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With Arjun Singh's exit, Suvendu Adhikari's importance in Bengal BJP increases
The BJP's central leadership, on Monday, has entrusted Adhikari to take charge of the party's organisation set-up in Barrackpore and fill up the structural vacuum created out of the exit of Singh, who rejoined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday evening.
There is little 'apolitical' in breakaway BKU group
The breakaway outfit of the BKU, led by Rajesh Chauhan, has alleged that the outfit under the Tikait brothers was getting 'increasingly political' and the members, including senior leaders, did not appreciate this. BKU president Naresh Tikait claims that the split in the outfit was engineered by the BJP government and said that the parting of 'some' leaders will not impact the organization or its activities.
Uma Bharti: Ayodhya, Kashi, Mathura a matter of faith for Hindus, like Mecca-Medina is for Muslims
Bharti, who was among the BJP leaders who led the Ram Janmabhoomi movement of the 1990s in Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) and never hesitated in claiming that she was one of those who carried out the demolition of the Babri Masjid, spoke with IANS on the ongoing controversy over Varanasi's Gyanvapi Masjid and some similar issues which have erupted in Madhya Pradesh too.
Arjun Singh's 'ghar wapsi': Not all seem to be happy in Trinamool
Veteran Trinamool leader and three-time party Lok Sabha member from Dum Dum constituency, also in North 24 Parganas district, Saugata Roy opined that Singh's return will not result in additional value addition for the party.
Maha: Shiv Sena 'no' to independents in RS polls
"We have nothing against Sambhajiraje... If he has said he will contest independently, then he must have arranged for his 42 votes," Raut retorted, and reiterated the Sena stance on the issue. Since the past couple of days there has been political speculation that the Sena would be prepared to field Sambhajiraje provided he joined the party and was reportedly given a 'deadline' till 12 noon Monday (May 23) to decide.
Only CBI can answer, says Nitish on Lalu raids
Nitish Kumar said that such a matter pertains to law and investigative agencies, so they are in a better position to comment. "Those who have conducted the raids, they are answerable," Nitish Kumar said, putting the ball in the court of the CBI. Nitish Kumar's statement came just after he met his party workers in Patna on Sunday.
BJP Lok Sabha member Arjun Singh rejoins Trinamool Congress
He was greeted back into the party by Trinamool General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee at the party office at Camac Street in central Kolkata. Other top Trinamool leaders, MLAs, and ministers from the North 24 Parganas district were present on the occasion.
With 2024 not far, BJP gets stronger, weakens its opponents at the same time
The saffron party is busy in expanding its base by using every occasion and platform to inform people about the achievements of the Modi government. On the completion of eight years of the Modi government, the party has planned several outreach programmes from May 30 to June 14 and will run a special campaign 'Sewa, Sushasan and Garib Kalyan' (Service, Good governance and Welfare of the Poor).
As Gyanvapi row boils over, SP, BSP, Cong maintain diplomatic silence
The opposition parties, particularly those in Uttar Pradesh, are unable to take a stand on the issue. If they back the Hindu petitioners, they will lose out on Muslim support, and if they side with the Muslims, they will be dubbed as 'anti-Hindu'. The Samajwadi Party, which is the main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, has avoided taking a clear stand on the controversy though Akhilesh Yadav has been accusing the BJP of stoking communal issues for electoral gains.
Raj's hip bone surgery next week; 'anti-loudspeaker' drive to continue
"I shall be undergoing hip bone surgery on June 1... I have been in pain since some time in the legs and now also in the back," Raj -- the estranged cousin of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray -- said at a rally here. Post-surgery, he would be recuperating for a couple of months but promised to write a letter to 'all Hindu sisters and brothers' on the MNS' ongoing agitation against loudspeakers on mosques in the state.
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