Telangana Jagruthi President and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday announced a statewide Rail Roko agitation to be held on July 17 in demand of the Central government approving the Backward Classes (BCs) reservation bills passed by the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
Taking a dig at former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav over allegations against Nitish Kumar for promoting "family politics", he said it was "funny" that Yadav, whose right family members are in politics, was raising this issue.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday announced that the party has decided to contest elections on all seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election on all 243 seats.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during his visit to the Una Assembly constituency on Monday, dedicated and laid the foundation stones of multiple development projects amounting to Rs. 25.79 crore, with a focus on strengthening education and infrastructure.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said people want to get rid of the JD(U)-BJP government in the upcoming Assembly polls in Bihar adding that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is acting in an "unconscious state" recently.
Prasad said that Akhilesh Yadav reiterated the demand in the 2022 UP Legislative Assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He stated that caste census was included as one of the key promises in the manifesto of the party.
The 129th Constitutional Amendment Bill for simultaneous national and assembly polls was tabled in the Lok Sabha in December last year. It was later referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Speaker Devnani made the remarks while speaking to reporters after participating in a yoga rehearsal session at the Rajasthan Assembly ahead of the 11th International Day of Yoga.
Bihar elections are expected to be held later this year in October or November; however, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has not announced an official date.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a roadshow in Nilambur to campaign for the Congress candidate for the upcoming Nilambur Assembly bypoll.
In a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Ashok highlighted that the incident has raised serious questions about public safety, crowd control, and the organisation of sports and other events.
"The corruption has intensified so much that there is no accountability left. This government has done away with something called accountability. A tired Chief Minister is not governing Bihar, but retired bureaucrats," Yadav said while addressing a press conference.