December, 2018
Eyeing On 2014 Repeat, BJP Charts Gujarat drive
When it is the home ground of the Prime Minister, it becomes a matter of prestige for the ruling party. The BJP is under pressure in Gujarat to repeat its 26 out of 26 score in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, more so after the unimpressive performance in the Hindi heartland in the recent assembly polls and the pressure is showing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended two events in Gujarat last week while the party president, Amit Shah, met Hindu saints and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Rajkot. WhileRead More
Amid reports that the SP and the BSP might leave the Congress : Salman Khurshid
Amid reports that the SP and the BSP might leave the Congress out from an alliance in Uttar Pradesh, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said Sunday if his party is excluded from the coalition in the state, any nationwide anti-BJP front will be “weakened” and it may lead to a “stillborn situation”. Khurshid said cobbling together a grand alliance in UP will be the “trickiest” exercise for all opposition parties in the state and asserted it was crucial for the Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)Read More
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party bets on new conquests in 2019 poll after losses in 5 state
Bharatiya Janata Party is counting on making significant gains in the country’s east and northeast after recent electoral losses in traditional strongholds put it on the back foot before the 2019 general elections. PM Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party lost power in the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh this month, energizing the main opposition Congress party, which formed government in all three. The setbacks raised questions about Modi’s ability to replicate his landslide 2014 victory, the biggest mandate in 30 years. While gains in the northeast and east,Read More
Kamal Nath government stable, four Independent MLAs set to become associated members of the Congress in the Assembly
The newly-elected Kamal Nath government of Madhya Pradesh is all set to attain its majority in the Assembly by making up for the two seats the Congress had fallen short of to cross the half-way mark in last week’s Assembly polls. Four Independent MLAs, sources said, are set to become associated members of the Congress in the Assembly, thereby taking the total strength of the Congress to 118, two seats above the magic figure in the House. The rules give independent MLAs the option of retaining their unattached status orRead More
Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of ‘creating two Indias’
Rahul Gandhi declared today that he would not let PM Narendra Modi “sleep or rest” till he gave a reprieve to farmers, holding up as an example his party’s new governments in MP and Chhattisgarh, which he said have announced farm loan waivers within six hours. The third state, Rajasthan, will also do it soon, the Congress chief told a day after three Congress leaders took oath as chief ministers of state which were close to the BJP. Top opposition leaders travelled with Rahul Gandhi to be part of theRead More