indian politics

Chandigarh, March 20 Aam Aadmi Party leader Baltej Pannu accused Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday of attempting to shift blame and distort facts regarding the sacrilege incidents in Punjab.Pannu stated that major sacrilege incidents, including those in 1986 and 2015...

Shimla, March 20 Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, visited the state capital on Friday, officials said.Gandhi, who was on a personal visit, arrived in the afternoon and headed for his sister Priyanka Gandhi's house in Charabra, which is located about 12...

New Delhi, March 20 – The Congress party found itself in a difficult position on Friday, as its national spokesperson, Shama Mohamed, expressed frustration over the poor representation of women among the candidates given tickets for the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections.Besides a veiled...

Guwahati, March 20 Raijor Dal president and MLA Akhil Gogoi submitted his nomination papers for the Sivasagar Assembly constituency in the eastern Assam district on Friday.The regional outfit had joined the opposition alliance after finalizing a seat-sharing arrangement late on Thursday night...

Mumbai, March 20 Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad launched a sharp attack on the BJP on Friday, holding the saffron party-led governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra responsible for the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.She challenged Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde, a BJP...

New Delhi, March 20 The people of Kerala are ready for change, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday, as he campaigned for a UDF government in the state."The UDF is the team of Kerala," he said in a post on X."Each candidate represents the voice, aspirations, and trust of the people of...

Chennai, March 20 The ruling DMK on Friday criticized AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami for holding seat-sharing talks in Delhi with the BJP, indicating that this was unprecedented as the opposition party was leading the NDA in Tamil Nadu.In a sarcastic tone, DMK leader and state minister K...

Bengaluru, March 20 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Friday that any decision regarding the cabinet reshuffle rests solely with the Congress high command and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.His remarks come as several party legislators are intensifying their demands for ministerial...

New Delhi, March 19 Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Thursday that India still retains space for dissent, but warned of a growing trend of "delegitimising" it, while political analyst Yogendra Yadav cautioned that the country is witnessing not just democratic backsliding but a deeper...

New Delhi, March 19 The Congress leadership is grappling with the question of whether to allow MPs to contest the upcoming Kerala Assembly polls, which has stalled the party's second list of candidates for the state, sources said on Thursday.The Congress is also reportedly working to pacify...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, March 19 Congress MP and party strongman K Sudhakaran said on Thursday that he will not contest in the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala without the party's backing.Sudhakaran also ended speculation about him leaving the Congress to form another party or join...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, March 19 Congress MP and party leader K. Sudhakaran said on Thursday that he would not contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala without the party's support.Sudhakaran also ended speculation about him leaving the Congress to form another party or join some...

New Delhi, March 19 Describing the BJP as a minor player in the Kerala elections, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Thursday that the party is unlikely to have enough influence to be a kingmaker in the state and at best can only "break their duck" in the assembly.In an exclusive...

Kolkata, March 19 – There were clear indications leading up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections that a section within the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal intended to promote younger faces among their elected representatives. However, it was said that Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata...

New Delhi, March 19 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met a delegation of tribal chiefs from the Great Nicobar Island on Thursday and discussed their opposition to the proposed Great Nicobar Project."The chiefs expressed strong opposition to the proposed Great Nicobar project, stating that it poses...

Guwahati, March 19 After Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi quit the Congress to join the BJP, his son Prateek has decided not to contest as a nominee of the grand old party from the Margherita assembly constituency in the upcoming assembly polls.In a letter to Congress president and chairman of the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 – Senior leader Kummanam Rajasekharan has been brought back into the electoral arena as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its second list of candidates on Thursday for the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections, seeking to quell internal dissent and...

Ranchi, March 19 The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, which aims to establish itself as a national political force rather than a regional party, is planning to contest over 30 seats in the upcoming elections for the 126-member Assam assembly.The party intends to appeal to the approximately 70 lakh...

Kolkata, March 19 Senior Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharya said on Thursday that the "tacit understanding" between the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP is dominating the political narrative in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls, even as the "manufactured binary" involving the two parties...

New Delhi, March 19 Describing the BJP as a minor player in the Kerala elections, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Thursday that the party is unlikely to have enough influence to be a kingmaker in the state, and at best, can only "break their duck" in the assembly.In an exclusive...