Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Friday held the central government equally responsible, along with the Election Department, for the deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) facing extreme pressure during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram on Thursday said that the party's defeat in the recent Bihar assembly elections was largely influenced by the central government, adding that the SIR was used as a legal method of stealing votes.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Qureshi described the radicalisation of well-educated professionals, including doctors, as "a deeply worrying trend," urging Kashmiri Muslims to introspect and take a firm stand against those justifying violence in the name of religion. He stated that soci
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) held a meeting on Monday to evaluate the party's poor performance in the Bihar Assembly election, which saw the Mahagathbandhan fold at 35 seats, with the RJD winning 25 of them.
While addressing a Working Group Meeting in Srinagar, the PDP chief said, "You (Central government) told the world that everything is alright in Kashmir, but the troubles of Kashmir echoed right in front of the Red Fort."
Madan Shah said he was still pained by the party's crushing defeat and alleged that a senior leader known as 'Chanakya' was intent on destroying the party.
Claiming that the party leadership don't want to take responsibility for the defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections, Rohini Acharya said that when she called out Tejashwi Yadav's close aide Sanjay Yadav for party's defeat, she was "thrown out of the house, disgraced, abused, and even hit"
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday blamed "vote chori" for Mahagathbandhan's defeat in the Bihar Assembly election, calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Election Commission "masterminds" behind it.
He termed the SIR as an "electoral conspiracy", asserting that after Bihar, it won't be possible in other states, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh or any other state.
As early trends showed the ruling NDA leading in the Bihar Assembly elections, Congress leader Udit Raj blamed the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists for his party's poor performance.