Karnataka Congress councillor BK Hariprasad on Wednesday stoked a row by saying that Pakistan may be an “enemy country” for the BJP, but the Congress only considers it as a neighbouring country. Reacting to it, the state BJP has accused the Congress of harbouring “anti-national sentiments”. Hariprasad made this remark in response to BJP’s allegations …
Rajya Sabha Himachal Pradesh Polls: The BJP’s win was the result of cross-voting by Congress MLAs New Delhi: The Leader of the Opposition and other BJP MLAs this morning met the Himachal Pradesh Governor, seeking a test of strength for the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government in the state Assembly. This comes a day after the …
Rajya Sabha Election Results 2024 highlights: The election results for four seats in Karnataka, 10 in Uttar Pradesh and one in Himachal Pradesh are out. The Congress bagged the majority three seats, while the BJP won one seat. One BJP MLA cross-voted, while another abstained from voting. The JD(S) nominee lost. The winning Congress candidates …
The BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in Karnataka suffered yet another jolt in the Rajya Sabha election as saffron party MLA and former minister S T Somashekar voted in favour of the Congress candidates on Tuesday. Meanwhile, BJP MLA Shivaram Hebbar, also a former minister, abstained from voting, embarrassing the party leadership in …
The BJP is said to be banking on surplus votes from Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal Election for 15 Rajya Sabha seats across 3 states are being held today amid concern about cross-voting by Congress and the Samajwadi Party MLAs. Three seats hang in balance — one each in Uttar Pradesh, Congress-ruled Karnataka and Himachal …
Trinamool Congress leader Mimi Chakraborty resigned from the post of a Lok Sabha MP on Thursday, news agency ANI reported. She reportedly handed over her resignation to TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Chakraborty was an MP from Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal. According India TV report, Banerjee has not yet accepted …
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi neither owns any vehicle, nor a house in India, but she has an ancestral home worth nearly Rs 27 Lakh in Italy. As per the poll affidavit attached to Gandhi’s Rajya Sabha nomination papers filed from Rajasthan, she has total assets worth Rs 12,53,76,822 (Rs 12.53 crore). As per the …
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released its list of 14 candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections which are scheduled to take place on February 27. The votes for the 56 seats spread across 15 states will be counted the same day. RPN Singh, a former Congress leader who crossed over to the BJP in …