Marginalized in the Samajwadi Party of which he was a founder member, Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday floated a ‘Samajwadi Secular Front’ and urged people who he said might be feeling humiliated in the SP to join him. Once a powerful leader in the Samajwadi Party, the younger brother of[Read More…]
Hitting out at the Narendra Modi government for the rise in petroleum prices, the Congress on Tuesday said even though prices of petroleum products across the world have gone down with the international prices declining, excise duties have been increased many times. “During the UPA government, the international crude oil prices were double the present rates, but our excise duties were much lower. “Now[Read More…]
Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly Paresh Dhanani on Tuesday alleged an over Rs 100,000 crore scam in Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), claiming that private insurance companies were benefitting at the exchequer’s cost. “By making this central scheme mandatory for farmers and bringing in private players instead[Read More…]
A delegation of All India Mahila Congress led by Lok Sabha member Sushmita Dev on Tuesday met Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi and demanded a compulsory marriage registration bill to prevent desertion of Indian brides by the NRIs and regular audit of women shelter homes. The delegation informed the Minister[Read More…]
M K Stalin was elected as the President of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), unopposed, on Tuesday at the party’s General Council meeting. Along with Stalin, another party senior Duraimurugan was elected unopposed as DMK treasurer. Karunanidhi’s death earlier this month had led to a succession war within the party, with[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will hold a day-long meeting with BJP chief ministers and deputy chief ministers on Tuesday. The BJP has 15 chief ministers and seven deputy chief ministers including two in Uttar Pradesh and one each in Gujarat, Bihar, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. In Bihar the[Read More…]
Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced Atishi Marlena, a former advisor to Education Minister Manish Sisodia, as its candidate in the Lok Sabha election from East Delhi constituency. She is the first candidate to be announced by AAP for the 2019 elections. Atishi served as an advisor from July[Read More…]
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday won the South Tura seat, from where he was contesting as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) candidate. The counting of votes for the South Tura and Ranikor Assembly by-elections in Meghalaya began on Monday morning at 8 AM. The South Tura assembly[Read More…]
DMK Working President M.K. Stalin is set to become the party President unopposed as he is the only person who has filed the nomination for that post on Sunday, the last day for filing of nominations, said a party official. Similarly, senior leader Duraimurugan is also set to become the[Read More…]
The Congress on Sunday said that the Narendra Modi government had upturned a rising economy and left it in “dire straits” with its “ad hoc and myopic economic policies”. “Dear Arun Jaitley, Congress governments (2004-2104) delivered the highest decadal growth of 8.13 per cent at factor-cost since Independence. Under the Modi government, GDP growth in[Read More…]
By Amulya Ganguli Rahul Gandhi has had another of his escape-velocity-of-Jupiter moments. His reference to the massive gravitational force of the solar system’s largest planet was in the context of “explaining” how much velocity was required by a spacecraft to lift itself from the surface of Jupiter compared to what was[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh assembly poll is due in December 2018 and all the political parties seem to have pulled up their socks for the elections. Getting a strong support in the mid of the campaign period may prove to be a mileage for any party. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to get[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be a straight contest between the BJP and the “entire opposition” and their “first priority” is to defeat the ruling alliance. He said the issue of leadership will be taken up by opposition parties after the polls. In an interactive[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday hit out at Karuna Shukla, the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, accusing that she was politicising his death. The BJP charge came a day after Shukla accused the ruling BJP of politicising the former Prime Minister’s death by carrying the ashes across India[Read More…]
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) seems to be trying to strengthen relations with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with an eye at the Assembly seats for the other parts of the Hyderabad. MIM shares a cordial relation with the TRS Party in Andhra Pradesh. It is said that the leaders of both[Read More…]
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece Karuna Shukla has alleged that the Chhattisgarh government is playing politics over the death of the former prime minister as CM Raman Singh never took Vajpayee’s name in the last ten years but is now using his ashes for political gains. Watch:
Congress President Rahul Gandhi before leaving for his Germany meet, appointed new Secretaries for several states, confirmed a press release by All India Congress Committee. Congress party appointed Gujarat MLA Alpesh Thakor to the post of Congress secretary and party co-incharge for Bihar. Thakor, hailing from Kshatriya-Thakor community, is an[Read More…]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashish Khetan on Wednesday announced his resignation from the party, a step that comes a week after another leader, Ashutosh, took a similar decision. “Early this year I made my decision to quit active politics after much deliberation and in consultation with family and close friends. However, since both the[Read More…]
Former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the transfer orders that, along with many officials, include the name of Devendra Singh and Superintendent of Polic – JP Mishra, who were slated to submit a report on the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case the[Read More…]
Terming Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan a non-issue since he went there in his personal capacity, the party on Tuesday turned to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him as to what happened to the red lines of ‘no-talks’ till terror from Pakistan stops. It said the PM’s letter to[Read More…]
Sambit Patra while addressing the media at BJP head office, New Delhi, attacked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s act of hugging Pakistan Army Chief while his visit to Pakistan. Slamming Sidhu’s various statements from his press conference, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that everyone wants peace[Read More…]
Reports of a woman being paraded naked in a Bihar town prompted Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday to allege the state has been transformed into a ‘jungle and monster raj’. A mob attacked, stripped and paraded a woman naked in a locality in Bhojpur district on Monday[Read More…]
Congress has appointed senior leader Ahmed Patel as new treasurer replacing Motilal Vohra. Whereas, the mystery continues over BJP treasure. Piyush Goyal was last declared treasurer of the Bhartiya Janata Party, who is now a minister in the Modi cabinet. If Goyal is still handling the post of the treasurer in[Read More…]
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s NDA government is on the verge of poll year, a survey conducted by Mood of the Nation (MOTN) presents look into the voters mind. The MOTN opinion poll reveals that Bharatiya Janata Party would fall short of majority if elections were conducted today. Insights from[Read More…]
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel is the new treasurer of the party. He replaces Mr Motilal Vohra. Patel, the once powerful political secretary of Sonia Gandhi, will replace Motilal Vora who has been appointed as general secretary in-charge of administration. Anand Sharma will be the new[Read More…]