Beed: Taluka president of BJP’s Kisan Morcha Balasaheb who goes by alias Avinash More, allegedly beat up the manager in the state Bank and made him a hostage. On the complaint made by bank manager, police has registered a case against the accused minister. According to the minister, bank manager[Read More…]
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Rahul Gandhi to visit Odisha on Feb 6, Amit Shah on Feb 15
Bhubaneswar, With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah’s visit to Odisha due on February 15 — his third this year — the saffron party appears determined to hit the ground running in the state, where the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections could be conducted simultaneously in April-May.[Read More…]
Opposition a ‘gang of corrupt’, says BJP’s UP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey
Lucknow, The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Uttar Pradesh unit chief Mahendra Nath Pandey on Tuesday slammed the Samajwadi Party for extending its support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee in her stand-off with the Centre and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Questioning the criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi[Read More…]
BJP’s Shah, Naidu, Jagan put Andhra poll cauldron on high burner
By Mohammed Shafeeq Amaravati: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah’s visit to Andhra Pradesh, the meeting of YSR Congress Party chief Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Monday have stepped up poll activity in the state. Shah[Read More…]
Yes, BJP used me in 2014: Anna Hazare
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Fasting activist Kisan Babural alias Anna Hazare said on Monday that he was “used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)” to win the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. “Yes. The BJP used me in 2014. Everybody knows that it was my agitation for Lokpal that catapulted the BJP and[Read More…]
Budget 2019: Key takeaways from Finance Minister Piyush Goyal’s address
The government presented the interim budget in Parliament on Friday. It marks the last budget before the General Election which are due by May this year. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal focused on the lower and middle class strata in his address. Here are some of the key announcements he made[Read More…]
Ramgarh Assembly Bypoll result 2019 live updates: Century in Rajasthan! Congress wins Ramgarh election
Live Updates: 11:40 AM Century in Rajasthan! Congress wins Ramgarh Bypoll Congress (Shafia Zubair Khan) 83,311 votes BJP (Sukhwant Singh) 71,083 votes 10:50 AM After ten rounds of counting Congress (Shafia Zubair Khan) 60,283 votes BJP (Sukhwant Singh) 44,062 votes 10:20 AM After eight rounds of counting Congress (Shafia Zubair[Read More…]
Opposition joining hands to save themselves, stop Modi’s development: Smriti Irani
Jhargram (West Bengal): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday claimed that the opposition leaders, who have no connection with the country’s development or people’s welfare, came together at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s mega opposition rally in Kolkata last week out of[Read More…]
“Modi Bachao, Advertisement Chalao”, Rahul Gandhi slams PM for using 56% scheme money on adverts
The tweet account of Rahul Gandhi has been slamming Modi’s approach and his decisions. In the latest, the Congress Chief has tweeted, “Modi Bachao, Advertisement Chalao”. The dig comes after Dr Virendra Kumar, Union Minister of State for Women and Child development released data regarding expenditure breakdown of scheme, “Beti[Read More…]
MJ Akbar is a ‘Minister’ according to Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event magazine
3 months after MJ Akbar resigned from his post of Union Minister following sexual allegations, the official magazine for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event is said to have featured him with the designation “Minister of State for External Affairs.” MJ Akbar can also be seen in the event posters alongside Prime[Read More…]
Former Bihar BJP MP Uday Singh quits party
Patna, A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former member of Parliament from Purnea district of Bihar, Uday Singh, resigned from the party on Friday. “I have resigned from the BJP,” Singh told the media here. “I had joined the BJP in 2004 under the leadership of Atal Bihari[Read More…]
MP: “If signaled from high command, will reverse govt in 15 days”, BJP National General Secretary, Kailash Vijayvargiya
Indore: In the midst of Congress’ claims of horse trading and the sourness that went into the election for Vidhan Sabha speaker, and deputy speaker, Kailash Vijayvargiya has been heard saying, “This government will not last five years, the day we receive from high command, we’ll reverse it in the[Read More…]
