The TMC chief had said that she would never allow the Centre to conduct a similar exercise in West Bengal.
'The same thing takes place in the Congress and we have to call it democracy'
The launch of a new party by former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy has spiced up the poll scene in parts of state.
The Adanis and the Ambanis already knew about it and sorted their money in advance, said the BJP MLA
The BJP MLA was apparently referring to an incident in Kerala last year, where a group of men slaughtered a cow in the open, triggering a controversy.
Pannalal Shakya had questioned Virat Kohli's "patriotism" after he married actress Anushka Sharma in Italy.
'I defended them -- Amit Shah and Narendra Modi -- in over 10,000 national debates, but I never asked for any favour.'
First-time Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rahul Narvekar on Friday filed his nomination as the party candidate for the post of Maharashtra assembly speaker, election for which, if required, will be held on July 3.
Another ruling Bharatiya Janata Party MLA resigned his assembly membership, further jolting the party in the poll-bound state.
'Only time will tell how difficult it would be for the BJP when Mr Modi may not be in a position to actively run affairs of the party and be its biggest vote catcher.'
'Then the BJP could even split.'
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Sahera, Jetha Bharwad, was on Friday arrested in connection with the firing incident during the recent Assembly polls, after the court rejected his anticipatory bail plea, police said.
Several legislators in states on Monday said they have cross-voted in favour of National Democratic Alliance nominee Droupadi Murmu by not following their respective party lines in the presidential election.
'Through this one step, and more steps that follow, log judte jayenge (more people will come together); I'm sure of that.'
Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Wednesday welcomed the court's ruling in the 2002 Naroda Patiya violence case, which convicted 32 people including Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former minister Maya Kodnani of murder and conspiracy.
The minister apologised on Monday after the incident drew flak from the sports community.
In a significant development, the special court in Indore on Friday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation to subject Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Dhruv Narayan Singh, to a polygraph test in connection with RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case.
The Patna high court on Tuesday granted bail to Rupam Pathak, a school principal, accused of stabbing a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA to death, after he had allegedly raped her for three years.
In Puttur, former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Shakunthala Shetty, now with the Congress, is all set to take on the party which "betrayed her".
The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a probe by a special investigation team after an IAS officer was seen in some video clips at a gathering at his home where religious conversion was being allegedly discussed.
Asking the party leadership to take strict action against those involved, Surendra Singh alleged, "There is foreign hand behind the violence. The incident had taken place on directions of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Congress leaders not expressing any regret over the incident proves that."
The judgement in the Naroda Patiya case, in which 97 people of a minority community were killed during post-Godhra riots in 2002, was pronounced on Wednesday by a special trial court.
Independent candidate Anshuman Mishra withdrew his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand on the last date of withdrawal on Thursday.
The victims, labourers of Salmira tea estate, fell ill after they drank the illicit brew on Thursday night, the police said.
A Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party MLA over the weekend hit out at Akhtar and said no film involving him will be allowed to be screened till he apologises for his remarks.
Additional sessions judge R B Rote also held that the custodial interrogation of Nitesh Rane, the son of Union minister Narayan Rane, was necessary as police probe into the matter was 'incomplete.'
An opposition Bharatiya Janata Party MLA was on Thursday suspended from the Rajasthan assembly for one year on the charges of abusing state minister Rajkumar Sharma in the House.
Troubles for Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Sonelal Hembrum in Bihar is likely to escalate with the state vigilance bureau filing a petition in the special vigilance court seeking permission to confiscate his property in a corruption case, officials said on Saturday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Bharatiya Janata Party member of Legislative Assembly Rajendra Rathore in connection with the fake encounter of local liquor smuggler Dara Singh in 2006.
A school principal in Bihar, who stabbed and killed a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA for allegedly raping her, is writing a book on why she took the extreme step.
The committee probing the porn scandal in the Karnataka assembly has recommended action against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Lakshman Savadi.
A young IPS officer was attacked allegedly by liquor barons, including supporters of former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Narendra Singh, in Bhind district when he tried to check illegal sale of liquor on a day when another promising officer was crushed to death allegedly by the mining mafia.
Transcending ideological barriers, political parties in Bihar on Friday slammed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for his reported statement that influx of North Indians was one of the reasons for growing terror attacks in Mumbai.
Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ashish Shelar said he was shocked to note the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) disaster management cell for cyclone Nisarga will start functioning on Tuesday while the windstorm is only some hours away from hitting the state's coast.
The Gujarat government announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of the deceased.
The premises of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Dhruv Narayan Singh were searched on Sunday by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood.
BJP MLA Raja Singh was booked on Tuesday over his alleged provocative statements pertaining to the Beef Festival that is proposed to be held at Osmania University campus on December 10.
Former Speaker and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Pithoragarh Prakash Pant was elected as the interim speaker.
As violent protests against the new recruitment scheme Agnipath raged across several states, the government on Thursday issued a clarification, asserting that not only the new model will bring in new capabilities to the armed forces but will also open up avenues for youth in the private sector as well as help them in becoming entrepreneurs with the aid of the financial package.
"All legislators will remain united and stay together till August 14," Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi said after the CLP meeting chaired by Gehlot.
'Never before had I heard or seen anyone of this age dying due to COVID-19. This is the first I believe. The situation is really scary'
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