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Oops! Raj Thackeray parrots BJP script at MNS rally, sparks political ire
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In a Macaque-shaming somersault, Raj slammed Uddhav for not respecting the peoples' mandate in favour of Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2019 Assembly elections and choosing to ally with Nationalist Congress Party-Congress to head the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. "He has betrayed the peoples' verdict. He claims there was a closed-door understanding with Amit Shah to share the post of CM. Why he remembered it only after the elections," boomed Raj.
BJP tally crosses 100-mark in Rajya Sabha
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For the first time the BJP tally in the Rajya Sabha has crossed the 100-mark. The BJP also became the first party to achieve the feat after 1988. After the recent round of election for the Upper House of Parliament held on Thursday, the saffron party tally now stands at 101. The BJP achieved this feat after winning four seats out of 13 for which polls were held on Thursday.
BJP's tally in RS increases after party wins 4 more seats from NE
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Winning four Rajya Sabha seats from three northeastern states - Assam, Tripura and Nagaland, the BJP has increased its members' tally in the Upper House of the Parliament from the region. The elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam and one in Tripura were held on Thursday. BJP nominee S. Phangnon Konyak was elected unopposed to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Nagaland last Friday.
BJP MLA demands removal of Nitish Kumar as Bihar CM
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After surgical strike on Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), BJP leaders are now directly targeting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Vinay Bihari, a BJP MLA claimed that Nitish Kumar lost his fire that he was known for, during the first tenure in 2005. "I firmly believe that the BJP top leadership should think about it and make a Chief Minister from our party," he said.
Speculation over new UP BJP president starts
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After Swatantra Dev Singh became a minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, the BJP is looking for the next Uttar Pradesh unit president with an eye on the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Sources said that the new Uttar Pradesh BJP president will be selected taking care of social engineering in the state.
Yechuri calls for alliance of Left, secular, democratic parties to unseat BJP
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The General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sitaram Yechury, has called for a broad alliance of Left, secular and democratic forces to unseat the BJP. He said the 'Hindu Rashtra' ideology of the BJP is the biggest challenge faced by the country, and the saffron party is trying to replace the secular and democratic traditions of the country with this ideology.
Spread awareness about initiatives taken to ensure social justice: PM to BJP MPs
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the BJP MPs to organise programmes to make people aware about the initiatives taken by the government to ensure social justice. He was addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting at Ambedkar International Centre here with party chief J.P. Nadda and MPs in attendance. A BJP MP said that Prime Minister Modi asked all those present in the meeting to reach out to Dalits and other sections of society ahead of Dr B.R. Ambedkar's birth anniversary on April 14 from April 6
VIP has no existence in Bihar Assembly: Bihar DyCM
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A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recommended to the Governor to sack animal husbandry and fisheries minister Mukesh Sahani, deputy chief minister and BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad said that the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) has no existence in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha. "The three MLAs of VIP had joined the BJP. So, now the party has no existence in the Bihar Assembly.
Mukesh Sahani sacked as Bihar Minister
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BJP leaders, including its Bihar chief Sanjay Jaiswal, were hinting that Sahani - with whom the party was at odds since his decision to contest the recent UP Assembly elections and attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath - was going to be axed after it lured away all the three VIP MLAs and inducted them into the party.
Danish Azad Ansari: Know the only Muslim Minister in Yogi 2.0 government
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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as the Chief Minister of the state for the second time. Among these, 31 are first-time ministers who will assist CM Adityanath in efficient governance. Among these 31 fresh faces is Danish Azad Ansari, the only Muslim in the cabinet. Hence, it becomes important for us to know about this self-made, grassroot leader who has earned a place in the state’s administration.
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