Shatrughan Sinha

Amid opposition unity talks to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Bollywood star Shatrughan Sinha said that party chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee can be a game changer

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has proved his leadership abilities through the Bharat Jodo Yatra, TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha said. In an interview to PTI, Sinha said Gandhi's 3,570-km-long march that began in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu will help the Congress double its tally in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress won 52 seats in 2019 elections. "Bharat Jodo Yatra is getting a very good response. Rahul Gandhi's charisma has started working, and he is getting an excellent response from the people. I feel that Gandhi's yatra will help double the tally of the Congress in Parliament in the next Lok Sabha polls," he said. "This is a 'yatra' in a true sense as Gandhi is walking unlike 'Rath yatras' by BJP leaders. Lakhs of people are coming out in his support. He has proved his leadership qualities. People have accepted him as a leader. And, those who made fun of him as 'Pappu' and didn't take him seriously have been proved wrong," Sinha added. The actor-turned-politician won the Asansol

TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said that while the reign of Atal Behari Vajpayee projected 'lokshahi' (democracy), that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflects 'tanashahi' (dictatorship). Addressing a massive crowd during the Trinamool Congress' Martyrs' Day rally here, the recently elected Asansol MP said Vajpayee was a "pro-people father figure and statesman", under whose rule the Bollywood actor was a Union minister. "Vajpayee Ji was different...he projected the 'lokshahi' nature of the government, while Modi projects 'tanashahi' nature of the government," he said. "Unemployment is at a 50-year-high, GST is being corrected every day, hard-earned money stashed by poor women in their houses was made defunct through demonetisation. The debt burden has increased manifold in the last eight years of the Modi government," he said. Sinha, popularly known as 'Bihari Babu', described TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee as the "most acceptable leader in the country" and said, "What Bengal ..

The TMC bagged 56.62 per cent of the votes polled, while the BJP got 30.46 per cent votes. The by-poll saw a huge swing of 21 per cent votes in favour of the TMC from the saffron camp's kitty

In West Bengal, movie actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha of the TMC defeated BJP's Agnimitra Paul by 3,03,209 votes in Asansol

In Asansol former Union minister and popular veteran Bollywood star Shatrughan Sinha is leading by garnering a massive 6,26,511 votes against BJP's Agnimitra Paul's 3,44,573 votes as at 2.30 pm

TMC is on its way to a clean sweep as it demolished rivals in the Asansol Lok Sabha seat where movie actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha is leading by an unassailable margin of nearly 230K votes

Former BJP leader and Union minister Shatrughan Sinha is contesting on a TMC ticket for the by-election to Asansol Lok Sabha constituency

By-polls in both seats will be held on April 12 and votes will be counted on April 16

Shatrughan Sinha Monday said it's an encouraging trend that youths are entering politics, but made it clear that he himself is not retiring

The Congress released its second list of 49 candidates for the Bihar polls, fielding Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha from Bankipur and Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Yadav from Bihariganj seats.

Rajasthan becomes the first state to give BJP Triple Talaq, tweeted Shatrughan Sinha

Individually I hold Arvind Kejriwal, in high esteem for his credibility, struggle: Shatrughan Sinha

His resignation from the BJP and induction into the Congress will take place in a few days

The sitting Patna Sahib lawmaker has been at loggerheads with the current BJP leadership since the 2015 Bihar election, over several issues

Lauhariya was replying to queries about facilities extended to the former Union Minister

Speculation is rife that Sinha, whose attack on his party has sharpened in recent times, may enter into fray from Patna Sahib from Prasad's party if he is denied a BJP ticket for the Lok Sabha polls

We can not only call them stone pelters. We should focus on what we should do to solve this problem, Shatrughan Sinha on stone pelting

He asserted his meeting should not be seen through political prims. "I went to meet Prasad and his kin to be with the family in this hour of crisis"

The NHPS announced would require Rs 1.25 trillion for premium payment, which is more than the allocation for health sector in the budgets of the Centre and the states put together, he said