With the voting for Uttar Pradesh by-elections barely 10 days away, the battle between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP intensified through poster war and social media posts attacking each other.
A 12-hour bandh called by a coordination committee of eight trade unions demanding a 20 per cent bonus for tea workers was observed across Darjeeling and partially in Kalimpong, today.
Blaming Akhilesh Yadav for the killing, the family of the deceased said with this the wish of the SP president, who has been complaining about the encounter killing of a Yadav, has been fulfilled.
In a post on social media on Thursday, Mayawati urged the BJP government and the Samajwadi Party to refrain from engaging in bulldozer politics, asserting that the matter should be left to the court, where people hope to receive justice.
He said, "Candidates from every district were represented among those appointed, with no distinctions made on the basis of caste or region. Talent and reservation rules were strictly followed in the selection process, instilling confidence in the integrity of the system."
Shinde (82), who began his life as a ward boy to make ends meet, went on to become the chief minister of Maharashtra, Union home minister, AICC general secretary, Andhra Pradesh Governor and even UPA’s vice-presidential candidate.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday asked the people to react to JD-S, BJP's 'jealous conspiracy' against the Congress government.
This move boosted Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma's grip on power, giving the NPP an absolute majority of 31 seats in the 60-member Assembly.
In a party programme organised in Mirzapur on Sunday, the Deputy CM not only praised Modi as well as Adityanath, but also described both the leaders as the best PM and CM respectively.
He warned that politics devoid of these elements becomes a noose around the neck. This, he added, represents the true nature of the so-called secularists in the country, which we see time and again.
