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Govt willing to talk to farmers, says Muzaffarnagar BJP MP Sanjeev Balyan

After facing stiff resistance in his hometown, Muzaffarnagar, Balyan talks to Nitin Kumar about the problems in hand and what the government is doing about them

Ukhand: BJP core group meeting fuels speculation about major change in govt

A sudden meeting of the Uttarakhand BJP's core committee has fuelled speculations about some major changes in the government. The meeting, held on Saturday evening, was presided over by BJP's national vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, who arrived here on Saturday afternoon. Singh was accompanied by state BJP in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam. The unscheduled meeting with the members of the core group came at a time when the budget session of the state assembly was underway in Gairsain. The BJP MLAs were called back from Gairsain to the state capital in view of the core committee meeting held amid ongoing speculations in the media about a cabinet expansion. The sudden meeting of the core committee for which Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to fly back to Dehradun in a hurry from Gairsain assumed significance. Core group members -- Rajya Sabha member Naresh Bansal, Tehri MP Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah, former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, Nainital

Best of BS Opinion: The meaning of 'partly free', Congress is MIA, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

West Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata releases TMC list for 291 seats

CM will contest from Nandigram; state FM dropped

Vijayan has a sporting chance

Can the Left Democratic Front (LDF) break the political tradition in Kerala: That the Congress- and CPI(M)-led alliances take turns in running the state?

Shekhar Gupta: Missing in opposition

We can complain about undermining of institutions, misuse of agencies, discriminatory laws, use of sedition, rail-roading of legislation. But, on all key issues, Congress is MIA

Opposition doing politics over indigenous Covid vaccine: BJP

The BJP on Friday said all that its rivals, especially the Congress, have contributed to the matter is 'politics and confusion'

Assam Assembly elections: BJP to announce candidates today

In 2016, BJP had won 60 of 84 seats it had contested

Kerala Assembly polls: BJP names 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan as CM face

Kerala BJP chief on Thursday announced that Sreedharan will be the party's chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming state Assembly polls

BJP takes swipe at Cong over Covaxin efficacy, says must be proud of result

A day after Bharat Biotech said its anti-coronavirus vaccine has shown 81 per cent efficacy, the BJP on Thursday hit out at the Congress

BJP sweeps local body elections in Gujarat, Congress leaders quit

The Congress, the main opposition party in the state, won a clear majority in only one municipality and 18 taluka panchayats, while AIMIM and AAP also made their presence felt

After 2014, opposition fighting battle for India, not for power: Rahul

Gandhi said the Congress party has to open itself to the people and submit itself to them, bringing together the resistance against the Modi government

AIADMK, DMK continue seat-sharing talks with allies for TN assembly polls

Dravidian majors AIADMK and DMK on Tuesday continued seat-sharing talks with their respective key allies BJP and Congress for the coming Tamil Nadu assembly elections but no outcome emerged. While a senior BJP leader said the party wanted to finalise the pact before Union Home Minister Amith Shah's expected visit later this week, the state Congress said the talks with DMK were cordial. The ruling AIADMK, which has already sealed its deal with PMK allotting it 23 seats, held talks with BJP, whose delegation included Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy and party's state election in-charge. It also continued discussions with actor Vijayakant-led DMDK on sharing of the seats for the April 6 polls. The AIADMK side was represented by senior leaders including K P Munusamy and R Vaithilingam, party sources said. A senior BJP leader, on condition of anonymity, said the party wanted to clinch the seat-sharing deal before Shah's expected visit on March 7 to the state

Gujarat local body polls: BJP leading 1,636 seats, Congress on 625

The counting of votes for Gujarat local body election is underway

BJP keeps mum on implementing CAA in Assam: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Assam is going to the polls in less than a month

At mega rally, Left leaders call for Janhit Sarkar in Bengal

The Left Front, in alliance with the Congress and the newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Sunday projected itself as a "third alternative force" in West Bengal

Tamil Nadu elections: AIADMK leaders holds seat-sharing talks with Shah

The AIADMK top leadership held seat-sharing talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election.

Bella Ciao to 'Khela Hobe': Bengal Election campaign takes a quirky turn

In the run-up to the election, even as political mercury is on the rise, the state is feeling the heat in another rather refreshing way - an unprecedented battle of songs

Police officers adopting unfair means to prevent fair Bengal polls: BJP

The BJP on Saturday lodged a complaint with the chief electoral officer of West Bengal

BJP begins selection process for candidates in poll-bound states, UT

Four states are due to go to polls