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Anil Antony not ready to join BJP, says former KPCC chief Muraleedharan

Former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President K Muraleedharan on Friday asked Congress leader AK Antony's son Anil Antony to return to the Congress party.Anil Antony quit all party posts after "threats" over his posts regarding a BBC documentary.Muraleedharan said that Antony is not ready to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and urged him to return to the party and obey party rules."Anil Antony is not ready to go to BJP. I spoke to him many times. I'm asking him to change his mind & go back to Cong & obey party rules. Congress never forgets the burning of Gujarat MP Ehsan Jafri," Muraleedharan told the mediapersons.Earlier, Anil Antony had alleged that he has received "abuses" and threats" over his tweet regarding the controversial BBC documentary -- "India: The Modi Question".Announcing his resignation from the party posts, Anil said he has not given up the party's primary membership as he would like to remain a Congress leader for now.On Tuesday, Antony had ...

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CPI(M) MLA, Cong leader to join BJP ahead of Tripura Assembly polls

In a major boost to ruling BJP ahead of February 16 Tripura Assembly polls, CPI(M) MLA Moboshar Ali, senior Congress leader Billal Mia and few other leaders are likely to join BJP

Delhi BJP to discuss organisational issues in 2-day executive meet

In the aftermath of its defeat in the MCD polls, the senior leaders of Delhi BJP will take stock of the existing organisational issues within the party at a state executive meeting on Friday. The two-day executive committee meeting will also discuss roadmaps for the upcoming events including the 2024 Parliamentary and 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, a senior party functionary said. A political proposal will be presented in the meeting that will seek to "expose" the Kejriwal government's alleged "corruption and failure to deliver" besides highlighting various initiatives and development works in Delhi by the BJP-ruled central government, he said. A discussion on the party's performance in the past six months will include its defeat in the 2022 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections at the hands of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), an office bearer said. Some announcements of programmes in view of the 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly polls are also expected, he said. The first day of the

Top BJP leaders meet to finalise candidates for Tripura assembly polls

Top leaders of the BJP including party chief J P Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others have met here to finalise candidates for the upcoming Tripura assembly elections. The Thursday meeting was also attended by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, BJP's state incharge Mahesh Sharma and Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Deb. Earlier in the day, BJP's Tripura unit core group members met at party leader and northeast incharge Sambit Patra's residence. The BJP is likely to finalise its candidates for the Tripura assembly elections on Friday in its central election committee meeting. The 60-member Tripura assembly will go to polls on February 16. The last date for filling nominations is January 30. The counting of votes will be taken up on March 2. In 2018, the BJP formed the government for the first time in Tripura, ending the 20-year run of the CPI(M).

AAP misleading people, has no faith in Constitution, alleges Delhi BJP

Delhi BJP's working president Virendra Sachdeva reacted sharply to Aam Aadmi Party's move to approach the Supreme Court over the repeated adjournments of mayoral polls for MCD

Kerala CM accuses Sangh of treating minorities as 'enemies', BJP hits back

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday accused the Sangh Parivar of treating Muslims and Christians as 'enemies of the nation' and urged everyone to unite against such divisive actions, drawing sharp criticism from the BJP. Vijayan said that the Constitution, which was the best weapon to fight against caste discrimination and religious hatred, was presently under attack. The CM alleged that the Sangh Parivar and the RSS have made it clear that their aim was to turn India into a 'Hindu rashtra'. He also accused the party in power at the Centre of being followers of a political group which did not take part in the freedom struggle. "They are attacking the very roots of our country, its democracy and the Constitution," he said while speaking after inaugurating the Constitution Protection Conference and Secular Meet. In his speech at the event held here, Vijayan said that if the Constitution was destroyed, everything -- from an individual's dignity to the sovereignty of th

Delhi mayor stand-off: AAP's Shelly Oberoi moves SC to seeks timely polls

Aam Aadmi Party's mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi moved the Supreme Court on Thursday demanding the mayoral election be conducted in a time-bound manner, party officials said. The Delhi mayor election was stalled on Tuesday for the second time this month as the House was adjourned indefinitely by the LG-appointed presiding officer following a ruckus by some councillors. Accusing the BJP of hooliganism and halting Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House proceedings, AAP National spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said that the Leader of the House Mukesh Goel and mayor candidate Shelly Oberoi approached the top court to allow the mayoral elections be conducted in a time-bound manner. The case is likely to be taken up on Friday, AAP leaders said. Bharadwaj said that the party has also sought prohibition on voting by aldermen as per law. We have placed two major demands in the Supreme Court, the first is to elect the mayor in a time-bound manner and form the government in the MCD. Seco

BJP top brass meets to finalise candidates ahead of Tripura polls

Top leaders of the BJP including party chief J P Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others met here on Thursday to finalise candidates for the upcoming Tripura assembly elections. The meeting was also attended by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, BJP's state incharge Mahesh Sharma and Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Deb. Earlier in the day, BJP's Tripura unit core group members met at party leader and northeast incharge Sambit Patra's residence. The BJP is likely to finalise its candidates for the Tripura assembly elections on Friday in its central election committee meeting. The 60-member Tripura assembly will go to polls on February 16. The last date for filling nominations is January 30. The counting of votes will be taken up on March 2. In 2018, the BJP formed the government for the first time in Tripura, ending the 20-year run of the CPI(M).

