BJP
First No-Confidence Motion Against Narendra Modi Govt: Will It Work?
First No-Confidence Motion Against Narendra Modi, On the opening day of the monsoon session on Wednesday, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan accepted an opposition motion for a no-trust vote that the government ought to win with ease but which should see a riveting clash on issues ranging from farm distress, lynching and polarisation. The vote will take place on Friday. The change in the government’s stand it had stonewalled the demand in the budget session took the opposition by surprise as it had expected a stand-off. The government’s decision stemmedRead More
Seat Sharing and Poll Preparations on Agenda : Amit Shah to Meet Nitish Kumar in Patna
BJP president Amit Shah will hold discussions with JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over breakfast and dinner during his visit to Patna on Thursday. This comes amid reports of differences between the two parties over seat sharing agreement for 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state for 2019 LS elections. Leaders from both sides are hopeful that the differences will be resolved when Nitish Kumar and Amit Shah will sit together. Amid repeated assertions by spokesmen of the JD(U) that it was the “elder brother” in theRead More
Amit Shah: BJP Will Form Strong Alliance in Tamil Nadu
BJP president Amit Shah on Monday said that his party would form an alliance in Tamil Nadu that would eventually form the government and eliminate corruption. Without making any direct reference to the ruling AIADMK, he said, “I feel saddened when I think about Tamil Nadu. “These days, Tamil Nadu figures among those States that are most affected by corruption.” He claimed that only a BJP government would be able to end the prevalence of electoral corruption in the State. Addressing the BJP’s polling booth in-charges at the VGP GoldenRead More
Under Governor Rule: Govt Fit To Hold J&K Local Body Polls
Under Governor Rule: Govt Fit To Hold J&K Local Body Polls, The Centre is preparing the ground to hold much-overdue local body elections in Jammu & Kashmir while it is still under governor’s rule, starting with urban local body polls followed by panchayat polls. Union home minister Rajnath Singh, who reviewed the security situation and developmental issues related to J&K at a meeting in Srinagar on Thursday, stressed on the need to percolate Central funds and development to the grassroots level in the state through installation and empowerment of localRead More
Gujarat Congress MLA Kunwarji Bavaliya Resigns,Joins BJP
Gujarat Congress MLA Kunwarji Bavaliya severed his three-decadeold ties with the party on Tuesday and joined BJP. The ruling party immediately rewarded him by making him a cabinet minister in the Vijay Rupani government. Bavaliya’s crossing over to BJP has not come as a surprise as he had been openly criticising Gujarat Congress’s functioning for the last one month. On Tuesday, he mailed his resignation to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and as an MLA to assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi. A few hours later, the five-term MLA joined BJP in the presenceRead More