NEW DELHI: For the Haryana elections, Congress has allocated 12 tickets to Jatavs and aligned sub-castes within the Dalit community, and five to non-Jatavs, showing its continuing reliance on the dominant Scheduled Caste community as its support base, in line with its lukewarm response to the debate on sub-categorisation.But the in-office BJP, according to an…
SRINAGAR: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charges on Saturday that three families had ruined Jammu and Kashmir, saying BJP seemed to have no problem allying with these three when it needed them,“If BJP gets less numbers after elections, and if PDP gives it support, BJP will find no fault…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday expelled a party functionary after a video of the owner of the popular Sri Annapoorna restaurant seeking an apology from Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman went viral on social media, triggering criticism from DMK and the Congress party.Srinivasan, the owner of Sri Annapoorna restaurant can be seen apologizing to Sitharaman…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Friday demanded that a FIR be filed over a purported “threat” issued by a BJP leader to Rahul Gandhi for his remarks in the US concerning the Sikh community. The Congress also called for a review of the Rahul’s security, citing his new role as a Leader of Opposition,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court granted bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday in excise policy case, leading to celebrations among Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members and supporters.Sunita Kejriwal, Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, expressed her gratitude on social media, congratulating the AAP supporters and hoping for the release of other incarcerated AAP leaders. “Congratulations…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge‘s remark that the BJP leadership would have been languishing in jail if Congress had got just 20 more seats in the Lok Sabha polls has drawn an aggressive response from BJP, with former I&B minister Anurag Thakur accusing him of harbouring an “intolerant and dictatorial mindset“.“The mask of love…
NEW DELHI: BJP IT chief Amit Malviya on Thursday drew a connection between comments made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the United States and a blast that took place in Chandigarh.Malviya accused Gandhi of making “patently false and misleading” statements about the status of Sikhs in India, suggesting that his remarks…
NEW DELHI: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday accused the BJP of having an inconsistent stance on bail granted to political leaders, pointing out that the BJP “welcomed” bail granted to Awami Ittehad Party founder and MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid in a terror funding case while frowned upon court granting bail to Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday alleged that BJP has set a “pattern of encounters” and reffered to the deaths of crime suspects in police shootouts as “fake”.Akhilesh Yadav outlined the alleged pattern in a post on X, stating, “A pattern of encounters has been set in BJP rule: Pick someone first,…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who is in J&K to drum up support for the party, exuded confidence that the Congress party and INDIA bloc’s good run in the Lok Sabha polls will continue in the upcoming J&K assembly elections as well. The Congress chief also used the occasion to belittle the BJP‘s performance…
