Politics

Mamata Banerjee, buoyed by a wave of caste-based identity politics, rode to power in 2011 — a wave that is now threatening to be her biggest challenge.

Lobsang Gyatso, the Independent Monk, who leads the anti-Dam movement in Arunachal said that the CM was "never elected but rather selected," adding that his unopposed office never learned to turn trust into votes.

Slamming the prime minister, Pawar said Narendra Modi, during the 2014 Lok Sabha campaign, had promised to bring back black money from foreign accounts and deposit it into people's accounts but they were still waiting for it.

Rajas request comes two days after the Left parties decided to contest three of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar said office bearers of the state unit of the party discussed the details of her programme, which will be declared on Friday after seeking certain official clearance.

Mayawati had on Tuesday snubbed the Congress by slamming doors on it for any electoral alliance for the Lok Sabha polls anywhere in the country.

Narasimham had reportedly decided not to contest the polls due to his ill-health but was expecting a ticket for Jaggampet Assembly seat for his wife.

The BJP leader also said the so-called 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) of opposition parties lacked coherence and consistency.

Two months after severing ties with the ruling BJP in Assam over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), has returned to the alliance ahead of the national election, much to former chief minister Prafulla Mahanta's wish...

Priyanka Gandhi will start her journey from Prayagraj, the birthplace of her great grandfather and former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and go to Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Prime Minister also tweeted to movie stars such as Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal and Deepika Padukone, sports stars and business leaders.

The political arithmetic has changed in Gujarat since 2017 assembly elections when Congress had won most of the rural seats. This has made BJP jittery, prompting it to launch 'Mission 26' to remain afloat in PM Modi's state.

Arvind Kejriwal at a press conference said the survey commissioned by the AAP portrayed the BJP's handling of the conflict between India and Pakistan in "negative" light among people.

Asked which key issues his party would focus on to target the Modi government during the Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi said the main focus will be on Modi's 'personal corruption' in the Rafale deal.

Releasing the list, Mamata Banerjee assailed the Centre over a host of issues including the Rafale deal, farm distress and shrinking employment opportunities.

Sources said that the Congress might not field its candidates from the seats of SP Patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati.