Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that they are very confident of winning the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections as the INDIA bloc fought the poll together, and the atmosphere is in their favour.
During a meeting of its National Executive here, the party vowed to continue its fight for special status and an economic package for Bihar.
Talking to the reporters in Delhi, where Tejashwi arrived on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan to meet his father and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi told, "It's a natural alliance, not a deal.
When his act was objected to by the fellow passengers, Mandal entered into a verbal duel with them.
In a sudden move, he quit as JD(U) president in favour of Ram Chandra Prasad Singh ~ or RCP as he is widely known ~ thereby marking out clear blue water between the coalition government he heads in Bihar and the JD(U) and BJP as distinct parties.
He has in the recent past rankled the BJP with his continuous outbursts against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s consultancy firm I-PAC has come on board with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Currently, Kishor's consultancy firm I-PAC is working on the Trinamool Congress' re-election campaign for the 2021 West Bengal Assembly election.
According to the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, till December 31, 2014, facing religious persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.
Yesterday as well, Kishor spoke out against his party for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha, saying that he is 'disappointed' with his party’s decision as the CAB, discriminates against people 'on the basis of religion.'
