NEW DELHI: The Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)], a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), officially withdrew its support to the BJP-led government in Manipur on Wednesday. The lone JD(U) MLA in the state assembly, Md Abdul Nasir, will sit in the Opposition benches.In a statement, the JD(U) said, “It…
NEW DELHI: Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for his “hypocrisy” on the caste census issue, key NDA constituent Janata Dal (United) on Sunday accused the Congress member of maintaining silence when Bihar CM Nitish Kumar raised the matter in INDIA bloc meetings. The Kumar-led JD(U), which was part of the INDIA bloc before he snapped…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday said that “INDIA bloc is strong” amid reports of rifts within the alliance after the grand old party and the Aam Aadmi Party decided to contest against each other in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. He, however, added that the opposition alliance would “take a different stand…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday reiterated that it was the responsibility of Congress to save the India alliance, which was formed by opposition parties before Lok Sabha polls to take on BJP. He said no meeting was held since LS polls and that the alliance had no convenor.Raut’s comments on India…
Congress MP Manish Tewari (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari pointed out on Saturday that the opposition alliance INDIA bloc was formed to “safeguard the soul of the country” and not merely to contest the Lok Sabha elections.His statement came amid growing concerns about the alliance’s coordination, voiced by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP…
Uddhav Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi. (Photo/Agencies) MUMBAI/PUNE/NAGPUR: A day after Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah sought clarity on whether INDIA bloc had reached its expiry date, the alliance’s Maharashtra-specific version, MVA, on Friday seemed to implode into a blame game over its recent assembly election defeat.Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said that now his…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with his father and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah. (PTI) JAMMU: Amid the rumblings in INDIA bloc over AAP and Congress contesting Delhi assembly elections separately, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and his son and J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah are speaking in different voices over the issue.While…
NEW DELHI: Has INDIA bloc become a burden for the opposition parties? The anti-BJP alliance which was launched with much fanfare and anticipation in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections seems to be gasping for breath. Every assembly election since the formation of the INDIA bloc has brought to fore the internal…
Ajay Maken vs Arvind Kejriwal NEW DELHI: “Anti-national, King of fraud, Farziwal” … Ajay Maken‘s all-out offensive against Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday and AAP‘s strong “take action-ultimatum” to the Congress has sparked a bitter political fight between INDIA bloc‘s allies-turned-rivals in Delhi ahead of the assembly elections to be held early next year.Raising the pitch…
The controversy over Amit Shah’s Ambedkar remarks once again united the Congress and other opposition parties. (Photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: The winter session of Parliament saw differences within the INDIA bloc come to the fore with some regional parties differing openly with the Congress and some even questioning its leadership of the opposition alliance. The session…
