NEW DELHI: BJP’s Odisha vice president, Lekhasri Samantasinghar tendered her resignation to the saffron party and announced her decision to join BJD ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. Lekhasri becomes the second BJP Odisha vice-president, following Bhrugu Baxipatra, to exit the party and join the BJD in the weeks preceding the…
Former deputy CM Eshwarappa filed a court caveat in Sagar for Lok Sabha, accusing BJP of blocking Modi’s photo use. Yediyurappa’s son criticized him for exploiting Hindutva. Eshwarappa rebelled against State BJP. Source link
NEW DELHI: Hitting out at the BJP, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar says that by taking the name of Ram, the ruling party is spreading the communal and divisive agenda of Nathuram as a “political ploy”. In an interaction with PTI editors at the news agency’s headquarters here, he also said there was an effort to…
NEW DELHI: Cooch Behar district in West Bengal on Thursday saw a fiery Lok Sabha campaign with back-to-back rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee as they went all out to woo voters. Addressing his first election rally in the state after announcement of poll dates, PM Modi raised issues like…
NEW DELHI: Robert Vadra, husband of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, on Thursday said people of Amethi expect him to contest from the constituency if he decides to take a plunge in electoral politics. Amethi was a traditional Gandhi bastion for a long time. However, in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Smriti Irani defeated Rahul…
NEW DELHI: Sanjay Nirupam, who was expelled on Thursday by Congress for anti-party activities, said there are five power centres in the grand old party, each of them having their own lobbies which clash with each other. Nirupam claimed that there was no future for the Congress and alleged there was “tremendous arrogance” in the…
NEW DELHI: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday directed states and Union Territories to chalk out a plan to mitigate heat wave impact, especially for mass gatherings amid the Lok Sabha elections.Mandaviya, who chaired a meeting to review public health preparedness for management of heat-related illness, highlighted the importance of timely action as soon…
NEW DELHI: Chirag Paswan, son of late Ram Vilas Paswan, may have succeeded in thwarting the political challenge from his estranged uncle Pashupati Paras, but the young Bihar leader now faces rebellion from his party leaders over ticket distribution for Lok Sabha elections.According to news agency ANI, 22 leaders of Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas), including…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said violence was the biggest challenge in West Bengal during elections and asked BJP workers in state to visit each and every house to encourage people to vote fearlessly. In a virtual interaction with BJP workers of the state, PM Modi said: “The biggest challenge in West…
NEW DELHI: The Dumka Lok Sabha seat in Jharkhand, represented several times by JMM patriarch Shibu Soren, could see an interesting battle involving his two family members in the upcoming elections.Former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, who is currently in jail following his arrest by Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked…
