People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and Anantnag candidate Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday staged a sit-in protest in Jammu-Kashmir’s Anantnag alleging that her party workers were being barred from casting votes. In an X post, Mufti wrote, “Many of our PDP polling agents and workers are being detained just before voting. When the families went to … Read more
The Congress on May 19 claimed that the Modi Government’s Forest Conservation Amendment Act had “undid” the progress of the historic Forest Rights Act of 2006 and accused the BJP of diluting tribal rights. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his rally in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur. “Why do … Read more
Bikaner BJP Minority Morcha district president Usman Ghani, who expressed displeasure with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks in Rajasthan, was on Wednesday expelled from the party for “tarnishing” its image. Ghani, while talking to a news channel recently in New Delhi, had said that the BJP was going to lose three-four Lok Sabha seats … Read more
Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. File | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government and said the saffron party is no longer a political party but has become a cult which worships Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Targeting the Modi government, Mr. Chidambaram said … Read more
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