JOIN USDH Evening Brief: BJP gets RS boost ahead of Presidential poll; WB BJP chief arrested on way to Howrah
BJP gets boost with Rajya Sabha polls ahead of Presidential election
The BJP's strength in state assemblies suggested that the party could retain only 20 of the 24 Rajya Sabha seats it held in the biennial polls for 57 seats but as the electoral process got over on Saturday, it has won 22 and also ensured the victory of an independent, underlining its pull among unaffiliated legislators and disaffected lawmakers in the opposition camp.
Bengal BJP chief arrested on way to violence-hit Howrah
BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar was arrested on Saturday afternoon when he tried to visit violence-hit Howrah district, police said.
Cong gets mixed results in Rajya Sabha polls
Congress on Saturday failed to bag a Rajya Sabha seat in Haryana where it had enough MLAs to get its candidate win, as an independent backed by BJP and its allies managed sail through after a sulking Congress MLA refused to back Ajay Maken and another lawmaker’s vote was declared invalid.
'If Hindu deities insulted, then truth will be told'
Amid protests in parts of the country over the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammed made by now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, party's Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur has supported her, saying that if anybody insults Hindu deities, then such people would be told the "truth".
KCR likely to float national party Bharat Rashtra Samithi
After failing to make any progress on his idea of a national front, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao appears to have made up his mind to float a national party.