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BJP-led government committed to protect interests of Assam : Sarbananda Sonowal

Jan 24, 2019, at 10:13 pm

Guwahati, Jan 24 (IBNS): While the massive protests are continuing in Assam against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said his government is committed to protect the interest of the people of the state.

Not going back to paper ballots: Chief Election Commissioner declines Opposition demand

Jan 24, 2019, at 07:36 pm

New Delhi, Jan 24 (IBNS): Turning down several opposition parties' demands, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Thursday said there is no way to get back to the paper ballot system in the forthcoming General Elections.

United opposition could see BJP sliding to 5 seats in Uttar Pradesh: Opinion poll

Jan 24, 2019, at 04:23 pm

Lucknow, Jan 24 (IBNS): The BJP's tally in the next General elections could plunge to as low as five in Uttar Pradesh that sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha if all the opposition parties were to fight together, finds a poll by India Today-Karvy Insights.

'Acche din' has come for Congress: Shiv Sena leader

Jan 24, 2019, at 03:28 pm

Mumbai, Jan 24 (IBNS): BJP's estranged ally Shiv Sena has said Priyanka Gandhi's entry in politics heralds good time for the Congress party.

Citizenship Bill: AASU threatens to ban movement of BJP leaders in Assam

Jan 23, 2019, at 09:29 pm

Guwahati, Jan 23 (IBNS): Assam’s student organisation, All Assam Students Union (AASU) on Wednesday warned the BJP that, if the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 is passed in Rajya Sabha, then the student organisation will impose ban on movement of its leaders in Assam.

BJP is run by workers not by family: PM Narendra Modi

Jan 23, 2019, at 08:03 pm

New Delhi, Jan 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said individual families run most political parties in India, but when it comes to the BJP, the party is family to the members.

Rahul Gandhi needs crutch after failure, says BJP on formal entry of Priyanka in politics

Jan 23, 2019, at 06:54 pm

New Delhi, Jan 23 (IBNS): Highlighting the dynastic Gandhi family politics, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party tried to corner the Congress over the entry of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to active politics and said it reflected the failure of party president Rahul Gandhi.

Ready to cooperate with SP, BSP to beat BJP: Rahul Gandhi

Jan 23, 2019, at 03:52 pm

Amethi, Jan 23 (IBNS): Days after the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party formed an alliance for the Lok Sabha polls by leaving the Congress party, its president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he is ready to cooperate with the two political parties of the state to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in whatever ways possible.

Bengali refugees will be given citizenship under the Citizenship Bill: Amit Shah says in Malda rally

Jan 22, 2019, at 05:05 pm

Malda, Jan 22 (IBNS): Starting the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign before the Lok Sabah polls by addressing a rally in Malda town, party president Amit Shah on Tuesday urged people to remove Trinamool Congress-led government from the state and promised that all Bengali refugees will be granted citizenship with the passage of the Citizenship Bill.

EVMs should be immediately banned: BSP chief Mayawati demands before Lok Sabha polls

Jan 22, 2019, at 03:54 pm

Lucknow, Jan 22 (IBNS): Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday demanded that electronic voting machines (EVMs) should be immediately banned and ballot papers should be reintroduced during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Amit Shah addresses rally in Malda, urges people of Bengal to defeat TMC

Jan 22, 2019, at 03:44 pm

Malda, Jan 22 (IBNS): Urging people to remove the Trinamool Congress-led government from the state, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Tuesday addressed a rally in Malda and said people must establish democracy by voting his party to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

BJP questions presence of Congress leader Kapil Sibal in London's EVM hackathon

Jan 22, 2019, at 03:26 pm

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday questioned the presence of Congress leader Kapil Sibal in the EVM hackathon event held in London and alleged that it was organized by the grand old party of the country.

MP: Security guard allegedly beaten up by supporters of Congress leader

Jan 22, 2019, at 12:24 pm

Jabalpur, Jan 22 (IBNS): Days after the murders of two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in the state, a security guard for the civic body in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur has been allegedly beaten up by the supporters of local Congress leader Priyawat Singh, media reports said.

BJP president Amit Shah to address rally in Malda today

Jan 22, 2019, at 09:53 am

Malda, Jan 22 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah will start his party's campaign in West Bengal ahead of the Lok Sabha polls by addressing a rally in Malda on Tuesday.

West Bengal government denies landing of Amit Shah's chopper in Malda, BJP attacks CM

Jan 21, 2019, at 05:26 pm

Malda, Jan 21 (IBNS): In what might lead to another showdown between the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the state government has denied permission for landing the right-wing party's president Amit Shah's helicopter in Malda district. 

