POLITICS
Rashmi Thackeray to address Shiv Sena (UBT) women activists' in Nashik
Rashmi, currently the Editor of 'Saamana Group' of publications, will travel to Nashik to boost up the party cadres and prevent the continuous 'leakage' of party supporters, witnessed in the city Sena (UBT) since the past few months, after the split in June 2022. Reputed to be a woman with a firm independent mind, she has always remained in the shadows to manage the Thackeray household for the past over two decades.
'Eknath Shinde cried, feared arrest if he didn't join BJP', claims Aditya Thackeray
"Shinde had come to our home (Matoshri) before the rebellion... he cried saying he would land in jail if he didn't go with the Bharatiya Janata Party," claimed Thackeray Jr, speaking to a private television channel. He declared that Shinde and the 40 MLAs quit the original Shiv Sena "only to save their seats and for money... there was no other reason for them to quit", as a fresh political row erupted.
Karnataka polls: BJP MLA quits party after denied ticket
Kumaraswamy was an aspirant from the reserve constituency, but the party decided field Deepak Doddaiah instead. According to party sources, Kumaraswamy was denied ticket following his failure to perform. Kumaraswamy was in news after he was chased down and beaten up by the people following the death of a woman in an elephant attack. Police had resorted to lathi charge to quell the mob.
Turbulence in MP BJP: Ex-CM Kailash Joshi's son likely to jump ship to Congress
While the MP Congress led by Kamal Nath is planning to give a big political jolt to the ruling BJP ahead of the Assembly polls due later this year, Joshi, who has been angry over not being given active role in the state politics despite being a senior BJP leader, is likely to grab this opportunity to flourish his political career in the Congress.
Kamal Nath will be Congress' CM face in MP: Digvijaya Singh
While addressing a press conference in Surkhi assembly constituency of Sagar district on Wednesday, Singh said the entire Congress unit of Madhya Pradesh is united under the leadership of Kamal Nath. "We have only one face for CM and that is Kamal Nath. We are fighting the assembly polls under his leadership and he will be the chief minister's face, if the party comes back to power.
Jitan Ram Manjhi to meet Amit Shah, demand Bharat Ratna for Dashrath Manjhi
However, the office of Jitan Ram Manjhi claimed that the purpose of the meeting is not political. He is going to Delhi to meet Amit Shah with a demand for Bharat Ratna for the Mountain Man Dasrath Manjhi, Bihar's first CM Sri Krishna Singh and Karpoori Thakur. Jitan Ram Manjhi, along with a delegation from Gaya went to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The PMO had asked him to meet Amit Shah.
Karnataka polls: Shettar adamant on contesting even after top leaders' intervention
During the meeting, Nadda tried to mollify Shettar but the senior party leader from Karnataka refused to budge from his stance. Shettar reportedly told the saffron party chief that he wishes to contest the polls. During a media interaction, Shettar said he has won the last six elections, and intends to contest the May 10 election. The former Karnataka chief minister claimed that Nadda assured him of taking a decision on his and other leaders' demands following a discussion.
LS polls 2024: Centre to appoint media consultants as part of publicity outreach
The aim behind the initiative is to portray the pro-poor and common man friendly image of the government, by highlighting the several people-oriented schemes of the Centre, sources privy to developments said.
BJP releases 2nd list of 23 candidates for Karnataka polls, candidate for Jalandhar LS bypoll
Earlier on Tuesday, the saffron party had announced the names of 189 candidates in its first list. The party has also announced candidates for the by-elections to be held in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab and the Jharsuguda Assembly by-election in Odisha. The party has declared Sardar Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal as its candidate for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll and Tankadhar Tripathi for the Jharsuguda Assembly bypoll.
Lalu's daughter Ragini leaves ED HQ after 8 hours of questioning
After siblings Misa Yadav and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Ragini was summoned to join investigation on Wednesday. She had reached the ED's headquarters at around 11 a.m. and left it at around 7.30 p.m. On Tuesday, Tejashwi Yadav was questioned for about eight hours in the matter.
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