Politics

This is the third time that Kumaraswamy has got emotional during a rally. In July last year, the CM sobbed saying he's "swallowing the poison" of being in a coalition arrangement.

Amit Shah's remarks came on the same day when Advani spoke out for the first time in a blog post after the BJP had announced the decision to field Shah from the senior leader’s traditional Gandhinagar seat.

KCR also made it clear that he will work with YCP chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy to form a coalition government against the BJP and the Congress, if need arises.

The 70-year-old leader also said that age is not a factor to define beauty.

Prakash Ambedkar had earlier questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister Nitin Gadkari and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over the Pulwama attack and ‘security lapses’ that led to it.

Mohanraj said that if poll body takes action against him, then the same EC will have to take action against several others.

Once rulers, the Meena community has traditionally supported the Congress in the state. According to a former journalist, several Meena leaders were involved in India’s freedom struggle and they aligned with Jawaharlal Nehru early on.

GJM leader Roshan Giri had on Tuesday told the apex court that Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government was 'vindictive' towards him and has implicated him in several "bogus cases".

Bengal has become an important factor in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, with the BJP trying to make inroads into the populous state that holds crucial 42 Lok Sabha seats.

While the PM had taken back security provided to separatist leaders (in Jammu and Kashmir post the Pulwama terror attack), the Congress chief talked of continuous talks with them, the minister of external affairs said.

Four sitting Members of Parliament from the party were renominated from their constituencies.

Repealing the sedition law will lead to chanting of slogans like "Bharat tere tukde honge" by anti-national gangs instead of "Bharat mata ki jai", claimed the BJP president.

However, the Madhya Pradesh CM used the opportunity to lambast the BJP for its ‘double standards’ saying that during the 15 years of its rule, the Congress office wasn’t offered any protection, but the grand old party, after coming to power, did not withd...

Wardha remained the citadel of the Congress party for years after independence. However, the Congress suffered its first setback in 1991 when Ramchandra Ghangare of CPI won the seat and in 1996, it was grabbed by BJP's Vijay Munde.

Apart from NYAY, the party’s minimum income guarantee promise, the Congress manifesto promises increased employment and a separate budget for farmers, dubbed the Kisan Budget.

Jitin Prasada won his first Lok Sabha election from Shahjahanpur in 2004. In the next elections in 2009, he shifted to the newly-formed Dhaurahra constituency and won.