Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who recently quit Congress, is all set to join the BJP on Thursday
On the eve of former Congressman Hardik Patel joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Gujarat Congress in-charge and ex-Rajasthan minister Raghu Sharma on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Patidar leader, saying Patel's unrestrained statements against him shows his true character.
The Congress on Wednesday said it is not afraid of any summons by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case and will not be cowed down by any such "vendetta" by the BJP government.
"Shivakumar Atri (52) is a murder convict, who was released from the Hassan jail in 2015 for his good conduct," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sharanappa S D told PTI.
Congress leader and Supreme Court advocate, Brijesh Kalappa resigned from the Congress citing his "lack of energy and enthusiasm" towards the party
Former Congress leader Hardik Patel will join the BJP on June 2 in the presence of Gujarat party president C R Paatil, a state party spokesperson said
"This is the party responsible for breaking my track record of winning. It is not improving and even it may drown me. Hence, I will never work with the Congress again," Kishor said with folded hands
"The party, if needed, will go for an alliance at the right time but it will not be with the Congress or the BJP, said Owaisi.
While one criticises the country abroad, the other speaks ill about Uttar Pradesh outside the state, he said in a swipe at the Congress leader and Akhilesh Yadav.
The candidates of the ruling Congress in Rajasthan and opposition BJP will file their nominations on Tuesday for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on June 10. Tuesday is the last day for filing nominations for the biennial polls, which will be held on four seats in the state. Congress has given tickets to senior leaders Mukul Wasnik, Pramod Tiwari and Randeep Singh Surjewala while BJP has named former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari as its candidate. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on June 1, while nominations can be withdrawn till June 3 and if necessary, the voting will be held on June 10. All the three candidates of the Congress party reached Jaipur from Delhi on Monday, the party said. They were received by Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra, party leader Pushpendra Bharadwaj and others. The Congress leaders later made a courtesy visit to Speaker of the Assembly CP Joshi at his residence here. In the evening, they also met Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at his
The BJP and Congress welcomed the arrest of Delhi government minister Satyendar Jain and asked CM Arvind Kejriwal to remove him from his cabinet
Elections are due on June 10 and will be an important element in the presidential election to be held in July
Delhi Congress staged a protest near Arvind Kejriwal's residence here accusing the Aam Aadmi Party of being responsible for Sidhu Moosewala's killing in Punjab a day before
Slain singer-turned-actor-politician Sidhu Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh on Monday registered a complaint with the Punjab Police, saying the singer was threatened by gangsters over the phone.
The BJP hit out at Congress over its Rajya Sabha nominations and said the Gandhis can't see beyond their coterie
A protest was held outside the Mansa civil hospital, where Sidhu Moosewala's body has been kept for post mortem, demanding action against those responsible for the Punjabi singer's killing
In a latest development in connection with the killing of politician Sidhu Moosewala, sources said that the police is collecting the dump data within the 1-km area of the crime spot
They are in power in six states. They are part of an alliance with national parties in ten. And reports of their death are highly exaggerated
"Had the Congress accepted Savarkar's words, the country would not have been divided. Savarkar had said that Pakistan is not a reality but India will always be there," Adityanath said
After expressing anguish over the conduct of CM Gehlot's principal secretary and asking to be freed of his ministerial responsibilities, Ashok Chandna asserted everything was okay within the party