Our election slogan is simple "Ballot for Bullet".
Mayawati said that the BSP and the SP would not ally with the Congress party in the upcoming elections.
The party's gamble to go in for early elections paid rich dividends.
If Advani's ideological leadership galvanised the party's cadres and core support, Vajpayee soaring oratory, common touch and easy charm won over the masses.
Big banners bearing messages like 'Dhanyawad Dilli' along with the image of the Aam Aadmi Party supremo were put up on Saturday in and around the venue ahead of the mega function which is 'open to public'.
Kumar, a Dalit, as its candidate for president against NDA's nominee Ram Nath Kovind.
Governments in most of the world saw their approval ratings dip as they struggled to contain the raging virus, which hit economy hard everywhere, but Indian politics followed a different script, with the outgoing year marking further shrinking of a rudderless Congress while the ruling BJP soared riding on Modi's enduring appeal.
While a group led by Binay Tamang wants to end the shutdown, the mainstream GJM, led by its supremo Bimal Gurung, wants the status quo to continue, reports Avishek Rakshit.
The culture of freebies burdens coming generations with the huge bill for the flagrant abuse of power by preceding governments, points out Virendra Kapoor.
Most of the parties supported 'one nation one election', says defence minister Rajnath Singh.
In its interim order, a Madurai bench directed the Centre to file counter in 4 weeks.
'It disappoints and saddens me no end that Mahua has allowed herself to be carried away by the Goebbelsian onslaught mounted on the BJP and Narendra Modi by certain vested interests which find themselves exposed and thrown out of the gravy train,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Govt sets up task force to monitor circulation of fake currency; suspicious Jan Dhan accounts under scanner.
'The BJP will not be able to create dictatorship of the kind it is perhaps dreaming of.' 'We have Bengal as the biggest example.'
'Kejriwal tries to project that his party is not Hindu virodhi.'
'Even if the government does not implement an all-India NRC before 2024, it will be part of the party's long-term project.'
He said it will be 'foolhardy' to diminish institutions for short-term political gains.
Arvind Kejriwal's party will need around 50 seats to make a pitch for the Left's space in national politics. For that, it will have to contest more than one third of the Lok Sabha seats, points out Saroj Nagi.
Opposition said saying it lacked vision and road map to execute ideas.
Had it been an election of digital campaigns, the cost of the 2019 election would have been far less than what it actually is.
The party president also said that India's self-confidence, pride and scale of ambition have grown manifold in three years.
The results are a ringing endorsement of Modi's popularity, his government's achievements in the last five years and his campaign, which centred around national security, nationalism and Hindutva.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended the demonetisation move, the united opposition hit back at the government over common man's suffering.
The BJP wants to demonstrate to its opponents that it does not lack political friends, even after being recently jilted by trusted ally JD-U, says Anita Katyal
Pitching for larger opposition unity, six constituents of the erstwhile Janata Parivar on Monday shared dais at a mahadharna slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party's 'divisive' politics and accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of telling lies and not fulfilling poll promises on black money.
He also appealed to everyone to light a lamp this Diwali in the name of Lord Ram.
Following the Budget being announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, leaders across the political spectrum provided their views.
"Our handshake with Indian Union was subject to certain conditions," he said.
PM said Kovind will make an 'exceptional President'.
The opposition has attacked the Modi government over the National Democratic Alliance's last full-fledged budget before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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