New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday urged people to join the opposition INDIA bloc’s November 1 ‘Chalo Dilli’ march, asking them not to worry about police and their “lathis”. The leader of the opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha asserted that the BJP “will not have the guts to try any of their…
New Delhi: Several INDIA bloc leaders have given the final shape to the “public impeachment” proceedings that they intend to carry out against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on Friday as a symbolic protest over the “vote chori” issue. The INDIA bloc leaders met at Kharge’s residence here…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government was coordinating with the Union Home Ministry to airlift people from Ganjam district, where around 300 villages have been marooned by heavy rain and flash floods triggered by Cyclone Arnab, a top state official said on Thursday. Chief Secretary Anu Garg said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and…
Patna: JD(U) national working president Sanjay Jha on Friday accused the Congress of trying to create anarchy in the country after being repeatedly rejected by voters. Speaking to reporters in Patna, Jha noted the Congress’s performance in the MLC elections to assert his point. “The MLC elections indicate that whatever be the mode of election,…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections could throw up a six-five result. While the BJP has already won six of the 11 seats, the Samajwadi Party is poised to bag five with three results announced and two yet to be. A senior district official said on Thursday that the SP has won the Lucknow…
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his taunt at the opposition party’s showing in the MLC elections, saying he must stop trolling and sermonising others and instead reflect on why the BJP lost both seats in his own parliamentary constituency of Varanasi. Congress general secretary in-charge communications…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: NCP (SP) candidate Pratapsinh Patil, who defeated rival NCP’s sitting MLC Satish Chavan in the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, said on Thursday that voters express their discontent when they feel they are being taken for granted. He said angry voters even left chits inside ballot boxes to send a message, claiming that one…
Lucknow/Bengaluru: The BJP and its NDA allies won 16 of the 28 seats in the legislative council elections held across four states as the Congress drew a blank while the Samajwadi Party emerged winner in five seats in Uttar Pradesh, including two in Varanasi. Results were declared in all but one seat – Nagpur Graduates’…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday poked fun at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, claiming that the Congress drew a ‘zero’ in the 28 MLC seats that went to polls recently, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi taunted the party for its dismal performance despite the use of paper ballots. The MLC elections…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday hit out at Rahul Gandhi over his comments on Tata issue, saying the Congress leader is trying to incite business leaders to join him in spreading distrust and toxicity and he should refrain from “politicising” every issue. Accusing Gandhi of repeatedly decrying the successes of Indian industry…
