Ravneet Bittu, grandson of slain Punjab CM Beant Singh, joined BJP Tuesday. ThePrint looks at 12 cases like Bittu's — scions of former Congress CMs switching to BJP after Modi became PM.
The Congress released candidates' names for Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, fielding Rao Yadvendra Singh against BJP Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
In Maharashtra, Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi leader announced candidates on 9 seats. This could mean repeat of 2019 polls when his party split opposition votes, hurting Congress-NCP alliance.
Rinku is 3rd sitting MP to join BJP after Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu & Patiala MP Preneet Kaur — both from Congress. Most joining BJP expect to be fielded as LS poll candidates.
Latest to join list is former Union minister and six-time MP Anantkumar Hegde. Yet some like Shobha Karandlaje & Madhavi Latha have managed to get poll tickets.
BJP puts out details of PM's phone conversation with Krishnanagar candidate Amrita Roy, during which he told her to 'take my message to the people that I sent this message for Bengal'.
He made the remarks at a CPI(M) rally against the CAA, where he accused Sangh Parivar and BJP of insisting citizenship be denied to people with Muslim names.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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