Roots of BJP’s presence in Rohtak trace back to party’s early days in Haryana. In 70s and 80s, Dr Mangal Sen's office in Rohtak doubled as Haryana BJP state HQ, recalls party veteran.
Despite keeping INDIA bloc at arm’s length, Trinamool did not dial down its anti-BJP rhetoric, while also managing to establish itself as a distinct voice of the Opposition.
Tirunelveli MLA and former AIADMK leader Nainar Nagendran, who joined BJP in 2017 and is leader of the BJP legislature party in Tamil Nadu, is a front-runner for post, it is learnt.
Under this initiative, Congress will select 50 mid-career professionals from across the states every year. A candidate should have at least 10 years of professional experience.
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, he cited 'irony' of discussion on President’s Rule in the strife-torn state taking place at 3 am in Parliament, urged Centre to 'look Manipur in the eye'.
At a CPI(M) event in Madurai, Stalin called the BJP govt at the Centre a ‘fascist regime’, while the Kerala CM slammed the ‘imbalance’ of fiscal powers between the Union & states.
The senior Congress leader said that his party will continue to resist any actions by the Modi govt that it views as assault on the principles enshrined in the Constitution of India.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
Keshav Prasad Maurya will try his level best to foment trouble within BJP. Yogi must deal with this threat effectively.