NEW DELHI: BJP’s Odisha vice president, Lekhasri Samantasinghar tendered her resignation to the saffron party and announced her decision to join BJD ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. Lekhasri becomes the second BJP Odisha vice-president, following Bhrugu Baxipatra, to exit the party and join the BJD in the weeks preceding the…
The RSS has taken a backseat in the Lok Sabha campaign in Kerala this time -it could be due to BJP’s attempt to veil its hard-line Hindutva face in the run-up to the election or the fallout of BJP asserting its political authority over its parent organisation in Kerala too.Not only are saffron flags and…
RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: The Kshatriya community in Gujarat intensified protests against Union minister and BJP‘s Rajkot Lok Sabha seat candidate Parshottam Rupala for his recent controversial comments, announcing Saturday that they would field 400 candidates against him in the upcoming elections.This was part of a drive named “Operation Rupala” that core committees of various Kshatriya associations announced…
RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: The Kshatriya community in Gujarat intensified protests against Union minister and BJP‘s Rajkot Lok Sabha seat candidate Parshottam Rupala for his recent controversial comments, announcing Saturday that they would field 400 candidates against him in the upcoming elections.This was part of a drive named “Operation Rupala” that core committees of various Kshatriya associations announced…
KALYAN: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s son and incumbent MP Shrikant Shinde (37) will be Mahayuti‘s candidate for Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency. His name was announced by deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday after BJP workers supporting local party MLA Ganpat Gaikwad had on Friday raised slogans against Shrikant at a party event and demanded the…
KALYAN: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s son and incumbent MP Shrikant Shinde (37) will be Mahayuti‘s candidate for Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency. His name was announced by deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday after BJP workers supporting local party MLA Ganpat Gaikwad had on Friday raised slogans against Shrikant at a party event and demanded the…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader took a jibe at the recent ED raids calling the Enforcement Directorate- ‘Extortion Directorate’.In a rally in Telangana where the Congress also launched its Manifesto, Rahul Gandhi said, “Today ED has become Extortion Directorate. BJP is running the world’s biggest washing machine. The country’s most corrupt leaders are standing with Narendra…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday questioned the timing of the probe into the Medinipur blast case by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, which was attacked at Bhupatinagar on its way to Kolkata.The chief minister said NIA should not have raided at “midnight” as locals “reacted in the way they…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Delhi-based lawyer has written to the poll panel accusing Thiruvananthapuram BJP candidate and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar of filing a false affidavit on assets in nomination papers.Supreme Court advocate Avani Bansal filed her petition with district electoral officer Geromic George on Friday, the day for scrutiny of nominations.Bansal has sought rejection of Chandrasekhar’s…
LUCKNOW: Yogi Adityanath government’s ‘experiments’ with law and order, starting with bulldozer action, law against love jihad and cow protection, has been replicated across other BJP-ruled states as well.UP government has been regularly harping on its success in improving the state’s law and order by eliminating mafia, which has resulted in greater employment and investment…
