Kottayam: The NDA has two candidates each in Ettumanoor and Poonjar constituencies in the assembly election. BJP and BDJS have fielded their candidates in both the constituencies. In Ettumanoor, N Sreenivasan submitted the nomination paper for BDJS while TN Harikumar filed the paper for BJP. The conflict between the two parties resulted in two nominations […]
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP announced its state election committee excluding Sobha Surendran. The party informed in a press release that the committee was announced by BJP state president K Surendran with permission of national president J P Nadda. When veteran leaders of the party and newly joined E Sreedharan were included in the 16-member committee, Sobha Surendran […]
Jaipur, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the people of Delhi have taught a lesson to the BJP which the party will remember for a long time. He claimed that the Constitution was being attacked and it was a matter of concern. The chief minister also hit out at the vitriolic attacks made […]
New Delhi, The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday appeared to be heading back to power for a second term in Delhi with the party leading in 52 seats of the 70 and the BJP ahead in 18 as votes for last week’s assembly elections were counted, according to Election Commission figures The contest for political power […]
Mumbai, Terming the book comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as “insulting”, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday asked the warrior king’s descendants to clarify their stand over the issue. Talking to reporters here, Raut said the BJP should declare that it has no link with the book comparing Modi […]
Mumbai, Hailing the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government for declaring loan waiver of up to Rs two lakh for farmers, the Shiv Sena on Monday hit out at the BJP for seeking to write off debts fully and asked why it did not address the issue when it was in power. In a veiled attack on […]
New Delhi, A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta Gupta had accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders of “maligning” his image by accusing him of attempting to kill the […]
Panaji, BJP’s Pramod Sawant willl be the new chief minister of Goa, party sources said Monday. Two MLAs from the BJP alliance partners will be made deputy chief ministers as part of the compromise reached with allies, they said. The BJP managed to break the deadlock in Goa, offering key allies their pound of flesh, […]
New Delhi, The Congress Monday accused the BJP of creating an “artificial majority” in Goa at the directions of the Centre, and urged Governor Mridula Sinha to invite the opposition party to form a government as it was the single largest party. The coastal state is in a politically fluid situation after the death of […]
New Delhi, Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of demonetisation, the BJP said Friday that a war is going on in Indian politics with the Narendra Modi-led government working to curb black money while the Congress president trying to save it. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Gandhi’s comments were nothing but a pack […]