As a public statement by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, hitting out at dynastic politics without taking names, set the cat amongst the pigeons, ruling JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Thursday affirmed that the party was still with the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in the state and the Opp
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that all the members of the opposition's INDIA bloc agreed to the proposal that the alliance, formed to take on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, should be headed by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
With little progress on seat-sharing between the INDIA partners for the crucial Lok Sabha elections this year, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday took a jibe at the Opposition bloc saying it was an alliance for infighting.
Pawar, while responding to a question about the opposition bloc INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) not having a prime ministerial face, Sharad Pawar said even in the 1977 Lok Sabha polls (post Emergency) no one was projected as PM.
Amid the rising differences and deepening chasms in the Opposition bloc -- INDIA -- Uttar Pradesh Minister Dharmpal Singh on Thursday backed the ruling the BJP at the Centre to leverage its continued popularity and connect with the masses and return to the hustings with a thumping mandate
The Congress party has called for the next 'INDIA' bloc meeting this Wednesday, here in the national capital. The Opposition bloc, having parties who are like-minded and largely anti-BJP, had three meetings so far, each in Patna, Bengaluru, and Mumbai earlier this year.
Amid souring ties with the Congress over the breakdown in seat-sharing talks for Madhya Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said the ongoing bicycle rally, titled the 'Samajwadi PDA Yatra', will add for strength to the Opposition bloc -- INDIA.
The ruling BJP-led Centre had been maintaining that the probe agencies were doing their job, refusing the allegation of "political vendetta" from opposition bloc INDIA.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat should support the opposition bloc - INDIA to "save the democracy" in the nation, said Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray-faction) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday.
Claiming cracks in the "INDI-alliance", BJP leader N Ramchander Rao Wednesday said the partners in the Opposition bloc are already at odds with the Congress with regard to seat sharing for next year's Lok Sabha elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition bloc INDIA engaged in a war of words after the Bihar caste survey was released by the state government, revealing that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) constitute more than 63 per cent of the population of Bih
JDU leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally and RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav termed the publication of the report "historic", the BJP and other prominent parties of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have criticised the Bihar government calling the report an “eye wash”.