Bengaluru, May 19 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and BJP MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, referring to the Congress party’s victories in bye-elections, alleged on Tuesday that the guarantee schemes had helped the party win elections. “You are releasing guarantee funds and trying to win elections. This streak of victories will not continue for long,” he said, addressing the Chief Minister.He was addressing a press conference at the state BJP office, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru. Recalling previous po…
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Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Several major departments in the newly formed Tamil Nadu government are yet to be assigned ministers, adding to expectations of an imminent cabinet expansion as the Vijay-led administration settles into office. Key portfolios, including Agriculture, Revenue, Forests, Housing, Transport, Higher Education, Information Technology and Tourism, remain without ministerial allocation, indicating that more appointments could be announced in the coming days.The Tamil Nadu Legislati…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) All political parties are fearful of losing votes of the majority community, while those of minorities are being taken for granted in today’s increasingly polarised political landscape, said Mohammad Adeeb, a former Parliamentarian and noted politician. In a special interaction with IANS, the former RS MP said, “Every political party has become solely focused on ensuring that the Hindu vote base does not drift away.”On questions of whether the community could rely …
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party, accusing it of politicising fuel price trends and ignoring India’s relative stability in global energy markets amid geopolitical tensions.Taking to X, Bhandari wrote, “The Congress Party should be ashamed of itself to politicise everything! Congress is a party which always looks at political opportunity in any global crisis; only to have egg on their face!”Despite Bren…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In a display of calculated restraint after one of the fiercest leadership contests the Congress party in Kerala has witnessed in recent years, party General Secretary K.C. Venugopal on Thursday publicly accepted the high command’s decision to appoint V.D. Satheesan as Kerala’s next Chief Minister, even as more than 50 newly elected Congress MLAs were widely believed to have backed his candidature for the top post.Speaking to reporters in Delhi shortly after the annou…
Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) The ruling Congress party in Telangana distanced itself from a statement of a state minister, suggesting marriage between union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay’s son Bandi Bhagirath and a minor girl he allegedly assaulted. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud on Tuesday issued a statement to reiterate the party’s stand on the POCSO case registered against Bhagirath for allegedly assaulting a minor girl and to dist…
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Tuesday said that Tamil Nadu has finally witnessed a change in power. The transition follows a historic election where Vijay’s party, TVK, secured the mandate of the Tamil people, breaking the traditional cycle of power between the DMK and AIADMK.However, the Thackeray camp, in an editorial in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, said that while the state celebrates, the road ahead is full of challenges. “Vijay’s governm…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 11 (IANS) Even before the suspense over Kerala’s next Chief Minister comes to an end, the Congress party has already opened another front, this time for the powerful post of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President.If the race for the Chief Minister’s chair has resembled a political thriller over the past week, the emerging contest for the party presidency is beginning to look like the sequel nobody in the Congress wanted to delay.With indications growing st…
Patna, May 9 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi has launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led “double-engine” government, a day after the alleged lathi charge on teacher aspirants protesting on the streets of Patna. In a post shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, Gandhi condemned the police action, stating that the Bihar Police had brutally beaten—once again—teacher aspirants who were holding a peaceful protest demanding employment.He criticised the government’s approach toward unem…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge marked the birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on Saturday with a message reflecting on his philosophical and humanist legacy, quoting his thoughts on freedom of expression and dignity.Posting on X, Kharge quoted Tagore: “Nothing is worse than one section of the populace enslaving the opinions of another through force and against their will…”He further added, “Humble tributes to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his …