Politics

After BJP’s defeat in the recent assembly polls in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, Paswan and his son Chirag have sought to impress upon its ally to finalise the seat-sharing arrangement in Bihar for 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The former chief minister, who was in his constituency Budhni, took a cue from Salman Khan starrer Bollywood movie Tiger Zinda Hai to emphasise that he was with the people of Madhya Pradesh and was working for them.

The five municipal corporations where polling was held were Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar, and the two municipal committees were Jakhal Mandi in Fatehabad and Pundri in Kaithal.

LJP leader Chirag Paswan has cautioned its ally BJP to focus on development and said there is anger against the centre in rural areas.

Both the announcements were made after the newly formed Congress governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh declared to waive off farm loans.

Shah’s instructions to party cadre to refrain from publicly sparring with the Sena came on a day when the upset ally boycotted the Prime Minister’s functions as the BJP did not extend an invite to Uddhav Thackeray for the events.

In the past, the MP government under Chouhan had cancelled nine tenders worth Rs 3,000 crore, which was allotted through e-tendering process after outcries of anomalies in the tendering process.

The booth incharges are being issued bar-coded identity cards to ensure that they attend event without fail, said party leaders. There are a total of 13,816 polling booths across Delhi and so far over 12,000 booth incharges have been appointed by the part...

The incident is said to have occurred on Monday when the MLA had gone to Agra's Kirawali tehsil, where relief was being distributed for damaged crops

A TMC leader said the decision on who should be the prime minister should only be taken following a discussion among the Opposition parties after the Lok Sabha election results were announced.

According to sources, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) were upset with the DMK leader’s premature announcement of a prime ministerial face.

Shah urged young party workers to spread the message of development to all Indians. The focus at the workshop was to design a strategy for BJYM workers, right up to the mandal level, to reach out to voters in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Congress leader Pramod Tiwari says PM Narendra Modi should have paid tributes to Indira Gandhi instead of insulting her.

"We will also approach the Election Commission with the claim that we represent the real RLSP and we enjoy the support of most workers and office-bearers in the party,” Shyam said making it clear that the RLSP was heading towards a split

I do not think there is any cause for alarm for BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is still the most popular leader in the country, said JD(U) leader Prashant Kishor.

The Sena praised Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his politeness. “He said we will defeat BJP in 2019 too. But we won’t call for BJP-mukt Hindustan. This politeness answers how the Gandhis weathered so many storms and how democracy survived despite so...