Gandhinagar : Senior Gujarat Congress MLA and prominent Koli community leader Kunwarji Bawalia on Tuesday tendered his resignation as a legislator as well as from the party. Bawalia, a six-time MLA from Jasdan constituency in Rajkot district, handed over his papers to Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi. Bawalia was elected to the Lok Sabha from […]
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BJP MLA’s son held in Bihar for consuming liquor
Patna : The son of a BJP MLA was arrested in Bihar’s Siwan district on Monday for consuming liquor in violation of prohibition law, police said. Vikas Kumar, son of Siwan MLA Vyasdeo Prasad, was taken into custody along with three friends. “A police team checking vehicles near the Uttar Pradesh border arrested the four […]
Nanar will be Konkan farmers’ ‘genocide’: Shiv Sena warns BJP
Mumbai :The Shiv Sena on Friday warned that the upcoming Nanar refinery-petrochemicals complex in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri would prove to be “a poisonous gas chamber and lead to a genocide of the Konkan farmers”, one akin to Hitler’s mass-execution of the Jews. Terming the ally Bharatiya Janata Party’s decision to go ahead with the estimated $44 […]
Shiv Sena demands action against RBI Governor
Mumbai : The Shiv Sena pounced on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, seeking to know “what action the (current) Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has taken against the RBI governor and chiefs of banks” which have been defrauded by big industrialists who have fled the country. “How many bank chairmen who gave fraudulent loans […]
BJP a militant organisation, doling out money to win polls: Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday dubbed the BJP a “militant organiation” and accused it of doling out cash to win elections, saying such practices by it will soon be the reason for its downfall. Addressing the extended core committee meeting of her Trinamool Congress, Banerjee alleged that the Bharatiya Janata […]
JD-U differs with BJP over Yoga Day
Patna : Unlike its ally the BJP, the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) is not enthusiastic about the International Yoga Day on Thursday. Unlike Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, those of the JD-U have decided to stay away from the fourth edition of the International Yoga Day celebrations. “People have been doing yoga in their homes. […]
BJP sacrifices Kashmir for ‘Mission 2019’
New Delhi : Political compulsions seem to be a reason for the BJP and PDP parting ways in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday after their over three year old alliance left both parties apparently wary of their political base shrinking in view of feedback that things had not worked out as desired and could continue […]
Surprised Mehbooba Mufti resigns after BJP pulls out of J-K government
Srinagar : After the BJP pulled out of the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, a surprised Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday submitted her resignation to Governor N.N. Vohra. Immediately after she learnt about the Bharatiya Janata Party’s decision, Mehbooba Mufti rushed to Raj Bhawan. Later she called an emergency meeting of the Peoples […]
BJP pulls out of J&K government, ends alliance with PDP
New Delhi : More than three years after they formed an uneasy coalition, the BJP on Tuesday pulled out of the PDP-led Jammu and Kashmir government, citing growing terror activities and radicalization in the valley making its continuance “untenable”. Announcing the party’s sudden decision at a hurriedly-called press conference, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Ram […]
BJP ‘will contest all LS seats it won last time in Bihar’
Patna : Amid growing restlessness over seat sharing for the 2019 elections among the allies of the BJP-led NDA in Bihar, a senior BJP leader on Monday said the party would contest from all Lok Sabha seats it won last time in the state. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Rajender Singh said there would […]