BHUBANESWAR: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Monday described the government action against Varun Gandhi as a blot on the country's history. "Thebaseless charges like attempt to murder and arrest under the NSA is both disproportionate and vindictive. It augurs badly for the Indian democracy," Jaitley said. He accused Congress, Samajwadi Party and BSP of speaking in tandem on the issue.Jaitley also predicted that polarization of political forces has created a conducive atmosphere for BJP to come to power...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
BJP-BSP faceoff leaves Cong, Mulayam scared
LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government's decision to slap the dreaded NSA on Varun Gandhi for his hate speech in Pilibhit forcedarch-rival Mulayam Singh Yadav to dub it an "unjustified move", amid growing perception that Mayawati was using the issue to rally Muslims behind her prime ministerial aspiration.Mulayam called the stringent police action against Varun "completely wrong", even as he covered his flanks against any perception of siding with a BJP man by accusing Mayawati of working...
Hate speech: Weak BJP to Maya's advantage
LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s attack on UP government on Monday coincided with support from prominent Muslim clergy and theinfluential All India Muslim Personal Law Board for the action against Varun Gandhi.Obviously, the question being asked is why Mayawati didn’t pre-empt the Varun roadshow, not a big task if she could stop L K Advani from holding a rally in Azamgarh just a few days ago.Sources in Lucknow said Mayawati, who was initially wary of clamping down on Varun for fear...
Monday, March 30, 2009
Slapping of NSA on Varun 'wrong': Mulayam
LUCKNOW: Terming the invoking of the NSA against Varun Gandhi as "wrong", Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday alleged that thestringent Act has been used to settle political scores."The framing of charges under NSA against Varun Gandhi is completely wrong. In fact, National Security Act has always been used to settle political scores... why did the police fail to arrest Varun and his supporters before the roadshow," Yadav told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.He alleged...
Neera, husband join BJP
LUCKNOW: Two trusted members of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's coterie - former chief secretary Neera Yadav and her husband Mahendra SinghYadav -left him for the saffron camp on Sunday. The high-profile couple was inducted into the BJP by party president Rajnath Singh amid fanfare in Ghaziabad.The development is being interpreted as a shrewd move by the master strategist Rajnath Singh to improve his party's poll prospects. Mahendra Singh, a former minister and MLA from neighbouring Bulandshehar,...
It's 'Prajarajyam' in Chiru party
HYDERABAD: The so-called discipline in Prajarajyam Party ranks is in tatters. Loyal workers protesting denial of tickets to their leaders areresorting to violence, breaking furniture and setting party offices on fire.At Kalwakurthy in Mahbubnagar district, PRP activists attacked the party office as their leader Jupalli Prabhakar Rao was not given the assembly ticket. They went on a rampage, damaging furniture and setting the PRP office on fire on Sunday.Meanwhile, PRP Anantapur assembly candidate,...
TRS cadres vent ire on Telangana Bhavan
HYDERABAD: The rebellion in ranks of the TRS cadres over allotment of party tickets rocked the Telangana Bhavan on Sunday for the thirdconsecutive day. TRS activists on Sunday went on a rampage, damaged window panes and shouted slogans against party president K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) for denying tickets to their leaders.The supporters of party state secretary S Kranthi Kumar barged into the office premises demanding that TRS should put pressure on TDP and ensure that TDP candidate Babu Mohan withdrew...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Cong: Mayawati helped BJP turn Varun arrest into grand event
NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday slammed the Mayawati government for being hand in glove with BJP, saying that permission to Varun Gandhito makea spectacle of his arrest with a procession in Pilibhit reflected an understanding between the two parties.AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters that it defied logic why the UP administration let Varun Gandhi turn his surrender in Pilibhit into a public event when it knew that the drama was aimed at creating religious polarisation."We have...
Congress needs grassroots leaders, not TV faces: Akhilesh
he SP is locked in a battle with the BSP for supremacy in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's son and two-term MP, Akhilesh Yadav, has been campaigning in the state for more than a month. Rustam Roy of Timesofindia.com caught up with Akhilesh on the campaign trail. Excerpts:Q: Looking back at your first two terms in the Lok Sabha, what did you learn from them? Who inspired you the most in the Lok Sabha?A: In politics you learn a lot. In the last two terms I had the responsibility...
