The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party could suffer in the Lok Sabha polls due to "overconfidence" as its campaign is going on the lines of its 2004 "India shining" slogan, nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Thursday.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley feels the JD-U and SP, the prime movers behind the idea of Third Front, are 'potential losers' in their areas of influence, and are no match to Narendra Modi-led NDA.
Most of the parties supported 'one nation one election', says defence minister Rajnath Singh.
What Roy is planning is not known. Will he side with the BJP, which he calls 'non-communal'? Or will he float a party? Or revive the Nationalist TMC to further his political career?
At the best of times, ticket distribution in India's political parties is a tough business. The post-election result has to be judged, and judged correctly. It's an impossible job in view of the 814 million voters for whom the party bigwigs have to perform. Sheela Bhatt presents this light-hearted assessment of what's top of the mind for our political heavyweights.
Leaders of 23 political parties met Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, seeking redressal of the issue of alleged tampering of electronic voting machines before Lok Sabha polls.
The Governor invited the 'attention' of Chief Minister Banerjee to the preamble of the Indian Constitution.
As CAB was tabled in Lok Sabha, West Bengal CM said she will never allow NRC in the state.
'The condition in Bengal is such that if you chant Jai Shri Ram, you would be put behind bars
Rahul Gandhi said the meeting was very productive and everyone decided to stop the BJP from further assault of institutions and the Constitution.
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.
Banerjee said the TMC would file a defamation case against the CBI and other central agencies for 'harassing and defaming' its leaders.
Govt sets up task force to monitor circulation of fake currency; suspicious Jan Dhan accounts under scanner.
Arch-rivals Left and Trinamool, SP and BSP come together for Sonia's lunch
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.
This is the first meeting chaired by Gandhi after relinquishing the post of Congress president last year.
Around 40,000 Delhi Police personnel, 190 coys (companies) of Central Armed Police Forces and 19,000 Home Guards have been deployed for smooth conduct of election in the national capital, officials said.
The war of words between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi hit a new low on Wednesday when the former called the BJP prime ministerial nominee a 'donkey'.
The JD-U also used the meeting to call for a joint Opposition candidate for the election to the President's post and urged Gandhi to take the lead in the matter.
Mamata alleged that the BJP and the CPI-M were provoking doctors and giving communal colour to the issue.
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.
Roy, on his part, said the decision to name him in the first information report was 'politically motivated'.
The idle talk at street corners, cafes and public places since May 23 is that the winds of change are blowing across Bengal.
Referring to state BJP president Dilip Ghosh's allegation that its workers were provoked by the police, he said, "They had carried arms. Is it then a provocation if the police took action? Action will be taken if there is any violation of law."
'Mamata is synonymous with Bengal, its culture, language, traditions.'
'Now that there is an election in the offing, she is repeating the same old promises. Does she think the people of Bengal are fools to fall for her lies?'
Shortly after arrest, BJP state headquarters in Kolkata was attacked allegedly by members of TMC student wing.
Trinamool Congress will go it alone in next month's Assembly election in West Bengal, party supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said and declared the list of TMC candidates which included sports personalities, actors and journalists.
The statehood issue and implementation of the sixth schedule of the Constitution have been the major demands in the hills since the beginning of the protracted Gorkhaland movement in 1986.
The party president also said that India's self-confidence, pride and scale of ambition have grown manifold in three years.
PM said Kovind will make an 'exceptional President'.
'Usually, the Left backed the Congress and other 'secular' parties on the justification of keeping the BJP out. In Bengal, the alliance targets a truly secular rival,' says Shekhar Gupta.
He said it will be 'foolhardy' to diminish institutions for short-term political gains.
Sharad Yadav says that reports about disquiet among the factions are 'sponsored'.
Following the Budget being announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, leaders across the political spectrum provided their views.
He also appealed to everyone to light a lamp this Diwali in the name of Lord Ram.
Sonia Gandhi's iftar was meant to be a powerful show of unity of Opposition parties to take on the Modi Sarkar, but that was not to be...
While it was no secret that Mamata was upset with Patha Chatterjee for a while as he has hardly been successful in bringing any big-ticket investment, there is a strong buzz that it was the controversy over the HPL bid that finally influenced her decision.
Had it been an election of digital campaigns, the cost of the 2019 election would have been far less than what it actually is.
In its interim order, a Madurai bench directed the Centre to file counter in 4 weeks.
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