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Ruling TMC hails high court relief to Abhishek, Oppn reserves comments

The ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday hailed a Calcutta High Court judgement granting relief to party leader Abhishek Banerjee, by ruling against coercive action by the Enforcement Directorate while conducting its probe into the state's school jobs scam. Opposition Congress and ruling CPI(M) reserved comments on Calcutta High Court's order about TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee but the TMC hailed the judgements. TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "The judgement shows the central agencies have been hounding and harassing Banerjee, as he is one of the key forces behind the battle against BJP's communal and hatred-filled brand of politics." "The court has restrained ED from harassing Abhishek further. He is helping in the probe and we know he will continue to assist the investigators. We all know real truth will come out," Ghosh said, adding TMC believes law will take its own course. Congress leader Adhir Choudhury told reporters Banerjee's trial continues and till he is acquitted by th

Suvendu Adhikari welcomes Women's Reservation Bill, calls it a great move

Further, coming down heavily on Opposition alliance, Suvendu said that the Opposition alliance is an "alliance without ideology."

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Opposition and allies urge govt to take up women's reservation Bill

The Opposition also demanded that the government make public the "full agenda" of the special session

All-party meet: Oppn dubs bill on EC appointments as anti-Constitutional

Several opposition leaders on Sunday criticised the bill on the appointment and service conditions of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners at an all-party meeting as "anti-Constitution" and "anti-democratic", sources said. Official sources said there is a rethink in the government on whether to take up the bill for discussion and passage in the five-day session, beginning Monday. The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 had featured among the four bills listed by the government a few days back for being taken up in the session. However, criticism, including from a few former CECs and ECs, of some of its provisions might have made the government to reconsider its decision. "We are yet to take a final call," a source said when asked if the government will push for its passage during the session. The bill seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India with a cabinet minister

Congress leaders call for delaying seat-sharing talks with INDIA bloc

Expressing confidence about the party faring well in the upcoming assembly polls in five states, some Congress leaders on Sunday called for delaying the seat-sharing talks with INDIA bloc partners for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections till November so as to do it from a position of strength, sources said. The call from a section of leaders, particularly those from states where the Congress is directly in contest with some INDIA bloc partners, came while the top party leadership pitched for strengthening the Congress as well as the opposition bloc. Sources said several leaders supported the call to strengthen the Congress organisation and the opposition INDIA alliance during the two-day brainstorming session of the Congress Working Committee, but they asserted that the party should not rush into seat-sharing arrangements with like-minded parties. During the two-day parleys, Sonia Gandhi called for strengthening the INDIA alliance, while Rahul Gandhi said both the Congress party and the ..

Go, Goa, Gone: Bhumi Adhikarini Bill may once again stir pot of identity

Bhumi Adhikarini Bill is expected to ignite debates, provoke questions & controversies that simmer beneath the surface in this tiny emerald land: who qualifies as a Goan, and who does not?

PM Modi attacks 'INDI Alliance' for its design to 'destroy' Sanatana Dharma

Joining the issue with DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks earlier this month, where the Tamil Nadu minister said Sanatan Dharma should be eradicated since it was against social justice

INDIA to hold first joint rally in Bhopal, boycott 'biased' TV anchors

The INDIA bloc's sub-group on media was authorised by the committee to identify television anchors to be boycotted by alliance representatives

INDIA bloc's coordination panel to meet today at Sharad Pawar's residence

According to reports, the INDIA alliance can hold discussions on seat sharing, and a joint campaign plan is also on the table

Oppn slams decision to cut import duty on apples from US, Centre defends

However, the Centre reiterated that the move to slash import duty on apples from the US would have no "negative" impact on the growers

Oppn members of Par panel demand opportunities to submit their views

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs held its fourth meeting on Tuesday to study the three Bills

INDIA alliance formed to finish off Sanatan Dharma: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Addressing a press conference at party headquarters in the national capital, the BJP leader accused the Opposition alliance of vote bank politics.

