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Two days after resigning from the Karnataka legislative council, BJP legislator Baburao Chinchansur on Wednesday joined the Congress. Two weeks ago, another BJP legislator, Puttanna, too had resigned from the council and the party, and joined the Congress. Chinchansur, who had played a key role in the defeat of Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge from […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will appear before a court in Gujarat’s Surat city on Thursday when it is expected to deliver its verdict in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks, party leaders said on Wednesday. Senior state Congress leaders, including GPCC president Jagdish Thakor, legislature party leader Amit […]

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After the Covid-19 pandemic stopped it, the Election Commission has restarted the process of reviewing the recognised status of political parties based on their performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and has given individual hearings to NCP and CPI, two of the eight recognised national parties. The commission has also heard six recognised state […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asserted that he has the right to respond in Parliament to the ”totally baseless” and ”unfair charges” hurled at him by senior ministers in the Lok Sabha over his democracy remarks. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Gandhi invoked Rule 357 which allows for ”personal explanations” and […]

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she would sit in a dharna for two days on 29th and 30th March in Kolkata to protest the ‘neglect’ of West Bengal by the Central government. On her way to Odisha on Tuesday, she said, “This time also in the Budget, they have not given any […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “not stop Delhi budget” amid a growing rift between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Centre over the issue. Delhi government’s budget 2023-24 was scheduled to be presented on Tuesday  but it has been put on hold with the Kejriwal […]

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Senior BRS leader K Kavitha was summoned by Enforcement Directorate for the second round of questioning in connection to the liquor policy case on Thursday and was quizzed for nearly 10 hours. Kavitha’s team claimed that during questioning, the central agency officials told her that she was “not called in as an accused”. Sources close to Kavitha informed that the […]

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The Supreme Court Monday clubbed three FIRs lodged against Congress leader Pawan Khera for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and transferred them to the Hazratganj police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow. Extending the interim bail till April 10, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha […]

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The Congress and the BJP faced off in yet another political showdown this time over BJP’s iconic figure Veer Savarkar. The latest row comes after the Congress posted a photo with a caption invoking Veer Savarkar. In the photo, Rahul Gandhi is seen driving his car and the caption says, “Did you think I am […]

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The Congress on Sunday said women in Madhya Pradesh will get a monthly aid of Rs 1,500 and a cooking gas cylinder will be made available for Rs 500 if the party is voted to power in the upcoming Assembly polls. Making the announcement, state Congress president Kamal Nath slammed Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, […]

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After returning from London, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attended the meeting of the parliamentary committee on external affairs where, sources said he responded to the BJP MPs without naming him about MPs going abroad and speaking against the country. The meeting was held on Saturday. Sources said Rahul Gandhi said that he has not spoken […]

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Exuding confidence that an opposition alliance would take shape in the days to come, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav said regional parties would play a key role in putting up a fight against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, on the role of the Congress in this proposed opposition front, Yadav said […]

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The Delhi police on Sunday arrived at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s residence in connection with his speech during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir. A notice had been served to him earlier by the Delhi police seeking details of the victims who had allegedly met him and spoken about harassment they faced in the state. […]

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By Harihar Swarup Democracy in India is a “global public good”. Rahul Gandhi added as an afterthought. It can’t fail. Speaking in British Parliament to a packed hall with politicians, diaspora leaders, students and academic, he’d just outlined why India’s democratic structures are under threat. From the Hindu right’s institutional capture to its stifling of […]

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is visiting Karnataka, said he intended to shut all the madrasas (Muslim religious schools) in his state, as they were not needed in “New India”. Addressing an event here on Thursday night, Sarma said what Assam needed were schools, colleges and universities to produce doctors, engineers and other […]

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The Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party have said they will remain equidistant from the Congress and BJP, within a fortnight of Rahul Gandhi speaking of a larger opposition unity to take on the saffron party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This joint stand of Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav is expected to be soon […]

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The government on Friday batted for holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, saying it would result in huge saving to the public exchequer, as it listed out “imperatives” such as amending the Constitution and bringing all political parties on board before carrying out the gigantic exercise. In a written reply in Lok […]

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the formation of 19 new districts in the state and also declared three new divisions namely Sikar, Pali and Banswara. His announcement is seen as a master stroke in a way as Gehlot has struck a regional as well as the political balance in the formation of new districts. […]

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