Category: POLITICS

New Delhi: With the Congress party preparing to launch protests against the VB-G Ram Ji Yojana, which replaced the UPA government’s MGNREGA, the Rural Development Ministry has sent a detailed report on the new scheme to all Union ministers, citing it as a tool they can use to counter the opposition in election campaigns and other public meetings. According to the report, during a cabinet meeting, Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan briefed ministers on the key features of the VB-G Ram Ji Yojana and how it compares to the…

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party has released its first list of candidates for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections in Maharashtra’s capital, Mumbai. The BJP will contest 140 of the 227 seats in the BMC, while Shinde’s Sena will contest 87. The BJP released its first list of 66 candidates for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, scheduled for January next year. The Mahayuti-led BJP is buoyed by its success in the recent municipal council and town council elections in the state and aims to replicate that performance in the municipal…

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale advised Muslims to perform Surya Namaskar during an event. The RSS leader had said, “What harm will Surya Namaskar do to Muslims?” The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has reacted to this statement and condemned Hosabale’s statement. The Jamiat said that this comment reflects a serious misunderstanding of the core tenets of Islam and India’s pluralistic culture. Reacting to the RSS leader’s statement, Maulana Mahmood Madani said that Hindus and Muslims have lived together in India for centuries and that the fundamental principles of Islam…

Imran Masood, the prominent Congress MP from Saharanpur, responded to a question by advocating for Priyanka Gandhi to be made Prime Minister. Robert Vadra responded to this statement by saying that Priyanka is in demand across the country. New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, is considered a natural contender for the post of Prime Minister in the country’s largest opposition party, the Congress. However, in recent times, his sister and MP Priyanka Gandhi’s stature has been steadily rising through her political activities. A statement…

New Delhi:  Following a heated controversy over the definition of the Aravalli Range, which is believed to be older than the dinosaurs, the matter has once again reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has accepted a petition filed by a retired Haryana Forest Department official and issued notices to the central government, the Ministry of Environment, and the state governments of Haryana and Rajasthan. The petitioner, former Conservator of Forests RP Balwan, challenges a recommendation by a committee of the Union Environment Ministry that the Aravalli Range should be…

Bikaner. Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said that the BJP government is treating the poor as Ganesha and working as their servants. Addressing a ceremony to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for development projects in Lunkaransar, Bikaner, Chief Minister Sharma said, “It is our moral responsibility to present our government’s report card to the public. Our government has allocated budgets to all 200 assembly constituencies without any discrimination and is delivering the details of development work to the public through Vikas Rath in each assembly constituency.” He added, “In the…

New Delhi:  On December 18, 2025, the G Ramji Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha amid strong opposition. The opposition created a ruckus upon the bill’s passage, tearing up the bill’s papers and throwing them away. The atmosphere in the House became so tense that proceedings had to be adjourned until tomorrow. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan responded in the Lok Sabha on the Bharat Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) Bill, also known as VB-G Ram G. During this, the opposition continued to raise slogans against the bill.…

New Delhi : The Vikas Bharat Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission (Gramin) (VB-G Ramji) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. This bill will replace the UPA-era MNREGA scheme.  Regarding this bill, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh said, “This is a huge betrayal and I want to warn the government that just as you withdrew the three black laws related to farmers, you will have to withdraw this bill as well.” He said that there will be protests across the country against it. “You want to…

Mumbai:  Ramdas Athawale’s party, the Republican Party of India, has demanded its share in the Mahayuti alliance for the 29 municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra. Athawale’s party has demanded 25 seats in Mumbai, while it has demanded 7 to 10 seats in other municipal corporations. The party said that it should be given a respectable share in the alliance. Republican Party of India leaders believe they have a role as an important constituent of the NDA. The party’s national president, Ramdas Athawale, holds a ministerial position at the Centre. Therefore,…

Kolkata: Assembly elections are scheduled for West Bengal next year. Politics in Bengal is at its peak regarding the Special Revision (SIR) of the voter list ahead of the elections. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a major statement, revealing that she has not yet filled out the SIR form. She stated that she does not need to prove her citizenship and that doing so is insulting. Banerjee said, “I haven’t filled out the form yet. Why should I? I have been a three-time Union Minister, a seven-time Member of Parliament,…