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NYAY, jobs among major poll promises of Congress
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday promised to provide Rs 72,000 each year to the poorest families and fill 22 lakh government vacancies among others if his party won the Lok Sabha elections.
Star war for supremacy in Karnataka's Mandya seat (Constituency Profile)
In an electoral battle between two un-equals, age wise or otherwise, a star war is on for supremacy in Karnataka's Mandya Lok Sabha constituency where polling is due on April 18 in the first phase.
Shiv Sena, BJP bound by Hindutva: Uddhav
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said his party and the BJP are bound by Hindutva and the two decided to enter into a pre-poll alliance after overcoming differences that soured their ties in the past. In an interview to Sena MP Sanjay Raut in party mouthpiece 'Saamana', Thackeray said he agreed to the alliance after BJP president Amit Shah came to him twice to sort out the issues. The Sena, which has often been critical of the BJP, its leadership and policies of the NDA government, entered into a seat-sharing pact with the ruling party recently. The BJP and Sena agreed to contest 25 and 23 seats, respectively, in Maharashtra which has 48 Lok Sabha constituencies. "...You ask me why did we agree to an alliance again. The whole world is a witness. BJP president Amit Shah came to me not once, but twice. And when the alliance was charted out, we put forth the problems of people. Even the chief minister was present when all this happened," Thackeray said. Shah ...
Modi trying to divide people, Wayanad is unity in diversity: IUML leader
A senior leader of the IUML, a major political force in Wayanad from where Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is contesting elections, on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of aiming to divide people on the basis of religion and said he should see all Indians as one. Wayanad, a hill district in Kerala bordering Tamil Nadu and Kerala, epitomises "unity in diversity", Indian Union Muslim League leader Sayyid Munavvar Ali Shihab Thangal said, a day after Modi declared the Congress is scared to field leaders from constituencies where the majority dominates in terms of voters. We never expected such a statement from the prime minister, Thangal told PTI, and added that Gandhi's candidature from Wayanad had given confidence to workers of the Congress as well as to other members of the UPA in the region. Addressing a rally in Wardha, Maharashtra, Modi did not name Gandhi who will be contesting the Lok Sabha election from Wayanad, which has a significant Muslim and Christian population. The
UP Dy CM drags Priyanka Gandhi's children in electoral war of words
Taking a jibe at Congress for failing to eradicate poverty from the nation, Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Tuesday mocked the grand old Party's "Garibi Hatao" slogan and dragged the children of AICC general secretary (UP East) Priyanka Gandhi into the political slugfest.He said the Congress has used 'garibi hatao (eradicate poverty)' slogan as a "ploy" to stay in power for many years, while adding Priyanka Gandhi's children will be the next generation of crusaders in fight against poverty.Speaking at an event here, Dinesh Sharma said, "The country first Prime Minister (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru) expressed worry regarding poverty and talked about eradicating it. Then his daughter took it forward with the slogan "Garibi Tatao". After which, her son (former Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi). He took both forward-poverty and the slogan. Then his wife (Sonia Gandhi) also said.""Now, what is left, Vadra ji will say "Gareebi Hatao" and their children Miraya and Raihan will .
Venezuela's Chief Justice wants Guaido's parliamentary immunity removed
Venezuela's Chief Justice Maikel Moreno has requested to strip National Assembly President Juan Guaido of his parliamentary immunity, alleging that he had violated a travel ban by visiting Colombia in February."It is public...that the Supreme Court agreed on measures against citizen Juan Guaido, such as the prohibition from leaving the country without the authorization from this high court, and it is public that Juan Guaido violated this order," Xinhua quoted Moreno as saying.Guaido proclaimed himself as the President on January 23 and was immediately supported by the United States, which recognises him as the official interim President of the Latin American nation.The self-proclaimed President was also accused of having inconsistencies in his financial disclosures, according to Anadolu Agency who quoted state comptroller Elvis Amoroso.Amoroso alleged that Guaido had undertaken 91 international trips since 2015, for which he spent around USD 30 million without accounting for the ...
