Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) A day after Trinamool Congress witnessed a major defeat in West Bengal Assembly elections after 15 years of uninterrupted rule in the state, the outgoing Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, stressed on the necessity of strengthening the INDIA Bloc to organise a movement nationally against the BJP and the NDA-ruled Centre. She also ruled out the possibility of voluntarily tendering her resignation to the Governor as the outgoing Chief Minister.According to her, the …
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (IANS) In a result of considerable political significance, the BJP has secured a second seat in Kerala, with Rajeev Chandrasekhar winning from Nemom and reinforcing the party’s incremental but notable gains in the state.The victory follows B.B. Gopakumar’s earlier win in Chathanoor, marking a rare moment of expansion for the BJP in Kerala’s traditionally bipolar political landscape.Chandrasekhar’s triumph in Nemom is being viewed as historic, restoring the const…
Chikkaballapur (Bengaluru), May 4 (IANS) BJP MP K. Sudhakar said that the party has secured an unprecedented victory in four out of five states in the Assembly elections, reflecting the people’s appreciation for the development work carried out by the NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and serves as a strong rebuke to the Congress and the INDIA bloc.He stated that the resounding victory of the BJP-led NDA alliance in the Assembly elections in Assam, West Benga…
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) In a scathing attack on the current administration, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal alleged that there is a deliberate conspiracy by the ruling MahaYuti alliance to transform progressive Maharashtra, built on the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Shahu, Phule, and Ambedkar, into a “cow belt”. Speaking at the flag-hoisting ceremony held today to mark Maharashtra Day and Labour Day, Sapkal called upon citizens to unite against force…
Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) In a show of political cohesion, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners on Thursday held a high-level meeting and resolved to contest upcoming elections as a unified front. The alliance also announced that Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve, former Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, will be its consensus candidate for the forthcoming Council elections, with the Congress extending its full support.The meeting was attended by senior leaders fro…
Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the INDIA bloc, accusing them of being “inherently anti-women” ahead of a one-day special session of the state Assembly.Speaking to journalists in Lucknow, CM Yogi said the special session had been convened to discuss and pass a condemnation motion against the Opposition’s alleged attempts to stall the implementation of the Women’s Reservation…
Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday visited BJP MLA Anupama Jaiswal at Medanta Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment after sustaining burn injuries while burning his effigy during a protest over the Women’s Reservation (Amendment) Bill’s defeat in the Lok Sabha.Jaiswal, who represents Bahraich, was injured during a demonstration organised by the BJP against the INDIA bloc for opposing the women’s quota bill. She suffered burns to her face when an e…
Patna, April 27 (IANS) LJP (Ram Vilas) MP Arun Bharti on Monday launched a sharp political attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the backdrop of the upcoming second phase of the Assembly elections in the state.Criticising her stance on the Women’s Reservation Bill, Bharti said it was unfortunate that a woman Chief Minister opposed the legislation and allegedly worked to derail it.Appealing directly to voters in West Bengal, he urged them to “recognise the truth”, remove M…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday claimed that Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has “accepted that the BJP will emerge victorious” in the West Bengal Assembly polls.Irani was referring to LoP Gandhi’s video message on X, shared a few days back, where he had said: “If Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had run a clean government and had not polarised Bengal, then the BJP would not have go…
Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour & Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, on Sunday accused the Congress and the INDIA bloc of not only betraying the women of the country but also the entire South India.Addressing a press conference here, she said that April 17 will go down in the history of Indian women as a dark day.She claimed that the NDA government had introduced the Delimitation Bill — alongside the 33 per cent reservation B…