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Bihar will witness a major show of strength between the ruling Mahagathbandhan and opposition NDA today as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the BJP’s principal strategist, criss-cross the state as they campaign for their respective political fronts. Kumar will hold a joint rally of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ at Purnia in the […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The Congress plenary session in Raipur which began on February 24 has to perform the historic task to frame its policy of alliance with the non-BJP opposition parties which are ready to take on the saffrons in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress is the biggest opposition party in the country […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, the BJP is in talks for alliance with the disgruntled JDU leader Upendra Kushwaha, the chief of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), Mukesh Sahani, as well as with the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader, Chirag Paswan. In this context BJP’s Bihar unit president, […]

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The Congress on Thursday said all preparations are in place for holding the CWC polls in case the steering committee decides in favour of having the elections for seats in the party’s top decision-making body. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the party president Mallikarjun Kharge-led steering committee will meet at 10 am on February […]

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Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors attacked her while she was conducting the Standing Committee elections. “BJP Councillors just tried to attack me while I was conducting the Standing Committee elections, as per Supreme Court orders! This is the extent of BJP’s Gundagardi that they are trying to attack a woman […]

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Amid opposition unity talks, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the TMC alleging it was fighting elections in Meghalaya to ensure the BJP comes to power in the state, drawing a sharp reaction from the Mamata Banerjee-led party. The remarks by Rahul Gandhi at his first election rally in Shillong came against the backdrop […]

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After much delay, Delhi will get its new mayor on Wednesday as the stage is set for the mayoral poll following a Supreme Court order after three failed attempts by the municipal body to hold the election to the top post in the past. The election to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and six […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra West Bengal unit of BJP finds itself between a rock and a hard place over the renewal of separate statehood demand of some of its north Bengal legislators. Trinamool Congress may not find this. emotive issue of another partition issue a handy tool to berate the saffron camp in the panchayat polls […]

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Wednesday the Uddhav Thackeray faction’s plea challenging the decision of the Election Commission recognising the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordering allocation of the “bow and arrow” poll symbol to it. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Thackeray faction, mentioned the matter […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The Congress is holding its three-day plenary session at Raipur beginning February 24. This conclave is going to be crucial for the party in framing its strategy for the coming Lok Sabha elections in April-May 2024 that are barely 13 months away. In the current round of the state assembly elections in […]

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By Sushil Kutty The party name ‘Shiv Sena’. The party election symbol bow & arrow. Both have gone to the Eknath Shinde Group in this fight to the finish. Now, the ‘Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Shiv Sena’ wants the Election Commission dissolved. And, why not? After all, it was the Election Commission which gave away ‘Shiv […]

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By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has directed his party workers  to corner BJP on the issue of caste census and launch state-wide agitation. Samajwadi Party national President himself raised the issue of caste census during current session of Uttar  Pradesh  Assembly and said it was required for inclusive growth. Akhilesh […]

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Senior leader P Chidambaram on Monday said half of the CWC members should be elected as per the AICC constitution and batted for younger leaders’ inclusion in the party’s top decision-making body. In an interview with PTI, Chidambaram said he has learnt that there are issues about the strength of the electoral college that will […]

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde convened a working committee meeting of the Shiv Sena on Tuesday, initiating the process of a complete takeover of the party, including access to party funds. During the meeting, the faction will also discuss the takeover of party offices apart from other strategies to take complete ownership of Shiv Sena. The faction already took […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Much of BJP’s chances to return with clear majority to Lok Sabha after next year’s national election may depend on how the party fares in eight state assembly elections during this year.  They offer a big test for BJP. Only two of the eight states — Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh — are […]

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Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday accepted the recommendation by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and fixed February 22 for a meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to hold the election for Mayor, deputy Mayor and members of the standing committee. The announcement came after the Supreme Court on Friday gave a 24-hour […]

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By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Who will be the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh? This question is being asked in political circles – both in the BJP and Congress. While this question is almost settled in BJP the issue is still open in Congress. While it is certain that the BJP will contest the next […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra After conquering the erstwhile Congress bastion of Amethi, the former constituency of Rahul Gandhi that he lost in 2019 Lok Sabha elections to Smriti Irani, the BJP now is solely focussing on Raebareli and started preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. Raebareli, the Lok Sabha constituency of […]

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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday virtually ruled out contesting the CWC polls if the party decides to hold them, saying he is not considering any further elections after having fought the AICC presidential polls and it is ”for others to step forward”. In an exclusive interview with PTI on the Congress’ upcoming plenary […]

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By Arun Srivastava During the last one month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited poll-bound Karnataka three times, notwithstanding the top leadership’s consistent reiteration that the state leaders would design and spearhead the campaign. Union home minister Amit Shah is also not far behind PM Modi. Shah has visited Karnataka for no fewer than half […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra Even as Nagaland goes to the state assembly election on February 27, with an eye on the polls, BJP has unfolded its game plan to pre-empt trouble in its sensitive area- eastern Nagaland. Party president, JP Nadda made some promises for its development while releasing the election manifesto. The reason of giving […]

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Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday flagged an “inordinate delay” by the leadership in taking action against those who “defied” then president Sonia Gandhi by not letting a legislature party meeting take place, and said the decision on the party’s affairs in Rajasthan must be taken soon if the trend of alternate governments has […]

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By Sushil Kutty Why is it that when certain things (for want of a better word) are constitutionally set and there cannot be two ways about it – also no ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’- that such matters are taken to court and the courts, as if this was the first time such a matter had come […]

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