Politically Speaking

“Erstwhile Portuguese Territory,”: Manish Tewari

Congress MP Manish Tewari posted a tweet saying on “erstwhile Portuguese Territory” on Wednesday, amid reports that eight Congress MLAs in Goa are planning to form a split group and merge with the ruling BJP. Eight Congress MLAs have gathered at the Goa Legislative Assembly, led by Michael Lobo and

Eight Goa Congress MLAs expect to join BJP today

After the news that eight Congress MLAs, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo, were planning to join the Bharatiya Janata Party today, the Goa legislative assembly witnessed heightened activity on Wednesday. Given that the assembly is not in session, the meeting of the MLAs with the assembly

Kejriwal promises to pass law protecting lawyers if AAP is elected in Gujarat

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has promised to pass legislation protecting lawyers as well as a programme awarding 5,000 rupees a month in stipends to recent law graduates if the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wins this year’s elections in Gujarat, where voting is due to take place. Kejriwal,

Rajasthan: Lawmakers plan to launch new party as BTP splits

Due to differences with their Gujarat-based leadership, two Rajasthani Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) lawmakers plan to launch their own party. Due to the leadership’s interferences and disregard for the state executive, Rajkumar Roat and Ramprasad have become angry and upset. The BTP ran 11 candidates, of whom two were successful

Tejashwi Yadav : Nitish and Lalu will meet Sonia Gandhi soon

The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, and his ally Lalu Yadav will meet Sonia Gandhi soon, according to Tejashwi Yadav, who made the announcement on Monday as the opposition tried to unite against the BJP in advance of the 2024 elections. Once madam Sonia ji is back, then a

Karnataka: BBMP election as per latest reservation list, govt tells HC

The state government has made a submission before the Karnataka High Court that only the newly released ward-wise reservation list can be used to hold elections for the municipal civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). On Friday, the Advocate General made a submission on the state’s behalf, stating that

Bengaluru : Congress leader visits flooded areas, talks to locals

Siddaramaiah, a senior member of the Congress, took a boat to visit the flooded Ecospace layout close to Bellandur Lake on Thursday and spoke with the locals to learn more about their problems. The Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly toured regions that were submerged following two days of

AAP likely to declare its 5th guarantee in HP CM’s home turf Mandi

Bhagwant Mann and Manish Sisodia, leaders of the AAP, are anticipated to make public the party’s fifth pre-election assurance on Friday in chief minister Jai Ram Thakur’s hometown area of Mandi ahead of the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections. The chief ministers of Delhi and Punjab will both be speaking at

Congress attacks Himanta Sarma over Bharat Jodo

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh hit back at Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, whose remark that Rahul Gandhi should go to Pakistan in relation to the Bharat Jodo has triggered a verbal exchange between the two parties. Before the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the Congress is attempting

2020: Year of protest, politics and pandemic

AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT Amid an economic slowdown and concerns about countries like China reigning over global supply chains, PM Narendta Modi pushed for a self-reliant or ‘Aatmanirbhar’ India through a series of welfare schemes. Most notably, as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, a special package of Rs 20 lakh crores

IN RETROSPECT, LET’S INTROSPECT: 2020 AND BEYOND

PM Modi towered above his political adversaries who appeared like pygmies before him. It was a disproportionate battle. The principal Opposition party, the Congress, was still introspecting on when it should start introspecting.

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