Politics

As many as 54.5 per cent respondents say they will vote for the Aam Aadmi Party, if the Assembly elections are held today, according to IANS-CVoter Delhi poll tracker 2020.

During their two-day visit, the leaders will attend a meeting of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) executive on January 17 to discuss current political developments and the future road map for the party, the Congress said in a statement here.

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad further said the Opposition ended up 'unnecessarily' attacking the Modi government in the process.

Sources in Mayawati's BSP too said the party may not send a representative to the meet due to its differences with the Congress.

According to senior state BJP leaders, Banerjee giving the opposition meeting convened by interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi a miss was a "well-calculated move to give oxygen to the Congress and CPI(M) in Bengal, which are on their polit...

he BJP's response came after the Congress Working Committee, the apex body of the opposition party, demanded in its meeting that the CAA be withdrawn and process of NPR be stopped forthwith.

Earlier, after meeting Modi, the TMC president had said she told PM to rethink on the issue of amended Citizenship Act and urged him to withdraw CAA, NRC and NPR.

Many of the ABVP activists wore saffron scarves instead of helmets, while others were seen leaning out dangerously out of car windows without wearing seatbelts.

In response to a question on a BJP leader's call to boycott the Deepika Padukone-starrer 'Chhapaak', Sisodia said it is very disgraceful to see people 'getting intimidated' by films based on social issues.

Sources said that after deliberations at the meeting, the leadership will give shape to the party strategy in the wake of widespread student protests against the CAA, NRC, and the National Population Register.

Responding to Kamal Nath, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power by breaking the shackles dynasty politics.

Of the 1,360 votes in the village, only 60 belonged to the Muslim community in the area. Yet, Jiyavudeen's victory by 554 votes was solely due to the Hindu majority voting for him.

The BJP MP appealed to the people to reach out to every home with the facts regarding CAA and step up their campaign till the 'pseudo secularists' were taught a lesson for attempting to 'spread false information'.

The BJP accused the Congress of making the "worst kind of sexist remarks" and asked if party president Sonia Gandhi agreed with the view.

CPI(M) politburo member Mohammed Salim also denied claims that Left cadres and Congress workers were involved in arson in Malda district.

Even after a dismal performance in states like Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra, sources in the BSP say the party is preparing to contest on all the 70 seats in Delhi.