Politics

Dikshit, while responding to a question on the need for a ‘mahagathbandhan’ to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, said there were no fears that the Congress would be wiped out.

In an apparent dig at Congress leaders, including its president Rahul Gandhi and senior leader P Chidambaram, who targeted the government Friday, Irani said those who are on bail are running a false propaganda.

Absence of Odisha chief minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik or his representative at the event is bound to set the tongue wagging in the political circle.

BJP's state vice president Jay Prakash Majumdar went to the West Bengal secretariat and submitted the letter which mentioned about holding four yatras in the state.

Following Hariprasad's jibe, Karnataka unit of the BJP criticised the Congress leader’s remarks.

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister and TDP politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the relationship between the TRS and the YSRC that so far remained secret has now come out in the open.

In the resignation letter, Das said he will join the ruling BJD to take forward the developmental activities in his Jharsuguda assembly constituency.

The state government was thrust into a political crisis after two Independent MLAs withdrew support to the seven-month-old ministry amid poaching charges by the ruling coalition and BJP.

He also reiterated the RSS' demand that the government bring an ordinance for construction of the temple.

Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) waived black flags at Sonowal's convoy as it entered the Bihu venue at the century-old Nehrubal Bhogali Bihu here and released black balloons when he unfurled the Bihu flag.

Sources in the ruling BJD said Patnaik prefers not to be seen with the PM at this juncture as the regional outfit has been maintaining equi-distance from both the BJP and the Congress.

'My beloved country is being divided for political reasons and benefits. It is being divided in different religions, communities, the rich and poor', Rahul Gandhi said.

On his criticism of the Gujarat Congress leadership, Thakor maintained that it was not a 'rebellion' but the truth.

Jaitley spoke to the media highlighting the pro-worker decisions taken by the NDA regime since 2014 while criticizing the Left for manufacturing the protest

The anchor of the NDA’s innings in the upper House, where it isn’t as strong as in the Lok Sabha, where the bill was passed a day earlier, was the LJP chief and BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan.

According to some JDS MLAs he explained the difficulties JDS is facing after they joined hands with the Congress to keep the BJP away from power in last May.