Politics

When asked if he feels the Congress did enough to come up with new institutions, he said he did not approve of the Congress strategy back then.

Narendra Modi later said during a speech in the Lok Sabha, "the Congress has never spoken of the contribution of freedom fighters such as Bhagat Singh and Chandra Shekhar Azad. They think only one family has given us freedom".

Technically, for the Congress, the support of BSP, SP or Left may not be necessary in electoral dynamics of these three states but failure to get into some sort of understanding with these non-BJP parties creates a negative perception about mahagathbandha...

BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh said schemes such as Make in India, Magnetic Maharashtra (the BJP-led state government's investment summit) and Skill India "showed no results on the ground".

Amid reports that the state Congress leaders would leave for Delhi in a couple of days to finalise the list, aspirants have even resorted to pressure tactics.

The move is being touted as the Congress’ attempt to corner the ruling BJP by highlighting the government’s inability to fulfil a decade-old promise of tracing and developing the mythological route taken by Lord Ram on his way to exile.

Surjewala said the second freedom struggle will be against the Modi government for practising politics of "hatred, divisiveness, fear, polarisation, crushing dissent and debates".

Shiv Sena, in an editorial for its mouthpiece 'Saamana', said that in a country where the top lawmakers lie after taking the oath of office, the poll reforms and code of conduct in that country can only be called as "pretentious".

Singh chaired a meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council to discuss issues related to inter-state relations and security matters, including the Maoist menace.

Calling on businesses to adopt ethical practices, Jaitley said that entities should pay their due share of taxes as the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) will shut doors on fly-by-night' operators.

Addressing a public meeting in Satna, Gandhi dared the Prime Minister to spare two minutes from his speech and answer the questions raised by him about the Rafale deal.

While Rahul Gandhi and Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Madan Mohan Jha were described as representing "Brahmin community", Gohil's image was labelled "Rajput samuday" (community).

Claiming that Rahul Gandhi wanted the Rafale deal scrapped to help a firm linked to his brother-in-law Robert Vadra, the BJP said the Congress chief was involved in a “conspiracy, internationally” and Francois Hollande was part of the “nexus” to sabotage...

Talks are also on with disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha to field him from West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, but the actor-turned-politician is unwilling to leave his Patna Sahib constituency in Bihar.

The Congress has alleged that the BJP is using WhatsApp to lure its MLAs since end-to-end encryption does not provide for recording the phone conversation.

UP Minister of State Mohsin Raza took a dig at Gandhi a day before the Congress leader begins his two-day tour of his parliamentary constituency Amethi.