Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that the ruling party was manipulating the electoral process.
The next Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are more than two years away. Yet political activity in the state is already beginning to take on an unmistakably electoral character.
The latest gathering of opposition parties in New Delhi offered a reminder that the central challenge before India's non-BJP political forces is no longer one of arithmetic. It is one of credibility.
A political war of words erupted on Wednesday as the Congress sought to challenge the narrative surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming India's longest-serving Prime Minister in consecutive terms.
"The Election Commission has heard our case today, and now we are waiting. We are in our fight," Natarajan told reporters in Delhi.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Friday said the Congress party has always taken immense pride in both Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana. Both songs are sung with reverence at every Congress gathering and event, symbolising India’s unity and pride, he stated.
During his campaign for NDA candidates, the UP chief minister said the people of Bihar are rising above the politics of identity and standing firm with development and nationalism.
The Trinamul Congress is likely to bring a motion in the upcoming Winter Session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly condemning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which the party claims has caused widespread panic and distress across the state.
Addressing massive rallies in Valmiki Nagar and Chanpatia Assembly constituencies of Bihar, she also accused the NDA of “stealing votes” in order to gain power in the state.
An all-party meeting held here on Wednesday evening, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, decided to legally confront the SIR being implemented in Kerala. The BJP opposed the decision.
