Monday, April 1st, 2019
Country needs chowkidars, not kings, says PM Modi at Main Bhi Chowkidar event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India needed more chowkidars, or watchmen, rather than “Raja aur maharaja”, as he attacked the opposition at a ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign event held at the capital’s Talkatora Stadium and relayed to around 500 locations by video link. The campaign and its message The campaign is widely seen as a reply to Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s anti-corruption attack on the Prime Minister using the slogan “chowkidar chor hai”. As part of it, senior BJP leaders, including the Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers andRead More
BJP treads carefully over its last 18 Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha candidates
The BJP is working to finalise its remaining 18 Lok Sabha candidates in Uttar Pradesh. It has already announced names for 61 constituencies in the state but has yet to take a final call on the rest. Why the delay The hold-up is linked to the changed political landscape in the state after the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party decided to contest together. In 2014 the BJP won 71 seats in Uttar Pradesh and its ally the Apna Dal took two. The party is weighing factors such asRead More
Rahul Gandhi to contest Wayanad: Congress eyes Left’s national party status
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will contest the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala in addition to Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. Senior Congress leader A. K. Antony announced the decision on Sunday, and Rahul was expected to file his nomination on Wednesday, a day before the deadline. It will be the first time a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family contests from Kerala, where all 20 constituencies vote on April 23. About the seat Wayanad was created in 2008 after delimitation. It covers seven Assembly segments: three in Wayanad district, three inRead More
Rahul Gandhi turned down AAP alliance in Delhi, says Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday, April 1, that there were no talks under way with the Congress on an alliance for Delhi’s 7 Lok Sabha seats, because Congress president Rahul Gandhi had already rejected the idea. What Kejriwal said Speaking to reporters at Delhi airport, the Aam Aadmi Party leader said he had met Rahul Gandhi recently, and that there had been only one meeting, at which the Congress chief declined to join hands with the AAP. Asked about former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s comment thatRead More