Adding trouble over the grand alliance, Samajwadi Party on Friday released the list of 191 candidates for the first three phases of elections. Interestingly, the list included SP candidates on eight seats where Congress has sitting MLAs. According to reports, SP has fielded candidates in sitting seats of Congress that[Read More…]
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UP Polls: RLD rules out of grand alliance, Akhilesh offers 103 seats to Congress
Amidst the ongoing feud within the Uttar Pradesh’s first family, Samajwadi Party leader and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and the Congress party confirmed that they would announce the pre-poll alliance in the next 24 hours. According to sources, Akhilesh offered 103 seats to the grand old party. 20 candidates[Read More…]
Why not go ahead a little to Pakistan: Harsimrat Kaur to Sidhu
In a counter attack on newly joined Congress man Navjot Singh Sidhu, SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday said Sidhu might go to Pakistan. Some people have their feet in three boats, sometimes BJP, Congress and why not go ahead a little into Pakistan,” Harsimrat was[Read More…]
UP election: Rahul, Akhilesh will launch a joint SP-Congress campaign
With UP all set to undergo Assembly polls from February 11 to March 8, Congres and Samajwadi Party appear to have agreed to launch a joint election campaign in the state. According to a Times of India report, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will lead the election campaign along with[Read More…]
Manipur BJP MLA joins Congress over Centre’s failure to prevent violence
Manipur BJP MLA Joykishan Khumukcham on Wednesday joined the ruling Congress party to protest against the failure of the Modi government to the solve the crisis facing Manipur in the wake of the continuing road blockades. “I put my state’s interest above party’s. Manipur has been suffering since November 1[Read More…]
SAD-BJP will win more seats than in 2012: Sukhbir Singh Badal
Punjab deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday claimed the SAD-BJP combine will win more seats in the 2017 polls as compared to 2012. “The combine will form the government with a thumping majority,” Badal said. He said the Congress candidates would forfeit their deposits and AAP would get[Read More…]
Congress twitter handle hacked, party blames right-wing hackers
A day after Rahul Gandhi’s twitter handle put out offensive and homophobic comments , the official Twitter handle of Indian National Congress appeared to have been hacked on Thursday morning for a few minutes. A series of abusive tweets were sent out to its 1.8 million followers. Congress Party had[Read More…]