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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicOpposition parties

Topic: Opposition parties

Oppn united to defeat BJP, says Rahul before Patna meet; Kharge says ‘he took first step’

In his address to Bihar party workers, Rahul said after Karnataka, Congress was poised to win MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, where polls are due in November-December.

‘Bharat Jodo vs Bharat Todo’: Opposition leaders in Patna to find common ground ahead of 2024

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed party workers in Patna before the meeting and said the Opposition had come united and would defeat the BJP together.

Mayawati slams ‘attitude of Opposition leaders’, JD(U) confirms BSP not invited to Patna meet

Hours after Mayawati accused Opposition leaders of 'not being serious' about UP, JD(U)'s KC Tyagi says BSP chief never expressed commitment to take on BJP in direct fights.

‘Be patient,’ says Opposition to BJP’s ‘who will be their PM’ jibe ahead of mega meet

Opposition’s meet on Friday is being convened by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar–who has toured country meeting like-minded leaders–to find common ground ahead of 2024 general elections.

‘BJP is scared of 2024’: 15 opposition leaders will be at 23 June meet, says Tejashwi Yadav

Yadav confirmed that top leaders of like-minded parties would attend the congregation convened by Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar.

‘Soul of democracy sucked out:’ 19 Oppn parties to boycott PM’s inauguration of new Parliament

Led by Congress, the opposition feels that the building should have been opened by the President or the Vice President.

Opposition unity without one leader, shared ideology is the political equivalent of selling snake oil

In the past, 'Opposition unity' has proved to be a bogus, defeatist, and repeatedly failed idea. As Arun Jaitley once said, elections are not just about arithmetic.

Pawar says opposition unity important, NCP won’t oppose JPC probe into Adani if allies insist

NCP chief sparked controversy last week when he spoke in support of Adani Group, saying there was no need for JPC probe into allegations when SC had appointed its own committee.

Statistics no reason to grant immunity, says SC on ‘misuse of agencies’. Opposition parties withdraw plea

CJI asks Singhvi how Supreme Court can say accused can't be arrested unless three-pronged test is satisfied if it accepts legislators have same immunity as common citizen.

Following his father’s footsteps? After b’day bash, Stalin to now host oppn parties at ‘social justice’ meet

Karunanidhi, who was seen as indispensable to national politics, engineered alliances on many occasions. Tamil Nadu CM Stalin's latest moves being seen as bid for lead role in oppn unity.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.