Akhilesh Yadav working under Mayawati's 'pressure': Nishad Party
Days after breaking away from the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh, the Nishad Party Tuesday alleged that Akhilesh Yadav was working under Mayawati's "pressure" and expressed confidence that the BJP will give it an adequate number of seats in the state to contest the Lok Sabha polls. Barely three days after joining the alliance, the Nishad Party on March 29 sprang a surprise by parting ways with the fledgling anti-BJP alliance and meeting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. "We have spoken to the BJP leadership and are awaiting a positive response from its president, Amit Shah. There is no bargaining from our side.I trust them (BJP). Our main issue is of reservation and we want to contest the polls on our party symbol," Nishad Party president and founder Sanjay Nishad told PTI. The Nishad Party was formed in 2016 to empower Nishads, Kewats, Binds and other communities, whose livelihoods are dependent on rivers.Members of these communities are mostly boatmen or fishermen, and are ...
Jagan's sister campaigns with 'Bye Bye Babu' slogan
YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's sister Sharmila is running the party campaign in Andhra Pradesh in an innovative way.
Notification for phase 4 of LS polls to be held on April 29 issued
The Election Commission Tuesday issued notification for phase four of Lok Sabha elections to be held on April 29 in which 71 seats across nine states will go to polls. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal will head for voting in all the seven phases of the general elections. The election will pit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance against mostly different opposition groupings in various states, including of Congress, the Left and regional forces which are continuing to work out a grand alliance to minimise a division of votes against the saffron party. The BJP has worked out a seat-sharing formula with some new allies and several old partners. However, opposition parties are yet to do so in several states. Five seats in Bihar, three in Jharkhand, six in Madhya Pradesh, 17 in Maharashtra, six in Odisha, 13 each in Rajasthan and UP and eight in West Bengal will go for polling. The seats going for election in Bihar are: Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai and Munger. The ...
Security cut in RSS office, Digvijaya unhappy
Security personnel have been withdrawn from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office here for deployment for election duty but the decision has not gone down well with Congress leader former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh.
Congress, BJD conspire to keep people poor: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Congress and the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha have hatched a conspiracy to keep the people poor for their vote bank politics.
Congress, BJD conspired to keep poor poorer, treated them as vote bank: Modi
Firing a fresh salvo at the Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the two political parties of conspiring to keep the poor people in the country poorer and deceived them by treating the community as a "vote bank".Addressing a public rally here, Prime Minister Modi said, "Parties like Congress and BJD conspired to keep the poor of the country poorer. They deceived the poor. They treated them as vote-bank and because of this, people like Dana Manjhi do not even get an ambulance."Attacking the Congress, the Prime Minister claimed that the Congress looted the poor in the last 70 years for its own personal gains and did not care about the well-being of the poor."Do you have trust in those who have looted the poor? Seventy years have passed and these people have looted you. Will you forgive them? Such has been their intentions," he said.Accusing the BJD government of blocking central government's schemes which were not reaching the poor and ...
Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad will get Kerala national recognition: Oommen Chandy
All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary OommenChandy on Monday said Kerala will get recognition at the national level as Congress President Rahul Gandhi is set to contest LokSabha elections from Wayanad parliamentary constituency in the state.Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Chandy said, "It is for the first time that a national leader from the Congress (Rahul Gandhi) is participating in an election in Kerala."The former Chief Minister of Kerala added that the Congress president was invited to other states of South India to contest the polls, but he chose Kerala which is a matter of pride for the state.On March 31, senior Congress leader AK Antony had announced that Rahul Gandhi will be contesting from Wayanad parliamentary constituency in Kerala in addition to Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.Kerala, which has 20 Lok Sabha seats, goes to polls in a single phase on April 23.
