Calling Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's 'Samadhan Yatra' an "attempt to befool people", political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Friday said chairing meetings of "favourite ministers and bureaucrats" at such programmes would not solve the problems faced by people.(PTI)
The Opposition Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday claimed Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has shot a reel of her new video at her residence, a government bungalow, and sought to know if she had taken permission from authorities concerned for recording the clip inside official residential premises.(PTI)
The BJP on Friday raised questions over DCW chief Swati Maliwal's molestation claims, alleging that the person she accused is an AAP member and her "drama" was part of a conspiracy which has now been "exposed".(PTI)
In its preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Friday appointed 50 coordinators for reserved seats.
The party "has approved the proposal for the appointment of leadership development mission parliament coordinators for SC/ST reserved parliamentary constituencies with immediate effect", a communication from All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K C Venugopal said.(PTI)
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged Lt Governor V K Saxena to focus on improving Delhi's law and order to prevent another Kanjhawla-like incident and allow his government to do its work, citing how sun and moon function in their own space to ensure that the universe runs smoothly.
Kejriwal made the remark in reply to a letter by Saxena who accused him of "political posturing" during his march to Raj Niwas on January 16 along with his deputy Manish Sisodia and AAP MLAs.(PTI)
Actress Sambhavna Seth and Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Usha Kol joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) here on Friday.
They joined the AAP at its headquarters in Delhi in the presence of party senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and party national general secretary (Organisation) and Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak.(PTI)
Madhya Pradesh Congress chief and ex-CM Kamal Nath on Friday said his former party colleague and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who dethroned him two years ago, has become "politically redundant" even in his pocket borough Gwalior, expressing confidence that his party will win the assembly elections due by the year-end.
“When Scindia was there, why did they (Bharatiya Janata Party) lose the mayoral elections in Gwalior and its adjoining city Morena to the Congress last year,” he asked.(PTI)
Senior AAP leader Atishi on Friday alleged that the BJP-led central government is sending notices to slum dwellers in the city to demolish their houses, though the saffron party had promised to provide free flats to them during the MCD polls.
She alleged that a similar notice was sent to a slum area in Tughlakabad, asking the residents there to vacate the place within 15 days.(PTI)
Taking a veiled dig at Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his former deputy Sachin Pilot on Friday said elders should think about the younger generation and young people should get justice.
Referring to the resignation of New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Pilot said Ardern was appointed to the top post eight years ago but stepped down because of her low public ranking and decided to work for her party instead.(PTI)
Without the Congress, there can't be a strong opposition to fight against the BJP, AICC general secretary Tariq Anwar said on Friday referring to a recent meeting held by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Khammam in Telangana.(PTI)
"There is a Modi wave here. They (opposition) can see defeat now, & due to desperation, they are talking this way. It shows the culture of the Congress party," CM Basavaraj Bommai said.(ANI)
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Rahul Gandhi walked into Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday evening in the last phase of Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra.
He will end the Bharat Jodo Yatra at the historic Lal Chowk in Srinagar city on January 30.
The CPI(M) and the Congress under the banner of "democratic and secular" forces are set to organise a rally here on January 21 in a bid to "save the Constitution" and "restore democracy in Tripura" ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.
Those who will join the rally will not carry flags of any political party, CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Choudhury and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman said in a joint press conference on Thursday.
The Election Commission on Thursday ordered an inquiry into attacks on a Congress bike rally in Majlishpur Assembly constituency in West Tripura district, an official said.
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