New Delhi/Bengaluru, May 26 (IANS) All eyes are on the Congress party meeting scheduled for Tuesday between the high command and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar.Both leaders arrived in Delhi late Monday night after being summoned by the party’s national leadership. Their respective camps are anxiously watching the developments amid rumours of a possible leadership change in Karnataka.Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Karnataka M…
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Bengaluru, May 25 (IANS) Amid ongoing speculation over the Karnataka Congress leadership and the proposed cabinet reshuffle, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has reportedly been summoned to New Delhi by the party high command. According to sources, Siddaramaiah has been asked to visit Delhi on May 26. However, the meeting is officially said to be related to discussions on the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Political circles are also speculating that issues related to cabinet reshuffle, power-sharing …
Jaipur, May 17 (IANS) The Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Core Committee meeting was held in Jaipur to review various ongoing campaigns and organisational activities across the state, veteran party leader and former State party President Arun Chaturvedi said. He told that the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections were discussed during the meeting on Saturday.Keeping in view the dedication of party workers, their loyalty to the party organisation, and the overall interests of the party, all membe…
Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) A delegation of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs, led by Deputy Leader Prasanna Acharya, on Monday met the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, Surama Padhy, and submitted a formal memorandum seeking the disqualification of eight party legislators who reportedly violated the party’s whip and were giving statements against the party in public.The demand comes after these eight MLAs allegedly voted in favour of the ruling party-supported candidate during the recent …
Bhopal, April 2 (IANS) The Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday raised apprehensions over the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) intentions regarding the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state, following the conviction of Datia MLA Rajendra Bharti in a cheating and forgery case.Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Umang Singhar, reacting to the developments after Bharti’s conviction by a Special MP-MLA court in Delhi, said: “The BJP’s in…
Patna, March 19 (IANS) The Patna High Court on Thursday granted bail to Mokama MLA Anant Singh in connection with the Dularchand Yadav murder case.The bail was granted by Justice R.P. Mishra after hearing arguments from all concerned parties.With the court’s approval, Anant Singh is expected to be released from Beur Jail in Patna within the next couple of days.Notably, just days earlier, he had expressed confidence about his imminent release.Anant Singh had been lodged in jail following his ar…
Chandigarh, March 18 (IANS) Haryana Congress legislator Gokul Setia has announced a protest outside the state Congress office in Chandigarh on Wednesday following the cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha elections and the cancellation of votes cast by the state Congress MLAs. The protest is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Setia has also appealed to the other Congress MLAs whose names are being wrongly circulated on the social media to join him.Setia, the Congress MLA from Sirsa Assembly sea…
Chandigarh, March 14 (IANS) Ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections slated for March 16 in Haryana, the ruling BJP on Saturday moved its 48 MLAs, along with supporting Independent Legislators, together in buses to a private hotel located at Sector 35 in Chandigarh, triggering political speculation over preparations for the upcoming poll.Haryana BJP President Mohan Lal Badoli said the gathering was part of a programme to brief legislators about the voting procedure for the Rajya Sabha election.“A sm…
Patna, March 13 (IANS) The MP-MLA Court Patna has granted relief to jailed MLA Anant Singh, allowing him to cast his vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.The court ruled on Friday that Singh will be brought to the Bihar Legislative Assembly under police custody to participate in the voting scheduled for March 16. After casting his vote, he will be taken back to jail.Anant Singh is currently lodged in jail in connection with the murder of Dularchand Yadav, an incident that occurred in Mokam…
Bhubaneswar, March 13 (IANS) Amid growing concerns over possible horse-trading ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the Opposition Congress party in Odisha has shifted nine of its total 14 MLAs to Bengaluru in Karnataka.Meanwhile, only five Congress MLAs, including CLP leader Rama Chandra Kadam, senior MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, MLA Sofia Firdous, MLA Ramesh Jena, and Dasarathi Gamango, were present in the House during the proceedings on Friday.According to Congress party sources, six C…