Stepping up an attack on the BJP government in Delhi, the AAP, on Wednesday, staged a citywide protest at 40 locations reminding the saffron party of its free LPG cylinder promise made during the Assembly elections.
Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on Wednesday said the state government will soon propose two separate Bills to enhance the reservation for backward classes to 42 per cent, and introduce sub categorization of Scheduled Castes to correct the historical underrepresentation of the communities and ensure balanced distribution of reservation benefits.
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.
Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor from Bankner in North West Delhi, Ram Narayan Bhardwaj, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, the BJP's state unit confirmed.
The by-elections being held to nine assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh is being seen as a litmus test for the future assembly elections to be held in 2027. With Congress out of the fray, it is now directly linked to the prestige of SP-BJP stalwarts in this by-election.
"Leaders of the Congress and 'Maha Vinash Aghadi' continue to push a fake narrative through their trolling ecosystem," Goyal said.
With both the BJP and the JMM-led alliance engaged in a fierce contest, the campaign for the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will conclude at 5 PM today.
Assam Minister Sanjay Kishan on Saturday alleged that Congress party leaders were irked after BJP fielded a son of a tea labourer coming from a humble background in the Behali Assembly seat for the upcoming by-elections.
