The supporters of RCP Singh have boycotted Upendra Kushwaha. They believe that RCP Singh was responsible for strengthening the party's organisational structure after the second tenure of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
August 16, 2021An overhaul of the BJP Parliamentary Board, the highest-decision making body in the party, and the Central Election Commission is on the cards with the exit of M. Venkaiah Naidu after his election as the country’s Vice President. Speculation is rife over the possible induction of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and General Secretary Ram Madhav...
September 15, 2017As the Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is meeting to discuss the upcoming presidential election, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said opposition parties will take a call on the poll on 22 June. “They haven't decided on a name yet, even when Arun Jaitley rang me, he didn't have a...
June 19, 2017Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived at the BJP headquarters to attend the party's Parliamentary Board meeting called to discuss and select the party's candidate for the July 17 presidential election. Modi was welcomed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah at the party office on Ashoka Road in New Delhi area. Besides...
June 19, 2017The BJP Parliamentary Board, the party's highest decision making body, will meet on Monday to take a decision on its presidential nominee. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah will attend the meeting. It is not clear whether the board will announce its candidate today as a party leader said it may authorise...
June 19, 2017The AIADMK Parliamentary Board was on Thursday reconstituted with party General Secretary VK Sasikala, replacing her predecessor late J Jayalalithaa as its head. The Board chooses AIADMK's candidates for elections and the shuffle comes on a day when the Election Commission announced byelection to the RK Nagar assembly constituency on April 12. The poll was necessitated...
March 9, 2017