The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of actor-turned nets Vijay on Monday dismissed as mere rumour and unfounded speculation of an alliance with the opposition AIADMK and asserted that the party is the prime political force to dethrone the DMK from power in the coming assembly poll.
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) is affiliated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M), while the All India Students' Association (AISA) is affiliated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI (ML).
BRS working president KT Rama Rao promptly slammed the Union Minister alleging that he was casting aspersions on the judges of Supreme Court and urged the apex court to initiate contempt proceedings.
“Neither we were and nor we are part of the BJP”, he told media persons while replying to a question whether the proximity of Apni Party with BJP had backfired during the recent Lok Sabha elections when all three candidates of the party badly lost in Kashmir.
According to leaders of the two parties, out of 90 assembly seats in Haryana, the BSP will contest 37 seats, leaving the rest for its senior partner in Haryana, where the ruling BJP is eyeing to come to power for the third time in a row.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar, and Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar met Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Yadav, late on Wednesday night, to formalize an alliance for the UP Assembly election.
State BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh said that the three parties would contest the elections together. However, he did not mention about the seat sharing arrangement among the three.
Arun Singh will hear out party leaders and workers in Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar districts to strengthen the party. The BJP has failed all these years to make inroads in the Vokkaliga dominated region. The JD(S) and Congress had got the lion's share of seats in elections.
"Common people could not cast their votes in the state in the last panchayat elections. TMC cadres captured booths and used the state police in their favour in all the districts. If fresh Assembly elections are held, it is a fact that the TMC government will fall," Mr Chowdhury said.
The ministry said Turkey's previously "known" opinions on acquiring the Russian S-400 missile defence system had been shared in a detailed manner, without offering further information.
