Ranchi: Amid the ongoing war of words between the Congress, RJP and CPI-ML over alleged crossvoting during last week’s elections to the Rajya Sabha seats in the state, JMM on Monday said a joint review meeting will take place soon to review the poll outcomes. The party also claimed that the MLAs who cross-voted have…
State Congress president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh along with party MLAs at the news conference on Saturday Ranchi: After facing defeat in Rajya Sabha poll due to alleged cross-voting, Congress is now pinning hopes on chief minister Hemant Soren for his response and action stating that loss on one of the two seats should been seen…
JMM’s Baidyanath Ram and NDA-backed Independent candidate Parimal Nathwani won the two Rajya Sabha seats Ranchi: The trust deficit within the ruling INDIA bloc widened on Friday as the war of words over Congress candidate Pranav Jha’s defeat in the Rajya Sabha election held on Thursday intensified, with alliance partners RJD and CPI-ML targeting Congress…
At a time when the BJP is facing sustained criticism from Opposition parties for allegedly engineering defections and engaging in political manoeuvring to shore up its parliamentary numbers ahead of the Monsoon Session, where contentious issues such as the Delimitation Bill are expected to figure prominently, the Congress has suffered embarrassments of its own. Despite…
Parimal Nathwani (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-backed Independent candidate Parimal Nathwani won one of the two Jharkhand Rajya Sabha seats in a closely contested election that saw rival camps lock horns as the outcome remained open-ended.In the polls that witnessed cross-voting, Nathwani polled 28 votes, comfortably bypassing Congress’s Pranav, who bagged 20…
Amid cross-voting, NDA-backed Independent candidate Parimal Nathwani on Thursday won one of the two Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand, defeating Congress candidate Pranav Jha. The second seat was won by ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate Baidyanath Ram. Nathwani secured 28 votes and was declared elected, while Jha received 20 votes, according to an official….
AICC Jharkhand in-charge K Raju, state president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh, minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey and other MLAs at a city hotel Ranchi: A day after NDA corralled all its 24 legislators into a city hotel, Congress followed suit on Wednesday on the eve of Rajya Sabha election for two seats in the state.Congress spokesperson Lal…
The hotel where NDA MLAs checked in on Tuesday Ranchi: Ahead of Thursday’s Rajya Sabha poll for two seats in the state, the NDA camp began shifting its MLAs into a private hotel on Tuesday as part of its efforts to prevent any cross-voting.Since morning, MLAs from BJP, Ajsu-P, JD(U) and LJP(RV) began reaching a…
A five-star hotel in Ranchi has effectively turned into a political hub ahead of the June 18 Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand, with the BJP-led NDA shifting its MLAs there to keep its flock together. While the ruling INDIA bloc has fielded JMM’s Baijnath Ram and Congress’s Pranav Jha, the NDA is backing independent candidate…
Congress members meet chief minister Hemant Soren on Monday Ranchi: INDIA bloc members are planning mock poll rehearsals on June 16 and 17 at the residence of chief minister Hemant Soren, as part of its strategy for the June 18 Rajya Sabha election. The move is part of the alliance’s move to ensure that its…
