Politics

This is the first time that the AICC chief is visiting his constituency after he was voted to the Lok Sabha with a majority of about 4.31 lakh votes.

Yeddyurappa was reacting to a video doing the rounds on social media in which Nikhil can be heard purportedly asking JD(S)workers to prepare themselves for assembly polls, saying one doesn't know when it would come.

The AIADMK-BJP alliance for the Lok Sabha polls was an extension of friendship and the two speak in one voice on primary intent like patriotism and worship of God, said AIADMK spokesperson Namathu Amma.

BJP leader Arvind Limbavali said state party chief BS Yeddyurappa would visit places to try and understand the drought situation and collect information regarding availability of water, fodder and work being undertaken under MNREGA.

The letter came even as the former chief minister has not yet been formally declared as the Leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

The poll panel, which said the dates for the elections will be announced after the Amarnath Yatra that starts on July 1, will also continue to monitor the situation in the state.

Singh posted the comment along with a picture of Nitish Kumar, Paswan, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi holding each other's hands at the iftar on Monday.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said that alliances of opposing ideologies are never successful -- be it the SP-Congress or the BSP-Congress.

Nitish Kumar expanded his Council of Ministers on Sunday, with the inclusion of eight JD(U) leaders, while leaving only one seat for the saffron party on which the BJP still has to decide a candidate.

Senior Congress leader and MLA from Bolangir, Narasingha Mishra, alleged that the BJP leadership ignored western Odisha, as done by the BJD government in the state.

Muslim under-representation in Parliament more or less originates from inadequate number of candidates being given tickets by major political parties to contest the polls in the first place.

One of the most vocal supporters of PM Narendra Modi, Singh was one of the 11 ministers dismissed by Nitish Kumar after the JDU-BJP alliance broke off in Bihar.

The Madhya Pradesh MP is the most noticeable face among scheduled castes in the BJP. Earlier, he was in-charge of the scheduled caste Morcha of the BJP in his state.

JP Nadda was in the reckoning for the post of BJP president after it came to power in 2014. But Amit Shah, with a stellar performance in Uttar Pradesh under his belt, was instead chosen to be at the helm of affairs.

The 44-year-old son of former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, Thakur beat Congress’s Ram Lal Thakur with a margin of over 3.8 lakh votes.

A total of 58 ministers took oath on Thursday. Of these, 54 were from the BJP, and one each was from Shiromani Akali Dal, Loktantrik Janata Party, Shiv Sena and the Republican Party of India (A).