DMK trying to divide people on religious lines: BJP after TN min's remarks

The BJP Tamil Nadu unit has slammed State Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy for his remarks that the opposition INDIA alliance was forged as an "opposition to Sanatan ideology," saying the DMK was trying to divide people on religious lines for electoral gains. Parties like the Congress and Left were aiding DMK, the BJP alleged. Ponmudy's remarks show the "cat is out of the bag," the saffron party's TN Vice-President Narayanan Thirupathy said in a social media post. He was responding to a viral video of Ponmudy, a senior DMK leader, at a recent anti-Sanatan Dharma conference here that the multi-party INDIA bloc has been created against Sanatan ideology. "This INDIA (bloc) is an alliance created in opposition to Sanatan ideology. There may be differences of opinion (among its constituents) but there is no divergence in opposing Sanatan. Those (parties) in this (grouping) want to create equality, safeguard minorities, protect gender equality," Ponmudy was heard saying in the ...

Should give up its dream...: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma takes dig at Cong

"The Congress leaders say they will form the 'INDIA' government. I am saying we will form a government of 'Bharat'. We will form the next government under the leadership of Modi-ji"

First meet of INDIA bloc coordination committee in Delhi on September 13

The first meeting of the 14-member coordination committee of the opposition bloc INDIA will be held in the national capital on September 13, leaders said on Sunday. The meet, to be held at the residence of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, will chalk out the coalition's strategies and future programmes, they said. Over two dozen opposition parties have formed the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to take on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance unitedly in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Leaders of INDIA parties, in their last meeting in Mumbai, constituted the 14-member coordination committee to chalk out further programme of the bloc. The coordination committee would act as the top decision-making body of the opposition alliance. On Sunday, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, a member of the coordination committee, claimed that the Enforcement Directorate has served a summon on him to appear before it on September 13, the day of the meeting, and t

INDIA bloc 'very strong', BJP in panic after bypoll results: Kejriwal

A day after the INDIA bloc parties won four seats out of seven in the Assembly bypolls, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the BJP is in panic as the opposition alliance is "very strong". In a post on X, the Delhi chief minister shared a media report of the results of the bypolls and said, "INDIA alliance is very strong. This is the reason for the BJP's panic. This is the reason that the BJP wants to change the name of the country." The by-election results for seven assembly seats in six states were declared on Friday with the BJP winning three seats and one each going to its rivals Congress, the JMM, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Samajwadi Party (SP). The opposition alliance tasted victory in the Ghosi Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, where it backed the Samajwadi Party, and in Jharkhand, where the JMM retained the Dumri assembly seat. The BJP maintained its hold on the Bageshwar Assembly seat in Uttarakhand and Dhanpur in Tripura and wrested the Boxanagar ..

Rajasthan elections: INDIA bloc shaking Modi, BJP, and RSS, says CM Gehlot

Gehlot calls BJP's Parivartan Yatras a "flop show" while crediting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for INDIA bloc formation

Politics of religion

Leaders must respect cultural and religious diversity

Oppn candidates don't stand a chance against NDA in UP: Anupriya Patel

Union minister and Apna Dal (Sonelal) president Anupriya Patel said on Monday that the opposition INDIA bloc has no existence in Uttar Pradesh and its candidates do not stand a chance in an electoral contest in the state against the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA). She also claimed that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will soon disintegrate like a "house of cards". "Whenever the question of NDA versus INDIA arises, at least in Uttar Pradesh, INDIA's candidates will not be able to stand in front of the NDA," Patel said while replying to a reporter's question after attending a meeting of her party here. Stressing that the opposition alliance has no future, Patel, whose party is a constituent of the NDA, said, "Very soon, this alliance will disintegrate like a house of cards. Everyone (in the opposition alliance) is a leader and a contender for the prime minister's post. There is no policy for seat distribution nor is there any possibility of a ..