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Mayawati accuses SP of being ant-Dalit, says withdrawing 1995 guest house attack case was a 'mistake'

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Accusing the Samajwadi Party of being anti-Dalit, the Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Thursday admitted that withdrawing the case related to the state guest house attack on her in 1995 was a 'mistake' on her part. In a press statement, Mayawati said that she had entered into an alliance with the SP in 2019, setting aside the acrimony of the June 2, 1995 incident. "Akhilesh kept telling Satish Chandra Mishra to withdraw the guest house case which I did. The BSP fully supported the SP candidates in the Lok Sabha elections but we did not get their votes," she said. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3mDJbK9

Vanathi Srinivasan appointed BJP Mahila Morcha chief

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The BJP on Wednesday appointed Vanathi Srinivasan as the president of its women's wing, according to a party statement. Srinivasan will succeed Vijaya Rahatkar as the BJP Mahila Morcha chief. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/35EvKTa

Blow to Mayawati as 5 BSP MLAs join Samajwadi Party

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In a blow to Mayawati, five legislators of Bahujan Samaj Party have withdrawn their support to the BSP's official candidate, Ramji Gautam, for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections. The five legislators informed the returning officers that their signatures as proposers for Gautam were forged. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/37OPNky

Eknath Khadse, former Maharashtra minister and BJP veteran, joins NCP

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Eknath Khadse, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently, joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the presence of party chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Friday. Khadse had sent his resignation to BJP's Maharashtra president Chandrakant Patil wherein he declared, "I am resigning from the primary membership of BJP due to personal reasons." from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3kBzQSx

Smriti Irani questions Gandhi family's silence over Kamal Nath's derogatory remark against Imarti Devi

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Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday slammed former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath over his 'derogatory' remark against state minister Imarti Devi. Irani also hit out at the Gandhi family's silence over the issue. She said that it was unlikely that the Congress will take any action against Kamal Nath. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2T3X3AB

'Remark shamelessly justified': Shivraj Singh Chouhan tears into Kamal Nath for 'item' jibe on Imarti Devi

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday tore into former CM and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath for referring to cabinet minister Imarti Devi as "item" during an address ahead of the November 3 by-elections in the state. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2IFYMdf

Will Sonia tolerate such remarks against her daughter, asks Imarti Devi as Kamal Nath fires 'item' jibe

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Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Imarti Devi has taken strong objection to former CM Kamal Nath's comments referring to her as an "item". Fuming over the statement, the BJP leader demanded Congress President Sonia Gandhi to oust Kamal Nath from the party.    from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/37gVyY0

Ballia firing: Nadda expresses displeasure over BJP MLA Surendra Singh's remarks, asks to stay away from probe

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda has expressed his displeasure over the statements of party MLA Surendra Singh's statement in connection with the Ballia firing incident, sources told India TV . Speaking with Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh, Nadda asked him to convey Singh to stay away from the probe in the case. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/31koYAR

'Choose hope over fear, truth over lies': Chidambaram invokes Biden in appeal to Bihar voters

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Invoking US democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday asked voters in Bihar to "choose hope over fear and truth over lies." from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2H5B61I

Kushboo Sundar joins BJP

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Kushboo Sundar, who resigned from the primary membership of Congress, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sundar had quit Congress today protesting against what she called some leaders 'dictating terms' and 'suppressing' her. Meanwhile, the Congress party announced that Kushboo was removed from her post of All India Congress Committee spokesperson with "immediate effect" while Tamil Nadu Congress Committee said her decision was no loss to the party. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/36WgSlx

Zero impact on the ground in Tamil Nadu: Congress on Khushbu Sundar's exit

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Accusing actor Kushboo Sundar of lacking "ideological commitment", the Congress said on Monday her quitting the organisation would have no impact on Tamil Nadu politics. AICC in-charge of Tamil Nadu, Dinesh Gundu Rao, said she has been criticising the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi till a week ago. Joining BJP which she had been criticising, for some positions suggests that Kushboo has no ideological commitment, he said amid reports that she would embrace the J P Nadda-led party. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3lzWmuW

Khushbu Sundar dropped as AICC spokesperson; likely to join BJP

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Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar was dropped from the position of Congress national spokesperson by the party on Monday and is scheduled join to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi. Congress through a release dropped the Tamil Nadu leader from the post of AICC Spokesperson today "with immediate effect." from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3iRCNfY

YSRC to join NDA? Jagan Mohan leaves for Delhi to meet PM Modi

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The ruling YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh was open to a dialogue on joining the NDA at the Centre if the special category status to the state was accorded and all promises made in the AP Reorganisation Act are fulfilled, senior YSRCP leader and Chief Whip in the Assembly G Srikanth Reddy said on Monday. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2HS1USU