Politics

Yechury said that more than the leaders' 'attitude', it was "people from the ground" who would 'push' the parties to save India, making them come together in a grand alliance against the BJP.

The study also says that 11 candidates from the Congress, 13 from AAP, 14 from the JCC and 24 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against them.

Both the ruling Congress and main opposition MNF are trying hard to prove their 'anti-BJP' credentials and both have had their own alliances with the saffron party.

Nitish Kumar never used the word NEECH against any leader in his interaction with the media. I was present at the programme, Sharad Yadav said in a tweet.

The opposition leaders insist that the anti-incumbency factor against the 15-year BJP rule is much more prominent in the Bundelkhand region.

The MP, niece of legendary Congress leader ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury, set off the speculation recently when she met CM Mamata Banerjee.

The Congress chief has also accused the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of renegotiating the price of the aircraft and purchasing it at a price three times higher than what was negotiated by the erstwhile UPA

A statement from the YSRC Central Committee late on Saturday night said the decision not to contest the polls was taken since 'our complete focus' was on the 2019 general elections in Andhra Pradesh.

The UP chief minister, who was addressing a rally on the last day of campaigning for the first phase of assembly polls in the state, also sought to know whether the Congress was concerned about Lord Ram or Mughal emperor Babur.

The Chief Secretary was reportedly asked to give three options to replace Shashank after a meeting between a high-level EC team, top government officials and civil society leaders.

After the UP government renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj and Faizabad as Sri Ayodhya, demands have cropped up to rename Ahemdabad, Aurangabad, Hyderabad and Agra as well.

The Thiruvananthapuram MP also blamed the state government for acting in "haste" and not consulting the stakeholders before implementing the Supreme Court verdict, permitting women of all age groups to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa shrine.

The survey found that the BJP has held, on average, 70% of the urban seats while the Congress has been able to win just 27% urban seats in MP.

His statements came close on the heels of the Uttar Pradesh government's decision last month to rename Allahabad as "Prayagraj". The Yogi Adityanath government had on Tuesday also announced that Faizabad district will henceforth be known as Ayodhya.

Kantilal Bhuria allegedly compelled the Congress to field his son from Jhbaua, his hometown. But the decision has not gone down well with the party and protests erupted soon after the ticket announcement.

Led by Derek O'Brien, the TMC parliamentary party leader in Rajya Sabha, the team will comprise the party's Lok Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur, Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haq and MLA Mahua Moitra.