Though Mamata Banerjee (left) shares a good equation with Sonia Gandhi (right), the camaraderie has not percolated down to the state level. (PTI) Experts say the main challenge for the united opposition will be to establish a counter-narrative to the prime minister and sort out seat sharing at the regional level, which remains a tricky…
Samajwadi Party workers celebrate the victory of party candidate Sudhakar Singh in the Ghosi constituency by-election, in Lucknow. (PTI) Political analysts said BJP was informed of the undercurrent due to Dara Singh Chauhan’s image of a turncoat but it ignored the resentment and this eventually led to the party’s defeat Samajwadi Party registered a big…
PM Narendra Modi at the launch of National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, in Shahdol district on July 1. (Image: PTI) PM Narendra Modi is reaching MP today, where he will announce projects worth over Rs 50,000 crore – a petrochemical complex at Bina, power and renewable energy manufacturing zone in Narmadapuram and mega industrial…
A supporter dressed as Hindu deity Hanuman at a road show of PM Narendra Modi ahead of Karnataka assembly elections. (Image: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak/File) PM Narendra Modi’s popularity as a national leader, whose appeal is still intact after two Lok Sabha elections, is one of the main reasons why the Centre’s move is being criticised by…
Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s innings to stitch up a coalition is over and she has decided to pass on the responsibility. But, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also missing from the list of INDIA’s coordination committee. (Image: PTI/File) The meaningful omission of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi signals that the Congress does not…
Last Updated: September 01, 2023, 11:45 IST There are other complications too, like what happens if there is a hung House after a state election and a mid-term election is needed, or if a state government falls due to a no-confidence motion. (Shutterstock) The ONOP bill will also need a 2/3rd majority in both houses…
It was May 26, 2014. As the clock struck 6pm, then President of India Pranab Mukherjee administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to a man who rose from Gujarat’s Vadnagar to the highest political office of India — Narendra Modi. Modi swept to power — often termed the ‘Modi Tsunami’ — riding on a…
The ED said the company raided is suspected of money laundering and has directors, who are parents of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and brother of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. (Image: PTI/File) The Kolkata Police started a preliminary probe against ED officials after a company executive accused the central agency of downloading “foreign files” in…
Mayawati said both NDA and INDIA alliances comprised mostly of parties that are anti-poor, casteist, communal, and pro-rich and thus her party had decided to go solo. (PTI) In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BSP partnered with SP to form an anti-BJP ‘Mahagathbandhan’ along with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). However, the alliance failed to leave…
Reported By: Pallavi Ghosh Last Updated: August 31, 2023, 12:28 IST With Lovely in the saddle, the message to AAP and cadre is clear — the same person who had endorsed support for AAP government in 2013 is now going to take decisions. (PTI) Speaking to News18, Arvinder Singh Lovely said the letter for the…