Politics

Jitendra Singh replied that when J&K leaders would be released from detention in 'less than 18 months', a jibe at the Congress and other opposition parties on the duration of the 1975 Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.

While Shivraj SIngh Chouhan has said he will launch a stir if immediate relief efforts for flood-hit farmers are not taken up by the state, BJP president Rakesh Singh has announced a statewide demonstration beginning September 20.

Gadkari also praised PM Modi 'for never invoking his caste' and listed a number of prominent politicians who rose above the identity of caste and religion to carve out a niche for themselves.

After engaging in a blame game over the collapse of their coalition government, Gowda on Thursday indicated his party was still open for continuing its alliance with the Congress.

After BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused the Kamal Nath government of not doing enough for flood victims, Minister PC Sharma blamed the former CM for blocking central funds from reaching the state.

K C Narayana Gowda on Saturday lashed out at the first family of the JDS led by H D Deve Gowda and his two sons former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and former minister H D Revanna.

Pawan Kalyan drew a 33-page report, which accused the government of ruling the state without proper planning in the first 100 days since the present government came to power.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel were also part of the meeting.

Ever since Narendra Modi-led BJP government’s thumping victory in 2014, its student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vishwa Parishad, has dominated the DUSU polls, winning the coveted post of the president four out of five times.

The then Assembly speaker, K R Ramesh Kumar, had disqualified 17 MLAs which eventually led to fall of the JD (S)-Congress coalition government headed by then chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.

By preventing the TDP cadre from marching to Athmakur near Guntur, where the alleged atrocities took place, the Jagan government has given enough airtime to the TDP, which was highly demoralised after the serious drubbing at polls.

While the Congress and other Opposition parties have called DK Shivakumar's arrest an exhibition of vendetta politics, at least 10 different organisations of the Vokkaliga community are expected to hit the streets as part of the protest.

Mayawtai had also called off the agreement alliance with Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Party after disgruntlement with the seat-sharing formula.

The people of Maharashtra know it very well that CM Devendra Fadnavis needs Prime Minister Modi for development of Maharshtra and the prime minister too wants to have Fadnavis there, he said.

Addressing an election rally in Rohtak, PM Modi said the government has taken several important decisions during this period, including for those in the farm sector and for the national security.

Mamata Banerjee had earlier hit out at the BJP-led government at the Centre for allegedly trying to take credit for ISRO's moon mission.