Politics

Jan Vikalp Morcha will contest on all 182 seats in the Gujarat Assembly and the party has so far received 350 applications for tickets.

The BJP dismissed the allegation as "baseless" and termed the circulation of the video clips as the "fallout" of a dispute within the PAAS.

With Rahul set to don the mantle as the GenNext Gandhi and continue his family’s legacy with dynasty politics, it is time to reflect upon what ‘Brand Rahul’ brings to the table that is currently dominated by ‘Brand Narendra Modi’.

The Election Commission has barred the ruling BJP in Gujarat from using the word "Pappu" in an electronic advertisement, which apparently targeted Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, calling it "derogatory".

The Congress leader said development had indeed "gone crazy" in Gujarat, and criticised the BJP government in the state for leading what he called a "skewed, unfair, unjust and inequitable growth".

The HC had some sharp words for Chandy and asked him how a minister file a petition against the government. The court said the case should have been filed by the Chief Secretary.

Talking to reporters in Patna, Nitish Kumar declined to term Gujarat election as a semifinal before 2019 general elections saying, "every year elections take place in one state or other. So, it does not mean much."

Maurya also allayed fears about the strain in BJP's relationship with its assembly election allies Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP).

The 47-year-old Amethi MP said his thought process has changed, as earlier he wanted to just help those weak in the system but now his endeavour is to strengthen the entire system so that it can work faster.

In Nagrota, the constituency of GS Bali who is seen as Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's rival within the Congress, Bali's supporters shouted slogans against Singh and demanded that Bali should be made the next Congress Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

An incriminating verdict will not be an impediment to a potential DMK-BJP alliance says Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy.

In the autobiography published by Rupa, Jaya Jaitly also recalls that when George Fernandes insisted on resigning, then Union Ministers LK Advani and Jaswant Singh advised against it.

Hardik Patel has set a condition that he would support the Congress in the Assembly election only if the party committed itself to allotting a quota in education and government jobs to his community under the OBC category.

Amit Shah's questions to Rahul Gandhi come a day after the Congress leader said the ‘satya’ (reality) of Gujarat was different from the one the BJP was portraying.

Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill criticised Modi for "not even making a mention" of the incident in his monthly radio address 'Mann-ki-Baat', and accused him of being "insensitive" to the pain of the families of the deceased.

The President’s praise comes just days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slammed Kerala over its public health system. This led to sharp criticism from Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.