Politics

Terming it mere "marketing", he compared the MSP hike with the farm loan waiver of the Karnataka government.

The judgement pronounced in the court by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who was heading a five-judge Constitution bench, also held that the LG cannot act as an "obstructionist".

The focus of the legislators during their election campaign seemed to be more on roadshows and rallies as the expenditure on campaign through print and electronic media stood merely at five per cent.

In 2014, the party won 15 assembly seats and one Lok sabha seat, despite the issue of bifurcation. Be it the Congress or the ruling TRS, allying with the TDP will give the parties an edge.

Amid discontent among some of the ruling coalition members in Karnataka, Yeddyurappa had claimed at the party executive meet yesterday that several leaders from both Congress and JD(S) were ready to join the BJP.

Downplaying BJP's claims of winning 23 parliamentary seats out of 42 in 2019 elections, Amit Mitra said Mamata Banerjee has a huge majority and connect with the common people, which the BJP cannot imagine.

The book, 'Abhuday-Ek Prerna' chronicles her days of activism with word of appreciation from vice president M Venkaiah Naidu and her Gujarat counterpart OP Kohli.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Congress gave him loans but the BJP was working to recover it by seizing his properties and this was making him unhappy.

Siddaramaiah started making noise about the coalition government after it formed the cabinet three weeks ago. Many of his loyalist MLAs have been left out of the cabinet and he is understandably angry.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that the Prime Minister was threatening states to fall in line or there would be a cut in the grants released to them.

The state unit of the ruling party said the Lok Sabha polls will be a fight to "preserve the sovereignty" of the country and nationalism.

"Shedding blood will not solve the Kashmir problem... You can go on killing Kashmiris. Kill them...but the problem will not be resolved," he said, asking "Did the Taliban get killed".

Panda, who quit the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) last month, told in an interview that he left the party on moral and ethical grounds and not for any political opportunity

It has effectively left the Congress strength to 20, equal to that of the ruling National People's Party (NPP), which is running a coalition government in the north-eastern state with the BJP and some regional parties.

Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, has replaced him. The Congress also appointed Sonal Patel from Gujarat, Ashish Dua from Haryana and Sampath Kumar from Telangana as AICC secretaries for Maharashtra.

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon that the party was withdrawing support to the coalition government, blaming Mufti’s PDP for failing to control the situation in Kashmir.