Category: POLITICS

Mumbai: There was a time in Maharashtra when Shiv Sena had the upper hand. Every party wanted to join hands with Shiv Sena. Now the picture has changed. First Shiv Sena lost the party, now Thackeray surname is also slipping. Angered by this, Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday accused the ruling BJP at the Center of trying to steal a Thackeray to win the elections. Uddhav Thackeray’s comments came in the wake of a meeting held in Delhi between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Uddhav…

Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Dinesh Sharma claimed that the opposition parties have united due to Modi phobia. These parties, which are pretending to be united for the Lok Sabha elections, are going to start fighting with each other after three months.  The former Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh claimed that due to their (opposition parties’) inflated arrogance and poor performance in the elections, they would not be able to elect even a leader of the opposition (in the Lok Sabha) from among themselves. He said, they have…

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party has suffered a big setback in Uttar Pradesh. Former MP Devendra Yadav, who was once close to former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh, has said bye to SP and joined hands with BJP. Yadav has accepted the membership of the party at the BJP office in Lucknow. Earlier, Samajwadi Party had given a shock to BJP by fielding its candidate from Shakya Samaj, which is considered a traditional vote of BJP. After this, BJP has made the battle of Etah interesting by including influential leader of Yadav community Devendra Yadav…

New Delhi:  Election Commission has sounded the bugle of Lok Sabha elections and political activities have intensified there. A war of words has also started between allegations and counter-allegations. Due to this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a public rally in Jagtial, Telangana on Monday, responded to the statement of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.  While addressing the election rally, PM Modi attacked Rahul Gandhi and said that every mother and daughter of the country is the form of Shakti and I am their priest. Along with this, PM Modi said that on…

Thiruvananthapuram: Former president of Kerala Sports Council and Congress leader Padmini Thomas will join BJP today. Padmini’s entry into the BJP will be held at the BJP headquarters in the morning. After this, Padmini will meet the media. Padmini Thomas has been the female face of Congress for years. This relationship ends today. It is suggested that Padmini is joining the BJP due to the neglect of the Congress leadership. Apart from the woman leader, more Congress leaders will join the BJP today. A prominent leader of Farmers Congress in Thiruvananthapuram and some Congress leaders from…

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act will not be withdrawn regardless of opposition. In an interview given to the media, he clarified his firm stand. Amit Shah added that states cannot stay away from implementing the law. The Citizenship Amendment Act will never be withdrawn. It is their firm decision to grant citizenship to the minorities of other countries. Never give up on this. The campaign claims that the implementation of the law will put India’s minorities at risk. But that is wrong. The law will never affect…

New Delhi: A high-level committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind will submit a report to President Draupadi Murmu today on ‘One Country, One Election’. Various news agencies reported. Currently, PTI reported that the panel may recommend amendments to five articles of the Constitution to enable simultaneous elections in the country, though no official announcement has been made yet. The proposed report will also focus on creating a single electoral roll for conducting Lok Sabha, state assembly and local government elections. The committee, chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind, was…

New Delhi: BJP has released its second list for the Lok Sabha elections. Names of 72 candidates have been announced in this list. The names of many Union Ministers are also there in it. In the second list of 72 candidates, Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur and Anurag Thakur from Hamirpur have been given tickets. Manohar Lal Khattar, who left the post of Chief Minister of Haryana a day earlier, will contest elections from Karnal.  Earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party had released the first list of its candidates on March 2. Party’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde had…

New Delhi: Congress has released the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. This includes names ranging from Rahul Gandhi to former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. While Rahul has once again been made the candidate from Wayanad, Baghel will be the party’s candidate from Rajnandgaon. Apart from this, the party has also given a chance to Tamradhwaj Sahu, who was a member of the Congress Working Committee, from Mahasamund. Out of 39 big names of the party, 15 candidates are from the general category. At the same time, 24 leaders from SC, ST,…

Ahmedabad:  Friday was the second day of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Gujarat.  He started his journey from Dahod on Friday.  His Nyaya Yatra left Dahod and reached Sant Road, where a large number of supporters welcomed him. Addressing the public meeting, Rahul Gandhi said, I spoke to thousands of people during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Everyone has said that India is a country of brotherhood, not of hatred. Like BJP, we work to unite and not to break by spreading hatred. During my travels I visited many states. In every…