NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar‘s Janata Dal(United) on Wednesday acted swiftly to control damage after its Manipur unit chief wrote a letter to state governor reiterating party’s earlier decision of not supporting the BJP-led Biren Singh government.“The seating arrangement of the lone MLA of Janata Dal (United) in Manipur, Md Abdul Nasir was made in the…
PATNA/MOTIHARI: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar sought to end speculation about an alliance switch by reaffirming on Sunday his commitment to BJP-led NDA. “We mistakenly wandered off twice, but now have returned to the company of an old friend. I will stay with NDA,” the JDU chief said during his Pragati Yatra in Muzaffarpur.The CM’s comments…
NEW DELHI: 2024 will be remembered for the return of coalition politics at the Centre after a gap of 10 years with the regional parties playing a key role in the formation of the BJP-led NDA 3.0 government. Even the opposition space was firmly dominated by a coalition of regional parties – which were led…
NEW DELHI: BJP and its NDA allies are gearing up to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday, marking the occasion with a display of political unity and strength.The occasion, celebrated by the party as ‘Good Governance Day‘ every year, will see top NDA netas gather to honour Vajpayee’s…
Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar, Chandrababu Naidu NEW DELHI: AAP supremo and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday wrote to key allies of the Bhartiya Janata Party, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu, questioning their stance on home minister Amit Shah‘s recent remarks about architect of Constitution, Dr BR Ambedkar.In his…
NEW DELHI: The government is set to introduce the One Nation, One Election (ONOE) Bill during the ongoing Parliament session, according to several media reports citing sources. The proposal, which aims to synchronise elections across the country, is seen as a significant reform to reduce the time, cost, and resources expended under the current staggered…
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: Union home minister Amit Shah unveiled Sunday BJP’s manifesto for the Jharkhand assembly elections, promising a uniform civil code (UCC) for the state while exempting tribal communities from its implementation. He accused illegal Bangladeshi immigrants of grabbing tribal land “by marrying tribal girls through false pretensions”. “The tribal population is dwindling due to…
RANCHI: INDIA bloc parties in Jharkhand slammed Election Commission (EC) for holding assembly elections in the state along with that of Maharashtra but claimed that they were ready to slug it out with BJP-led NDA, which has welcomed the announcement of poll dates.JMM, Congress, and CPI (ML-L) said the announcement showed that EC was in…
Ex-Andhra CM Jagan Reddy (File photo) VIJAYAWADA: Former Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called off a planned visit to Tirupati temple Friday amid heightened tension and protests by several religious organisations which joined governing TDP in demanding that he sign a declaration form for non-Hindus. Jagan also claimed a police notice denying him…
