Opposition’s Test
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.
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.
After meeting Election Commission officials, Meenakshi Natarajan said the Congress would continue its challenge through constitutional channels while seeking reversal of her rejected Rajya Sabha nomination.
With Rajya Sabha polling days away, the Congress has mounted a legal and political challenge against the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination papers in Madhya Pradesh.
After Masood floated the idea of Priyanka Gandhi being the face of the Congress party instead of her brother Rahul Gandhi, her husband, Robert Vadra, backed it.
The CPM's failure to take action against former TDB presidents, A Padma Kumar and N Vasu, who are on remand in the Sabarimala gold heist case, has created anti-left sentiments among the voters, says the report.
The court has charged Karti P Chidambaram for Criminal Conspiracy and for the offence of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. The court has also charged Chartered Accountant (CA) Bhaskar Raman in the matter.
“This is the true face of BJP’s rabid hatred towards Christianity,” Venugopal said in a statement. “Their leaders will go to any lengths to insult minorities in India, even if that means attacking a blind lady.”
Senior Congress leader and former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday voiced serious concerns regarding recent clarifications by Union Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav about mining activities in the ecologically sensitive Aravalli mountain range.
