At a time when the political parties in the country are fighting a neck-to-neck battle to rise to supreme power, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has been elected as the 22nd speaker of the National Assembly (NA), according to ARY News.
Calling Congress "scammers", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched an attack on the grand old party and said that Congress and its allies are the biggest enemies of development.
Leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Apna Dal, and Congress visited the ECI delegation to discuss various issues related to the upcoming polls.
Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel on Thursday that the parties in the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra will decide seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha polls in the coming days.
Assam Congress, AAP, TMC, Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and 12 other political parties on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the President through Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria opposing implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
"INDI alliance is a headless alliance. There is no unity among the political parties who made this INDI alliance. Somebody wants to become Prime Minister from the INDI alliance and some other partners they named some other people. So that's why the great leader like Nitish Kumar left INDI al
"I can understand the frustration of the BJP. They have lost badly despite both parties (BJP-JDS) coming together and trying every trick in the book to get an extra Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka," Hussain told ANI.
Bahujan Samaj Party leader and former MLA Shah Alam, alias Guddu Jamali, switched sides ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and joined the Samajwadi Party in the presence of party president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday.
The representatives of both parties informed a bench of NCLT last week that settlement terms had been reached, and thus requested an adjournment. The Court graciously granted the adjournment.
The three parties have warned that they would not remain silent and the protest against the alleged rigging will continue with more force and intensity.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday fired fresh salvos at the INDIA bloc, stating that it is 'nothing' but a combination of 'family-oriented' parties and comprises of the leaders that are bent on making their family members either Prime Minister or Chief Minister.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said that it imperative for the opposition to strengthen the INDIA bloc.