Politics

Senior leader P Chidambaram spoke vociferously on alliances and advocated that the party go it alone in 12 states where it is well placed and only stitch alliances in the others.

TRS floor leader in the Lok Sabha, AP Jithender Reddy, convened a meeting of all MPs and discussed with them about the no-confidence motion, which was introduced by the TDP.

Is 38 minutes sufficient for us to highlight issues of 130 crore Indians and faults of this government? asked leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge.

DMK working president M K Stalin, meanwhile, urged AIADMK to support the no-confidence motion, saying the move is expected to be a "turning point" in Parliamentary democracy.

Anurag Thakur, a key voice of the party in the Lower House, was president of the BJP's youth wing.

The rebels include state party vice-president Karanveer Singh Tiwana, general secretaries Pradeep Malhotra and Manjit Singh Sidhu, besides district presidents and halqa in-charges.

It was said that the thorny issue of seat-sharing in the NDA would be resolved during Shah-Kumar meeting, but sources in the two parties said besides a general talk, nothing concrete was discussed with regard to seat adjustments for 2019 election.

CPI Rajya Sabha MP D Raja said Modi must answer as to why the SC/ST Act was "diluted" and why so many Dalits are being "killed" across the country.

The reaction came after the prime minister attacked the Congress and Rahul Gandhi over his remarks reported by an Urdu daily and the party's stand on triple talaq issue.

The two recently appointed national coordinators of BSP, Vir Singh and Jai Prakash Singh, will give the victory mantra to the party cadres.

With the return of JD(U) to the NDA, the fresh allotment of seats among partners seems to be a difficult task.

After becoming the national president of BSP in 2003, Mayawati had decided not to contest the direct polls and has been taking the upper house route to legislature both at the centre and the state.

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi alleged that the proposal, if accepted, would hit at the very core of democracy in India, and wondered if the country and the states will be under the President's rule in the event of governments failing to complete...

Kisan Kalyan Rally is being held in the Malwa region of Punjab which has the largest number of farmers and has also been Akali dominated area. Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal will aslo be present.

The RSS's decision to invite the former president to address its volunteers last month, and the latter's decision to accept the invitation, had raised many eyebrows, with some Congress leaders criticising Mukherjee.

While some welcomed the move with few amendments in Article 356, some leaders have vehemently opposed the decision by terming it as BJP’s ploy to weaken the democratic structure of India.