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Pathankot: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Aam Aadmi Party is the photocopy of the Congress party and both are indulging in shadow boxing. “If Congress is original, AAP is its photocopy. One looted Punjab while the other one is involved in scam after scam in Delhi. Despite being ‘Ek hi thali ke chatte […]
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Congress supporters and senior party leaders including Anjan Kumar Yadav, Kodanda Reddy and others came to the Hyderabad CP office and staged a sit-in protest.
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New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, the Congress suffered a big setback on Tuesday as former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quit the party. He sent his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi on Monday. “Having given my thoughtful consideration to the matter, I have concluded that in the present circumstances and consistent with […]
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Hoshiarpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over unemployment, saying he does not talk about it and black money in his election speeches. Addressing a poll rally here, Gandhi targeted the Narendra Modi-led government over demonetisation and goods and services tax, alleging that only two-three billionaires benefited from them. Stating […]
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Hyderabad: Taking serious objection to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sharma’s comments against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the State Congress leaders have decided to lodge complaints with police across the State. To this effect, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy said he would lodge a complaint against Sharma with Jubilee Hills police station. Similarly, Congress leaders will […]
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Lucknow: Fifty-five seats spread across nine districts, including some in Rohilkhand region, will go to polls on Monday in the second phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh which will see senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan and state Finance Minister Suresh Khanna trying their luck at the hustings. As many as 586 candidates are […]
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New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday hit out at the Central government saying that it formulates economic policies to benefit its ‘industrialist friends’. Priyanka said, “Both the friends of the Prime Minister have become the top two richest industrialists of Asia. The government is doing everything to help its friends. All […]
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New Delhi: Days before polling in Uttarakhand, the BJP has claimed that the Congress is trying to bring hijab in schools of ‘Devbhoomi’. The ruling BJP has already claimed that the ‘Muslim University’ controversy has been intentionally created by the Congress to polarise the minority votes ahead of February 14 Assembly polls. The BJP claimed […]
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By JR Janumpalli Prime Minister Narendra Modi again said in Parliament that Telangana State was not formed properly. It is over seven years since the State was formed. The AP Reorganisation Act (APRA), 2014, was passed in Parliament unanimously. His own party, the BJP, was a willing party to the passing of the Act on […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana rose as one on Wednesday when massive protests erupted across the State condemning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unwarranted remarks in Rajya Sabha against the 2014 bifurcation, reminiscent of the spontaneity with which people participated in the 14 years of the statehood movement. Ministers, TRS elected representatives and leaders, farmers, lawyers, students, employees and […]
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By Arun Sinha Which way will the farmers vote in the elections in UP and Punjab? That is a serious worry for the BJP. The signs are not good for it, and the Budget has not made them any better. The fire of farmers’ anger is still not extinguished. They recently observed a Vishwasghat Diwas (Betrayal Day) […]
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BJP is not sure whether religion as a card will be able to deliver the State for it
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Mahabubnagar: Industries Minister KT Rama Rao stated that during the last seven years, villages in State witnessed comprehensive development and said no other State can compete with Telangana in terms of development. “Congress and BJP governments are ruling in other States. I challenge them to showcase the development of villages in the respective States and […]
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Mahabubnagar: Strongly supporting Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s appeal for drafting a new Constitution, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao said the Opposition parties were trying to politicise the issue with ulterior motives. The Chief Minister had only raised his objections over the Centre’s discrimination towards Telangana in the union budget, besides injustice to Dalits and […]
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Hyderabad: The Congress leaders and workers staged protests across the State on Thursday against Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s demand for drafting a new Constitution. A protest was also held at Gandhi Bhavan here. Addressing on the occasion, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy said Congress would continue its protest until the Chief Minister withdraws his […]
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By Arun Sinha Midway through the election battle Mamata Banerjee has realised she cannot defeat the BJP alone. She wants the Congress to come along with her. That was not the case in the beginning. She came on a high horse from Bengal, gung ho, adventuresome and cocksure she could vanquish the BJP in Goa […]
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Mancherial: Government whip Balka Suman said that Opposition parties which lost their existence in the country were making baseless allegations against the government. Addressing a press conference here on Tuedsday along with MLA Diwakar Rao, Suman said both the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party had not developed Mancherial district even after ruling the State […]
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New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the country’s salaried and middle classes by not announcing any relief measures for them in the Union Budget. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the salaried and the middle classes have been affected due […]
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Dehradun: Daughters of two former chief ministers have been fielded in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, apparently in an attempt to reclaim the legacy of their fathers. Congress leader Anupama Rawat, the daughter of Congress election campaign committee chief and former CM Harish Rawat, has been fielded from Haridwar Rural. In the 2017 Assembly polls, Harish […]
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By Ratan Mani Lal Defections prior to any election are not uncommon in Uttar Pradesh. In the Assembly elections in 2012 and 2017 too several leaders had quit one party and joined another, with varying results. But the defections this year have been remarkable in the sense that the many defectors are not only high-profile, […]
