India TV Politics Desk
-
BJP releases list of 9 candidates for Puducherry polls 2021
Elections | Mar 16, 2021, 10:35 PM ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released a list of 9 candidates for the Puducherry Assembly elections 2021.
-
'Conspiracy' Vs 'no conspiracy' - Mamata, Shah raise poll pitch as Bengal election nears
Elections | Mar 15, 2021, 10:53 PM ISTWhile West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cried "conspiracy" over the Nandigram incident last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chose to refrain from using the term when his helicopter suffered a glitch on Monday.
-
'Injured tiger more dangerous, will campaign on wheelchair': Mamata Banerjee at TMC roadshow
Elections | Mar 14, 2021, 04:26 PM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was back on the roads of Kolkata on Sunday, four days after suffering injuries at the hustings in Nandigram.
-
'Was it Taliban': BJP raises questions over Mamata's injury claims
Elections | Mar 10, 2021, 11:49 PM ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has raised questions over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claims that she suffered injuries during election campaigning in Nandigram.
-
Bengal polls 2021: BJP's starry rendezvous continues as 2 more actors join party
Elections | Mar 10, 2021, 05:21 PM ISTTwo more Bengali actors joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state. Rajshree Rajbanshi and Bonny Sengupta joined the saffron party at an event in Kolkata.
-
'Won't file nomination if you don't want me to', Mamata says at Nandigram rally
Elections | Mar 09, 2021, 05:07 PM ISTJust a day ahead of filing nomination papers from the Nandigram seat, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she won't go ahead with the process if the people do not want her to.
-
'It's Modi vaccine today...he will soon rename India after himself too': Mamata Banerjee
Elections | Mar 08, 2021, 11:11 PM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leaving no stone unturned in targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at all her political rallies ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state.
-
'If BJP wants to buy votes, take the money and vote for TMC': Mamata urges voters
Elections | Mar 07, 2021, 05:00 PM ISTIn a shocking remark, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asked people of the state to take money if offered by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but cast vote for the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
-
'TMC ka khela khatam': PM Modi goes full throttle against Mamata at Kolkata poll rally
Elections | Mar 07, 2021, 11:20 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday went full throttle against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool Congress. Accusing the 66-year-old politician of massive corruption, Modi roared "TMC ka khela khatam" at his first public rally ahead of elections in the state.
-
Tejashwi meets Mamata, urges Biharis in Bengal to back TMC, but keeps mum on alliance
National | Mar 01, 2021, 06:02 PM ISTRJD leader Tejashwi Yadav met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat on Monday, in a bid to forge unity among secular parties in the upcoming assembly polls. Yadav appealed to the people from Bihar domiciled here to vote for the ruling TMC.
-
Ahead of 2022 Punjab polls, Prashant Kishor joins CM Amarinder Singh as his Principal Advisor
National | Mar 01, 2021, 04:48 PM ISTPolitical strategist Prashant Kishor has joined Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh as his Principal Advisor. The development comes a year ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab. The state will go to polls in early 2022.
-
BJP wins both Rajya Sabha seats unopposed in Gujarat, including one held by Ahmed Patel
National | Feb 22, 2021, 06:27 PM ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday won both Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat. One of the seats was held by late senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel.
-
'Will never implement CAA if voted to power': Rahul Gandhi at first rally in poll-bound Assam
National | Feb 14, 2021, 04:17 PM ISTCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he will never implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act if voted to power in the state. The former Congress chief was addressing his first public rally in Assam ahead of the assembly elections due in March-April.
-
'Farm laws in interest of farmers': Nitish Kumar after 'courtesy meeting' with PM Modi
National | Feb 11, 2021, 06:04 PM ISTBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to reporters post the meeting, Kumar said his party is with the government on the farmers' issue and that the Centre has opted for the right path by holding talks with the farmer unions agitating against the three laws.
-
'I didn't sit on Tagore's chair but Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi did': Shah rejects Congress' claim
National | Feb 09, 2021, 08:43 PM ISTUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rejected the claim by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that he sat on Rabindranath Tagore's chair during his visit to Visva Bharati. He said the vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati has also clarified that no such incident took place.
-
Actors Deepankar De, Bharat Kaul and Lovely Maitra join TMC ahead of polls in Bengal
National | Feb 05, 2021, 06:15 PM ISTActors Deepankar De, Bharat Kaul and Lovely Maitra joined the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday, ahead of the assembly polls in the state. Musician Shaona Khan was also among those who became a part of the Mamata-Banerjee-led TMC today.
-
"...BJP won't get votes in those seats": Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Elections | Jan 31, 2021, 10:05 PM ISTAssam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the areas dominated by Miya Muslims will not vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in assembly polls.
-
Will defeat Mamata by 50,000 votes or quit politics: Suvendu Adhikari
National | Jan 18, 2021, 10:29 PM ISTAccepting the challenge thrown by West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee to contest from his Nandigram assembly seat, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said he will defeat her by a margin of at least 50,000 votes or quit politics.
-
Khattar blames BKU chief for instigating violence at 'kisan mahapanchayat' in Karnal
National | Jan 10, 2021, 08:24 PM ISTHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has blamed Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni for instigating violence at a 'kisan mahapanchayat' programme in Karnal on Sunday.
-
'Never questioned scientists': Akhilesh Yadav clarifies his 'BJP vaccine' remark
National | Jan 04, 2021, 11:02 PM ISTDays after Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav termed the anti-coronavirus vaccine to be rolled out in the country a "vaccine of the BJP", he clarified that he did not question the scientists, researchers, or experts.