BJP national leadership likely to intervene in internal bickering of AIADMK

The national leadership of the BJP is in all likelihood intervening in the internal bickering of AIADMK which is a major ally of the saffron party in Tamil Nadu

Aam Aadmi clinics in Punjab are political gimmickry: BJP's Tarun Chugh

Chugh claimed that the entire state "knows that the health dispensaries and mini hospitals are being converted into Aam Aadmi clinics for political reasons"

Previous BJP govt left debt of Rs 75,000 cr: Himachal CM on statehood day

Extending greetings on the 53rd statehood day celebrations, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday said the previous BJP government left a debt of Rs 75,000 crore

Kerala BJP takes a dig at Congress over Anil Antony's resignation

Hours after Anil Antony, the son of former Defence Minister A.K. Antony, quit the Congress, Kerala BJP chief K. Surendran said that this is the way Congress party functions

'Haath Se Haath Jodo' campaign to spread message of harmony, says Congress

Congress leader Shobha Oza on Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre, accusing it of trying to divide people on the basis of caste and religion, and asserted that her party's 'Haath Se Haath Jodo' campaign will spread the message of love and harmony. The grand old party has decided to launch its nationwide 'Haath Se Haath Jodo' campaign from January 26 to March 26 buoyed by people's response to the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi. Addressing a press conference at Rajiv Bhawan, Congress' state office here, Oza said this campaign will cover six lakh villages and 10 lakh polling booths in the country, during which party leaders and workers will propagate Rahul Gandhi's message of peace and harmony and highlight the central government's failures. "The Modi government has failed on various fronts. It failed to create jobs, contain inflation and good returns to farmers for their produce. To cover up its failures and achieve power, it has been ...

Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC grants eight-week interim bail to Ashish Mishra

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted eight-week interim bail to Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence that had left eight people dead. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and J K Maheshwari directed that Ashish shall not stay either in Uttar Pradesh or in Delhi during the interim bail period. On October 3, 2021, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district's Tikunia where violence erupted when farmers were protesting against the then deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area. According to the Uttar Pradesh Police FIR, four farmers were mowed down by an SUV in which Ashish was seated. Following the incident, the driver of the SUV and two BJP workers were allegedly lynched by angry farmers. A journalist also died in the violence. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had on July 26 last year rejected the Ashish Mishra's bail plea. He had challenged the high court's order in the apex court.

BJP should stop dreaming 324 LS seats, it will fall to 124: Congress leader

Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP, Rajeev Gowda said that the BJP should stop dreaming 324-plus seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election

Cong's Lamba targets Centre over inflation, failing to provide jobs

Congress leader Alka Lamba on Wednesday targeted the BJP-led government at the Centre over inflation and accused it of failing to provide enough employment opportunities to the country's youth. Inflation has broken citizens' backs ever since the (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi-led government came to power, the All India Congress Committee spokesperson said. "In 2014, the cost of a gas cylinder was Rs 410, which today is Rs 1,050. Petrol was Rs 70, which is (now) over Rs 100 per litre while the price of diesel, which was Rs 55, is now over Rs 90 per litre. The cost of edible oil and pulses have also risen drastically. "...even curd, paneer, lassi, flour, dry soybean, peas and puffed rice could not escape the barbaric attack of GST. Five per cent GST was imposed on them too," Lamba told reporters at a press conference here. She also accused the Centre of not reducing petrol and diesel prices despite crude oil rates in the international market continuously decreasing. In the past eigh

BJP govt trying to cover up PSI scam in Karnataka: Randeep Singh Surjewala

The Congress on Wednesday accused the ruling BJP in Karnataka of attempting to 'cover up' the Police Sub-Inspector recruitment scam in which already an ADGP rank officer has been arrested. The grand old party said the prime accused in the case, R D Patil has written to the Lokayukta alleging that the investigating officer of the scam had demanded Rs three crore to shut the case and already Rs 76 lakh has been paid. Noting that the letter to the Lokayukta is in public domain, it demanded the resignation of Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra and a probe by the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court into the scam. This letter by RD Patil clearly accuses the investigating officer of demanding Rs 3 crore of bribe. Rs 76 lakh of bribe in the PSI scam as per the letter has been delivered to the investigating officer. All this with a view to dilute and finish the entire PSI scam, the Congress National General Secretary and Karnataka in charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, said in a ...

People thinking about nation's sovereignty can't remain in Cong: Shergill

BJP spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill on Wednesday seized on the resignation of Kerala leader Anil Antony from his posts in the Congress to take a swipe at his former party, claiming those who think for the nation's sovereignty and integrity can no longer remain there. "Self-respecting individuals who think for the nation, for nation's sovereignty & integrity can no longer remain in the Congress. It's not 'mohabbat ki dukan' but 'chamchon ka durbar' which dominates Cong," he said, echoing Antony's charge of sycophancy in the party. Shergill claimed that, "Speaking for Pak, China & propagandists is criterion to remain in Cong now." Though he did not name Antony, the context was clear on a day the son of veteran Congress leader A K Antony resigned from all his party posts following widespread criticism of his tweet against the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. He said he was getting "intolerant calls" to retract his tweet against the documentary and the "wall .

Telangana BJP chief slams CM Rao for not attending all-party meet on G20

Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar has likened the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led government to the Nizam rule and claimed that his "autocratic" rule will soon end. At the BJP's state executive meeting in Mahabubnagar on Tuesday, Kumar criticised Rao for not attending the all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India's presidency of G20. "While he has ample time to pay tributes to the titular Nizam (who passed away last week) and offered condolences to his family members, he has no time to attend the all-party meeting organized by the prime minister for nation-building," Kumar said. Mukarram Jah, the titular eighth Nizam of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad passed away in Turkey on January 14. His last rites were conducted with full state honours on January 18. Kumar, termed KCR, as Rao is largely referred, "another Nizam" and said his "autocratic rule" will end soon. At the BJP's state executive meeting, he also said that India will bec