Bengaluru: Veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said votes cast for Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will be a vote for anarchy, economic bankruptcy, corruption, instability and it will push the country’s internal security into jeopardy. The former chief minister also claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s leadership has completely failed,…
Bengaluru: The Election Commission on Thursday said that Rs 45.67 crore cash and alcohol worth over Rs 146 crore was seized and 1,544 FIRs in this regard have been filed since the model code of conduct came into effect on March 16. Total seizures worth Rs 292.74 crore have been made till date, the EC…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday dismissed the BJP’s claim of a strong performance in south India in the Lok Sabha polls as a product of its “propaganda mill”, and said the narratives that the ruling party harps on in the north, such as communalism, religious division and nativist social cleavages, do…
Jaipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the BJP-led Centre on Thursday, saying farmers are asking for a minimum support price (MSP) for their crops, youngsters are seeking employment and women want relief from inflation, but no one is listening. The upcoming Lok Sabha polls are about protecting the country’s Constitution and democracy, the…
Srinagar: A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Fressipora village in Rajpora area of the south Kashmir district following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, they said. They said the search operation…
Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the INDIA alliance of spreading lies that the Constitution would be changed if he gets a third term in office and asserted this sustained narrative shows the opposition bloc is facing “bankruptcy” of new ideas. Addressing an election rally at Kanhan town of Nagpur district in support…
Balurghat (WB): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “misleading” people on the CAA and giving “a red-carpet welcome to infiltrators” for vote bank politics, emphasising that refugees should apply for citizenship without apprehension. Addressing an election rally in Balurghat, his first in Bengal since the Lok…
Thiruvanthapuram: Three-time Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is contesting again from Thiruvananthapuram constituency, said on Wednesday that there is no triangular contest there, as only the BJP poses a challenge with its “energetic” and “professional” poll campaign. The LDF campaign for its candidate Pannian Raveendran has not been very impactful, Tharoor remarked. While acknowledging that…
New Delhi: Amid the BJP’s repeated ‘Muslim League imprint barb’ over the Congress manifesto, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said history is witness as to who joined hands with the forces that wanted to divide the country and asserted that history does not change by “spewing lies” from political platforms. Gandhi said that the 2024 Lok…
Mandya (Karnata): Officials on election duty on Wednesday allegedly stopped the ‘Hosa Todaku’ programme at the farmhouse of JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy at Bidadi in Ramanagara district, citing violation of model code of conduct in force for the Lok Sabha polls. The programme is celebrated a day after Ugadi when many communities in the…
