indian politics

Bengaluru, April 4 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar expressed confidence on Saturday that the ruling Congress will secure a decisive victory in the upcoming Assembly bypolls on April 9 in the Bagalkote and Davanagere South constituencies, citing a favourable response to the party’s...

Mumbai, April 4 The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday dismissed speculation of a power struggle and rift within the party, saying too much was being read into the communications between the top party leaders and the Election Commission of India (ECI), which took place in the wake of...

Kolkata, April 4 Attacking the BJP over its "double engine" strategy, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday alleged that while one engine runs on misusing democratic institutions, the other runs on recruiting "local agents" like AIMIM, ISF and AJUP to create "communal discord".Banerjee said...

Rahul Gandhi targeted the ruling LDF in Kerala and the BJP, alleging that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is in partnership with individuals who "attack minorities" in other parts of the country.Addressing an election gathering, Gandhi reiterated his allegations of a BJP-LDF understanding and...

Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu), April 4 Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin appealed to the people on Saturday to defeat the Delhi team, arguing that it was "hostile" to the needs and development of the state.Addressing a campaign in support of the DMK candidate and state Cooperation...

Chennai, April 4 BJP leader K Annamalai, who returned from Kerala amidst his election campaign there to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai on Saturday, said that he is not in the electoral race.He was neither on the party's list of probable candidates sent to the high command for...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 4 – With just days remaining before April 9, when over 2.71 crore voters will decide Kerala’s political future, the campaign has entered a decisive, high-stakes phase characterized by contrasting strategies, shifting perspectives, and a frantic effort to control the...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 Addressing the Christian community on Good Friday, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju—who is campaigning for the BJP in Kerala—said there was no reason for concern regarding the proposed FCRA amendments.The Union Minister for Minority Affairs assured that minority...

New Delhi, April 3 – For some time, the estrangement between Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been a subject of political discussions and assumptions, but no one involved was willing to confirm, clarify, or even discuss it publicly.However, it is now clear...

Hyderabad, April 3 – Alleging that the Congress party has failed to implement the election promises made in Telangana, Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has appealed to the people of Kerala not to believe the “false promises” of the party in the upcoming Assembly elections.In a...

Bagalkote (Karnataka), April 3 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accused the BJP on Friday of adopting a "double standard" by bringing expelled MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal to campaign for the assembly by-elections.Yatnal has been extensively campaigning in Bagalkote for BJP candidate...

New Delhi, April 3 The Congress is the only democratic political party in the country, former Union minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday while responding to reporters' questions on his colleagues Anand Sharma and Kamal Nath not following the party line.Asked about former Congress MP Sharma...

Bagalkot (Karnataka), April 3 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated that the BJP is not the ruling party of the Congress and launched a strong attack on the BJP and Union Minister of State V. Somanna.Speaking to the media during his visit to Bagalkot to campaign for the Congress...

Puducherry, April 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a grand roadshow here on Friday and sought support for the AINRC-BJP alliance in the April 9 election to the territorial Assembly.The Prime Minister, accompanied by AINRC founder leader Chief Minister N Rangasamy and BJP leader, Home...

New Delhi, April 3 – The Congress on Friday accused the government of calling a "special session" of Parliament to pass bills related to amending the women’s quota law and delimitation, allegedly to gain political advantage in the upcoming elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The Congress...

Chandigarh, April 3 BJP Punjab working president Ashwani Sharma on Friday alleged that the inauguration plaques for 109 new Aam Aadmi Clinics and two irrigation projects in Fatehgarh Sahib show that the governance of Punjab is being controlled by Delhi-based leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 – A sharp exchange of words erupted between Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy on Friday, with the former launching a detailed rebuttal to remarks made by the latter during his campaign tour in the state.Reddy, who has...

Dindigul, April 3 Responding to BJP leader Piyush Goyal for releasing a list of allegations, dubbed a "chargesheet", against the DMK, calling it "corrupt and dynastic," the Dravidian party's MP Kanimozhi stated that the Union minister himself comes from a political family."Goyal cannot talk...

Amit Shah addressed a campaign rally in Dudhnoi and Palashbari, promising action against infiltration.Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a campaign rally in Dudhnoi, in the Goalpara district of Assam, in support of BJP candidates Tankeshwar Rabha (from the Dudhnoi constituency) and...

Guwahati, April 3 Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera accused the BJP of diverting attention from key issues in the Assam Assembly elections by creating controversies and shaping public discourse.In an interview with