Politics

After a meeting, senior leaders of YSR Congress Party have demanded that 20 MLA's who had defected to ruling Telugu Desam Party, must be disqualified.

With his firebrand image, Yogi Adityanath is the ideal figure to reach out to BJP’s traditional voters in upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

The circular states that the decision was taken based on the directions of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry.

The BJP, despite losing the last Assembly polls, brought in just 12 new faces and has retained those who contested on the party ticket in 2012 Assembly polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the opposition parties had no right to question the Election Commission over the delay in announcing the poll schedule for Gujarat.

In third visit to poll-bound Gujarat this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the opposition parties have no “authority” to question the Election Commission over the election schedule controversy.

"Madam Chief Minister, with all humility we are in the 21'st century. It's 2017, not 1817 (sic)," tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

Delhi minister and AAP's Gujarat election in-charge Gopal Rai told reporters here that the names were finalised at a meeting of the party's political affairs committee in Delhi on Friday.

Of late, Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter activity has changed drastically with a daily dose of sarcasm and humour in his blatant attacks on BJP and the central government.

MK Stalin clarified that while DMK was not against any languages, they would not allow the rights of Tamil to be trampled.

As part of its strategy for the local body elections, BJP is planning to organize the 'Jyoti Parv' event in 1,275 villages of Uttar Pradesh on Diwali.

Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats will go to polls in the near future as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated them after becoming MLCs.

"You have come to the programme in which the prime minister is on dais. This could lead to the party showing you the doors," said Nitish Kumar.

Roy’s resignation came after Mamata warned party leaders against hobnobbing with BJP leaders in Delhi at a core committee meeting on September 8.

The Gandhi scion has repeatedly admitted to the arrogance of UPA-II as one of the possible reasons for the party's downfall.

With one eye set on the high-profile Amethi seat and the other on the upcoming polls in Gujarat, BJP chief Amit Shah slammed the Congress vice-president for mocking the development under BJP rule.