Three state unit leaders — Manjit Singh, Vikram Malhotra and Shabbir Ahmed Khan — separately condemned the government action on Saturday, and demanded the removal of restrictions on mobile phone services and allow political activities and press meets of opposition leaders. In the larger interest of democracy to prevail, the opposition should be heard
According to sources, some of the parties that will be part of the opposition all-party delegation are Congress, CPI-M, CPI, RJD, NCP, TMC and DMK. The sources said top Congress leaders who will visit Srinagar are Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma. Rahul Gandhi is likely to accompany them.
The opposition on Thursday forced the adjournment of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on the first day of the Monsoon Session, creating an uproar over the shootout in Sonbhadra district in which ten people were killed.
Pakistan's Opposition parties on Thursday nominated Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo as their joint candidate for the post of Chairman Senate to replace incumbent Sadiq Sanjrani.
PM urged all MPs to be impartial in the House and address issues related to the larger interest of the nation.
Added to this were the first time voters, who normally keep their connect with the outside world mostly through internet. A tech savvy PM like Modi knew the effect of PUBG and Avengers on these teenage voters, and he mentioned this too in his speeches.
As BJP is leading across the country in the Lok Sabha elections, Ram Madhav credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for party's performance in the polls.
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday refuted Opposition's allegations regarding movement of EVMs purportedly to replace the polled voting machines in the strongrooms.
Two days ahead of the counting of votes for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 21 Opposition parties will meet today, to discuss the possibilities of a non-NDA alliance. The meeting of the 21 opposition parties will be held at the Constitution Club here at 1.30 p.m., Telugu Desam Party (TDP) sources said on Monday.
Some people think after the declaration of results, the situation in Delhi (Centre) would be unstable and "they want to benefit out of it", the Sena said, as it referred to Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu's meetings with several opposition leaders in the last few days.
Arun Jaitley's tweet came hours after Mayawati alleged that women in the BJP are scared of their husbands meeting Modi fearing they might also "abandon their wives".
Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said opposition parties will approach the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the EC for counting of at least 50 per cent of the VVPAT slips with the EVMs in every assembly segment.
They feel that the priority should be to forge state-level alliances and the primary objective of the opposition parties should be at the national level to defeat the BJP.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on SC order that no coercive steps would be taken against Rajeev Kumar: It’s a moral victory. We have great respect for judiciary and all institutions. We are so grateful. We're so obliged.
Akhilesh Yadav attacks BJP, says the country is waiting for new Prime Minister
Kumar had quit the alliance, comprising the JD(U), the RJD and the Congress, in July 2017 after the CBI lodged an FIR against Yadav on corruption charges and the following strife between him and the RJD.
In 2014, the country delivered a clear mandate in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), this time too the saffron party claims to repeat the performance in the upcoming elections.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took a jibe at the BJP for agreeing to contest only 17 seats in Bihar in the Lok Sabha polls next year, despite having won 22 in the last general election.
Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who was the chief guest at the event, later talked to media at a hospital where injured were taken and said her priority was to ensure they receive proper treatment.
Several BJP leaders, including state party president Dilip Ghosh, national secretary Rahul Sinha and state observer Kailash Vijayvargiya have fiercely backed the Assam NRC and repeatedly stressed that it was required in Bengal to drive out all the "illegal settlers" from Bangladesh.
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