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57% angry with BJP government In Karnataka, want change: CVoter poll

An exclusive survey-cum-opinion poll conducted by CVoter in Karnataka ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections reveals that as many as 57% of the respondents are angry with the state govt

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Database of 263,000 cooperative societies mapped in phase-1: Amit Shah

Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the government has completed the first phase of mapping database of 2.63 lakh primary cooperative societies engaged in credit, dairy and fisheries. The database is expected to be extended to cooperative societies of all other sectors by July this year, Shah said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. The database would facilitate stakeholders in planning, formulation and implementation of appropriate policies for the cooperative sector, he added. The Ministry of Cooperation has initiated the process of creating a National Cooperative Database with the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) to provide a single point of access to information on cooperatives of different sectors. "Under Phase-I, mapping of about 2.63 lakh primary cooperative societies operating in three sectors i.e. Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS), Dairy and Fisheries has been completed," Shah said. After several rounds of consultations with state ...

BJP confident of returning to power with absolute majority: Karnataka CM

The ruling BJP is confident of returning to power in Karnataka with absolute majority, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday. The Election Commission announced today that the polls to the 224-member Assembly would be held on May 10. Bommai, who was speaking to reporters, said he had toured almost all the constituencies in the State in the last three-and-half months. I am fully confident that we will get an absolute and clear majority and the BJP government will come (back) to power in 2023, he said. Speaking about how the party was connecting with the public, the Chief Minister said the BJP had used various means to reach out to the people, including digital technology and campaigning by top party leaders. To a question about the likely candidates for the election, Bommai said that in the BJP the process of releasing the list of candidates would start after election dates are announced. Already we have the survey reports (on winnable candidates). Along with that, we wi

Plea challenging Rahul Gandhi's conviction ready, to be moved soon: Reports

A petition challenging Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's conviction and sentencing by a trial court in Surat in a defamation case is ready and is likely to be filed very soon, sources said on Wednesday. The party's top legal advisors are working on the review petition which will be filed before the Surat sessions court in a day or two, they added. Gandhi was convicted and was given a two-year sentence in the 2019 defamation case over his remarks on Modi surname, following which he was disqualified as MP of Lok Sabha. The Congress has said that it will fight the matter both politically and legally and will take the issue to the public. Congress Whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore said the government has deliberately disqualified Rahul Gandhi under a well-planned conspiracy to not allow him to attend Parliament during this budget session. "This is a totally false case and his disqualification has come to keep him away from Parliament. But, we will fight it both legally and politically,"

Karnataka poll: Resolve to throw out the 40% commission govt, says Congress

After the announcement of Karnataka Assembly poll schedule, the Congress said that it is ready to face elections and resolve to throw out the anti-people 40 per cent commission government

Rahul Gandhi believes it's his birthright to rule country, alleges BJP

The BJP claimed on Wednesday that Rahul Gandhi believes it is his "birthright" to rule the country because he was born in a particular family. Keeping up the heat on the Congress leader, whose disqualification from Lok Sabha has become a rallying point for the Opposition, the BJP cited several instances of "attack" on institutions during the Congress rule to counterattack rival parties over their similar charges,. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters that the former Congress president thinks all institutions are beneath him and that is why he is upset with the court order convicting him for "insulting" the Other Backward Classes and his subsequent disqualification. "He thinks it is his birthright to rule because he was a born in a family. He does politics of entitlement and considers himself above the Constitution, court and Parliament," Vaishnaw said attacking Gandhi. The minister cited the incident of Gandhi tearing an ordinance passed by the Union Cabinet when the ...

Karnataka BJP MLA sent to Lokayukta custody for 5 days in bribery case

A Special Court for people's representatives on Wednesday sent Karnataka BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa to Lokayukta police custody for five days in connection with a corruption case

J P Nadda to chair meeting of BJP's OBC MP today in national capital

BJP National President J.P. Nadda will chair a meeting of all the OBC MPs of the party at party headquarters in the national capital on Wednesday

Modi surname row: BJP to seek Rahul's apology during OBC outreach programme

The BJP has decided that the party, during its new outreach programme at village chaupals across the country, will seek an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for insulting OBCs

More BJP wins, more Oppn protests it will face, says PM Narendra Modi

During UPA's 2004-14 rule, assets worth Rs 5,000 cr seized under PMLA; during BJP rule it rose to Rs 1.10 trn, says PM

BJP only pan-India party today amidst family-run political outfits: PM Modi

Addressing an event PM attributed the BJP's rise from a small political outfit to the world's biggest one to the dedication and sacrifices made by party workers

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United Opposition front? Why it is important to fix the cracks first

Though calls for a united opposition against the BJP in 2024 polls are getting louder, there are several ifs and buts around the Congress' role

BJP MPs protest against Rahul Gandhi's 'insulting' remarks on OBC-community

BJP MPs, mostly from Other Backward Classes, on Tuesday took out a march from Parliament complex to Vijay Chowk here protesting against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comments on the 'Modi surname' and demanded his apology. Gandhi was convicted by a Surat court last week in a criminal defamation case for his 'Modi surname' remark. The ruling party's 'OBC Morcha' also announced a campaign between April 6, the party's foundation day, and April 14, B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary, against Gandhi's "insulting" remarks against the backward castes and to highlight the "historic" decisions of the Modi government for the community's welfare. BJP workers will reach out to one crore households across one lakh villages in the country, Morcha president K Laxman told reporters here. BJP president J P Nadda will launch the campaign from Manesar in Haryana, he said. He said from giving the constitutional status to the OBC Commission, which was "toothless" in the long rule of the Congress, to ..

Karnataka Congress promises to scrap quotas announced by BJP when it wins

The reservations, DK Shivakumar said, are against the law, constitution and the interests of the communities

More BJP wins in elections, more protests it will face from Oppn: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday linked the opposition's attack on his government to the BJP's emphatic electoral performances and asserted that the more wins the ruling party achieves, the more it will be targeted, sources said. Modi took the swipe at opposition parties, who are up in arms against the government over a host of issues, at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting in which he asked MPs to dedicate the period between the party's foundation day on April 6 and B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary on April 14 to the cause of social justice. Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told reporters that Modi also asked the party MPs to promote and publicise various government schemes for a month from May 15 in their respective constituencies to mark its ninth anniversary. In his address, the prime minister also called upon party leaders to work for the cause of "Mother Earth". "Mother Earth" is crying for freeing her from chemicals poisoning her, he said, adding that she has nurtured

BJP playing politics over OBC community, says Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

"Come to us with real issues...If you (PM Modi) have courage, sit before the media and tell them to ask you anything," he said

Rahul to visit K'taka on April 5 to take on BJP over disqualification row

The Congress is planning a mega programme for April 5 to retaliate on the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the very place where the contentious speech was made in Karnataka, sources confirmed

BJP's three-variable challenge: What will it drop to ensure victory?

A six per cent increase in the Congress share will probably not get it anywhere, but a similar decline in the BJP's vote share could end its majority