Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy moved a confidence motion in the Assembly on Thursday, attacking the rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs and the BJP over the state’s political crisis. He said he was aware of the circumstances in which he faced the vote and repeated that “power is not permanent”. The state of play At least 12 rebel MLAs said again that they would not go back to the Congress, but the party got some relief when Ramalinga Reddy said he would vote for the coalition. BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa said beforeRead More

A column written as the Congress faced defections in several states argued that the party needs a charismatic vote-winner and a fresh identity, rather than appeals to the legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru, if it is to stop losing legislators and workers. The erosion The column pointed to Karnataka, where 16 Congress legislators resigned and pushed the government into crisis, and Goa, where 10 of the party’s 15 MLAs moved to the ruling BJP. It traced the trend to the 2019 Lok Sabha defeat, in which the Congress won 52 seats,Read More

Aaditya Thackeray, son of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, was to begin a mass contact programme from Jalgaon on Thursday afternoon. It is the first time a member of the Sena’s first family has undertaken a political yatra to reach voters, both to consolidate the party’s base and to find new support. The yatra The first phase starts in Jalgaon and will run over the next five days through North Maharashtra, taking in Jalgaon, Dhule, Nashik and Ahmednagar. The yatra will be held in several phases, covering nearly 4,000 kmRead More

The Income Tax Department has attached a plot in Noida worth more than Rs 400 crore as alleged benami property. The plot reportedly belongs to Anand Kumar, brother of BSP chief Mayawati, and his wife. The attachment The provisional attachment order for the seven-acre plot, which the department says is beneficially owned by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the department’s Delhi-based Benami Prohibition Unit. Kumar has been under the scrutiny of the tax authorities for some years over allegations that he acquiredRead More

Political leaders from across the spectrum on Wednesday welcomed the International Court of Justice’s ruling in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said truth and justice had prevailed. The ruling The ICJ ruled that Pakistan must review Jadhav’s death sentence. According to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the court directed Pakistan to grant consular access to Jadhav and to review his conviction and sentence. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the courtRead More