Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal switched on the electric control for the controlled explosion for the breakthrough of the tunnel, bringing down the 2 metre portion, marking it as a breakthrough and the end of the digging process.
Dismissing speculations that he could be the next prominent face in the Congress to dump the grand old party and join the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the party's UP president Ajay Rai said on Tuesday the latter only makes such claims when it is 'worried' or 'anxious'.
After the 6 MLAs of Congress switched to BJP, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu asked how much money did the rebel MLAs recieved stating that the truth should come out among the public .
During the conversation, the PM called for an improvement in vegetarian diets as it include several harmful choices and asked people to switch to millets.
He also criticized opposition leader Edappadi Palaniswami for likening the PMK to 'Vedanthangal birds', a jibe intended to hit out at the party's history of switching sides between the AIADMK and the DMK. "We are not Vendanthangal birds, we are Vendanthangal sanctuary. We will protect who
Janata Dal United MLA from Rupauli Bima Bharti resigned from the party's primary membership on Saturday. Following her resignation, she joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and expressed her readiness to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Purnia if her new party permits.
Dismissing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's claim that the BJP was offering Rs 50 crore each to ruling Congress MLAs to switch sides ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka on Saturday said his party has made no such approaches to the rival camp.
Senior BJP leader and the party's state convener of New Joining Group, Narottam Mishra, on Thursday said Madhya Pradesh can enter the Guinness Book of World Rercords for the sheer number of switchovers from the Congress to the ruling party in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
Criticizing the Congress party's leadership, Rajasthan BJP Chief CP Joshi on Wednesday said that it is the distrust of the leaders in the Congress which is making them switch sides ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections.