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Only BJP has a future in India: Amit Shah
Amit Shah said this while addressing a programme of the SC/ST Morcha here on Saturday. He also said that the Narendra Modi government has ensured the security of the country. Amit Shah cited the Pulwama incident and said that India retaliated inside Pakistani soil to the carnage in Pulwama, adding the Congress government never had the guts to do this. The senior BJP leader also said that Communism was fast losing its relevance, and is disappearing from the world.
BJP can be reduced to 50 seats in 2024 LS polls: Bihar CM
While addressing JD-U's National Executive Committee in Patna, Kumar said that he is working on uniting opposition leaders in the country. "We are working to make opposition leaders united in the country. We have interacted with the Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao a few days ago and I am regularly interacting with leaders of the opposition parties over phone. If opposition parties will fight against BJP, they will reduce it to nearly 50 seats," the Chief Minister added.
BJP likely to withdraw support from Meghalaya's MDA govt
The BJP with two MLAs is a junior ally of the National People's Party (NPP) dominated six-party coalition government. As said that discussions are on at various levels of the party, which would finalise the whether to support the MDA government or not, within a month. The BJP leader said that the party has been studying the reports on the various corruption allegations against the state government and the CBI would handle the charges once they acquire all the papers.
About 9K voters to elect Cong President; row over electoral list deepens
In the last such election that was held in 2000, current interim President Sonia Gandhi had defeated Jitendra Prasada, who managed just 94 out of 7,542 votes. Prior to that, Sitaram Kesri had defeated Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot by securing 6,224 votes. Pawar had secured 882 votes, while Pilot got 354 votes.
Thackeray-Shinde groups' tug-of-war for Shiv Sena Dassehra Rally at Shivaji Park
The Shiv Sena President and ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is facing competition from the rebel faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and even the Raj Thacekray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is toying with the idea of a rally at the Shivaji Park.
Nothing objectionable: Union Finance Minister Sitharaman on questioning Telangana official
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters on Saturday that she did not cross limits of parliamentary conduct while questioning Kamareddy district Collector about the share of the Centre and the state in supply of ration through public distribution system.
TRS hits back at FM Nirmala Sitharaman with PM Modi's pictures on LPG cylinders
The posters put up on cooking gas cylinders carried Modi's photographs along with price of each cylinder Rs 1,105. The TRS took the jibe at the Prime Minister over the massive hike in the price of cooking gas during the last eight years. The TRS leaders pointed out that the price of LPG was only Rs 410 in 2014 when Modi became the Prime Minister.
Kavita Krishnan quits CPI-MLL over some 'troubling political questions'
Krishnan was a politburo member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist-Liberation and had been a member of its Central Committee for over two decades. "I requested to be relieved of my posts and responsibilities in CPIML since I needed to pursue certain troubling political questions: questions it was not possible to explore and express in my responsibilities as a CPIML leader," she said in a social media post.
5 JD-U MLAs merge with BJP in Manipur
Manipur assembly Secretary K. Meghajit Singh said Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh has accepted the merger of the five JD-U MLAs to the legislature party of BJP in the Manipur Assembly under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution. The five legislators who joined BJP are Khumukcham Joykisan Singh (Thangmeiband), Ngursanglur Sanate (Tipaimukh), Md. Achab Uddin (Jiribam), Thangjam Arunkumar (Wangkhei) and L.M. Khaute (Churachandpur).
MP Home Minister calls Shabana Azmi agent of Tukde-Tukde gang
Mishra made the controversial remark while reacting to Shabana Azami's comment questioning the release of 11 persons convicted for the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano during the Gujarat riots in 2002. Talking to mediapersons here, Mishra said these people don't utter even a single word when crimes are committed in a non-BJP state. "Why these people were silent when a minor girl was killed in Jharkhand, why did not they say a single word on the Udaipur murder? Because they see crime in only in BJP-ruled states. These people are agents and sleeper cell of Tukde-Tukde gang," Mishra said.
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