Nine of them didn't contest 2019 LS polls, while 16 failed to win any seat. Yet, facing a possible unified Opposition in 2024, BJP looking at smaller parties to help net more seats.
PM says opposition parties 'smiling together' in Karnataka but 'baying for each other’s blood' in various states, while NDA pursued 'positive politics' even when it sat in opposition.
Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey says this will ensure both 'communities stay together', adding that she will approach Yogi Adityanath government with her suggestion.
Maharashtra Congress president Varsha Gaikwad says 'self-styled torchbearer of probity in governance has now been exposed'. Somaiya, a former MP, says he has never harassed any woman.
Name of alliance was suggested by Mamata, it is learnt. Parties who attended meeting included Congress, DMK, TMC, JDU, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar), CPI(M), SP etc.
Asked whether the 2 LJP factions will unite for LS polls, Ram Vilas Paswan's son says 'such decisions are taken by elders' but uncle Pashupati Paras has ruled it out for now.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Prohibition and Excise S. Muthusamy talked about sanitation workers drinking to 'tolerate sewage'. Oppn says make their living conditions better instead.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit's letter was in response to one sent by the CM asking the governor to give his assent to a bill regarding the telecast of Gurbani from Golden Temple.
Former poll strategist, currently on padyatra in Bihar, says parties & leaders sitting together won’t make a difference without 'unity in thought' and a narrative they can take to public.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken up many cultural projects ranging from promoting Bihu to honouring 17th-century warrior Lachit Barphukan & renovating Ahom-era structures.
The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
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