Veteran Odisha Congress leader and six-time MLA Suresh Kumar Routray has been expelled from the party on charges of indiscipline and anti-party activities. “Taking note of the complaints of indiscipline and anti-party activities, Congress President has approved expulsion of Mr. Routray from the party for six years with immediate effect,” K.C. Venugopal, Congress General Secretary, … Read more
After protests from local party workers, two BJP candidates — Vadodara MP Ranjanben Bhatt and Sabarkantha’s debutant candidate Bhikhaji Thakor — have opted out from the electoral race, citing “personal reasons”. Their names were cleared by the BJP in the first list of candidates. On Saturday, they both announced on social media that they were … Read more
AICC in-charge for Telangana Deepa Das Munshi and other Congress leaders invited Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi to join Congress. File | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G In another setback to the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi is likely to switch over to the Congress. … Read more
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar | Photo Credit: ANI Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi President Prakash Ambedkar on March 19 extended his full support to the Congress in seven seats in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha election. He claimed that the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray and the Nationalist Congress Party under Sharadchandra … Read more
Revanth Reddy | Photo Credit: ANI Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka flew to New Delhi on Monday in a special flight from Begumpet to attend a wedding and also some scheduled meetings with Union Ministers on Tuesday. Industries and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu also joined them in New … Read more
Jana Sena Party (JSP) president K. Pawan Kalyan. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Jana Sena Party (JSP) president K. Pawan Kalyan arrived in the city on Sunday evening. He conducted a meeting with party leaders, in-charges and members of various constituencies from undivided Visakhapatnam district at a hotel. At the meeting, the JSP … Read more
President of the All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi on Thursday questioned the Samajwadi Party (SP) for not nominating any Muslim among the three candidates named by the party for the Rajya Sabha election, adding that the community deserved two seats in view of its consistent support to the principal Opposition party in … Read more
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reached out to Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh with an offer that he will find difficult to refuse. For now, according to party sources, Mr. Singh is weighing his options. For the BJP, … Read more
File photo of Lok Satta Party State president Bhisetti Babji . | Photo Credit: The Hindu Lok Satta Party State president Bhisetti Babji asked Andhra Pradesh government to take steps immediately to protect mineral wealth and prevent domination of Odisha government in Kotia and other villages located in AP-Odisha border. After visiting Kotia villages, he … Read more
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president, K.S. Alagiri, on January 30, said some of the Lok Sabha seat aspirants in his party were urging the leadership to ask for seats that Dravidian parties generally do not allot to allies. Referring to DMK Minister R.S. Rajakannappan’s recent comments that the Congress existed only to get … Read more