Last Updated: July 02, 2024, 08:38 IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose, in a rather unprecedented way, to intervene twice during Rahul Gandhi’s speech. (PTI) The BJP top brass has a clear strategy here – expose Rahul Gandhi’s “lies” on the floor of the House and portray him as a politician who is diminishing the … Read more
Modi 3.0 is not the same as Modi 2.0 — short of a simple majority in the Lok Sabha, a far cry from its 2019 tally of 303. But with other NDA allies, the BJP is in a safe position to pass legislations. However, in the Upper House, it is still three seats short of … Read more
Talking to News18, a senior BJP leader from Bihar said the party not only accommodated the allies, but addressed the caste-politics in Bihar. (PTI) Of the at least six MPs from Bihar likely to be inducted in Narendra Modi’s cabinet, four are from NDA partners JD(U), LJP and HAM, while two are senior BJP leaders. … Read more
Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is felicitated by party leaders and alliance partners during the NDA parliamentary party meeting at Samvidhan Sadan, in New Delhi on June 7, 2024. (PTI) Sources say the BJP wants to keep the top four ministries — Home, External Affairs, Defence, and Finance — with itself, along with some other key … Read more
TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee meets Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, in New Delhi on June 6, 2024. (X/@AITCofficial) At the outset, the meetings convey a sense of unity in the INDIA bloc which has decided to sit in the opposition. With better numbers in the incoming Lok Sabha, the opposition is all set to … Read more
Of the three, Rahul Gandhi was the only one to do joint rallies with INDIA partners like SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, sending the clear message that any post-poll talks will be led by him. (PTI) Rahul Gandhi led 107 rallies and roadshows besides shorts on Instagram and YouTube, while Mallikarjun Kharge … Read more
The months leading up to the Lok Sabha elections were dominated by the Opposition’s single biggest charge against the Narendra Modi government — that the Indian Constitution is in danger and crucial institutions are compromised. Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Mallikarjun Kharge and a battery of Opposition leaders told voters why they should vote for the … Read more
Debashis Dhar, the former superintendent of police of Coochbehar, was suspended after the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections following the Sitalkuchi firing incident. Former IPS officer Debashis Dhar, who resigned on March 20 citing “personal reason” and “socials goals”, will be contesting on a BJP ticket from the Birbhum constituency, which votes in the fourth … Read more
The survey indicates that the BJP-led NDA will sweep the Hindi heartland (with 77 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 28 in Madhya Pradesh, 10 in Chhattisgarh, 38 in Bihar, 12 in Jharkhand) and Karnataka (25). Representational pic/PTI The opinion poll, India’s biggest such survey, predicts the NDA is set to win 411 seats in the 543-member … Read more
Politics comes naturally to the 59-year-old Piyush Goyal, whose father, the late Vedprakash Goyal, was Union Minister of Shipping and the national treasurer of the BJP for over two decades. (PTI/File) Lok Sabha Election 2024: It was already a rarity when the BJP gave Piyush Goyal a third term in the Rajya Sabha, but now … Read more
