NEW DELHI: Will Rahul Gandhi contest Lok Sabha elections from Amethi? Will Priyanka Gandhi be fielded from the Raebareli seat vacated by Sonia Gandhi? Well, the Congress is yet to open its cards on the two prestigious seats of Uttar Pradesh, which have been represented by the Gandhi family several times. However, on Thursday the…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday targeted the BJP and claimed that quest for dominance of ‘Hindi, Hindutva, Hindustan’ is the most dangerous threat to foundations of our plural consciousness. The former Union minister also dismissed saffron party’s claim of strong performance in south India in Lok Sabha polls and called it…
NEW DELHI: Former Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Gupta had resigned from Congress on March 22 claiming “character assassination” and “humiliation” by a senior leader of the party’s communications department was the reason for his decision to leave the party.“The person who…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday released another campaign song ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party shared a video on its social media platforms, describing the song as a reflection of national sentiments. In a diverse showcase of unity, the song is sung in 12 languages, symbolizing people from all walks of…
Campaigning for Lok Sabha elections has pitchforked Bhupender Yadav, Union environment minister, BJP’s key organisation man and backroom strategist, to the frontlines in Rajasthan’s Alwar constituency, known as much for lakes, Neemrana and Sariska’s tigers as it is for factories turning out cars, tractors and liquor. Less than 10 days from the first phase of…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday had the last laugh as the opposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi finally announced its seat sharing deal for 48 Lok Sabha seats of Maharashtra after several weeks of hectic negotiations. The weeks preceding the final announcement saw moments of muscle flexing and one-upmanship between the allies.As…
B JP has won not more than seven of the 42 seats in any of the 10 Lok Sabha elections held in Andhra Pradesh-Telangana since the party was formed in 1980. While it drew nil results in 1989, 1996, 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the party sprang a surprise only once by winning seven…
NEW DELHI: Robert Vadra, husband of Congress general secretary, on Monday hit out at the BJP-led Centre for targeting opposition leaders and destabilising their governments in the states.“Wherever we have our governments, they try to destablise them. People are watching this and they know why this is happening. People do not appreciate that elected governments…
NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut dismissed rumors that ‘she eats beef’, asserting her adherence to a vegetarian lifestyle, rooted in her identity as a ‘proud Hindu’.Refuting claims suggesting her consumption of beef, Ranaut said in a post on X, “I don’t consume beef or any other kind of red meat, it is shameful that completely…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday committed a faux pas after making an erroneous prediction that the NDA would secure “more than 4,000 seats” in the Lok Sabha, a number far exceeding the actual strength of the lower house.Kumar, who leads the JD(U) and recently rejoined the BJP-led alliance, committed the gaffe…
