Politics

The saffron party was followed by Congress at Rs 55 crore, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) at Rs 41 crore and Shiv Sena at Rs 18 crore.

Moitra in her plea, which was listed before Justice Brijesh Sethi, has contended that the Sessions court ought not to have intervened in the defamation proceedings when it was at the pre-summoning stage.

Rahul Gandhi, who appeared before a magisterial court here and pleaded not guilty in a criminal defamation case filed against him for his 'why do all thieves share the Modi surname' remarks, made the charge in a tweet.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera asked the BJP government as to what was the allurement for 'surreptitiously selling out' or 'weakening' public-sector profit-making companies.

Sonia Gandhi expressed hope that this Vijayadashmi will bless all with peace, prosperity and righteousness. Rahul Gandhi wished people on Twitter, saying 'the eventual triumph of good over evil is a universal truth'.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Sonali Phogat against three-time Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi, younger son of late Bhajan Lal, from the Adampur assembly constituency.

Ajay Kumar Lallu thanked Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi and said he would strive to take along all partymen to strengthen it in the state, where it has been relegated to the margins by the BJP.

In an interview to Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', Uddhav Thackeray said there was no point discussing why the party parted ways with the BJP in the 2014 state assembly polls.

A resident of Bandipora in Kashmir, Mujeeb Ahmad Malla is studying at a private college in Punjab's Jalandhar district.

The Haryana Congress chief said the loan waiver would be implemented within days of assuming power as has been done in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

Ponnaiyan, a senior leader and founding member of the party, said that the former party Councillor had simply placed the hoarding announcing a marriage function in his family, and not intended to hurt the engineer.

Khattar slammed the opposition Congress, saying Tanwar's allegations of irregularities in ticket allotment have exposed the party, and asserted only those people who have a 'clean past' will be allowed to join the BJP.

Aaditya Thackeray filed his nomination from Mumbai’s Worli seat, becoming the first member from the Thackeray family to directly enter electoral politics.

The RPI (A) is an ally of the BJP. The RPI, led by Union minister Ramdas Athawale, has been given six seats as part of the seat-sharing deal between the BJP, Shiv Sena and other smaller allies for the October 21 state elections.

Baghel said the Father of the Nation advocated non-violence, Savarkar stood for violence. He asserted that Gandhis fight against provocative and anarchic nationalism needed to be carry forwarded in order to maintain communal harmony.

WB Congress president Somen Mitra lashed out at the BJP-led government, saying those who do not understand the principles of Mahatma Gandhi talk about NRC and driving out the Muslims from the country.