Politics

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation, BSP chief Mayawati on Monday alleged that the BJP, Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) were having a tacit understanding for the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Prades

BSP supremo Mayawati, in a scathing attack, claimed that the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance will materialise only after BJP's approval.

In a jolt to the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in its stronghold of Dadar-Mahim area ahead of next year's municipal elections, former corporator Prakash Patankar on Sunday joined Shiv Sena.

Dalbir Kaur had grown close to the BJP even in 2005, during her struggle to get her brother out of jail, and there were reports of her joining the party.

He said the file containing 256 queries regarding the project were pending at the desk of the previous (Maharashtra) Chief Minister.

Mumbai Police spokesperson DCP Ashok Dudhe said, “We have deployed policemen across the city especially on the route of PM’s convoy to maintain law and order as well as to avoid any untoward incident during his visit.”

Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM), led by Prakash Ambedkar, which has only one legislator in Maharashtra, has decided to contest 40 seats in the upcoming Punjab assembly polls.

Mamata Banerjee objected to the Centre's move to deploy CRPF personnel for providing security to Income Tax officials during search operations in the state and demanded that the decision be immediately revoked.

On the other hand, attempting to beat the announcement of elections which will bring into effect the model code of conduct, CM Akhilesh Yadav will unveil the Varuna riverfront project.

The Prime Minister should come forward and say whether the charge is true or false. If false, why not subject himself to an independent inquiry," partys chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala told reporters.

Alleging that Rahul Gandhi sides with those who raise anti-India slogans, senior BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said Congress should make it clear whether it thinks of Afzal Guru as a "terrorist or a nationalist".

Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi after his recent Goa visit, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that the mere presence of Congress Vice-President in the state prompted many of his party leaders to quit the outfit.

A host of senior AIADMK functionaries on Sunday called on former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's aide V K Sasikala and urged her to take on the mantle of both the party and the state government as general secretary and Chief Minister respectively.

Curfew was on Sunday imposed in certain parts of Imphal East district of Manipur in view of continued violence in the region following Friday's triple blasts.

The fact that people are not able to withdraw from banks their own hard-earned money is a matter of shame for this government, she said.

Cracks have begun to appear in the united Opposition against government’s alleged anti-people policies following Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.