Hyderabad: AICC in charge of Telangana Meenakshi Natarajan on Sunday said there was no conspiracy from Congress leaders, either in Telangana or any other state, and alleged that Election Commission (EC) and its two returning officers compromised with BJP and rejected her Rajya Sabha nomination in Madhya Pradesh.She also made it clear that she has…
HD Deve Gowda addresses reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday Bengaluru: Former PM and JD(S) national president HD Deve Gowda insisted that he had not sought a Rajya Sabha seat and that his equation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not defined by a parliamentary seat.Speaking to reporters at the party office in Bengaluru, Gowda said…
Mysuru: KPCC spokesperson M Lakshmana on Tuesday claimed that if NDA had informed that JD(S) supremo and former PM HD Deve Gowda that he will not be renominated to Rajya Sabha, Congress would have thought about giving one of the three seats to him.He termed BJP’s decision to deny RS seat to Gowda is an…
Nagpur: NCP (Ajit Pawar) late on Sunday night picked two-term MLC and Praful Patel loyalist Rajendra Jain from Gondia for the Rajya Sabha seat that fell vacant after Sunetra Pawar took over as deputy CM following her husband’s demise. The nomination, cleared by the party’s core committee in Mumbai, gives NCP (Ajit Pawar) another Vidarbha…
Guwahati: BJP on Thursday announced president of its Manipur unit, Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi, as the party’s candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election.Devi, the first woman president of BJP Manipur, has long been associated with the organisation and has previously served as the party’s national vice-president from 2014 to 2016.Nominations can be filed until June…
Praveen Chakravarty, AICC Chennai: Signalling a strengthening of ties between TVK and Congress, chief minister C Joseph Vijay allocated the lone Rajya Sabha seat which has fallen vacant in Tamil Nadu to the national party on Wednesday. Congress sources said AICC functionary Praveen Chakravarty is likely to be nominated for Rajya Sabha by the party.The…
P Chidambaram meets Vijay Chennai: Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram called on chief minister C Joseph Vijay in secretariat on Tuesday.A senior TNCC functionary, close to Chidambaram, said it was a courtesy visit. “It was Chidambaram’s first meeting with Vijay after he became the chief minister. It was entirely a courtesy meeting,” the senior…
Siddaramaiah is set for an eventful day in New Delhi on Friday, a day after he resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister. His deputy DK Shivakumar is widely expected to take over as the new Chief Minister, but whether Siddaramaiah himself remains in state politics or transitions to national politics is likely to dominate discussions within…
Chennai: DMK youth wing upped its offence against Congress for severing ties after election, calling it a betrayal. This is the second attack from DMK after its first attack in the DMK district secretaries meeting held recently. However, TNCC retaliated by condemning the usage of words such as “betrayal” and “backstabbing”.The DMK youth wing held…
Chennai: Ruling TVK is set to send its first member to the Rajya Sabha as the Election Commission announced the bypoll for the lone Tamil Nadu seat vacated by former AIADMK minister C Ve Shanmugam. TVK is expected to win the seat comfortably.C Ve Shanmugam resigned from the Rajya Sabha on May 7 after winning…
