Politics

Priyanka Gandhi’s official entry into politics has enthused a lot of Congress workers in Karnataka. In fact, Karnataka was one of the first states to demand her entry into politics way back in 1999.

When Rajnath Singh called up Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday to express concern over the reports of arson, a 'cross trading of charges' ensued between the two.

The home minister called up Mamata Banerjee to express serious concern over the reports of large-scale violence and arson against people who participated in the rally of the BJP president in East Midnapore district, a home ministry official said.

Rahul Gandhi’s visit came a day after he reiterated his party’s claim that Manohar Parrikar is in possession of "explosive secrets" pertaining to the Rafale jet deal.

The BJP-aligned faction of All India Matua Mahasangha is organising the rally. Modi's proposed rally is of immense political significance as the area is known as the hub of Matua community and is near the house of its matriarch Binapani Debi.

The Supreme Court on Sunday cancelled the January 29 hearing in the politically sensitive case as one member of the five-judge Constitution bench would not be available.

Sakshi Maharaj said he will be contesting from Unnao till the time he is in active politics.

He also unveiled super speciality blocks at state-run medical colleges in Madurai, Thanjavur and Tirunelveli through video conference facility. These blocs would have high-tech diagnostic equipment and facilities including Cath lab.

Ramabai Singh and Sanjeev Singh Kushwaha are the two BSP lawmakers who are supporting the Congress in Madhya Pradesh.

Even though the Congress won’t be fielding Manju in the upcoming elections, she will be the star campaigner for the grand old party in the polls.

Stating that 2.26 lakh people in the state have benefitted from the Jan Dhan Yojana apart from other Central schemes, Irani slammed Banerjee for being "most ungrateful" to the Centre.

While the veteran politicians chose to sidestep the question of her electoral possibilities, the common man saw Priyanka Gandhi's entry as an exciting opportunity.

Political observers say that Ahmed Patel had left electoral politics way back in 1993 but his name invariably crops up during polls.

This is for the second time in one month that West Bengal BJP has changed the schedule of Modi's rallies.

The seats under 'Mission 30' are distributed across the state. West Saharanpur, Ghaziabad and Rampur come under this category. In Ghaziabad, Congress had got around 1.90 lakh votes. In Rampur, this figure was 1.56 lakh.

Tejashwi Yadav slammed the government's move as hasty and said that like demonetisation it was implemented hurriedly. Reservation was not a poverty alleviation programme, he added.