Nearly 35,000 farmers in Odisha are still awaiting procurement of around 1.5 lakh metric tonnes of rabi paddy, the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) alleged on Tuesday, accusing the BJP government of failing to honour its election promises to farmers and demanding that the procurement period be extended by at least 15 days.
Festivities prevailed at the ruling BJP state headquarters and the Chief Minister's official residence (CMR) here on Tuesday as the saffron party celebrated, in a big way, the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the 32-year-old Yamuna Water Sharing Accord with Haryana.
UP Congress chief Ajay Rai alleged that police detained him and other party leaders before a planned visit to the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, while the BJP dismissed the charge as political drama.
Thousands of people from different sections of society on Monday gathered at the Talkatora Stadium to pay respects to the Delhi BJP’s Naresh Chaudhary who passed away on June 19. He was 62.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the parent organisation of both the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the BJP, its political wing.
The AAP volunteers strongly condemned his actions as an attempt to allegedly deceive voters in AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's assembly constituency as a legislator.
Sachdeva accused Kejriwal and his party MLAs of allegedly running a fake voter scheme for the past 10 years to win elections.
This poster has been put up by Tauqad Khan Gujjar, Vice-President of National Lohia Vahini. The poster is linked to the statement given by Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament on Baba Saheb.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the BJP, fearing its defeat in the upcoming Delhi assembly polls after the announcement of the women's welfare Mahila Samman scheme and the Sanjeevani Yojna, is trying to stop the same.
Chhattisgarh is set to witness the return of ballot papers in its upcoming local body elections. The BJP government has announced that the elections would be conducted using ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
