Politics

Turning the AAP dharna into another show of opposition unity against the Bharatiya Janata Party and the central government, several opposition parties — other than the Congress — have extended their support to Arvind Kejriwal.

Tejashwi Yadav turned his event into a platform to showcase that all was well within the Lalu family, timed as it was in the backdrop of his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav’s sharp criticism against the party leadership.

By attacking Akhilesh Yadav over the alleged damage to the bungalow vacated by him, the saffron party aims to create fissures in the opposition unity.

The actor-turned-politician spent close to half an hour at Yadav's residence.

Seeking an end to the IAS officers' strike, the deputy chief minister said the L-G had dismissed not theirs but the city's demands.

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel summoned the three bureaucrats to appear before the House after their departments allegedly failed to answer certain questions of legislators.

The name of politburo member and former General Secretary Prakash Karat was also strongly recommended by a section in the state as they felt the party needed a "strong leader" to present its stand in the Upper house. However, Karat chose to stay away.

Changing his tune after Pranab Mukherjee’s speech on patriotism and nationalism, Congress leader Anand Sharma said the former president had emerged “proud and taller”.

Pranab Mukherjee's daughter and Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee was vehemently opposed to the former president visiting the RSS headquarters and had publicly urged her father on Twitter to express her disapproval.

Pandemonium ensued as opposition members shouted slogans against Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and the Home Department for failing to protect an NRI who was brutally beaten up by the police after landing in Kochi for Ramzan holidays.

BJP state general secretary, Sayantan Basu said Shah will visit West Bengal for two days from June 27 He will hold meetings with district leaders in Purulia's Balarampur area.

Tension between the AAP government and LG Baijal intensified earlier this week over the installation of CCTV cameras in Delhi with CM Kejriwal, Delhi cabinet ministers and MLAs sitting on a 'dharna' near the L-G office.

With the RLD’s win in Kairana Lok Sabha by-election, Ajit Singh has survived to fight the big battle in 2019.

Tabassum Hasan is fighting the bypolls on a RLD ticket in Kairana. The RLD, a Jat-dominated party, fielding a Muslim candidate makes for an interesting choice that too in a district that witnessed Jat-Muslim riots five years ago.

To stop the BSP from transferring its vote share of mostly Dalit votes to the joint opposition candidate, the BJP used the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to reach out to Dalit voters.

Unsparing in its criticism of ally BJP, the Sena alleged that the ruling party, which, it said, has an "autocratic mindset", has corrupted the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to serve its own purpose.