South India feels neglected by Modi: Rahul
Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that he had decided to contest also from Kerala because south India feels "hostility" from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
There is economic emergency in India: Rahul
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wrecking the economy and said there was an "economic emergency" in the country.
Special election to test Pittsburgh's suburbs ahead of 2020
Pittsburgh's suburbs, perhaps the most politically poked and prodded territory in Pennsylvania recently, are under the microscope again in a state legislative election that some see as an early test of President Donald Trump's strength in a critical battleground ahead of 2020. The open state Senate seat is in a territory historically influenced by Republican enclaves outside the Steel City but also viewed as increasingly friendly to Democrats, even as the area's more rural coal regions have swung to Republicans. Tuesday's special election pits Republican D Raja against Democrat Pam Iovino for a seat largely controlled by Republicans the past 50 years. Raja is the chairman and chief executive of an information technology consulting firm he helped start after he emmigrated from India. Iovino is a Navy veteran who served as an assistant secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The district is politically divided: Democrats have a registration edge, even though Trump won it in .
RSS upset after MP govt withdraws security from its headquarters in Bhopal
Miffed over Madhya Pradesh Government's decision of withdrawing security from RSS headquarters here, the Sangh Parivar on Tuesday said that they were not informed in advance.Speaking to ANI, RSS leader Kanti Lal said: "This incident happened late at night, I was inside the office at around 10 pm, engaged in meetings. When I came out of the office I saw that the security had been removed from and around the office. I was then approached by a reporter from the television who asked me why the security was removed. I told him that I had no idea why the security was removed from the office. We were not informed in advance about security being removed".Expressing dismay, he went on to add: "We had never asked for security at the RSS office before, but now that they have removed it we are unable to find any reason for this sudden decision. This overnight decision by the government to remove security at 10 pm has bewildered us."The decision by Kamal Nath to remove security from the RSS' ...
Former Union Minister Ram Lal Rahi accuses Yogi govt of encouraging terrorism
After an inactive grenade was found in Mainpuri, former Union Minister Ram Lal Rahi on Monday accused Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led state government of encouraging terrorism."The UP government should understand that they are involved in acts like this because they are encouraging terrorism. People will remain in the grip of fear and terrorism till the BJP stays in power," Rahi told ANI.Earlier on Monday, a grenade was recovered from the same route which Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav was supposed to take to file his nomination in Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency ahead of general elections.Rahi, who was expelled from the Congress in 2015 for anti-party activities, re-joined the party in February this year.
US suspends participation of Turkey in F-35 fighter jet program
The US has suspend the participation of its ally Turkey in the F-35 stealth fighter jet programme after Ankara decided to buy Russian S-400 air defence system. The US has expressed its concern as Turkey is an ally of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the alliance formed to counter the Soviet Union. Turkey's Foreign Minster Mevlut Cavusoglu met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov last week, giving a go ahead to the S-400 purchase. The United States has been clear that Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 is unacceptable, said Acting Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Charles Summers Jr. Should Turkey procure the S-400, their continued participation in the F-35 program is at risk," Summers said. Regretting the situation facing US-Turkey partnership in the F-35 programme, Summers said the Department of Defense is taking prudent steps to protect the shared investments made in this critical technology and ensure resiliency of the F-35 supply chain. He said that secondary sources of supply ..
Muslims should 'believe' BJP if they want poll ticket, says Shimoga MLA
Former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP MLA from Shimoga KS Eshwarappa has urged the Muslims to "believe" the party if they want tickets for the ensuing polls."Congress uses you only as a vote bank and does not give you the ticket. We will not give Muslims tickets because you do not believe in us," Eshwarappa said on Monday while responding to a query by minority leader Iqbal Ansari in Koppal.Eshwarappa emphasised, "Believe us, we will give you tickets and other things".In January, Eshwarappa had referred to former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as "mad"."Siddaramaiah lost the CM's post. Since then, he has become like a 'pagal'," he had said.