Politics

Sources say two Congress MLAs from Raebareli and adjoining Harchandpur could be aligning with the BJP, making things tricky for the grand old party.

The BJP "performed badly" because it did not fulfil the promises made to the people at the time of 2014 assembly polls, the Leader of the Opposition in Haryana assembly said.

The SPG will now protect the prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at his official residence.

Devendra Fadnavis’s resignation came three days after a series of secret manoeuvres that snatched the reign of power from the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine and saw him on CM’s chair.

Reddy has ordered Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) officials not to stop the work in the capital city but reduce their size and expenditure.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan after losing power to Congress in assembly polls had edited his bio on the micro blogging website.

The Supreme Court directed that the floor test for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to prove his majority in the Maharashtra Assembly be conducted on Wednesday.

Siddaramaiah said it is quite natural, if BJP doesn't win required number of seats in the bypolls, they will have to resign.

MLAs of the Congress, NCP and Sena are sequestered in different hotels in the metropolis, to stall any attempts by the BJP to poach them ahead of the floor test in the Assembly.

He also claimed that NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who took oath as deputy chief minister along with CM Devendra Fadnavis, had joined the new government alone, and no other NCP MLA was with him.

Mir also criticised the role of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and said the country is facing 'constitutional crisis' under the BJP which can go to any extent to form a government.

The comments came after BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as the Maharashtra chief minister and deputy chief minister, respectively, on Saturday.

It is said Ajit Pawar, known as a ground-based leader with mass appeal, believed himself to be the rightful inheritor of his uncle's legacy. But Sharad Pawar's decision to prop up his daughter as the inheritor of the NCP legacy had probably upset him.

Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP are discussing the modalities for forming the government in Maharashtra. A long-time ally, Shiv Sena parted ways with the BJP after the state poll results amid differences over chief ministership.

BJP's Vijay Goel began speaking on the 'poor quality and unsafe water' in Delhi, AAP's Sanjay Singh started countering him in a loud voice.

The Home Ministry had issued an order cancelling the Indian citizenship of Chennamaneni for concealing facts pertaining to his visits to India during the 12-month period immediately preceding his application seeking citizenship.