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Shobha Karandlaje (left), Priyank Kharge (agencies) NEW DELHI: Union minister of state Shobha Karandlaje on Friday hit back at Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge’s remarks regarding the rashtriya swayamsevak sangh (RSS), calling the RSS a “big tree” that cannot be damaged. The spat follows Kharge’s letter to chief minister Siddaramaiah urging action against government officials who…
NEW DELHI: ‘This time, nothing is well in NDA … ’ Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, who has been a key partner of the ruling Bihar alliance, has sent out clear signals of discontent within the NDA. The RLP leader, reports say quoting sources, is unhappy over Mahua assembly seat…
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, left, and BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday took a jibe at Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, claiming he has decided to “bow out” of the Bihar assembly elections because the “businessman and former election campaigner” in him realised that the ground situation…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday targeted ex-ally Janata Dal (United) claiming that the party was not under its chief Nitish Kumar anymore. He said that JD(U) was being run by leaders who had been “bought by the Bharatiya Janata Party“.He claimed that Lalan Singh, Sanjay Jha and Vijay Choudhary…
NEW DELHI: The anti-incumbency wave against several sitting MLAs seems to have played a major role as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shortlisted 71 candidates out of its 101 allotted seats for the upcoming Bihar elections.In Patna alone, the BJP replaced three out of six sitting MLAs and gave a chance to fresh faces. The…
Samrat Choudhary, Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.The first list includes the names of 71 candidates. Key points Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary to contest from Tarapur. Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha to contest from Lakhisarai….
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday asked voters in Bihar to not fall for RJD functionary Tejashwi Yadav‘s pledge of a government job to every household if his party is elected to office in state, saying they will never get the promised employment but end up losing their land. BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad mounted a fresh…
Bansuri Swaraj and Mamata Banerjee (R) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has come under fire from the BJP after her remarks on the recent gangrape of an MBBS student in Durgapur. The main opposition party in the state, BJP on Monday accused Mamata of “justifying rape,” triggering a political row in Bengal.BJP…
Mamata Banerjee vs Amit Malviya on West Bengal gang-rape. Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday challenged West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s statement regarding the departure time of a second-year medical student from a private medical college in Durgapur, West Burdwan district, who subsequently fell victim to gang-rape.CM Banerjee on Sunday stated the victim left the…
Former Union home minister P Chidambaram JALANDHAR: Former Union home minister P Chidambaram has stirred unease within Congress by calling Operation Blue Star a “mistake” and saying ex-PM Indira Gandhi “paid with her life for it”. His remarks mark the first time a senior party functionary outside Punjab has openly condemned the 1984 military operation…
