Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Uttarakhand Chief Minister will attend the BJP Central Election Committee's (CEC) meeting to be held in the national capital on Thursday evening.
Arguing that the BJP's vote share in Kerala has reached its saturation point, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday dismissed the prospect of the ruling party at the Centre doing better in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
"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.
Jairam Ramesh accused the BJP of trying to topple the Congress government in the state and said the leadership will not shy away from harsh decisions as the party is supreme
As per the BJP's top sources, the BJP's top brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be attending the meeting, after which the names of at least 100-120 candidates are expected to be released.
Mahajan, while speaking to ANI on Wednesday said that several Congress legislatures are in touch with the BJP and the state is going to witness a change in the government.
The meeting comes a day after the ruling Congress's Abhishek Manu Singhvi lost the Rajya Sabha election to the BJP's Harsh Mahajan despite the Congress enjoying a comfortable majority in the state assembly.
Citing concerns about the alleged collaboration between the BJP and the Congress in Assam, AIUDF (All India United Democratic Front) MLA and party General Secretary Karim Uddin Barbhuiya asserted that they will only be able to change the political landscape in Assam in the year 2031.
Hours after six Congress MLAs voted in favour of the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, the party's top leadership deployed senior leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and DK Shivakumar to take stock of the state crisis, said sources.
The Rajya Sabha polls for 15 seats across three states were marked by cross-voting, with the BJP winning 10 seats, the Congress three and the Samajwadi Party two seats