NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency Piyush Goyal launched a scathing attack against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and challenged him to contest in the polls against him. Rahul is the Congress’ pick from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, which voted on Friday. Speculation is rife that he might…
NEW DELHI: Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Friday expressed support for inheritance tax asking Congress to be on the “front foot on Sam Pitroda’s remarks” on the same, adding that every rich country has this tax.He further said that the BJP government has been opposing this tax “because it is tied to Arabpatis like Adani/Ambani whose…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday said PM Modi and BJP chief JP Nadda were resorting to polarisation as they were fearful of losing Lok Sabha elections. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Nadda presented former PM Manmohan Singh’s comments in a wrong context.“Nadda’s allegations are based on lies. It seems that he is following PM…
NEW DELHI: Setting a new trend to make party presidents accountable for alleged violation of the model code of conduct by their candidates and star campaigners, Election Commission on Thursday issued notices to the chiefs of BJP and Congress seeking their response to alleged violations made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her strong disapproval of the cancellation of over 25,000 school jobs, labeling it as ‘gross injustice.’ She alleged that it was a deliberate tactic by the BJP to prevent these job losers from being deployed in poll duty. During an election rally in the Medinipur Lok Sabha…
MYSURU: Dr Shushrutha Gowda, who walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir alongside Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, quit Congress and joined BJP on Wednesday, barely 48 hours before poll booths opened for the Lok Sabha elections.Mysuru-based Shushrutha was appointed KPCC general secretary recently.BJP election in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agarwal welcomed Shushrutha to…
What began as a tough fight between equal forces has turned out to be ‘advantage UDF’ as Kerala enters the last leg of the election campaign. While UDF, led by Congress, is banking heavily on its clout as the main opponent of BJP nationally, CPM-led LDF is also trying to emerge as a ‘credible’ contender…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused Congress of “stabbing Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar in the back” by giving reservations based on religion.Addressing a election rally in Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi said, “Congress provided reservation on the basis of religion in 2004, stabbing Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, architect of the Constitution, in the back.”“Our Constitution…
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NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday claimed that when the INDIA bloc is voted to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, it would scrap the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the first session of Parliament.Chidambaram said that the CAA, which has become one of the major flashpoints between the ruling BJP…
