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Nitish's chances of becoming PM minimal: R.C.P. Singh
"A party needs to have 273 seats for a stable government and the Prime Minister of the country. JD-U is a party of Bihar which won a maximum of 20 Lok Sabha seats once. The current strength of JD-U in Lok Sabha is 16. So how would he (Nitish Kumar) become the Prime Minister of the country?" he asked.
'Politically motivated': AAP on Delhi Minister Jain's arrest
AAP's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh told the media that Jain was made the incharge of Himachal Pradesh, the BJP is going to lose the Assembly election in the hill state, and that is why he has been arrested. "Satyendar Jain has been arrested in a fake case, an 8-year-old case in connection with which he appeared before the ED seven times.
Trinamool's doors closed for outsiders for time being: Abhishek Banerjee
Incidentally, he made this announcement at a public rally at Shyamnagar under Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district, whose erstwhile BJP Lok Sabha member, Arjun Singh has recently rejoined the Trinamool on May 22, and was welcomed in the party by Abhishek Banerjee himself.
Popularity of Narendra Modi government highest since start of Covid-19 pandemic: Survey
A total of 67% of 64,000 people, who participated in this survey, said that PM Modi has either met or exceeded expectations in his second term. Of these 67%, 34% said the government met their expectations while 33% of citizens said the government has exceeded their expectations. It's a jump from 51% registered last year when India was going through a brutal second wave of Coronavirus that took millions of lives.
WATCH | Black paint thrown at Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru, 3 nabbed
The attack happened when Tikait was attending a press conference on "Raita Chaluvali, Aatmavalokana haagu Spasteekarana Sabha (Farmer's Movement, Introspection and Clarification Meeting)" organised by Karnataka State Farmers Association and Hasiru Sene. The leaders were clarifying the recent allegations against farmer leader Kodihalli Chandrashekar, who was exposed by the local media on negotiating bribes for stopping protests.
Punjab CM orders probe by sitting HC judge into Moosewala killing
The Chief Minister, while acceding to the request of Balkar Singh Sidhu, the father of slain singer, said the state government will be requesting the Chief Justice of the High Court to get the case enquired into by a sitting judge. Mann said the state government will ensure full cooperation to this enquiry commission, including roping in of any of the central agencies like National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Accompanied by Akhilesh, Jayant files nomination for RS
"I am grateful to Akhilesh Yadav for his party's support to my candidature and I assure that I will raise relevant issues in the Rajya Sabha," he told the reporters. By announcing support to Jayant Chaudhary, the Samajwadi Party has made the first move to cement the SP-RLD alliance for the Lok Sabha elections.
Gandhi's can't see beyond their coterie: BJP on Congress RS nomination
In-charge of BJP's National Information and Technology Department Amit Malviya tweeted, "The Chintan Shivir clearly didn't serve any purpose. Soon after, Congress saw high profile exits. Now it has disappointed it's Rajasthan, Chattisgarh (both election bound) and Maharashtra units by denying nomination to locals for RS. The Gandhis can't see beyond their coterie."
RS Polls: Congress names 10 candidates; Surjewala in, Azad not in list
Biennial elections for 57 Rajya Sabha seats will be held across 15 states on June 10. The Congress has nominated Rajeev Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan from Chhattisgarh, Ajay Maken from Haryana, Jairam Ramesh from Karnataka, Vivek Tankha from Madhya Pradesh and P. Chidambaram from Tamil Nadu.
JD-U names Khiru Mahto as RS nominee from Bihar
The party has denied the ticket to Union Steel Minister RCP Singh -- considered as BJP sympathiser in the JD-U. Hence, he was in the "target list" of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other party leaders like national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh a.k.a. Lalan Singh, JD-U parliamentary board president Upendra Kushwaha and party's state president Umesh Kushwaha.
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