Nayab Singh Saini, the Lok Sabha MP from Haryana's Kurukshetra, met Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Tuesday to formally stake claim to form the government in the state, replacing his predecessor, senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar.
Anantkumar Hegde on Saturday stirred a controversy by calling for voters to give a two-thirds majority to his party in the Lok Sabha to enable amendments to the Constitution and undo the "unnecessary laws introduced to subjugate the Hindu community".
Despite securing 29.5 per cent of the votes, the coalition fell short of an outright majority, setting the stage for intricate negotiations and potentially leading to further elections.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh exuded confidence on Saturday that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will secure a third term with a commanding majority and said that all factors are in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Indian stock indices extended their gains from the previous session and touched fresh highs on Thursday, tracking firmness in majority of sectoral indices coupled with overall stable macro-economic parameters.
"It has been proved that Congress has lost the majority in Himachal Pradesh. There is not just one but many evidences in this regard... Notices are being given to 7 BJP MLAs through the Privileges Committee. It is being done to disqualify them from the Assembly and to reduce the strength of
After Shehbaz Sharif was picked as the country's next Prime Minister by the majority members during polling in the National Assembly, winning PTI-backed Independent candidate and a rival for the top post, Omar Ayub Khan, came down heavily on the ruling coalition on Sunday, calling the for
"All the names were already assumed. They have done nothing new. The question is how much is the public going to accept the BJP. They keep talking about 400, they are not telling from where they are getting it. There is doubt among the people that they are getting the majority through the
Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajeev Bindal said on Thursday that the Congress has no right to stay in power after the party lost the Rajya Sabha election despite having a majority in the state assembly.
The Senate's decision saw 267 votes in favour and 50 against, marking a crucial step in the legislative process. The proposed legislation now awaits approval by a three-fifths majority from both houses during a joint congress scheduled for March 4.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said on Wednesday that the Parliamentary Affairs Minister has filed a petition against the six Congress MLAs who cross voted in the Rajya Sabha polls, adding that the majority is still with the Congress Party.