Murder taint on AGP-BJP nominee
GUWAHATI: In the mudslinging game, each party is trying to score more points than the other. And why should the ruling Congress be left behind?Firing a salvo at the AGP-BJP combine, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said the coalition is fielding a candidate who has been chargesheeted in a murder case.However, Gogoi refrained from naming the candidate. "Let them (AGP-BJP) deny it first, then I will name the nominee who has been chargesheeted in a murder case," he said, while underlining the...
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Tharoor seeks to establish his Malayali credentials
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Hitting the campaign trail, former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor, a Congress candidate for Thiruvanathapuram Lok Sabha seat,made his debut in the murky world of electoral politics here with attempts to establish his Malayali credentials.Tharoor, was born in London to Malayali parents hailing from a village in Kerala's Palaakad, surprised many in the media here at a meeting by speaking in good Malayalam.Participating in the "anghathattu" (battle field) programme organized by Malayalam...
Sonia can debate if PM can't: Advani
PADRAUNA (UP): With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refusing his offer for a television debate, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Saturday said that if he was not willing, he could ask Congress President Sonia Gandhi for the same."I have told the PM several times that it would be so nice that like in foreign countries (US presidential debate), we should also have a debate. Instead of a BJP public meeting, the Election Commission could organise a meeting (for the debate)," Party's prime ministerial candidate...
After SRK, Salman Khan to campaign for Congress
KANPUR: After roping in Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta for canvassing, the Congress will bring another Bollywood star Salman Khan to campaignfor the party in Uttar Pradesh.Salman Khan will start campaigning for the party from neighbouring Unnao Lok Sabha constituency from Sunday.The actor is scheduled to take part in several party functions in the district, Congress candidate from Unnao, Annu Tandon, said.The Congress had already announced that Shah Rukh Khan, Priety Zinta, Govinda and Nagma will...
Ramadoss, Velu quit Manmohan ministry
NEW DELHI : Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss and minister of state for Railways R Velu on Saturday resigned from the union council of ministers, two days after the PMK quit the Congress-led ruling coalition.Quite a principled stand unlike RJD and LJP."Velu and myself have submitted our resignation from the council of ministers to the honourable prime minister," Ramadoss told reporters in the capital."The prime minister said he will be forwarding the letters to the president with a heavy heart."We...
Friday, March 27, 2009
Azhar to contest LS polls from Moradabad
NEW DELHI: Former cricketer Mohammad Azharudddin, who joined the Congress last month, was today named by the party as its candidate for Moradabad Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. (Azharuddin, 46, is among 14 candidates declared by the party in the key state where it wants to revive its lost support base by going it alone in the polls.The former India batsman, who hails from Hyderabad, was inducted in the party last month and there was speculation that he might contest from Tonk in Rajasthan. Apart...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Trouble for UPA as PMK closes in on deal with Jaya
CHENNAI/ NEW DELHI: After the failure of Congress's last-minute efforts to hold back PMK in the UPA corral, the party was close to inking a dealwith AIADMK. If PMK does make the crossover, it will be a significant shot in the arm for AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha and a blow to Congress.A meeting between home minister P Chidamabaram and PMK leader's son Anbumani Ramadoss failed to narrow differences and Congress appears reconciled to the party leaving the UPA fold.An indicator that the Tamil Nadu alliance...
In Assam, Advani tears into Congress
KHERONI: BJP's prime ministerial candidate LK Advani on Wednesday launched his party's campaign in Assam by accusing Congress of turning a blindeye to Bangladeshi infiltration into the state."I read the Congress manifesto carefully. I didn't find a word about solving the problem of illegal migration," Advani said at a meeting at Kheroni village in Karbi Anglong district. "During the 1962 Sino-Indian war, the Congress government left Assam alone to defend itself from the Chinese aggressors. Today...
