Punching Holes Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s statement that INDIA bloc will win 79 of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh elicited a lot of laughter. But Yadav had a bigger aim in mind – to punch holes in BJP’s “chaar sau paar” slogan. “If BJP can give any big number, why can’t we say something … Read more
Copyright on Guarantees With AAP pitting ‘Kejriwal ki guarantee’ against ‘Modi ki guarantee’, ‘Congress ki guarantee’ is caught between the two. Congress believes that the patent for coining pre-poll ‘guarantees’ rests with it as it first chanted the mantra during Karnataka elections and then in Telangana polls. Congress spokespersons maintain that BJP and PM aped … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said it is not opposed to electronic voting machines but against their manipulation and demanded 100 per cent counting of the VVPAT slips to ensure credibility of the voting system. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh renewed the demand by the Congress and other parties for 100 per cent counting … Read more
BJP MP Hema Malini on Wednesday said the January 22 consecration ceremony here will be a memorable moment while claiming that it will be the opposition parties’ loss if they don’t attend the event. In an apparent reference to the deity being shifted from a makeshift tent to the newly built temple in Ayodhya, Malini … Read more
Uttar Pradesh-based opposition parties have taken a more nuanced approach to questions regarding attending the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya than the principal national opposition Congress, which has slammed it as “clearly a BJP-RSS event” and said the inauguration is being done for “political gains”. BSP chief Mayawati on Monday, while saying she was … Read more
