The West Bengal Assembly’s Budget Session witnessed high drama on Tuesday as BJP MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari staged a walkout and protested against Speaker Biman Banerjee’s decision to reject their adjournment motion on alleged communal tensions in the state.
The main Opposition Congress in Haryana is set to be wiped out in the civic polls as early leads in the underway counting of ballots indicated that the state ruling BJP is leading on nine out of 10 posts of mayor.
The counting of votes for the Haryana municipal elections commenced on Wednesday.
Just over a week after securing bail in a hate speech case, former MLA and senior BJP leader PC George has once again stirred a controversy by urging Christian families to marry off their daughters before they reach the age of 24, so that they can prevent the threat of “love jihad”.
Haldia BJP MLA Tapasi Mondal officially joined the Trinamul Congress (TMC) on Monday, delivering a significant blow to the state BJP and, more specifically, to Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari.
People in the Madarihat and Sitai Assembly segments of north Bengal will exercise their democratic rights tomorrow in by-elections.
Polling for the first phase of Jharkhand's assembly elections, the Wayanad parliamentary seat in Kerala, and bypolls in 33 assembly seats across 11 states is set to begin on Wednesday morning.
There has been tension in Taldangra Assembly segment over by-elections in Bankura district tomorrow with the TMC and BJP leaders exchanging barbs.
BJP MP from South Delhi Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Tuesday alleged that some office bearers of the Aam Aadmi Party are running a water mafia in the Bijwasan area with the support of the local MLA.
Ahead of assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, the BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress of conspiring with conservative and divisive elements within the Muslim community to gain votes in the upcoming polls.
