Politics

While the party feels Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' slogan has found resonance in the community, detractors say the spectre of NRC and the waning influence of other parties could be critical factors.

The former Union agriculture minister alleged no section of the society was happy under the BJP's watch and claimed with the NDA in power (since 2014), 16,000 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra.

Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy said the Mamata Banerjee-led government was foisting 'false cases', most of them under the charge of possessing narcotics, on BJP workers and claimed that over 20,000 people were jailed.

Congress senior leader Kapil Sibal highlighted Abhijit Banerjee's comment, in which he had said that the Indian economy is on shaky ground, to question the government's stand.

Addressing an election rally in Dahanu segment of Maharashtra's Palghar district in support of CPI(M) candidate Vinod Nikole on Sunday, Sitaram Yechury said the BJP and Shiv Sena need to be defeated to save the country and its citizens.

Modi said he has come to Maharashtra to seek people's support to re-elect Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister for a second term on October 21.

BJP corporator Dhara Singh was on his way to work from his residence in Deoband, Saharanpur, on Saturday when he was stopped at shot at by two bike-borne assailants near a railway crossing, killing him on the spot.

Siddaramaiah raised the issue during a debate on the demand for grants, following which several Cong & JD(S) legislators expressed concern over the 'cut' in allocations to their constituencies.

Asserting that Indian economy has moved from recession to crisis mode, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are 'oblivious' to the situation.

The Congress has promised 33 per cent job quota for women in the government sector, cash incentives to educated jobless youth apart from farm loan waiver within 24 hours of coming to power.

The students of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV) were expelled for 'violating the 2019 assembly code of conduct and interfering in the judicial process' by organising a dharna.

Congress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh said Modi should tell Jinping that the issue of Kashmir is bilateral and will be sorted out between India and Pakistan.

Senior Congress leader Subal Bhowmik said the police did not take any step as the person concerned is the son of the chief minister.

Addressing a press conference after a stop over for the night in Jhansi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said, that those responsible for Pushpendra’s death including police officers will be sent to jail.

The decision has been taken by the Union Home Ministry taking into consideration of the increased threat perception on Nadda, who has taken the charge of the ruling party's crucial post nearly four months ago.

Ahead of the three-day winter session of the Assembly from Thursday, Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri restricted camera persons, both electronic and print media, from covering the proceedings of the session.