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Jolt to Congress: Former Andhra CM Kiran Kumar Reddy joins BJP
Taking a dig at the Congress leadership, Reddy said, "I had never imagined that I'll have to leave Congress...There is a saying- 'My king is very intelligent, neither does he think on his own, nor listens to anyone'."Welcoming the leader into the party fold, Union Minister Joshi said, "Several members of Kiran Kumar Reddy's family were in Congress.
Sisodia questions PM Modi's education qualifications in open letter from Tihar
In his hand-written letter in Hindi, the AAP leader raised doubts about Modi's educational qualifications and emphasised the importance of having a highly-educated individual in the country's top elected post. Whenever I hear the Prime Minister's claims that we can prepare tea or cook food using dirty gas from a drain by inserting a pipe.
K'taka polls: Superstar Yash declines requests for campaigning
Yash is very popular throughout the state and BJP, Congress and JD(S) have been continuously approaching him to rope him as a star campaigner. However, Yash is focussing on his future project and rejected all offers by politicians. In the last Assembly elections, Yash had campaigned for a few candidates.
K'taka polls: Cong faces dissent & rebellion after 2nd list announcement
Congress insiders, however, said that if the rebellion is not quelled, it is going to pose a serious challenge to the party in the Assembly elections scheduled for May 10. The ticket aspirants who have missed the tickets, were staging protests, agitations and have warned that they would resign from the party membership and join the.
Telangana BJP chief released from jail, hits out at KCR
After coming out of Karimnagar district jail, he lashed out at KCR government and dared it to order a probe by a sitting judge into the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam paper leak and the allegations against him. Sanjay alleged that the allegations made against him in 10th class Hindi paper leak were aimed at diverting public attention from the TSPSC paper leak issue.
Eknath Shinde to visit Ayodhya on Sunday
The Shiv Sena has booked almost all the hotels, guest houses and dharamshalas to accommodate the Ministers, party MPs and MLAs.
Thousands of Shiv Sainiks are expected to reach Ayodhya on Saturday to welcome Shinde. Apart from the Chief Minister's entourage and Shiv Sainiks from Maharashtra, around 10,000 Shiv Sena activists from different parts of Uttar Pradesh will also gather in Ayodhya.
In leaving Congress, Antony's son repeats his action of over four decades back
Incidentally Antony, a three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, had, soon after the lifting of Emergency, left the Congress and the outfit led by Antony and Oommen Chandy joined the then CPI-M-led Left and the government led by CPI-M veteran E.K. Nayanar in 1980.
Emotionally charged Antony says son's decision wrong, has pained him
Antony, who returned to the state capital soon after his Rajya Sabha tenure ended last year, was addressing a press conference the state party headquarters here. Earlier, in the day, Anil Antony joined the BJP in Delhi, saying: "Many of the Congress leaders believe that their duty is to work for a particular family but I believe that my duty is to work for the people.
Taking no class, but Bihar Education Minister drawing college salary
The RJD minister, before joining the fulltime politics, was an assistant professor of Zoology at Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College in Aurangabad. He was elected as MLA from Madhepura Sadar for the last three terms. Still, he was taking a salary from the college without teaching a single class. He has been associated with the college since October 8, 1985 and will retire in 2026.
'Taj Mahal can't be a symbol of love': BJP legislator
"Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in the memory of his 4th wife Mumtaz. However, he married three ladies after the demise of Mumtaz," Kurmi claimed. "How could Shah Jahan marry three other women following the death of Mumtaz if he had really loved her?" he wondered. Earlier, the BJP legislator asserted that the Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar should be demolished.
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