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…
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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…
Chandigarh, Feb 13 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said all allegations made by an Aam Aadmi Party legislator of Punjab against him are “baseless and fabricated”. “AAP is making such statements to hide its own failures,” he said.He alleged AAP first showed dreams to the people of Delhi and deceived them. Later, in Punjab it made promises that remain unfulfilled, causing distress among the people there.The Chief Minister told the media in Delhi that the people of Punjab …
Chandigarh, Feb 13 (IANS) Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-ruling legislator Narinder Kaur Bharaj has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of luring her with party ticket and fulfillment of any demand under ‘Operation Lotus’. She alleged that the Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini invited her for a closed-door meeting. “The BJP is running ‘Operation Lotus’ across the country to topple elected governments. A few days ago, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini tried to contact me. He temp…