At least three Congress functionaries in Gurgaon and Badshahpur constituencies have joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this week, protesting the pattern of distributing party tickets and sidelining of ground-level workers for the 2019 assembly elections. On Monday, Congress’ Pradip Zaildar joined the BJP at its headquarters in Rohtak, […]
PM Modi in Haryana Highlights: Haryana made ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ mission a success’, says Modi in Charkhi Dadri
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing an election rally in support of Bharatiya Janata Party candidates in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri. This is PM Modi’s second rally in the poll-bound Haryana in two consecutive days. Follow highlights here: – I don’t come to Haryana for election rallies, I don’t campaign for […]
Maharashtra polls 2019: Drought-free state, 1 crore jobs, compulsory health tests in BJP’s manifesto
The BJP on Tuesday promised to make Maharashtra free of drought and said it will provide one crore jobs, homes to homeless families, compulsory health tests for those turning 30 and internet connectivity in every home among others in its manifesto for the October 21 assembly polls. The Bharatiya Janata […]
‘Don’t want to be Maharashtra CM, just want to be in position to make one’: Pankaja Munde
As she prepares to contest for a third term from the Parli Assembly constituency against her cousin, rural development minister and BJP’s Other Backward Classes (OBC) face Pankaja Munde says she is not in the race to be the chief minister of Maharashtra, but would like to be in a […]
Former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane to merge his political outfit MSP with BJP
More than two years after former chief minister Narayan Rane floated his political outfit, Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha, he will merge it with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday. The merger will happen in the presence of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in Kankavli. Rane, who quit the Congress in September […]
J&K, Ladakh on a new path of vikas, says PM
“Kaun aaya, kaun aaya ” asked a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, to which an impressive crowd responded with, “Bharat mata ka sher aaya” as two helicopters landed in a field in sector 61, Transport Nagar, Ballabgarh, on Monday. The sloganeering grew louder as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the […]
A tale of two speeches by two leaders – Amit Shah and Devendra Fadnavis
If the underlining theme of public speeches delivered by union home minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah as part of the campaign for Maharashtra assembly polls is the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the same is missing in addresses’ of Maharashtra chief minister Devendra […]
Breakfast, brunch and picnics: Pune candidates connect with voters on ‘super Sunday’
As the ’big day’ is nearing candidates from various political parties took advantage of Sunday, when most of the people are on holiday to connect with them. Various rallies were carried out in city and politicians reached out the residents by visiting them in public gardens, restaurants and even residential […]
‘Not new for him,’ Congress pans Manohar Lal Khattar for remarks on Sonia Gandhi
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s comments against Sonia Gandhi drew sharp criticism from the Congress on Monday which said that the BJP leader was a serial offender. Khattar, at a poll rally in Sonipat on Sunday, had targeted Congress for choosing Sonia Gandhi as its president after a three-month search. He […]
Pressing lotus symbol means dropping nuclear bomb on Pak: UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has said voting in favour of the BJP will mean “dropping of a nuclear bomb on Pakistan”. He said the upcoming Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections are crucial as these will be the first polls in the country after the abrogation of […]
We’ll fix J&K’s 40-yr-old problem in 4 months: PM
Jammu and Kashmir, which has witnessed restrictions since the Centre’s August 5 decision to withdraw its autonomy, will return to normal within four months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Maharashtra on Sunday, while launching his party’s election campaign in the western state with a sharp attack on the Opposition […]
‘Man with 56-inch chest did it in one go’: Amit Shah on Article 370 move
Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday brought back PM Modi’s “56-inch chest” in the electoral discourse while campaigning for the BJP in Maharashtra. The Home Minister spotlighted how the previous governments never had the courage shown by the “man with 56-inch chest” in integrating Jammu and Kashmir with the mainstream. […]
VBA, MNS may dent bigger players in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra assembly elections is being seen by many as a straight contest between two alliances. But there are two non-allied players, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), who have the potential to upend poll calculations in many seats and hurt major players. The MNS […]
Will OBC discontent over quotas hurt BJP in Maharashtra?
They are a block of 400-odd castes and tribes who form the backbone of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) support base in Maharashtra for almost four decades now. But as the October 21 assembly election approaches, the Other Backward Classes (OBC) groups are unhappy about the quantum of reservation allocated […]
75% jobs for locals, farm loan waiver in Congress Haryana poll manifesto
The Congress on unveiled a slew of promises with primary focus on wooing over 1 crore women population followed by farmers, unemployed youth and the weaker sections in its ‘sankalp patra’, the manifesto for the October 21 Haryana assembly polls released here on Friday. From waiving off farmers’ loans within […]