The Rajya Sabha election scene in Karnataka has heated up with the BJP-JD(S) combine fielding its second candidate, even though the alliance has the strength to win only one out of the four seats which go to polls.
The Gandhi-led yatra will pass through Amethi on Monday. It will then enter Raebareli, where the Samajwadi Party chief had earlier said he would join.
Addressing a press conference here, the BSP chief said that her party may consider about alliance once the elections are over.
The BJP extended JP Nadda’s tenure as party president until June 2024.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and KV Viswanathan is likely to hear Sharad Pawar’s plea.
Notably, around 10 Congress MLAs, who are said to be upset over not being part of the cabinet are in the national capital to discuss their concerns with Mallikarjun Kharge.
Meanwhile, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra arrived in Bihar on Friday. The Yatra reached its final stage in Bihar and is scheduled to enter Uttar Pradesh later today.
Abdullah was recently summoned by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) for questioning in connection with the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association money laundering case.
Further, Ashok Chavan has been fielded by the BJP from Maharashtra for the Rajya Sabha polls, slated to be held on February 27. The results of the elections will be announced on the same day, February 27.
Shastri resigned from the Congress party’s primary membership ahead of Lok Sabha polls earlier in the day.
The BJP has fielded Union Minister L Murugan, Maya Narollya, Bansilal Gurjar and Umesh Nath Maharai from Madhya Pradesh.
According to a statement, the party has also renominated its Bihar unit chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh from the state.
According to sources, Ashok Chavan is likely to be BJP’s Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra putting Congress in a tight spot. Ashok Chavan resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party on Monday.
Sitharaman presented the nearly 60-page White Paper on Thursday in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The White Paper said that the UPA government abandoned reforms after coming to power in 2004 and that it failed to build on the strong foundation laid by the previous BJP-led NDA government.
Appreciating the Central Government for conferring Bharat Ratna to former PM Charan Singh, he said that this decision proves that PM Modi understands the sentiment and character of the nation.
The RLD and the SP announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls on January 19 with the former stating that the latter will leave seven seats in western Uttar Pradesh for its nominees.
As per the notification, the polling will be held on February 27 between 9 am and 4 pm in Odisha Assembly premises and the counting of votes will be conducted on the very day at 5 pm.
RLD national spokesperson Pawan Agri said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) offered four parliamentary seats in the state for an alliance with the RLD.
The state sends 80 members to the Lower House of Parliament and elections are due in April-May.
Raghavendra is the elder son of Karnataka BJP strongman and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.
Going by the schedule of the elections last time (in 2019), the polls could be held in AP and Telangana in the first week of April, Kishan Reddy, the Telangana BJP president said.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta told senior advocate K K Venugopal and other senior counsel appearing for Panneerselvam and his supporters that it is not inclined to interfere with the high court order.
The former Hisar MP left the Congress in 2019 following differences with former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president Keisham Megachandra termed the state government’s decision as ”unfortunate” and a ”violation of people’s rights”.
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary stated that if the INDIA bloc wins power after the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls, they will abolish the Agniveer scheme.