Former Chief Economic Advisor to India government & BJP MLA Ashok Lahiri said on Friday at West Bengal Assembly that the Bengal budget was a vote-oriented and was targeted more at Lok Sabha polls than Bengal’s economy and seems like “fairy-tale” budget. Lahiri was participating in budget discussion following tabling of state budget on Thursday. … Read more
The West Bengal government tabled an all-encompassing budget with special focus on women, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The budget introduced an array of social welfare schemes for SC/STs, women, artisans, new MGNREGA-like state scheme ‘Karmasree’, artisan welfare schemes, a 4% hike in dearness allowance for government employees, and increased allotment for contractual … Read more
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will lead a dharna of Karnataka’s ministers and lawmakers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Wednesday on alleged lack of funding support from the Centre as the Congress seeks to make it a major campaign issue and put the BJP on the defensive in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls.The … Read more
Taking his party’s stance on the Centre weakening the states’ political autonomy ahead, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday slammed the BJP government, saying it was not only harassing the states, but also weakening the poor in the country.Speaking at the Jana Mahasabha in Thrissur in Kerala on Sunday, Kharge, who was kicking off the … Read more
The neutral nature of the 2024 interim budget reflects a sense of electoral comfort this time around, compared with a tense 2019, when the BJP had lost three crucial state elections — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh — before the Lok Sabha polls that year.The key highlight of that interim budget was the Pradhan Mantri … Read more
Dimple Yadav had won the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in a bypoll a year ago after it was left vacant due to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s death. (Image: PTI/File) Two other names from the Yadav family include SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s cousins, who are contesting from Badaun and Firozabad. The party has also declared … Read more
Kishanganj (Bihar): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the ideologies of the RSS and the BJP are spreading violence and hatred in the country. Addressing a public rally here as part of his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, he said people belonging to different religions and castes are fighting during the BJP-led NDA rule … Read more
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday began the all-faith harmony rally in the metropolis, aligning with the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya this afternoon. The feisty TMC boss, accompanied by religious leaders of various faiths and party leaders, began the ‘Sanghati March’ from Hazra More here. Clad in her trademark white … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has replied to the ED, asking why summonses were issued to him if he was not an accused in the excise policy-linked money laundering case, the AAP said on Thursday. Kejriwal was issued a summons by the Enforcement Directorate last week for the fourth time and asked to appear before … Read more
Congress has sought 20 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh from Samajwadi Party, a demand which the regional party found ‘unreasonable’. The two parties are likely to meet again on Thursday to take talks forward, according to some leaders. According to people present at the second formal round of seat-sharing talks on Wednesday, … Read more
