Thursday, February 21st, 2019
SP-BSP finalise seat-sharing for 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh
Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party on Thursday named the Lok Sabha seats each will contest in Uttar Pradesh. The SP will fight 37 seats and the BSP 38, while three seats have gone to the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). The alliance will not field candidates in Amethi and Rae Bareli. The seat division When they first announced the alliance, the two parties had said they would each contest 38 of the state’s 80 constituencies. The final allocation was released in a statement signed by SP presidentRead More
Kirti Azad says booths were captured in Bihar for Congress leaders, his father and him
Former India cricketer Kirti Azad, who joined the Congress on February 18 after falling out with the BJP, said booth capturing had once been widespread in Bihar and that several Congress leaders had gained from it. Azad, who was elected on a BJP ticket in 2014, made the remarks at a public event in Darbhanga, Bihar. What Azad said Speaking in Hindi, Azad said there was a time when Congress workers used to loot polling booths in Bihar, and that this had been done for Congress leader Nagendra and others.Read More
PM’s post is booked till 2029, says Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday that the Prime Minister’s post was reserved until 2029, indicating that Narendra Modi would stay on and that there was no question of anyone from Maharashtra getting the job before then. He made the remark in Mumbai, at the 2019 edition of the Lokmat Maharashtrian of the Year Awards. A Maharashtrian as Prime Minister? Fadnavis was answering a question on whether he would like to see a leader from Maharashtra become Prime Minister. He said the post was taken for 2024 andRead More