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Chennai, February 18 – V. Thirumavalavan, a leader of the VCK and Member of Parliament representing the Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency, has defended the Congress party's demand for a share in the government if the DMK-led alliance wins the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, stating that...

Mumbai, February 18 The Shiv Sena (UBT) said on Wednesday that the issue of leadership change within the INDIA opposition bloc has resurfaced and cannot be ignored, asserting that it is necessary to determine who will lead the alliance, apparently referring to the Congress.The Uddhav...

Mumbai, February 18 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) stated on Wednesday that the INDIA bloc is now at a crossroads, needing to move beyond internal debates to decide whether Mamata Banerjee, M.K. Stalin, or another figure will lead them through the national crisis. The internal...

Patna, February 17 RJD working president Tejashwi Yadav announced on Monday that his party would "expand its base" beyond Bihar, moving away from its earlier policy of refraining from contesting elections in other states to avoid division of "secular votes".The former Bihar deputy chief...

Lucknow, February 17 – The Budget Session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly is underway amidst noisy scenes and repeated disruptions by the opposition INDIA bloc allies – the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) – who are pressing separate demands.Although both parties are allies at the national...

New Delhi, February 16 – Following senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s assertion that Pinarayi Vijayan would continue as Chief Minister of Kerala, the BJP launched a sharp attack on the Congress on Monday, alleging that no one within the party or its alliance accepts Rahul Gandhi, the...

Chennai, February 16 – With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections just around the corner, tensions between the DMK and the Congress over seat-sharing and participation in government have resurfaced, threatening to cast a shadow over the INDIA bloc in the state.For nearly two months, friction has...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), February 15 Amid the debate with the DMK over power-sharing, which has seen heated exchanges between the two sides, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said on Sunday that the national party expected to be treated with respect within the alliance led by the Dravidian major...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), February 15 Congress MP Manickam Tagore said on Sunday that his party expected the DMK to treat it with respect within the alliance, amid growing friction over recent remarks made by ruling party leaders on power-sharing in the state.Tagore said that Congress workers are...

Kolkata, February 13 CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby said on Friday that his party was willing to cooperate with the Congress wherever possible, including in West Bengal, provided it "realizes" the importance of working with secular, democratic, and progressive forces.Addressing a press...

Patna, February 12 CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya criticized the Narendra Modi government at the center on Thursday for introducing the new labor codes, replacing MNREGA with the VB G RAM G scheme, and agreeing to a trade deal with the US.The left-wing leader spoke to PTI...

New Delhi, February 11 Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Shinde on Wednesday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to first learn to deal with the partners in the INDIA bloc and then dream about making a deal with the US.Shinde's remarks came after Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, gave...

In Chandrapur, the Congress party, which was divided into factions, faced a major embarrassment when its ally, the Shiv Sena (UBT), and the ruling BJP formed an unexpected alliance. This led to the election of a BJP mayor in the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation, despite the Congress being in a...

New Delhi, February 10 Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday that his party has "no problem" with signing a notice for a no-confidence motion against the Lok Sabha Speaker, but stressed that the opposition should first approach Om Birla with their grievances, such as the...

New Delhi, Feb 9 Members of Parliament from the Congress party in the Lok Sabha wrote to Speaker Om Birla on Monday, claiming that under pressure from the ruling party to defend the "absence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he made serious allegations against them.They urged the Speaker to...

New Delhi, February 9 The Rajya Sabha witnessed uproar and a walkout by the opposition on Monday over the events in the Lok Sabha, where Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi could not complete his speech, and later Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed away amidst allegations that female MPs...