POLITICS

Nadda to meet Bihar BJP leaders over election strategy, seat sharing

By Nitin Mahajan BJP National President JP Nadda is likely to meet top party leaders from Bihar today over the strategy for the upcoming Assembly elections and to discuss seat-sharing. The meeting between Nadda and other leaders from Bihar will be held at the party’s office in New Delhi. The meeting has been called as … Continue reading Nadda to meet Bihar BJP leaders over election strategy, seat sharing →

EC team in Bihar to review preparedness for assembly elections

Staff Reporter / Patna The full Election Commission team led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora arrived here on Tuesday to review preparedness for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The team is on a three day tour to the state. The Chief Election Commissioner is accompanied by Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar. Soon … Continue reading EC team in Bihar to review preparedness for assembly elections →

Outrage over death of UP Gang-rape Victim: Priyanka Gandhi attacks CM Yogi, Mayawati demands justice

WEB DESK Outrage has erupted after the death of UP’s Hathras gang-rape victim on Tuesday at a hospital in Delhi. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati took the issue vociferously and attacked Chief Minister Yogo Adityanath. The alleged Dalit Gangrape victim succumbed to injuries at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi after she … Continue reading Outrage over death of UP Gang-rape Victim: Priyanka Gandhi attacks CM Yogi, Mayawati demands justice →

Sonia Gandhi asks Congress-ruled states to override Centre’s farm laws

AMN / NEW DELHI Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday urged her party-ruled states to explore the possibilities to pass legislations under Article 254(2) to negate the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government’s “anti-agricultural laws” and prevent the “grave injustice” being done to farmers. The opposition party is citing the BJP government’s move in 2015 … Continue reading Sonia Gandhi asks Congress-ruled states to override Centre’s farm laws →

New Agriculture laws are death sentence for farmers: Rahul Gandhi

“The agriculture laws are a death sentence to our farmers. Their voice is crushed in Parliament and outside. Here is proof that democracy in India is dead,” he said on Twitter. Staff Reporter / New Delhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that the agriculture-related laws are a “death sentence” for farmers whose voice has … Continue reading New Agriculture laws are death sentence for farmers: Rahul Gandhi →

Javadekar criticises Congress for politicising farm bills

AMN Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today criticised Congress for politicising farm bills. Addressing the media, Mr Javadekar said Congress party is misleading farmers and doing politics over the reform move. He said farmers will not fall for these tactics of Congress. He pointed out that these reforms were also promised by Congress in … Continue reading Javadekar criticises Congress for politicising farm bills →

BJP president J.P. Nadda forms new team of office-bearers

AMN / NEW DELHI BJP president J.P. Nadda on Saturday announced his new team of office-bearers which combined big inclusions like the appointment of first-term MP Tejasvi Surya as chief of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) to the exclusion of general secretaries like Ram Madhav, P. Muralidhar Rao, Saroj Pande and Anil Jain. The … Continue reading BJP president J.P. Nadda forms new team of office-bearers →

Akali Dal snap ties with BJP-led NDA

Decision taken at SAD core committee meeting AMN / CHANDIGARH In major political development, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday night broke alliance with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on the issue of contentious farm legislations against which farmers were protesting across India. The party core committee took the decision after a four-hour … Continue reading Akali Dal snap ties with BJP-led NDA →

Election Commission announces dates for Bihar polls

Elections to be held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and 7; Result to be Declared on November 10 Staff Reporter / NEW DELHI The Assembly elections in Bihar will be held in three phases beginning October 28th. The counting will take place on 10th November. He said, 71 assembly constituencies will go … Continue reading Election Commission announces dates for Bihar polls →

BJP to reach out to farmers to counter opposition ‘propaganda’ on farm Bills

Nitin Mahajan / NEW DELHI Bharatiya Janata Party has asked party leaders and cadre to reach out to farmers to counter what it called ‘Opposition propaganda’ against the agriculture sector reform Bills passed by the Parliament in the recent monsoon session. Speaking to party cadre on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted on Karyakartas to … Continue reading BJP to reach out to farmers to counter opposition ‘propaganda’ on farm Bills →