Mandya, April 7 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Basavaraj Bommai has expressed confidence that the BJP will win both the Bagalkot and Davanagere by-elections, stating that the results will serve as a direction indicator for state politics. He said that in the coming days, public sentiment against the state government will turn into a strong anti-incumbency wave.Speaking to the media in Mandya on Tuesday, Bommai said the state government has comp…
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Baramati, April 7 (IANS) NCP (SP) working president and MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday launched a firm defence of the Congress party’s historical legacy, issuing a sharp rebuttal to the remarks by NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) leader Parth Pawar that the party’s decision to contest the Baramati by-election marked the beginning of its “downfall”.Her comments came after Parth Pawar, the newly elected Rajya Sabha MP and son of late former deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, claimed that Congress’s d…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The government has issued a notice to the Congress party asking it to vacate its headquarters at 24, Akbar Road by Saturday, party sources said, adding that a formal notice has been issued by the concerned authorities.According to sources, the Estates Department has served a notice to the Indian National Congress, asking it to vacate the premises, which has functioned as the party’s central office for nearly five decades.Congress, however, has said that it is an attemp…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (IANS) Even as recent electoral trends in Kerala have favoured the opposition, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Friday reiterated its confidence that the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) will retain power with a massive majority in the upcoming Assembly elections.The assertion was made by CPI-M State Secretary M.V. Govindan while speaking to the media here.He said the process of finalising LDF candidates is nearing completion and that the names would…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Wednesday hit out at Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi after being called a ‘traitor’ during a confrontation near Parliament, saying that even ‘goons’ would not behave the way the Congress leader did. Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp verbal attack, referring to Bittu as a “traitor”, prompting an immediate and strong rebuttal from the former Congress leader.As Bittu walked past the suspended MPs, Gandhi was hear…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor chose to commit – unknowingly or not – at least two cardinal sins against his party’s topmost echelons in the recent past. leading to its leadership reportedly ignoring or belittling him, which has been the case earlier with several others associated with the party.Lately, the four-time Thiruvananthapuram MP is said to be upset being made to speak ahead of others junior to him after being reportedly told that he was ahead of only Rahul Ga…
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and leaders from various political parties in both Telugu states on Tuesday paid tributes to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao on his death anniversary. Governor of Andhra Pradesh S. Abdul Nazeer paid tributes to Narasimha Rao on his death anniversary. The Governor said Narasimha Rao was a visionary statesman, a distinguished scholar, and an outstanding administrator, whose leaders…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday paid homage to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on his death anniversary, hailing his enduring role in strengthening India’s development and vital policies, including ‘Look East’.Rao, born on June 28, 1921, in Karimnagar (now in Telangana), served as the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1996. With this, he became the first person from South India and the second person from a non-Hindi-speaking background to serve as the Prime Minister.He is kno…