File photos of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. A local BJP leader was shot dead by two bicycle robbers near Titagarh in the North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night. News18.com Last update: October 5, 2020 12:45 PM IST FOLLOW US: Expressing outrage at the …
Read More »At the house of the BJP leader, demonstration in support of the accused
New Delhi: Section 144 was imposed in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh on Friday to stop meetings in the village of the Dalit woman who succumbed to her injuries 15 days after she was allegedly ganged up on by four upper caste men. Since then, there has been an uproar across the …
Read More »‘Raid Raj BJP’s only Machiavellian move’: Cong reacts to DK Shivakumar raids
Karnataka’s Congressional unit on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as an electoral weapon following the agency’s raids in multiple locations linked to state party leader DK Shivakumar and his brother. DK Suresh. The IWC is conducting raids at 14 locations, …
Read More »Congress works to maintain momentum for Hathras in Uttar Pradesh
Congress may have taken advantage of the Hathras incident – the rape and subsequent death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman – but the party now faces the challenge of maintaining momentum in the politically important state of Uttar Pradesh, where it has been relegated. to the margins in the last …
Read More »BJP reconsiders Bihar survey plan after Chirag Paswan move to go solo
Elections in Bihar: Sources say the BJP plans to modify its strategy and the choice of candidates. New Delhi / Patna: The BJP will review its Bihar candidates after the decision of its ally Chirag Paswan to go solo has reformulated the political calculations ahead of the October-November state elections. …
Read More »Rahul Gandhi’s Facebook page has 40% more engagement than Narendra Modi’s
Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi’s Facebook page recorded more than 40% more engagements than Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2, Congress said. The evaluation of the part is based on data extracted from Facebook analytics, allowing up to five pages to be monitored. It shows 13.9 million …
Read More »Chirag’s Long Game: Short JD (U), help BJP get more and be his future ally
Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: October 5, 2020 7:13:13 am The first sign of LJP unrest came earlier this year when Chirag Paswan launched his “Bihar First, Bihari First” yatra with a veiled attack on the Nitish Kumar government. (File photo) Hitting Nitish Kumar while exiting the …
Read More »Opposition trying to provoke riots in Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath
Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath virtually launched the BJP campaign for the November 3 general election on Sunday accusing the opposition of trying to provoke communal and caste unrest in the UP for political gain. Adityanath, without apparently referring to the buildup of opposition against his government over the Hathras shock, …
Read More »LJP balancing act: NDA breaks in Bihar, will remain in alliance in Delhi
Written by Dipankar Ghose | New Delhi | October 5, 2020 5:10:47 am LJP President Chirag Paswan after Sunday’s meeting in New Delhi. (Express photo by Abhinav Saha) AFTER WEEKS of speculation and posturing, the LJP said on Sunday, after a party meeting in the National Capital, that it would …
Read More »Can LJP’s decision to go alone and yet support BJP mislead NDA voters? New possibilities arise before the polls
File photo of LJP chief Chirag Paswan with JDU president and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. (PTI) LJP sources have made it clear that they will not form an opposition alliance. They said the LJP’s announcement is driven by a number of factors, including Chirag Paswan’s desire (37) to prove himself …
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