Suspended Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha on Thursday blamed the party's "appeasement politics" for his decision to switch sides and join Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of Assam polls.
Janata Dal (United) workers on Thursday surrounded Hilsa MLA Krishna Murari Sharan's car and stopped them from entering the residence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as they opposed the latter's speculated move to the Rajya Sabha.
Bihar ministers reacted to reports of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar potentially moving to the Rajya Sabha, with Minister Ramkripal Yadav stating that it is an internal matter of the Janata Dal (United) and Nitish Kumar's decision is paramount, while terming the opposition as "troubled."
Bharatiya Janata Party National President Nitin Nabin on Thursday offered prayers at the Hanuman Temple in Patna ahead of filing his nomination for Rajya Sabha elections.
Three suspended Assam Congress MLAs Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Basanta Das, and Sashi Kanta Das joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the State BJP headquarters in Guwahati on Saturday in the presence of state party president Dilip Saikia, ahead of the Assembly elections.
Janata Dal (United)'s Rajeev Ranjan Patel and party supporters on Thursday raised slogans in support of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's leadership in the state and opposed his speculated move to the Rajya Sabha.
Suspended Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha said he will join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday at 8 AM, stating that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma decided the timing, keeping in mind the Rajya Sabha elections.
Congress leader Rashid Alvi has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to remove Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from state politics by offering him a seat in the Rajya Sabha. On the reports of Nitish Kumar's potential shift to the Rajya Sabha, Alvi claimed this move
Amid the ongoing Parivartan Yatra campaign in West Bengal, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday criticised the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, alleging that the people of the state have endured "oppression, fear and corruption" for years and as