Category: POLITICS

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the alleged attack on the residence of Trinamool Congress (TMC) National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee. She strongly questioned the BJP’s conduct, asserting that no one should be allowed to act with impunity or escape accountability for such attacks. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the central government and the BJP, questioning who had given them the authority to carry out such attacks. She asked whether democracy and the Constitution had…

Lucknow: Uncertainty is growing over the Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh. While the Allahabad High Court has directed that the elections be held within three months, the Panchayati Raj Department has submitted a proposal to the state government seeking a six-month extension of the tenure of village heads serving as administrators. The current administrators’ six-month tenure is scheduled to end on November 24. Meanwhile, a statement by Panchayati Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has sparked fresh controversy in political circles. Addressing a public gathering, Panchayati Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar…

Kolkata: West Bengal’s Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the INDIA alliance over a rally held in Delhi a few days earlier to protest alleged electoral irregularities. Speaking to reporters at Bagdogra Airport, Adhikari accused senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of joining hands to protect illegal immigrants residing in the country. Responding to questions from reporters at Bagdogra Airport, the senior BJP leader claimed that while the central government and the Election Commission were making concerted…

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a scathing political attack on senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. In a sarcastic remark, Sarma claimed that Sonia Gandhi had been trying for years to make her son, Rahul Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India and had explored various means to achieve that goal. According to Sarma, when all these efforts failed, Congress leaders organized a “mock Parliament” (symbolic Parliament) on the lawn of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence and symbolically declared Rahul…

New Delhi: A major political controversy has erupted over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks concerning illegal immigration and infiltration into India, particularly his claim that there are approximately 30 million (three crore) Bangladeshi infiltrators in the country. The statement has triggered a heated exchange of accusations and counteraccusations between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition parties. While BJP leaders have accused opposition parties of protecting illegal immigrants for political gains, senior leaders of the Congress and Samajwadi Party have questioned the Home Minister’s claim and demanded concrete…

New Delhi: The Central Government is reportedly preparing a new framework to make the Voter ID card, also known as the Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC), the primary document for verifying beneficiaries under upcoming welfare schemes associated with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, replacing Aadhaar as the principal means of identification. Union Minister for Panchayati Raj Rajiv Ranjan Singh, popularly known as Lallan Singh, announced the proposed change on Tuesday. According to the Minister, Aadhaar would no longer serve as the primary means of identifying beneficiaries for certain government welfare…

Tomorrow, November 3, voters will decide who represents New York’s Third Congressional District. There is much at stake in this election, not merely for the Democratic Party but for the kind of politics we want to see in America. I have followed Tom Suozzi for years. When he won the special election in 2024, I wrote that he had succeeded by swimming against the current. He did not win by shouting louder than everybody else. He won by listening to people and speaking about their everyday concerns. That quality is…

New Delhi: Addressing a massive rally organized by the opposition INDIA alliance at the historic Ramlila Maidan in the national capital, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing political attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the central government. Kharge alleged that governments in key states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra had been formed through unconstitutional means. He declared that the opposition alliance would not rest until the BJP was removed from power. He further accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of attempting to intimidate opposition leaders by…