The prime minister also thanked all MPs and MLAs across party lines who supported Murmu's candidature and said her 'record victory' augurs well for India's democracy
The NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu crossed the 50 per cent mark after the third round of counting to emerge victorious in the poll over her rival Yashwant Sinha
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that the saffron camp will be swept away from power at the Centre by people's mandate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the government over its alleged lack of willingness to discuss issues such as inflation and "misuse of agencies" in Parliament
Of total 748 votes of MPs, NDA's Droupadi Murmu gets 540, Opposition's Yashwant Sinha gets 208, says Returning Officer
BJP criticised the Congress' protests ahead of the Enforcement Directorate's questioning of its president Sonia Gandhi as its "duragrah" (obstinate demand) for protecting the Gandhi family
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be on a two-day visit to Delhi from July 25 to 26
Karnataka BJP leader K S Eshwarappa, on Wednesday said the police have come up with a B-Report (closure report) absolving him of any wrongdoing in the contractor suicide case
Congress on Wednesday wrested away the Rewa mayoral seat from the BJP while the saffron party won in Dewas and Ratlam cities. Congress' Ajay Mishra Baba won the mayoral election in Rewa by trouncing the BJP's Prabodh Vyas by 10,282 votes, a state election commission official said. The opposition party won the mayor's post in Rewa after many years. The BJP retained mayoral seats in Dewas and Ratlam. In Dewas, the BJP's Geeta Agrawal defeated Congress candidate Vinodini Vyas by 45,884 votes. In Ratlam, the BJP's Prahlad Patel defeated Congress' Mayank Jat by 8,591 votes.
BJP took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi saying the Congress leader may have been "unproductive politically" but he should not try to curb the legislature's productivity
Faced by a rebellion in its ranks, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said the party was ready for a fight over the symbol and control of the organisation
RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav slammed BJP and RSS for having caste and religion section under the documents required during the recruitment of Agniveers
BJP's Nagaland unit chief Temjen Imna Along said his party will continue its alliance with the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) for the 2023 assembly elections
Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken on Monday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, challenging BJP-JJP backed Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma's win in last month's Rajya Sabha polls
Delhi BJP leaders including MPs Manoj Tiwari and Parvesh Verma attacked CM Arvind Kejriwal asking him why he was so "desperate" to visit Singapore to participate in a mayors' summit
Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday mocked the BJP over its decision to put its West Bengal MLAs in a Kolkata hotel ahead of the Presidential election
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which recently swept the Assembly elections in Punjab, made a stunning entry in Madhya Pradesh after winning the Mayoral post in Singrauli Municipal Corporation
The BJP has 20 MLAs in Goa's 40-member Assembly, reinforced with the support of two legislators from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and three Independents
With the BJP's dominance and support from regional parties such as the BJD, BSP, Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena and now JMM, Murmu's vote share is likely to reach nearly two-thirds.
The Dakha MLA said he has no opposition to candidature of Murmu. But when the party decided to vote for the BJP candidate, I was not consulted. Even the Sikh community was also not consulted, he said.