The Hindu Morning Digest, March 17, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 17, 2024

Union Ministers and BJP leaders Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and party national president JP Nadda | Photo Credit: ANI Standing on cusp of history, PM Modi says NDA ready for polls The schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha election was announced by the Election Commission on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a third term in office, … Read more

For first time in history, no Muslim in Bihar ministry

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(This story originally appeared in on Nov 18, 2020) PATNA: When the 17th Bihar legislative assembly will meet for its maiden session on November 23, there will be no member from the minorities, especially Muslim community, in the treasury benches. It is for the first time in the post-independence history of Bihar legislative assembly that … Read more

SAD-BJP ties break; Akali Dal quits the NDA saying farmer bills are anti-Punjab and anti-farmer

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New Delhi: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal has announced pulling out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a week after the party MP Harsimrat Badal resigned from the Cabinet in protest of the new agriculture laws. “The NDA government at the Centre which brought such anti-farmer and anti-Punjab bills, we cannot be part … Read more