Politics

The development capped weeks-long infighting in the party between supporters of Jose Mani and working chairman P J Joseph following the demise of K M Mani in April this year.

Former Trinamool Congress MP Sugata Bose said that he does believe that the forces of Hindutva pose a major threat , besides party's mistakes which need to be corrected.

However, ever since the election results in which Singh lost to BJP’s Pragya Thakur were announced, there was no trace the seer, who is said be a part of several ashrams in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Reddy has ordered his officials to prepare a comprehensive report on the need of Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh.

Party sources said Shah meeting key state leaders on Thursday to decide on the schedule for organisational elections in its units, from both-level upwards, and membership drive, a customary exercise during internal polls.

A war of words erupted between some Congress leaders and arguments between them continued even after the meeting outside the party's war room at 15 Gurudwara Raqabganj Road.

At the meeting, JD(U)'s national general secretary and spokesman KC Tyagi said that Kishor was doing well in his assigned role in the party.

The BJP has also called for a 12-hour general strike in the Basirhat sub-division on Monday and a 'condemnation march' to the Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar on June 12.

Kerala had been the only bright spot for the Congress as the grand old party managed to win 19 seats in the state.

Pawar urged his party workers not to feel dejected because of the results of the Lok Sabha elections and start preparing for the Maharashtra Assembly polls due later this year.

Earlier, the chief minister had said Sidhu’s performance as a minister needed to be reviewed as he had 'not been able to handle his own department'.

The government's move came close on the heels of one describing RSS ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as 'Son of Portugal' in the social science book for class 10.

The first-time MP from Uttarakhand advised the West Bengal chief minister to remain patient as everyone in a democracy has the right to express their opinion.

In Nizamabad district too, the TRS was defeated in Pothangal village of Chandrashekhar Rao's daughter K. Kavitha. It came as another setback to Kavitha, who was defeated in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Nizamabad constituency.

Kailash Vijayvargiya urged all party representatives and leaders in the state to reach out to the masses and prepare for future challenges.

Ramdas Athawale took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress president should 'dream' of becoming Leader of Opposition rather than prime minister.