Rice race hots up: BJP to follow Congress
NEW DELHI: The populist floodgates have been thrown open. After Congress promised 25kg of rice or wheat at Rs 3 a month for every family below the poverty line, BJP looks set to respond with a similar scheme with foodgrain for the poor at even cheaper rates."We will more than match the Congress on this," said BJP sources. Though they refused to spell out details, the party appears to have the Chhattisgarh model in mind where the government has offered rice at Rs 2 a kg for BPL families. The scheme...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Lalu and Mulayam may join hands: Amar Singh
NEW DELHI: After giving a short shrift to Congress in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad arelikely to come together, a senior SP leader said on Wednesday."There is likelihood of Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh Yadav coming together. We want Ram Vilas Paswan also to come on board," SP general secretary Amar Singh said.Singh's remarks came close on the heels of a telephonic talk he had with Lalu Prasad who is reportedly unhappy over the Congress' putting...
Blow for Cong as PMK set to join AIADMK camp
CHENNAI: The Pattali Makkal Katchi has decided to cross over to the AIADMK camp, dealing yet another blow to Congress hopes of stitching up strong regional alliances. A last-ditch effort by senior Congress leaders in Delhi to retain its Tamil Nadu ally failed on Tuesday with the PMK conveying its inability to campaign along with the DMK, which leads the combination in the state, sources close to PMK founder S Ramadoss said.A formal announcement on the PMK's decision is expected only on Thursday...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
BJP accuses EC of dual standards, says it must take action against Mulayam
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday allegedly threatened a senior lady official of Mainpuri district,Uttar Pradesh, asking her to mend ways within a week or else he would register a complaint against her with the Election Commission. Following the SP chief's comment on the lady district magistrate, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said that the Election Commission should take action and cannot have dual standards. Javadekar added that EC was hyperactive against Varun...
Congress releases manifesto, projects Manmohan Singh as PM
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday released the party’s election manifesto here saying security, respect and prosperity of allcitizens will be the party’s endeavour.The party is projecting Manmohan Singh as the next prime minister of the country saying that there could be many candidates for the post but no one matched up to him."There can be many candidates for the post of prime minister but nobody stands in front of Manmohan Singh. He has both experience and competence," Sonia...
Monday, March 23, 2009
Trinamool Congress not to support Third Front or BJP-led govt
KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress , which has allied with the Congress in West Bengal, will not support a Third Front government or one led by the Trinamool party manifestoTrinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee flashes victory sign after releasing party's manifesto for upcoming Lok Sabha polls, at her residence in Kolkata. BJP at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections."We support a secular governmentwhich will be headed by an able prime minister. We are categorically making it clear that we will...
EC action hasty, harsh and politically motivated: Varun
NEW DELHI: A defiant Varun Gandhi on Monday hit back at the Election Commission for asking BJP not to nominate him for the Lok Sabha polls, andaccused the panel of taking "hasty" and "harsh" action "pressurised by political considerations".The BJP candidate from Pilibhit said the EC action was in "utter disregard of the principles of natural justice" as it had passed the censure "without any attempt to ascertain the truth".Making it clear that he would not withdraw from the polls, 29-year-old Varun...
Clash of the red brigade
When Goddess Parvathi appeared before Naranath Branthan (the legendary Kerala intellectual who was considered a lunatic by the masses), he askedher to change the date of his death. But, when she expressed her inability, he baffled her by asking for a different boon: "In that case, at least, transfer the filarial disease from my left leg to the right!In the context of the impending polls, Congressmen in Kerala seemed to have acted much like Naranath Branthan by praying to the Gods that the incurable...
PPP, PML-N should work together: Pak PM
LAHORE: Extending an olive branch to former ally Nawaz Sharif "on behalf of the government", Pakistan premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday saidhis PPP and the PML-N should "remove misunderstandings" and work together for the sake of democracy and economic development in Pakistan. ( Watch )The two leaders addressed the media emerging from a over two-hour-long luncheon meeting, their first since a political crisis was defused on March 16 when the government acceded to PML-N demand to restore Chief...
Major Difference Between Break up of Alliance
There was break up of alliance both in UPA and NDA camps! In NDA camp, BJP and BJD parted ways and BJP MLAs resigned from Biju Patnaik Government in Orissa. RJD&LJP combine broke alliance from UPA in Bihar and Jharkhand, but all three parties claim, they are together!On top of it, neither Mr. Lalu, nor Mr. Paswan resigned from UPA governme...
