Politics

In the video that has gone viral, BS Yediyurappa has hit out at party leaders for not recognising the 'sacrifice' of disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs, because of whom they could come to power.

The NCP chief's visit came amid uncertainty over government formation in the state as the BJP and its ally Shiv Sena are bickering over the power-sharing formula.

The poll-panel announced during the day that Jharkhand assembly polls will be held in five phases between November 30 and December 20, and the counting of votes will take place on December 23.

The Sena on Thursday once again indicated it had not given up its claim to the post of chief minister, saying that equal sharing of power must mean sharing of the top post as well.

She was addressing a gathering at a function here to confer the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration to Chipko Movement founder and environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt.

The 'Iron Man' Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had made contributions towards building a modern and unified India in fields of agriculture, cooperation, security and administrative sectors.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed entities using an Israeli sypware Peagasus.

Interestingly, former chief minister and senior leader Prithviraj Chavan had said that the Congress will 'consider' any 'concrete' proposal on government formation from the Sena.

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya was interacting with the media at the BJP head office after taking part in a protest march on the issue of bifurcating Bhopal municipal corporation.

The assertive stand of the JD(U), which had not joined the Modi government as it was offered only one berth, comes at a time when another BJP ally Shiv Sena is demanding equal division of power in Maharashtra.

In what could be construed as an outreach to bickering ally Sena, Fadnavis thanked party chief Uddhav Thackeray for his support 'because of which we won such a huge mandate'.

The central government had, on August 5, announced abrogation of the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.

The last time Akhilesh Yadav had embarked on a cycle yatra in the state, the Samajwadi Party had gotten a whopping majority in the 2012 state assembly polls.

Shankarrao Gadakh, the MLA from Nevasa in Ahmedanagar district made the announcement after meeting Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. Gadakh's father Yashwantrao was a former NCP leader.

Ever since the poll results were announced, there have been statements from sections in the Congress-NCP hinting that a move by the Sena to look beyond the BJP for government formation may get positive feelers.

Congress has now come out of a bad period of confusion and self-doubt, Salman Khurshid said, obviously referring to the party's poor show in the Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi quitting as the party President.