Politics

Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the Union budget 2024 was only to “please a few people” and protect the chair

In his speech, Manoj Jarange underlined the need to mobilise efforts towards identifying and supporting poll candidates who would fight for their cause, as well as campaigning against those who opposed them

At the conclusion of these programs, each state will submit a report to the office of the party's national president

Last week, Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar urged the central government to scrap NEET and allow states to conduct their own entrance examinations

Udhayanidhi Stalin played down reports of his possible elevation as Deputy Chief Minister and said Chief Minister M K Stalin has to take a call on the issue

The draft Bill proposes creating a new body --- the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) --- with enhanced planning and financial powers

Sources in the BJP say that with UP’s party chief Bhupendra Chaudhary offering to step down after the party's drubbing in Lok Sabha polls in the state, Maurya could replace him.

The speculation about the rift in the BJP's state unit was fuelled by UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya's post stating that the party is bigger than the government

While the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government has decided to tweak the bill after backlash, its stance of reserving jobs for ‘Kannadigas’ in managerial and clerical roles in the private sector remains.

What also hurt the BJP’s prospects in the state were the ill-timed statements on key issues like changes in the Constitution if the party crosses the 400-mark --- a narrative milked by the Opposition that the BJP was unable to challenge

The announcement of Ladla Bhai Yojana is being linked to the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections which are scheduled to be held later this year.

About the bill mandating reservation to Kannadigas in private firms, state IT minister Priyank Kharge said he has asked CM Siddaramaiah to loop in industry experts and other departments before implementing it

Keshav Prasad Maurya’s remark of the organisation being bigger that the government is being seen as a dig at CM Adityanath amid the BJP’s poor show in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The speculation about BRS merging with BJP started after a newspaper report stated that the purpose behind BRS leader K Taraka Rao's recent Delhi visit was holding talks with the BJP

The four top leaders, including the chief of the NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit, resigned from the Ajit Pawar-led party and are likely to join the faction led by Sharad Pawar later this week

Ironically, the BJP had lost power in Karnataka in 2023 over a series of corruption charges against its government and then chief minister Basavaraj Bommai. In 2024, it is Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who is plagued by corruption allegations