EC finds Varun Gandhi guilty of provocative speech
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Sunday found the BJP leader and candidate from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi guilty of anti-Muslim speeches which sparked off widespread criticism. The Election Commission rejected Varun’s reply, expressing dissatisfaction over it. The commission has also advised the party to not issue him a ticket to fight the Lok Sabha elections.While Gandhi in his reply to the EC's notice had claimed that the CD, containing his alleged hate-speech, was doctored, Chief Election Commissioner...
RJD, LJP still friends, says Congress
NEW DELHI: Despite RJD chief Lalu Prasad's decision to field candidates against Congress in Bihar, the latter adopted a conciliatory approach stating that it (Prasad's decision) does not mark the end of UPA or the party's friendship with RJD and LJP."We don't want to contest. He (Prasad) wants to put all candidates against our candidates. You know we have not come to that stage of taking a decision....put up candidates against Lalu and Paswan who continue to be our friends," Congress media cell...
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Lead India winner R K Misra joins BJP
BANGALORE: R K Misra, TOI's Lead India initiative winner, joined the BJP on Saturday. He was inducted into the party in presence of leaders ArunJaitley and Ananth Kumar.After a five-year stint in public life and social entrepreneurship, the 44-year-old RK, as he is popularly known, said he was not hankering for a ticket to contest elections. "I've no intentions of contesting any elections. My idea of joining active politics is to work towards engaging educated civil society in the political process,"...
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Congress-JMM alliance splits in Jharkhand
NEW DELHI: In fresh trouble for the UPA, the JMM has severed its seat-sharing pact with Congress in Jharkhand and vowed to contest all 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, Times Now reported late on Friday. JMM leader Durga Soren said, “Congress has betrayed us.”According to the arrangement announced two days ago, off the 14 seats in the state, Congress was to contest seven and JMM five. ``We have finalised the seat-sharing agreement. Congress will contest seven and JMM 5. We have left two seats for...
Whole of Indian Media seems to be supporting UPA
It seems whole of Indian English Media are supporting UPA in this election. Few of the head lines or news reporting seem to suggest that. For example, when BJP and BJD parted ways in Orissa, everybody shouted it to be deathblow to NDA and same thing happened with with UPA in Bihar with its most staunchest allies like RJD, but people are breaking news as Lalu saying RJD being part UPA still! But all these English Media were proved wrong in Gujarat and seems this LS will also repeat the same! Just...
Congress to contest 37 seats in Bihar
NEW DELHI: With the UPA alliance in Bihar virtually collapsing, Congress on Saturday announced that it will contest 37 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats and leave only three for the RJD and LJP. "We have decided to contest on 37 seats in Bihar. We want to leave three seats, two on which Lalu Prasad would contest and one on which Ram Vilas Paswan would contest," senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters here.RJD and LJP had left only three seats for the Congress under the seat sharing agreement...
Friday, March 20, 2009
Narendra Modi saddles up for key role at Centre
In the late 1960s, Narendra Modi used to help his brother run a tea-stall at the Gita Mandir bus stand in Ahmedabad, serving fresh buns and hotcups of tea. Among the regular clients were a bunch of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders who used to animatedly discuss political developments for hours at a stretch. Then in his late teens, the Sangh idealogy left a lasting impression on this youngster who was studying political science at that time.He quit the tea stall to become a swayamsevak and later...
SP not averse to have post-poll alliance with Cong
VADODARA: Though the Congressand the Samajwadi Party were unable to have a pre-poll alliance, SP General Secretary Amar Singh indicated that hisparty is not averse to have an alliance with the UPA-led government.The pre-poll alliance in UP will not be an issue after the poll results as Congress will not be able to form the government without SP's support at the Centre, Singh said at Harni airport on his arrival from Uttar Pradesh."We are a secular party and Congress will need our support in its...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sadhu Yadav rebels against Lalu, to join Congress
NEW DELHI: RJD chief Lalu Prasad's brother-in-law, Sadhu Yadav, on Tuesday expressed his desire to join Congress. Raising a banner of revoltagainst RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Sadhu Yadav accused him of "kneeling down" before LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan and announced that he will contest the polls from two seats in Bihar."I am a sitting MP and have been winning elections. Prakash Jha was nothing but has been given a ticket from Betiah seat even though he had lost in the last election contesting as...
