Politics

Priyanka Gandhi is not a new face in the Congress, she has been canvassing for the party in Amethi and Rae Bareli since 1998, the minister pointed out.

The Andhra Pradesh chief minister asked his party MPs to raise the issue in Parliament and oppose the use of EVMs in the ensuing elections

Priyanka Gandhi will be accompanied to the Kumbh by Rahul Gandhi, who is often slammed by rivals for pursuing "soft Hindutva".

The BJP's attack on Gandhi came after the Congress president said at a meeting in Odisha that Chinese ministers told him during the trip in August-September last year that job creation was not a problem in their country.

The incident occurred on Friday morning when Gandhi arrived at Bhubaneswar Airport to kick off his poll campaign in the state. As soon as the leader came out, a group of media personnel surrounded him.

Ever since Rahul Gandhi appointed his sister as the party chief of Uttar Pradesh east, the BJP has upped its attack on the Congress president and the party's style of politics.

Often questioned over nepotism, the Nehru-Gandhi family is arguably the largest political dynasty among democracies across the world, leaving behind even the Kennedys in the United States.

Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar had claimed the ruling coalition will go for dissolution of the House after the three-day assembly session beginning here from January 29.

Earlier on December 17, Digvijaya Singh had greeted Babulal Gaur at the oath taking ceremony of Kamal Nath and also had introduced him to Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

On Bal Thackeray's 93rd birth anniversary, the two leaders jointly offered prayers to Lord Ganesha and performed 'vaastu pujan' at the memorial site at Shivaji Park in Dadar area.

Just recently at the BJP national convention, Gadkari asked BJP workers to resolve to make Narendra Modi the country's prime minister again in 2019.

Patnaik's statement came two days after BJP's national general secretary Bhupender Yadav claimed that the saffron party would form government in Odisha on its own.

Samajwadi Party president make the remark while side-stepping a question on the leadership issue of opposition parties.

The notices were sent to Ramesh Jarkiholi, who was dropped as minister in the recent cabinet rejig and is said to be extremely unhappy over it, B Nagendra, Umesh Jadhav and Mahesh Kumatahalli.

VHP executive vice-president Alok Kumar’s comments came days before the Dharm Sansad on January 31, during which Right-wing outfits are likely to up the pressure on the BJP for a legislation on Ram Temple.

After the political drama unfolded on Monday, two Independents withdrew support to the coalition government.