Jairam Ramesh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of making divisive and slanderous statements in election rallies, Congress on Thursday petitioned Election Commission seeking action against BJP functionaries for violations of election conduct rules.Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote to EC, giving details of the speeches delivered…
NEW DELHI: Congress in-charge for Jharkhand affairs Ghulam Ahmed Mir on Thursday stirred controversy with his pre-poll promise of providing LPG cylinders at Rs 450 to everyone, including “infiltrators,” if INDIA bloc-led government comes in power.In a purported video on social media platforms, Mir said, “As soon as the government is formed, from December 1,…
The overall voter turnout in the first phase of the Jharkhand election on Wednesday, for 43 seats, was 64.8%, higher than 63.7% for these 43 seats in 2019.Rural areas, mostly tribal belts in JMM’s stronghold of Kolhan division, saw brisk voting since the morning, while urban apathy led to low turnouts across constituencies overlapping Ranchi…
NEW DELHI: Raghubar Das, governor of Odisha and former chief minister of Jharkhand, is neither contesting the 2024 assembly elections nor is a part of the election campaign, but when voters of the state go out to cast their ballot tomorrow he will be keeping his fingers crossed. Raghubar’s daughter-in-law Purnima Das Sahu is the…
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: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday stepped up his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused the government of intending to oppress” opposition, topple governments and buy MLAs “like goats to feed and feast on them later”. Kharge, who was speaking at a rally in poll-bound Jharkhand, also raked up Bharatiya Janata…
NEW DELHI: BJP‘s Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday raised allegations of corruption against Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, specifically pointing out inconsistencies in age declarations across different affidavits.“JMM means ‘Jhol, Muslim appeasement and Mafia’. The JMM govt which has set new standards of corruption is now doing corruption in affidavits also. Mr Hemant Soren has aged…
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…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of state elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, RSS has dispelled notions of discord with BJP, particularly following remarks by party president J P Nadda which suggested that BJP was “self-sufficient” and did not require the Sangh’s support.RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale addressed the issue in Mathura, clarifying that the Sangh understood Nadda’s…
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’….
