Politics

The AAP will launch the first phase of its five-phased padyatra from the Beniabagh Maidan against in Varanasi. The first phase, called the Janadhikar Andolan, will end on July 8 in Ballia.

Kharge is the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha and replaces Mohan Prakash, who ceases to be a party general secretary.

A BSP-Congress alliance in Madhya Pradesh, where the BJP has been in power for three consecutive terms, was predicted to be a game-changer for the Congress as it would have greatly improved its seat tally with the help of BSP’s core vote base.

After a series of by-poll debacles in UP, the BJP has already made changes in the organization secretaries in three zones of the state- Gorakhpur, Kanpur and Bundelkhand region.

A senior leader of the Samajwadi Party said the issues with Congress are not personal but purely political.

As a part of the JD(S) election manifesto, Kumaraswamy had announced that the party would waive off all the debts of farmers, including the loans given by nationalised banks, if he was voted to power.

The AIADMK leader alleged that Narayanasamy has been busy criticising Lt Governor Kiran Bedi instead of getting the sanction from the Centre for various developmental projects.

Jain had gone on strike on Tuesday, and his sugar level further dipped on Sunday, even as he asserted that the AAP government will continue to fight for people of the city.

The Bihar chief minister demanded the release of Rs 2,600 crore as Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF), which he claimed was due to his state.

Digvijaya Singh, who is busy crisscrossing the state as part of the Ekta Yatra to bring unity in the Congress party ahead of the assembly polls, reached Sagar district on Friday.

The decision comes in the backdrop of the party’s defeat in the traditional strongholds of Kannauj, Mainpuri, Firozabad and other districts during last year’s state assembly and municipal elections.

A sulking Sudheeran, who quit the KPCC President's post on health grounds a year ago, maintained that handing over of the Rajya Sabha seat to Kerala Congress(M) was a mistake.

In his petition filed through advocates Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay and Ashwani Kumar Dubey, the rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA has contended that in the 27 Assembly sittings held last year, Kejriwal was present only in seven.

The strength of the Congress party, with a centrist approach, lay in its ability to take both the Left and the Right of the Centre along.

As Tejashwi continues to grow as the heir apparent of Lalu Prasad in the RJD fold, it seems to have touched a wrong nerve with Tej Pratap who earlier held the Deputy CM’s post when RJD was still in the government along with Nitish Kumar.

The open rebellion in Congress has been triggered by the troika of opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, former CM Oommen Chandy and outgoing KPCC chief MM Hassan after they decided to hand over a Rajya Sabha seat to former ally Kerala Congress (M).