Ahead of the assembly elections in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a pat on his back for ushering in sushasan (good governance) and expressed confidence that the good work will continue under the leadership of the JD(U) chief.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday reconstituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and the Central Election Authority of the party. The party appointed general secretaries and state in-charges of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
JD(U) MP Harivansh on Wednesday filed his nomination as the ruling NDA candidate to the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman's post and is likely to be elected, even as the opposition is working to field a joint candidate against him to force a contest.
Congress has called for reaching out to other like-minded opposition parties to put up a joint candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman for elections scheduled on September 14.
The Shiv Sena has appointed its Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut as the chief spokesperson of the party. The move assumes significance as it comes at a time when Raut is engaged in a war of words with actor Kangana Ranaut after she likened Mumbai to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Nine senior Congress leaders, expelled from the party last year, have sent a letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi asking her to save the party before its slips into "history".
All Members of Parliament will have to undergo a COVID-19 test to attend the Monsoon Session, which is likely to begin September 14.
The BJP on Wednesday nominated party spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, necessitated by sitting member Amar Singh's death.
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who is among the 23 party leaders who have written to Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul, said on Tuesday that "it is not about a post" but about the country that matters most.
CWC meeting held on Monday discussed future leadership of the party after a section of leaders demanded "collective" leadership and another reposing faith in the Gandhi family. During the day-long proceedings, Congress leaders requested Sonia Gandhi to continue as party chief for next 6 months.
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, who headed benches that pronounced several key judgements including in the Ayodhya land dispute case, might be the BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Assam in the Assembly election next year, veteran Congress leader Tarun Gogoi has claimed.
BJP President J P Nadda said on Sunday that all three NDA constituents in Bihar, the JD(U), LJP and his party, will fight the coming assembly polls in the state together with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the face of the alliance, and expressed confidence that it will emerge victorious.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is expected to witness a major showdown in a debate over the leadership issue on Monday. The highest decision-making body of the party will meet at 11 am through video conference amid a debate raging in the Congress over the uncertainty related to its leadership.
Taking a jibe at former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the ex-CM was 15 months ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose coronavirus lockdown.
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a jibe at Kamal Nath for reciting Hanuman Chalisa saying it helps devotees, not devils.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was ready to work under a non-Gandhi president after Rahul Gandhi's resignation following the defeat in the General Election in 2019. Rahul Gandhi also had said that the party should elect a president outside the family, but in August last year Sonia Gandhi was appointed the interim president of the Congress.
Bihar's Industries Minister, Shyam Rajak, who was expelled from the cabinet and Janata Dal United on Sunday, has joined the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD). He was inducted in RJD by party leader in Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav.
Bihar's Industries Minister and JD(U)'s national general secretary Shyam Rajak was on Sunday sacked from the state cabinet and expelled from the party. JD(U)'s chief spokesperson Sanjay Singh said he has been expelled for six years over anti-party activities.
Ulema Council Secretary Shahzad Ali, who reportedly played a role in the Shaheen Bagh protest that started last winter against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday quipped about the change in his seating position in the Rajashan assembly and said his party had sent him closer to the opposition benches as it wanted a strong warrior to guard its borders.
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