Uttarakhand's controversial minister, Premchand Aggarwal, finally resigned amid continued protests in the state and disagreements among BJP leaders over his statements on ‘paharis’ in the assembly, triggering a hill-plain divide debate across the state.
The Delhi BJP chief further called it unfortunate that after the AAP chief's honesty is exposed in Delhi, he is repeating the same story in Punjab.
Taking a dig at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said on Sunday that it is gradually becoming clear that after being rejected in the national capital, Kejriwal is now afraid of being sidelined from Punjab politics where he was trying to re-establish himself.
The Uttar Pradesh BJP on Sunday announced district and city presidents for 72 district units while postponing the announcement of office-bearers in 28 district units.
The BJP on Sunday announced the names of three candidates for the Maharashtra Legislative Council by-elections scheduled for March 27.
Counting of the votes are underway in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security arrangements.
The ruling BJP Rajasthan state president Madan Rathore - elated by winning performance by the party in the assembly polls in neighbouring Haryana - on Tuesday asserted that party would repeat the winning feat in the assembly bye elections due to be held on 7 seats soon.
Senior national spokesperson of BJP Sudhanshu Trivedi said on Tuesday that going by the trend as counting for Haryana and J&K Assembly elections are in progress, the party is confident of a “historic” mandate.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in all four seats of the Gurgaon district, as per early trends.
BJP spokesperson Rohan Gupta, commenting on Congress' early celebrations during the initial counting phase in Haryana followed by BJP taking the lead, remarked that Congress always celebrate prematurely and end up with disappointment.
