Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday challenged the state BJP leaders to join hands with him in putting pressure on the Centre to secure funds for state's irrigation projects.
National Conference was joined by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami and other independent MLAs in the meeting to strategise for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday.
While briefing the media, Uma Bharti stated that she had conveyed her wish to the party and said that next time, she would not refuse to contest elections.
Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi on Wednesday hit back at Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane for his "Hanuman Chalisa at Haji Ali" remarks after a purported video showing three women allegedly offering namaz in the premises of Shaniwar Wada in Pune went viral.
Muddasani Kodandarama Reddy, founder of Telangana Jana Samithi, on Wednesday announced that his party agreed in principle to support the Congress candidate in the Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election, scheduled for November 11.
Kharge also cited a video allegedly featuring a BJP MLA making serious accusations against the RSS. He mentioned that in the video, the BJP MLA is accusing the RSS of finishing the political careers of veteran party politicians, including BS Yediyurappa and Lal Krishna Advani.
The Union Minister also accused the Mahagathbandhan alliance (Grand Alliance) of the RJD and Congress of dividing Biharis on "communal and ethnic lines" ahead of the polls on November 6 and November 11.
Congress MLC Bhai Jagtap on Wednesday said that the party should contest the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections independently of an alliance.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sanjay Jaiswal on Wednesday took a dig at Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor, saying that all 153 candidates fielded by the latter's party will lose their deposits in the already announced Bihar assembly elections.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP-RV) chief and Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday stated that the Mahagathbandhan alliance has completely collapsed in Bihar, with serious infighting ongoing within the bloc.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday unveiled key welfare initiatives his party plans to implement if it forms the state government, asserting that the NDA is merely replicating schemes already proposed by the RJD.
CPI(ML) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya on Wednesday distanced himself from Independent MP Pappu Yadav's remarks advocating Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the face of the Mahagathbandhan for the upcoming Bihar elections.