Gurugram, May 8 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday repeated his allegation that the BJP had “stolen” elections in Haryana and also manipulated Assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam, while calling upon young Congress leaders across states to lead Sadbhav Yatras to counter what he described as the politics of hatred and division.Addressing a Sadbhav Yatra event here, Rahul Gandhi alleged that West Bengal and Assam had now been added to the list of states such…
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) What began as a moment of celebration after the Congress-led UDF’s historic victory in the Kerala Assembly elections has rapidly descended into open factional warfare, with supporters of the three Chief Ministerial aspirants taking their battle from closed-door discussions to the streets, social media, and public campaigns.The unrest intensified dramatically after the sudden emergence of Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K.C. Venugopal as a serious conten…
Bengaluru, May 8 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, IT and Biotechnology Priyank Kharge, who is also the son of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, said on Friday that a meeting would be held later in the day to take a decision on the Chief Minister’s post in Kerala, and that the decision would subsequently be conveyed to the party high command. Speaking to the media, Minister Kharge said, “A clear mandate has been achieved in Kerala. Today, discussions will b…
Begusarai, May 8 (IANS) Union Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh on Friday lashed out at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress should be renamed as “Muslim-Maoist Party” as Singh claimed that majority of its winning candidates in the Assam Assembly polls are Muslims.”Since Rahul Gandhi came to power, the Congress party is no longer the same; it has become a Maoist-Muslim Congress,” the Union Minister told reporters in Bihar’s B…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) With suspense intensifying over who will become Kerala’s next Chief Minister, the Congress high command has moved into the decisive phase of consultations after AICC observers submitted their detailed report to party President Mallikarjuna Kharge in New Delhi on Friday.Observers Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik personally handed over the report at Kharge’s residence after completing marathon discussions with newly elected MLAs and senior leaders in Keral…
Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) Novelist and columnist Shobhaa De on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing him as a “very charismatic leader.” In the same breadth, she added that the Congress party needs re-grooming and strong leadership. Speaking to IANS, Shobhaa De said, “You can’t call it the magic of just one man. He’s a very charismatic leader, and no one can take that away from him. But a country of our size cannot depend solely on the magic of any one man. It has to be …
Patna, May 7 (IANS) Following the killing of Chandranath Rath, Personal Assistant (PA) to Suvendu Adhikari, Bihar BJP president Sanjay Saraogi voiced confidence that the criminal will be hunted down sooner or later, even if hiding in the underworld and will be brought to justice. “We have seen that he used to stay with Suvendu Adhikari. He was shot dead at night. But people should understand this clearly, now there is no Trinamool Congress government there anymore. Now the government belongs t…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 (IANS) The high-stakes battle for Kerala’s next Chief Minister entered a decisive phase on Thursday with Congress leader V.D. Satheesan commencing talks with party observers Mukul Wasnik and Ajay Maken in Thiruvananthapuram.The observers, along with Congress general secretary in charge of Kerala Deepa Dasmunsi, are expected to individually meet all the 63 newly elected party’s MLAs before preparing their report for the party high command in New Delhi.Ahead of the meet…
Jammu, May 6 (IANS) Defence expert Retd Captain Anil Gaur on Wednesday cautioned against politicising recent security incidents in Punjab, asserting that the pattern of violence and illegal activities in the state points towards continued involvement of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in an attempt to destabilise the region and revive the Khalistani narrative.Speaking to IANS, Retired Captain Anil Gaur said that targeting domestic political parties over such incidents is “misplace…
Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Wednesday alleged that Telangana is slipping back into agrarian crisis under Congress rule.He also alleged that the Congress government has not implemented even one of the 34 promises made in farmers’ declaration unveiled four years ago.Addressing ‘Rythu Sangrama Sabha’ at Warangal, he demanded immediate procurement of farmers’ produce and accountability on unfulfilled promises. He declared that the …