Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi said on Tuesday that Muslims in India should develop their independent political leadership to become citizens with rights, instead of being mere voters for “so-called secular parties”.Reacting to the results of the Assembly elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam, the Hyderabad MP told media persons here that the “so-called secular parties” have failed to stop the BJP.“I want to reiterate that Muslims should try to create their o…
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Patna, May 5 (IANS) Following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s strong electoral performance in West Bengal and Assam, political activity has intensified in Bihar, with preparations underway for a major cabinet expansion. The expansion of the Samrat Choudhary cabinet is scheduled for May 7 at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna.Confirming the development, state BJP president Sanjay Saraogi said the event will not be a routine swearing-in ceremony but a grand show of political strength, with prepara…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) CPI General Secretary, D. Raja, on Tuesday claimed that there were several “apprehensions” in the way the Election Commission functioned during the Assembly polls. However, he said that West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, should present “facts” to prove her allegations against the polling agency.Speaking to IANS, he alleged: “There were several apprehensions the way the Election Commission has been working. It has been favouring the BJP.”Referring to Prime Minist…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Politics of polarisation has been a part of the larger battle on the ground in several constituencies where Assembly elections were held recently, with Muslim candidates put up by the Congress and its allies having triumphed in minority-influenced areas. In Assam, where polls were held across 126 seats in the state, Monday’s results show that 18 out of 19 Assembly seats that the Congress won are by Muslims.Only one among the 79 non-Muslim candidates fielded by the party…
Guwahati, May 5 (IANS) The election results on May 4 marked a day of significant electoral surprises and decisive mandates — as three incumbent governments in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala were voted out, while the one in Assam was re-elected with an absolute majority.In Assam, the BJP recorded a hat-trick of electoral wins with a commanding performance, securing 82 seats on its own and collectively 102 in the 126-member Assembly. Its allies — Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) and Asom Gana Par…
Guwahati, May 5 (IANS) After the BJP-led NDA alliance’s third consecutive win in Assam, this time with a greater margin, the Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday asserted that his government will continue drive against illegal infiltration with same vigour.Speaking to IANS, Sarma promised that the move to drive out illegal infiltrators will continue. “The fight for our identity will continue,” he said.He expressed gratitude to the people of Assam for BJP’s landslide win in the state.”We…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Shadanand Chaudhary, founder of political think tank ‘LeaderTank’, on Tuesday described the outcomes of the recently held Assembly elections as “strength of democracy”, stating that they show people hold power. Reacting to the broader electoral picture, Chaudhary contrasted developments in different states.”Tamil Nadu shows now a new leader has come into the arena, and it shows the strength of Indian democracy,” he said.He added that political change in Bengal was expecte…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) Congress MP Jebi Mather on Tuesday attributed the defeat of CPI-M-led Left Democratic Alliance (LDF) in the Assembly polls to their “corrupt PR exercise”, saying public understands real work. Mather, a Rajya Sabha member, was hopeful that the Congress’s performance in Kerala would “trigger” victory in the 2029 Lok Sabha polls.Speaking to IANS, Mather termed the Congress-led United Democratic Alliance’s (UDA) comeback in Kerala as a “spectacular victory gifted by …
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Kerala’s drug problem is huge. Not only has the state become a major transit and entry point, the consumer market, too, has gone up considerably. Under the scanner of the agencies are the suppliers, the carriers and now the consumers as well.High profile parties which are held in luxury hotels have come increasingly under the scanner in recent months.In addition to this, the police have learnt that the demand for marijuana has gone down considerably and this has been re…
Guwahati, May 5 (IANS) Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal welcomed the spectacular performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Assam Assembly elections and described the historic mandate as a strong “endorsement of development-driven governance and people-centric leadership”.The MP from Assam’s Dibrugarh also congratulated Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for leading the alliance to a landslide victory and thanked the people of Assam for g…