"india-bloc"

During the protest, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar alleged that the government machinery is now above the Election Commission under the BJP-led NDA.

DMK leader and state Minister K.N. Nehru is in charge of Friday's inaugural programme which will begin from Siruganur in Tiruchi.

The Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress have joined hands in Delhi where all seven Lok Sabha seats are held by the BJP.

"Congress and BRS have a scam 'relationship'. They are doing cross firing to save each other," he said.

The Left Parties' alliance has announced candidates for all the LS 20 seats in Kerala, including Wayanad, which is represented by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

National Conference party is the third one after Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Aam Admi party (AAP) that decided to contest alone without forging any alliance with Congress in Lok Sabha polls.

The AAP MP added that the candidate's announcement is not being made today. He expressed hope that a meeting will soon commence in Delhi, and the conclusion of this meeting will determine the next steps.

AAP has been unilaterally announcing its Lok Sabha candidates in different states despite being a constituent of the INDIA bloc.

On being asked if he raised the issue of any special package in his meeting with PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda in Delhi yesterday, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said, "Don't worry about us.

Rahul Gandhi claimed that Dalits, tribals, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) were made bonded labourers and their participation was lacking in big companies, hospitals, schools, colleges and courts

Another ally Nitish Kumar had also left the alliance while the Left in Kerala too had distanced itself from the INDIA bloc.

Sources on Thursday said the leaders would meet in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge at 10.30 am on Friday and discuss their joint strategy

The AAP-Congress alliance lost the seat despite having maximum councillors

Nitish Kumar took the oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time in Raj Bhawan, Patna, switching sides again, this time with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were also administered the oath of office by the Bihar governor at the Raj Bhavan in Patna.

Stalin praised Thirumavalavan as a very strong leader fully committed to the social justice ideology.

I think Nitish Kumar has lost his credibility in the eyes of the people of Bihar, says Mamata Banerjee

It will not be able to deal with hung legislature and will actively encourage anti-defection, the AAP said

During the virtual meeting, the INDIA bloc leaders discussed various aspects of the alliance and the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections due in April-May.

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