Politics

The Congress had sought permission from the Sarthana police station here to hold a protest near the fire incident but it was denied.

Vijayawada Police Commissioner Dwaraka Tirumala Rao said common people would be allowed till the venue is full, after which entry would be restricted.

Ram Bahadur Rai, who participated in JP movement, says that bringing young leaders to the forefront was important for the BJP as it helped attracting several first-time voters. He adds that all parties did it, including SP and Congress.

Pradhan’s proven organizational skills, lauded after BJP’s spectacular victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in Bihar, were on display as he handpicked several candidates for the party in Odisha, who gave the ruling BJD a tough fight.

Leaders and legislators close to Congress general secretary Harish Rawat are demanding removal of Rawat’s bete noir Indira Hridayesh and Pritam Singh from the post they are presently holding.

The incident happened at Chakdaha town around 10 pm on Friday, a police officer said.

Nath stayed back in Bhopal as sources said he is worried that the BJP may try to topple his government, which has a wafer-thing majority, that has been plagued by infighting.

The YSRCP chief has decided to take the oath on May 30. He is scheduled to fly to Delhi and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday

A senior party leader said that a number of young faces are likely to be inducted into the council of ministers as the BJP leadership has been working to groom a second line of leadership.

Paswan said he had predicted his ministerial colleague Smriti Irani's victory from Amethi against Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

BJP candidate Kailash Chaudhary from Barmer defeated former party leader Jaswant Singh' son Manvendra Singh who was fielded by the Congress.

Bhagwant Mann said the Modi wave could not shake him off because he dedicated himself to the people of his constituency and earned their trust.

The Rajasthan chief minister said the people's mandate in a democracy is important and his party accepts it with humility, but expressed his anguish at the manner in which the BJP rode to victory banking on religion, caste and nationalism instead of relyi...

Rahul Gandhi lost his home turf to Irani by a margin of more than 55,000 votes. The Congress chief had been elected MP from Amethi since 2004.

The farmers together obtained about 90,000 votes and TRS leaders argued that Kavitha would have won, had all those votes gone to her.

Over the last decade, Jagan has bounced back from near decimation to triumph and also exacted revenge from the Gandhis by making their Congress party irrelevant in Andhra Pradesh.