New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The political battlelines for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections are becoming clearer, with major parties firming up their strategies even as smaller players continue efforts to find relevance through alliances.Reports suggest that the ruling Trinamool Congress is close to finalising its candidate list, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are preparing to contest independently.The Election Commission has already initiated preparations for the…
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Patna, Feb 23 (IANS) Political activity has intensified in Bihar ahead of elections to five Rajya Sabha seats, with senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Bhai Virendra urging the party leadership to nominate Hina Shahab, wife of former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, as the joint candidate of the Grand Alliance. Speaking to reporters at the Bihar Legislative Assembly premises on Monday, Bhai Virendra said that fielding Hina Shahab could strengthen opposition unity and help consolidate minority votes…
Patna, Feb 19 (IANS) Following the announcement of Rajya Sabha elections for 37 seats across the country, political mobilisation has intensified in Bihar, with AIMIM indicating that it may field its own candidate.AIMIM MLA Akhtarul Iman, who arrived at the Assembly to attend proceedings, said his party would contest the Rajya Sabha election from Bihar.AIMIM currently has five MLAs in the 243-member Bihar Assembly.When asked by mediapersons which alliance AIMIM would support in the Rajya Sabha po…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Asaduddin Owaisi-founded All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which is planning to contest the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, is focusing on the issue of a large number of minority migrant workers from the state as its principal line of attack against the ruling Trinamool Congress.The AIMIM leadership has already started a whispering campaign in minority-dominated districts like Malda and Murshidabad, as well as in minority-dominated Assembly con…
Guwahati, Feb 17 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday made a series of sharp political remarks, forecasting a major restructuring of the opposition space in the state ahead of the 2031 Assembly elections and asserting that the Congress will steadily lose its relevance. Sarma said that by 2031, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will no longer be contesting primarily against the Congress, but against Raijor Dal, indicating a shift in Assam’s political axis. He claimed…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain petitions seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged remarks targeting Muslims and a now-deleted controversial video purportedly showing him targeting members of a particular community. Asking the petitioners to approach the Gauhati High Court, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observed that the issues raised could be “effectively adjudicated” by the jurisd…
Amaravati, Feb 15 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh minister for education and information technology Nara Lokesh has come out in support of a Muslim vendor who faced harassment by some YouTubers during the recent Medaram Jatara in Telangana.Lokesh reacted to the media reports about the harassment of Shaik Shaiksha Vali, the vendor from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.Shaik Shaiksha Vali was selling ‘Khoya bun’, a famous food from his region, during the tribal fair in Telangana’s Mulugu district.A group of Yo…
Hyderabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said on Monday that the saffron wave is inevitable in the municipal elections in Telangana.Hitting back at Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, the BJP leader posted on social media that the saffron wave is inevitable and that the Chief Minister knows it.“His frustrated media interaction said it all. It increasingly appears that the CM’s script is being drafted in Darussalam. The language and political narr…
Dibrugarh, Feb 9 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said he was prepared to face arrest after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi reportedly filed a case against him over a now-deleted video, asserting that he stood firmly by his position against what he described as Bangladeshi infiltration.Responding to media queries in Dibrugarh, the Chief Minister said he had no objection if legal action was taken against him.“I am ready to go to jail. What can I do? I do not know anything …
Hyderabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday appealed to voters to reject hate politics in the February 11 municipal elections in the state.Addressing a press conference, he launched a scathing attack on the BJP, accusing it of practising divisive politics and stoking communal hatred.The Chief Minister alleged that the BJP was using leaders of some parties, like AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, as a ‘political scarecrow’ to get votes.He remarked that the BJP i…