Uma Bharti supports Advani's prime ministerial candidature
NEW DELHI: Bhartiya Janshakti Party leader Uma Bharti has now come in support of L K Advani's prime ministerial candidature. Bharti, who left BJP accusing partisan behaviour of Advani, is understood to have expressed her support for the veteran leader in a letter, sources said. The letter saying that she would be "happy to see Advani at the Prime Minister's chair" was delivered to Advani's office through Bharti's aide.The contents of the letter also found a mention in the proceeding of the party's...
Congress rejects seat-sharing deal between RJD and LJP
NEW DELHI: An angry Congresson Tuesday rejected the seat-sharing deal announced by the RJD and LJP in Bihar, saying the deal was "notacceptable" and it would contest "as many seats as possible"."We have decided to contest as many seats as possible. We will take a decision and come back to you in a day or two," senior Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters here.AICC secretary Iqbal Singh, in-charge of Bihar, said leaving three seats to Congress was not acceptable.Shinde, the in-charge...
Monday, March 16, 2009
CPM releases party manifesto for Lok Sabha polls
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) released its manifesto on Monday for the April-May general election and called for governmentcontrol of the financial sector.The party, which held the balance of power for most of the tenure of the Congress Party-led government, also said it proposed a complete halt to the privatization of profitable state fir...
Zardari reinstates CJ; Sharif calls off march
ISLAMABAD: The simmering political crisis in Pakistan on Monday blew over with the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif calling off the long marchZardari reinstates CJLawyers dance following government's announcement to reinstate Chaudhry. (Reuters Photo)More Picturesafter government buckled and announced the reinstatement of deposed Supreme Court Chief Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.The denouement came early on Monday morning with prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announcing government's decision to...
Modi, Pawar war of words on the campaign trail
PUNE: On the campaign trail in western Maharashtra, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and BJP leader Narendra Modi derided each other, with theMaharashtra strongman describing the saffron campaigner as the "frontline leader" of communal forces in the country.Modi hit back, saying Pawar has been hoodwinked by Congress on the issue of prime ministership. The Gujarat chief minister, who launched the BJP-Shiv Sena's poll drive here on Sunday night, said Pawar who has spent many years in Congress failed to understand...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Left, key regional parties launch Third Front
Launching the Third Front, the Left and major regional parties on Thursday joined hands to take on the Congress and the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, saying both of them had failed to address people's grievances.Addressing a massive rally, leaders of these parties announced that they had come together to provide a "new alternative" to the voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls."This is a historic get-together of all democratic, secular and Left parties in the country to declare that we are...
Monday, March 9, 2009
Jayalalithaa commences fast on Sri Lankan Tamils' issue
CHENNAI: AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa on Monday commenced a day-long fast in Chennai to press the centre to use its good offices with Sri Lanka to declare an immediate ceasefire in the island nation. A similar fast is being undertaken by party members in the district headquarters across the state.Jayalalithaa had charged the centre and the DMK, a constituent of the ruling UPA, with "failing to ensure ceasefire," in (the northern parts of) Sri Lanka."The party is also collecting donations during the...
Kiyani warns Zardari against unrest in Pakistan
NEW DELHI: The armyin Pakistan has begun to flex its muscle. Pakistan's army chief general Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, who has so far kept a lowprofile, has asked President Asif Ali Zardari to 'clean up the mess' soon, according to a Times Now report.Well-placed military sources in Islamabad said Kiyani has been asked by the United States to bring some order in the region. After his recent visit to Washington, Kiyani held a meeting with top Pakistani army commanders on March 6 to share the concern of...
Sunday, March 8, 2009
SP names 10 more poll nominees in UP, leaves only 6 seats for Cong
NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party on Sunday declared 10 more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh taking the number of itsnominees to 74, but left six constituencies for the Congress despite the stalemate in seat sharing talks.Of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, the Samajwadi Party left Rae Bareli, Amethi, Ghaziabad, Dharora, Mathura and Kanpur City for the Congress.Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said his party would not field candidates in these parliamentary...
