Politics

SP's national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said that a formal announcement on the gathbandhan between the two Uttar Pradesh-based parties is likely later this month.

For all one knows, the speculation about Narendra Modi contesting elections from Puri and Naveen Patnaik’s attacks on the BJP could be part of the cat-and-mouse game the two parties have been playing.

Claiming that those incarcerated during Emergency were jailed over violation of law, the Congress said, 'The BJP doled out the pension to its own men and looted the government funds.'

Rejecting all allegations of targeted exclusion, the Prime Minister assured voters that no Indian citizen will be left out of the NRC.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said Congress believed in doing “defence dealings” while the Narendra Modi government was “dealing in defence” to maintain India’s security.

Rahul Gandhi was criticised severely by senior BJP leader and leader of Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, who accused Congress president of 'lying repeatedly'.

Sadhu Yadav and Subhash Yadav squarely blamed Lalu Prasad for the perceived struggle for supremacy between Tej Pratap and Tejashwi Yadav.

Though Shah didn't elaborate, he was apparently referring to the 2016 incident in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi where controversial slogans were allegedly raised.

The Central government would take no wrong or immoral action in the state, Singh asserted, saying it is ready for assembly polls but the decision has to be taken by the Election Commission.

The Congress believes that raising farmers’ issues worked in its favour in the Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh assembly elections.

The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has been holding marathon meetings in Bhopal and New Delhi. He returned with the list of 25 names on Monday after securing a nod from Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

Subramanian Swamy further said that the present BJP regime was following up on the commitment of Rao government to construct Ram Temple 'according to the wishes of the Hindu community'.

Governor Kalyan Singh administrated the oath of office to the new ministers. The event was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and senior Congress leaders.

The Dalit leader also launched a veiled attack on BSP chief Mayawati, saying some politicians rose to power with the help of Dalit votes, but failed to empower the community.

Uddhav Thackeray and the RSS want Ram Mandir to be the 2019 election plank, while Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan want the NDA to focus on development agenda to protect their minority vote banks.

Nirupam Sen, who had been suffering from kidney ailments for the last two years, succumbed to multi-organ failure on Monday.