Politics

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the SP-BSP alliance will not last long and was it was done due to the fear of the BJP government returning to power in centre.

The protocol book prescribes that the CM of a state should accompany the PM during official visits. However, it is not a must if the premier is on a private visit.

BJP insiders say plans are afoot to poach disgruntled Congress MLAs and claim there’s a general election link to the move.

The Independent MLA also said that the quota system was introduced in the country to give representation to socially and educationally backward people, it wasn't meant to end poverty.

Rahul Gandhi, who had earlier supported the entry of young women at the Lord Ayyappa temple, said he now thinks people in favour of the traditional ban also have valid arguments.

He said the primary issue in the Lok Sabha polls would be who would lead the country, followed by the performance of the Modi government.

Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party scripted history on Saturday when the once-sworn rivals formally declared their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president was reacting to National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah's statement asking people of Jammu & Kashmir to give a clear mandate to any one party.

The BJD has so far maintained equidistance from both the BJP and Congress.

Modi and Solberg held delegation level talks and reviewed bilateral ties post the April 2018 India-Nordic Summit.

The CPI(M) asked for the Prime Minister's resignation after the apex court reinstated CBI director Alok Kumar Verma.

Sources said a final agreement may be deferred till the release of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, serving sentences in fodder scam cases.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari alleged that the BJP-led NDA government failed to fulfil its promise of providing two crore jobs every year and the country lost one crore jobs instead.

Neeraj Kumar said that the RJD supremo had deviated from the Indian tradition by choosing his younger son Tejashwi as his political heir ignoring Tej Pratap, the elder one and Shurpanakha (Misa) is being denied even a small territory.

The PM has come under attack, both from the opposition and allies, for not living up to his promise of good days.

The move came amid protests in Assam against PM Modi's statement that the central government would amend the Citizenship Act to provide non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Indian nationality.