Stalin rules out alliance with Modi-led BJP
Chennai, DMK President M.K. Stalin on Friday categorically ruled out any alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His rejection comes a day after Modi declared that the party’s doors are open for alliances and it cherishes its old friends. DMK was a coalition[Read More…]
‘Chowkidar’ will be ever alert, keep catching thieves: Modi
Solapur (Maharashtra), Kicking off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha campaign in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targeted the Congress, accusing it of corruption and warned that “this Chowkidar (watchman) will never sleep and continue to catch thieves”. “Should the ‘chowkidar’ go ahead courageously or not? He never[Read More…]
BJP MLC’s remark ‘Men work in Maharashtra their wives give birth in Bihar’ evokes political row
Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC Suresh Dhas made a controversial remark on migrant labourers from Bihar which has triggered a political row, evoking angry reactions from members of different parties. He asserted that men from Bihar live in Maharashtra, while their wives give birth to children in their home state[Read More…]
Gujarat BJP leader and former MLA Jayanti Bhanushali shot dead in train
Gujarat BJP leader and former MLA Jayanti Bhanushali shot dead in train. Police said that the Bhanushali was carrying a firearm. The investigation is underway. Jayanti Bhanushali, was shot dead in a train between Bhuj and Samakhiyali in the early hours of Tuesday, according to police. The body of former[Read More…]
Assam: Asom Gana Parishad cuts off ties with BJP over Citizenship Amendment Bill
Asom Gana Parishad, the ally of BJP in Assam has decided to cut its ties with the Party over the Citizenship Bill. While the regional parties announced breaking it’s cords with the saffron party, Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) drew sharp criticism for maintaining its alliance with party. Former Chief Minister of[Read More…]
BJP trying to arm-twist Akhilesh through CBI: Mayawati
Lucknow, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has accrued the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to intimidate and arm-twist its political rivals through government agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Referring to reports that the investigative agency might question former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in[Read More…]
Bomb hurled at BJP office in Meghalaya, protests against Bill
Shillong, Miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the state headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here in Meghalaya late on Sunday night, a police official said on Monday. No one was injured in the attack but the windows of the office chamber of state BJP President Shibun Lyngdoh were damaged.[Read More…]
BJP appoints election in-charge of 17 states; Zadafia gets the Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed election in-charges for 17 states and has assigned the former Home Minister of Gujarat Gordhan Zadaphia the command of Uttar Pradesh. BJP National President Amit Shah on Wednesday has made the announcement and appointed the poll in-charge and co-in-charge for important states[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Govt planning to withdraw cases against several BJP leaders
Meerut: Uttar Pradesh government is planning to withdraw cases against BJP leaders in the state and all the preparations have been made in that direction. This includes BJP Member of Parliament from Meerut’s Hapur constituency Rajendra Aggarwal and several others. State Government Home Ministry has sent letters to the concerned[Read More…]
To counter CPI-M’s Women’s Wall, BJP to participate in statewide Ayyappa Jyothi
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala unit of the BJP has decided to extend its full support to the ‘Ayyappa Jyothi’ programme (lighting of lamp) to be held on December 26 from the northern tip of the state at Kasargode to the southern tip at Parassala, near here, said a top BJP leader.[Read More…]
RLSP legislators rebel, say they are still with NDA
Patna: Five days after the RLSP quit the BJP-led NDA, all three of its legislators in Bihar Assembly on Saturday formally announced that they are still with the NDA and would continue with the alliance. The development is a clear indication that RLSP is on the verge of a split,[Read More…]
Congress pays lip service to farmers, national security punching bag: Modi
New Delhi: In the wake of defeat by the Congress in Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland, with agrarian crisis as a major poll plank against his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of paying only “lip service” to farmers while ignoring their welfare. Video-interacting with[Read More…]