NEW DELHI: The BJP‘s anti-infiltration poll pitch in Jharkhand reached a crescendo on Monday, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of voting on November 13 in 43 assembly seats. While Union home minister Amit Shah promised a new legislation to prevent transfer of land to infiltrators on their marrying tribal women, Uttar…
NEW DELHI: The opposition INDIA bloc has accused Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of making “inflammatory and divisive speeches” during an election rally in Jharkhand and have asked the Chief Electoral Officer to take immediate action against Sarma.The complaint pertains to remarks made by Sarma on November 1 in Sarath, Jharkhand, which the opposition…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed that Muslim population is growing in the state of Jharkhand and the local tribal population is on the decline. Himanta, who is also BJP‘s Jharkhand election co-in-charge, accused the Hemant Soren led state government of letting “intruders” enter the state. “I ignite fire against…
A political row has erupted between the BJP and the grand old party over allegations regarding treatment given to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s recent nomination filing in Wayanad. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal dismissed BJP claims on Thursday, asserting that Kharge was indeed present during the event.Venugopal clarified that while Rahul…
Champai Soren (L) and his son Babulal get BJP tickets for assembly elections after quitting JMM. NEW DELHI: The BJP, which uses dynasty politics as a weapon to attack its political opponents, is facing charges of nepotism in ticket distribution in Jharkhand from its own leaders and workers. Kin of several prominent leaders, including three…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday expressed “mixed reaction of elation and melancholy” over the Supreme Court judgment upholding the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act.Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of an official function on Sunday, Sarma emphasised that Assamese people would have to…
Assam CM Himanta hits out at Karnataka MLA Priyank Kharge NEW DELHI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday addressed recent criticism from Karnataka MLA Priyank Kharge and defendedsetting up of a semiconductor plant in Assam. CM Sarma said the region has become a significant center for the semiconductor industry.Responding to Kharge’s remarks on…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister and BJP‘s state election co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma addressed the demographic issue in Jharkhand stating that “NRC (National Register of Citizens) will be done and the people whose names will not be there in NRC, we will have to push them away to Bangladesh.”“This will be our policy. Everyone will…
NEW DELHI: Former BJP MP and party in-charge for Assam, Harish Dwivedi, made a controversial claim on Thursday, alleging that a specific community was waging a ‘jihad’ by producing more children to gain control of the country’s political system and impose their religious beliefs. He said that the government was taking serious measures to address…
NEW DELHI: On Friday, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma revealed that his suspicions about a man who wanted to donate Rs 1 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund led to the discovery of a multi-crore online trading scam. Sarma explained that his doubts prompted an investigation, which eventually exposed the scam involving substantial…
