Politics

The grand public meeting was organised by the AIADMK in association with its allies and the ruling party's signature colour 'green,' a favourite of Jayalalithaa, formed the backdrop of the stage.

The West bengal Congress leadership had hinted on Monday it was ready to go it alone in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections if the Left Front does not leave for it the two seats.

After spending nearly 32 years in the BJP, Shukla joined the Congress, following which she was tasked with 'training' of party workers to take on BJP and RSS for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Punjab Congress chief Sunil Kumar Jakhar and AICC in-charge of Punjab Congress affairs Asha Kumari were also present at the residence of the Rahul Gandhi where Sher Singh Ghubaya officially joined the party .

Telangana BJP president K Laxman said there was no leader in other parties who could match Prime Minister Narendra Modi and added that though people voted for TRS in the assembly elections, they wanted to see Modi as PM again.

Addressing a public rally on Friday, Congress minister Pradyumn Singh Tomar said the Rs 1000 doled out to elder farmers was meant for consumption of “chewing tobacco and smoking beedis”.

Parrikar was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer in February 2018 and has been in and out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and New York since.

The two opposition leaders said talks have already been held with Ambedkar at various levels, inviting him to join their alliance and that he has been offered four Lok Sabha seats in the state.

The constituency is being given a saffron hue ahead of the visit, during which the prime minister will launch several projects in the constituency which has remained loyal to the Gandhi family for long.

The Congress has asked the district administration to immediately remove the banners and take appropriate action against the people responsible for putting those up.

Addressing BJP's Kamal Jyoti Sankalp Abhiyan in Ghazipur, BJP president Amit Shah said the air strikes in Pakistan would have brought relief to the families of the soldiers killed in the Pulwama attack.

The opposition BJP hit back at the Congress, saying the crime graph has gone up after the party took charge in December and accused Singh of covering up the government's 'failure' on the law and order front.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had earlier proposed that there be a Common Minimum Programme of opposition parties and their primary aim should be to forge state-level alliances to defeat the BJP.

The minister also praised Modi, saying: 'In the history of any nation, it's not very often that you get a leadership like what you have got now.'

The parties had earlier decided on an equal partnership and said they would contest on 38 seats each, but the Samajwadi Party has now given away one seat from its quoto to accommodate the Rashtriya Lok Dal.

Yusuf's statement is an attempt to 'divide' the country on 'communal lines', Delhi BJP Minority Morcha president Mohammad Haroon claimed.