Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) A day after remaining silent at the party’s foundation day event, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Rajya Sabha MP and chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the defectors, directing much of his criticism at Dharshiv MP Omraje Nimbalkar and Hingoli MP Nagesh Patil Ashtikar.Omraje is a completely superficial, pompous man, Raut said, brushing off his exit.”People asked me if we should strip the title ‘Raje’ (King) from his name. Just lo…
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Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday delivered a scathing attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led faction. Reacting sharply to speculation that his lawmakers are on the verge of breaking away, Thackeray warned that if the opposition continues to destabilise his party under names like “Operation Tiger,” he would be forced to deploy a counter-strategy.“If they keep poaching our MPs or MLAs using ‘Operation Tiger,’ we to…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) With dissent within the Trinamool Congress refusing to abate, MP Kirti Azad accused the BJP on Friday of causing the rift within the Mamata Banerjee-led party, quipping: “Operation Lotus never fails”.The former cricketer’s reaction comes after three pages carrying signatures of 19 rebel Trinamool MPs surfaced earlier in the day, reportedly claiming to be the main and majority bloc of the party’s representation in the Lok Sabha.Speaking to IANS, Azad said: “There is no l…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Amid the growing rift in the Trinamool Congress, party MP Saugata Roy on Friday said that some of his fellow lawmakers are claiming they did not sign any document, yet their names are still being used, even as termed whatever is happening is immoral and unethical, as these lawmakers were elected on the party’s symbol and received full support from it, with campaigning led by party President Mamata Banerjee. Speaking to IANS, Saugata Roy said: “Some people are claiming tha…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a possible crack in the Mamata Banerjee-led outfit’s parliamentary unit, and, drawing similarities with the split in Shiv Sena and the NCP, termed it part of the ruling party’s ‘Operation Lotus’ to break parties by “intimidating, threatening and tempting people”.His reaction came after senior Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar reportedly claimed that nearly 20 Lok Sabha MPs had decided…
Bengaluru, April 25 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for RDPR, IT and BT Priyank Kharge downplayed the Delhi visit of Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar and dismissed the leadership chatter.Speaking to reporters on Saturday in Bengaluru, Minister Priyank, son of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge addressing the controversy surrounding Shivakumar’s recent visit to Delhi, maintained that the Deputy Chief Minister had met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and dismissed critic…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in its first response to the exit of Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha-led seven Parliamentarians, tore into them for betrayal and stated that people of Punjab won’t forget and forgive those “traitors” who stabbed them in their back. AAP’s top leadership, from party convenor Arvind Kejriwal to Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to senior party leaders, all saw a ‘BJP hand’ in the conspiracy and ripped into it for ‘running a vicious campaign’ to p…
Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) Responding to Odisha MLAs staying at a resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru in view of the Rajya Sabha poll, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar on Friday lashed out at the BJP, stating that the party is the “architect of Operation Lotus and is known for horse-trading.” He asserted that Congress would not allow such attempts.Shivakumar was responding to questions from the media at the Vidhana Soudha premises and later near a…
Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) Amid fears of cross-voting in the upcoming Rajya Sabha election in Odisha, the Congress party has shifted its MLAs to Bengaluru in a move widely seen as part of “resort politics” to keep its legislators together.Congress sources confirmed on Friday that the legislators were brought to Bengaluru under the supervision of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar. The MLAs and party leaders arrived in the city from Bhubaneswar on Thu…
Patna, March 5 (IANS) Amid intense political developments in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections.All five candidates, including Nitin Nabin, Shivesh Kumar Ram, and Upendra Kushwaha of the ruling alliance, also submitted their nominations on the same day.Several senior NDA leaders were present during the filing process, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Patna from New Delhi for the occasion.While the nomina…