Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress, weakened by its electoral losses in Haryana and Maharashtra, now faces a strong challenge to its leadership of the INDIA(Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc. Days after the Congress dismissed Mamata Banerjee‘s pitch to lead the opposition coalition as a ” good joke”, some of its allies…
NEW DELHI: The opposition led by Congress on Tuesday submitted a notice to move a motion for the removal of Rajya Sabha chairperson and vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar, accusing him of acting in a “partisan manner.”The INDIA bloc managed to rally around 60 opposition MPs from parties including Congress, RJD, TMC, CPI, CPI-M, JMM, AAP,…
NEW DELHI: Differences among INDIA bloc parties became more visible Tuesday as TMC and SP refrained from joining Congress-led protests over the Adani issue in Lok Sabha.MPs from Congress, AAP, RJD, Sena UBT, DMK and Left parties, among others, raised slogans against PM Narendra Modi demanding accountability be fixed for alleged corruption by the corporate…
RANCHI: Several political parties, including JMM, Congress, RJD, BJP, Ajsu-P, JD(U), LJP(R) and newly formed JKLM along with 1,128 candidates in total are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the battle of ballots, which will be declared on Saturday. Of two political camps – the BJP-led NDA – has been favoured by most exit polls to…
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…
Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan NEW DELHI: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday compared the CM Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government to cyclone Dana, claiming if voted to power it will “wreak havoc”.Chouhan, who is BJP’s Jharkhand poll in charge, called the Hemant dispensation “deadlier than Dana”.“The Hemant Soren coalition government is deadlier than ‘Dana’….
NEW DELHI: BJP on Thursday has announced its candidates for the upcoming assembly by-polls in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh ahead of key elections. In Rajasthan, Karilal Nanoma has been chosen as the party candidate from the Chorasi (ST) seat. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has fielded seven candidates, including Ramvir Singh Thakur from Kundarki, Sanjeev…
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren RANCHI: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and wife Kalpana featured in the first list of 35 candidates released by JMM late Tuesday for the assembly elections on November 13 and 20.Hemant will contest from Barhait (ST) in Sahibganj district and Kalpana from Gandey in Giridih. Basant, Hemant’s younger brother, will also seek…
Hemant Soren (left), and Tejashwi Yadav. (PTI) RANCHI: While the NDA camp has avoided a major inter-party bickering over its seat-sharing formula for the Jharkhand assembly polls, infighting in the INDIA bloc seems to be out in the open. RJD, a junior constituent of the bloc, threatened to go solo but stopped short of breaking…
Manoj Kumar Jha (File photo) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Kumar Jha on Sunday hinted that his party, which has a dominant presence in Bihar, might go solo in neighbouring Jharkhand in the upcoming assembly polls.Jha’s insinuation follows an apparent disappointment over not getting the desired number of seats under the INDIA bloc coalition,…