Congress sorry for Babri Masjid demolition: Digvijay Singh
LUCKNOW: Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday apologised for the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 when the party was in power at thenational level."We would once again like to say sorry to the nation for the demolition of the Babri Masjid as at that time the P.V. Narasimha Rao led-Congress was in power.""We would also like to clarify that we will not have any kind of association with (former Bharatiya Janata Party leader) Kalyan Singh who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when...
NCP extends support to Patnaik government in Orissa
NEW DELHI: Sharad Pawar-led NCP today extended support of his party's two MLAs to the Naveen Patnaik ministry in Orissa, which was reduced to aminority after the BJP pulled out of the alliance."The MLAs of Nationalist Congress Party in Orissa will support the BJD Government headed by Patnaik," NCP spokesperson D P Tripathi said in a statement.Patnaik has claimed in Bhubaneshwar that he has a majority in the 147-member assembly with the support of more than 74 ML...
BJP-BJD ties break down, NDA shaken
BHUBANESWAR: In what is a major setback to the NDA campaign, the BJP-BJD ties broke down on Saturday night with Orissa chief minister NaveenPatnaik announcing that he would go to polls on his own and his 11-year understanding with the saffron camp was off. ( Watch )The talks between Patnaik and BJP ended on an abrupt note when the BJD leader made a "humiliating" offer of just about half a dozen Lok Sabha seats of the 21 seats in Orissa. While BJP kept mum after the talks ended, the party's senior...
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Cong-TC alliance in a day or two: Cong
NEW DELHI: The alliance between Congress and Trinamool Congress to take on the ruling Left Front in Lok Sabha poll in West Bengal could beannounced in a day or two."Talks are going on...These are on the right track. I will get back to you with some announcement on the alliance in a day or two," AICC in-charge of West Bengal K Keshava Rao told reporters at the AICC headquarters here.Rao visited the Left-ruled state recently and had talks with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as also with...
CPM MP Abdullakutty expelled for praising Modi
KANNUR: CPM MP from Kannur A P Abullakutty, who had praised Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's development model, was on Saturday expelledfrom the party on the charge of breach of discipline by "joining class enemies".The action against the two-time Lok Sabha member was taken by CPM's Kannur district committee which accused him of repeated breach of discipline by joining the "class enemies", party sources said.The 44-year-old MP had embarrassed CPM by stating that the efforts of Modi to bring...
TDP strongman Subba Reddy joins Congress
HYDERABAD: In a move that would change political equations in Kurnool district, TDP's sitting MLA and regional strongman S V Subba Reddy has quitthe party and joined the Congress.The development has been balanced somewhat with Manganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu), who till recently was a minister in Y S Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet, resigning from the Congress and joining the TDP with both events happening late Friday evening.Subba Reddy was the only TDP MLA to get elected from the entire Kurnool district...
IIT, IIM alumni to contest 40 Lok Sabha seats
LUCKNOW: The Bharatiya Punarnirman Dal (BPD) - a political outfit floated by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute ofManagement (IIM) alumni - will contest the Lok Sabha election from at least 40 seats across the country, a party leader said Saturday."We are all geared to contesting the election. Till now, we have only announced eight candidates," BPD national working committee member Omendra Bharat said over telephone from Kanpur.Candidates have been named for four seats in...
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sharad Pawar sets 'tough terms' before Congress
NASHIK (MAHARASHTRA): In a significant development ahead of the possible announcement of Lok Sabha poll schedule, Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) chief Sharad Pawar reportedly laid down strict conditions before its UPA ally Congress.Sharad Pawar on Sunday urged the Congress to take a lead in declaring national-level, pre-poll alliances with its partners, IANS reported."As a big party, the Congress should come out with the pre-poll alliance and alliance partners should get a chance to contest from...
Lok Sabha polls from April 16 to May 13
NEW DELHI: The much-awaited schedule for the Lok Sabha elections was announced on Monday afternoon, by Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami.The country will go to polls from April 16 to May 13. Counting of votes will be done on May 16 and the 15th Lok Sabha will be constituted by June two.Polls will be conducted in 124 constituencies on April 16, 141 constituencies on April 23, 107 constituencies on April 30, 85 constituencies on May 7 and 86 constrituencies on May 13.Five-phased polls will...
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