Tag: NDA
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Amit Shah ‘surrenders’ to Nitish’s tantrums, projects him as NDA’s face at Citizenship rally
The move assumes much significance given the BJP losing two states—Maharashtra and Jharkhand—in quick intervals and amply indicates how the party is just in no mood to lose another state of Bihar where assembly elections are due later this year.
January 16, 2020 -
BJP to pay heavy price for stubbornness over CAA: Captain
An elected government which refuses to heed the voice of its people or respond to their anger is bound to lose their confidence and collapse, warned the Punjab CM, adding that the BJP’s stance on the issue smacked of a dangerously fascist approach that would lead to their eventual downfall.
January 8, 2020 -
SAD should sever ties with NDA for lack of safety among minorities: Captain
Expressing deep concern over Akal Takht’s (the highest temporal seat of Sikhism) acting Jathedar’s remarks, Amarinder said while he himself did not agree with the Akal Takht Jathedar’s remarks that Sikhs were not safe in India, the CM said that if the former did feel that way then he should take up the matter with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and ask them to leave the BJP-led coalition government at the Centre, of which they are a part.
January 7, 2020 -
Bihar NDA partners locked in further confrontation, this time over NPR
While the deputy chief minister and senior-most BJP leader from Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi declared that the updation process of the contentious NPR would begin from May, the JD-U has rejected such announcement saying no such decision has been taken by the state government so far.
January 5, 2020 -
Poor Economics
India is one of the 193 countries that have pledged to alleviate poverty, hunger and gender inequality by 2030.
January 3, 2020 -
Fresh trouble in NDA as Nitish’s party rejects BJP’s 50:50 formula
Trouble began after JD-U’s national vice-president Prashant Kishor, considered very close to chief minister Nitish Kumar, gave his interview to some news channel declaring that in no way JD-U-BJP would contest on an equal number of seats in the 2020 assembly elections in Bihar.
January 1, 2020 -
2019 will be remembered for the betrayal of the people’s mandate, says Ahmed Patel
Senior Congress leader, P Chidambaram, who is out on bail in case of INX Media scam, also took to Twitter to bid adieu to 2019 by slamming the BJP government.
December 31, 2019 -
BJP must reassess strategy
Though Modi won with a massive majority in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, people differentiate between the national elections and state polls.
December 29, 2019 -
Shiv Sena tells BJP, it ‘espoused Hindutva when you were not even born’
The Sena in party mouthpiece Saamana’s editorial said, 'If you thought we had gone against the NDA, why didn't you have the courage to discuss it in an NDA meeting?'
November 19, 2019 -
Not the star campaigner: Is Bihar’s Modi paying the price for being close to Nitish?
While several junior leaders in the party were made election in-charges of various states, Modi just continues to work as chief minister Nitish Kumar’s deputy for over a decade.
November 18, 2019 -
Nitish to lead NDA’s poll battle in Bihar: Amit Shah
He also dismissed the bickering between the two parties, saying that it was a sign of healthy coalition.
October 18, 2019 -
Options running out fast for Bihar’s Chanakya
Kumar, whose three-party Grand Alliance was handed out a huge mandate by the voters in the last 2015 assembly polls, suddenly walked out of the ruling alliance two years later to form his new government with the BJP which had got the mandate to sit in the opposition.
September 15, 2019 -
Public mandate being ‘misused’ by govt: Sonia Gandhi
Congress interim President told party leaders that it was not enough to be aggressive only on social media as "democracy was in peril."
September 12, 2019 -
Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad opponent Thushar Vellapally arrested in UAE in cheating case
The NDA Kerala convenor had issued a cheque of 10 million dirhams (approximately Rs 19.5 crore) ten years ago to a construction firm that had bounced.
August 22, 2019 -
Unease in Bihar NDA, political developments keep state in suspense
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar paying a sudden visit to the residence of senior RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui in Darbhanga, and BJP’s sudden, bitter reaction to Tejashwi Yadav’s meeting with his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in jail amply indicate that Bihar politics is set to take a sharp turn sooner than later, say the analysts.
July 22, 2019 -
BJP sees red as Nitish Kumar seeks details about RSS, its affiliates
The letter, which was issued by the Bihar Police Special Branch, the intelligence wing of the state police which briefs the chief minister, asked the officials to gather details about the office-bearers of the RSS and its allied organizations and submit the details within a week.
July 17, 2019 -
No Balakot dividend
The post-Balakot militaristic underpinning of its electoral campaign paid rich dividends for the BJP/NDA in the recent polls, but the much-hyped success of that air-strike in “enemy” territory had minimal impact on those controlling the government’s purse-strings.
July 11, 2019