late Muslim League leader P Seethi Haji here, Gandhi said that certain politicians’ true nature can be discerned by observing their children.