Politics

There are also murmurs in Ahmednagar that the BJP would give ticket to Sujay Vikhe Patil from the seat provided his parents, both of whom are Congress leaders, also join the the saffron party.

The Samajwadi Party chief asked the saffron party if it had conceded defeat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Asansol Mayor and TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari promised contracts worth Rs 1 crore to Rs 50 lakh to the party councillors depending on the number of votes polled in favour of the TMC LS candidate.

It started with a campaign to get people from across the country to call their MP and ask them to support the Women's Reservation Bill, which has been in cold storage for two decades now.

Sources said the BJP's CEC may meet again on Wednesday to further discuss names of the candidates.

Hasnain Masoodi, who retired from the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in January 2016, had in a landmark judgment said that Article 370 is beyond amendment, repeal or abrogation.

After the death of Manohar Parrikar on Sunday, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari held one-on-one discussions throughout the night with all MLAs supporting the government.

The song by Babul Supriyo, which was released a few days ago, accuses the Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee of corruption and theft in strong overtones.

BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday targeted Gandhi over the alleged arrest of some techies, saying youngsters give direction to the future and he should "stop intimidating youth of India, which has rejected your brand of politics".

The incident occurred on Sunday in Hyderabad, following which Krishank met Telangana Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao on Monday and joined the ruling party.

Many Congress leaders believe that it is necessary to have an alliance to take on the BJP as the saffron party is upbeat after air strikes by the Modi government following the Pulwama terror attack.

In the last general election Giriraj Singh had initially expressed his wish to contest from Begusarai, which is dominated by the Bhumihar caste to which he belongs.

Assam BJP chief had reportedly said that the party's central committee was impressed with Sarma as the convener of Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) and had offered him to 'pick a seat anywhere in India for the general elections.'

However, the people who have been left out of the complete draft of the National Register of Citizens will be able to vote if their names figure in the electoral rolls.

The discussions came to a halt after Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Sudin Dhavalikar proposed his name for the CM's post. The BJP, however, wants the post to be occupied by a member of its party.

Slamming the BJP and the RSS for accusing Farooq Abdullah of being a Pakistani, he said recently his party worker was killed because he was holding the tricolour.