Another BJP leader found dead in Madhya Pradesh, ex- CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan attacks Congress government

Jan 20, 2019, at 09:12 pm

Bhopal, Jan 20 (IBNS): Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday attacked the Congress government over the deaths of two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in the state in recent times.

BJP UP lawmaker Sadhana Singh apologises after her remarks against Mayawati triggers controversy

Jan 20, 2019, at 08:47 pm

Lucknow, Jan 20 (IBNS):   Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uttar Pradesh MLA Sadhana Singh on Sunday apologised for her comments against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former state Chief Minister Mayawati after the remarks triggered a controversy.

Felt like chopping off Ram Kripal Yadav's hand when he joined BJP: Misha Bharti

Jan 20, 2019, at 01:50 pm

Patna, Jan 20 (IBNS): Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad's daughter and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Misha Bharti has said that she wanted to chop off Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav’s hands after he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.

BJP lawmaker makes offensive comments against Mayawati

Jan 20, 2019, at 11:02 am

Lucknow, Jan 20 (IBNS):  A huge controversy broke after a lawmaker of the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh targeted Mayawati and said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief "sold her dignity for power."

Mamata unites anti-BJP Opposition in historic Kolkata rally, sounds oust-Modi bugle

Jan 19, 2019, at 06:33 pm

Kolkata, Jan 19 (IBNS): Sounding the final poll bugle, a line of opposition party leaders on Saturday attended West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 'United India' rally at the iconic Brigade Parade Ground here, and called for the ouster of the  Narendra Modi government to "save India" even as they maintained a diplomatic silence on who could be the Prime Minister if a non-BJP-non-Congress coalition gain power in New Delhi.

What Pakistan couldn't do it 70 years, Modi has done in 4.5: Arvind Kejriwal at Brigade rally in Kolkata

Jan 19, 2019, at 05:07 pm

Kolkata, Jan 19 (IBNS): Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the BJP, in it's 4.5 years of rule, had managed to do what Pakistan couldn't in the 70 years since India's Independence.

Mamata to preside over Opposition's 'dethrone BJP' rally in Kolkata tomorrow

Jan 18, 2019, at 07:39 pm

Kolkata, Jan 18 (IBNS):  With less than 100 days to go for the 2019 General Elections, Mamata Banerjee is all set to play the host with the most for a disparate group of Opposition leaders when she presides over a mega rally in Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Ground to sound not only the poll bugle but also the "oust BJP" campaign.

Presence of anti-Sikh riot tainted Jagdish Tytler in Sheila Dikshit's Delhi Cong chief takeover event sparks row

Jan 16, 2019, at 04:48 pm

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IBNS): With the memories of Sikh massacres in 1984 revived with the recent court verdict and conviction of a senior Congress leader, the presence of Jagdish Tytler, another 1984 riots accused, in the ceremony on Wednesday which marked Sheila Dikshit taking charge as Congress chief can only but trigger fresh controversy.

No Rath Yatra in Bengal at present: SC

Jan 15, 2019, at 03:56 pm

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in the West Bengal government's decision to ban holding a rath yatra by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.

SP-BSP alliance enough to beat BJP in UP: Tejashwi Yadav on Congress question

Jan 14, 2019, at 04:42 pm

Lucknow, Jan 14 (IBNS): Reacting to the non-inclusion of Congress in the Uttar Pradesh alliance, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are enough to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 General Elections, media reports said.

Tejashwi Yadav meets Akhilesh and Mayawati, says BJP will be whitewashed in UP and Bihar

Jan 14, 2019, at 03:31 pm

Lucknwo, Jan 14 (IBNS) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday met  Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Maywawation and claimed that the BJP will be whitewashed in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

First-time voters not interested in dynasty but development: Narendra Modi

Jan 13, 2019, at 08:30 pm

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said first-time voters are not interested in dynasty but development.

BJP running the longest corruption-free Government, Modi says amidst Rafale row

Jan 12, 2019, at 02:36 pm

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS) :  Claiming that  honesty and good governance are the hallmark of  the current dispensation at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday  that the BJP-led NDA has been running the "longest corruption-free Government" in the country.

BJP national meeting starts in Delhi today

Jan 11, 2019, at 12:45 pm

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IBNS): Around 12,000 BJP leaders are meeting at the Ramlila Maidan today to discuss ways to bring Narendra Modi back as the Prime Minister of the country later this year.

Bulandshahr violence : Accused BJP youth leader arrested

Jan 10, 2019, at 12:52 pm

Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, Jan 10 (IBNS) : A  Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) youth leader and one of the prime accused in the murder of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh in the Bulandshahr violence  was arrested by the Uttar Pradeshpolice on Thursday, media reports said.