Priyanka Gandhi had intervened when talks between Rahul and Akhilesh over the alliance met a roadblock. When asked, an SP leader said there was no need to make any comment.
Despite Mallikarjun Kharge writing to PM Modi demanding that the panel of names for the next CBI director be made available to him at least three days before the meeting, the government is yet to circulate the names.
Having skipped Mamata Banerjee’s rally in Kolkata, Rahul’s presence at a joint Opposition rally in another state could send a wrong message.
The tallest figure whose name often made the rounds for the PM post after the country entered the coalition era — Mulayam Singh Yadav — was missing from mega show of strength by opposition in Kolkata.
Yeddyurappa, it is learnt, tried to get an appointment with party president Amit Shah with his contingent of MLAs, who were asked to stay back after the BJP national convention in Delhi.
A bevy of BJP leaders, including Health Minister J P Nadda, made a beeline for the room since morning. Such was the confusion in front of Room Number 301 that Shah’s son Jay Shah lost his shoes.
So much did he like it that he apparently told the Union Cabinet during the meeting on Wednesday that the theatre was full and the audience was full of patriotic fervour.
Now, more than 24 hours have passed since Delhi Police filed a chargesheet naming Kumar and some others and Rahul — now Congress president — is yet to make a public comment on the issue.
Leaders of the party highlighted the symbol by calling it “satta ki chaabi”, or the keys to power.
When the formal announcement about the tie up was made by BSP chief Mayawati and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Saturday, Ram Gopal was missing from the scene.
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) though, will have no representative on the dais when BSP chief Mayawati and SP president Akhilesh Yadav hold a joint press conference in Lucknow on Saturday and make a formal announcement of the alliance.
WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi has announced the ‘Web Wonder Women Award’ in partnership with Twitter for women working on bringing social change through social media.
Now that the two leaders are on the verge of announcing a tie-up for Lok Sabha polls, Mayawati, in her statement on Monday in support of Akhilesh, addressed him as “SP chief and former chief minister Shri Akhilesh Yadav”.
Many in the AAP believe that the Congress can at best claim two seats, and Rahul Gandhi’s party is set for some tough bargaining if the parties decide to contest in alliance.
The message from members of the Congress core committee to AICC general secretaries, in-charges of states and secretaries at a meeting on Wednesday was clear. Gear up for elections.
Goyal, sources say, has received complaints that often, after the final reservation chart is prepared, commuters are unable to know how many seats are vacant and depend only on the travelling ticket examiner (TTE) for the information, which may cause confusion.
BJP and JDU still have to decide the specifics of which of the 17 seats they will contest.
A microphone mistakenly left on told the House that AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s daughter was getting married over the weekend. And it wasn’t him who revealed it.
Apparently, KCR wanted her to make a statement after the meeting and he made one too. But the TMC leader kept mum, even after the media approached her for comments.
The posts of two general secretaries fell vacant after Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath took over as chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, respectively.
Paswan too is looking for a new candidate as his replacement because his son Chirag, who is presently MP from Jamui, wants to contest in 2019 from the same seat.
Political strategist Prashant Kishor’s absence at the meeting of NDA allies from Bihar at BJP president Amit Shah’s residence on Sunday raised some eyebrows.
Yadav had personally visited LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan’s residence for a talk before a meeting with BJP president Amit Shah
Within two days of taking over as CM of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot transferred some 40 IAS officers and went on to appoint a new Director General of Police and Police Commissioner for Jaipur.
Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien had, in a letter to Naidu, cited past precedence of the House being adjourned sine die before Christmas and asked for leave.





