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The opposition RJDs claim of an impending split in the ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar on Wednesday met with an outright rebuttal by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, its de facto leader. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3rNNy8T

A week after Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a mega rally in West Bengal's Bolpur, state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday responded with an equally large mass gathering and a roadshow in the town. The Trinamool Congress chief led a 4-km march before addressing a huge gathering. While asserting that her party will retain power by winning the 2021 assembly elections, Mamata launched a frontal attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which pushing hard to dethrone her. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2JqIQfE

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United on Sunday slammed former coalition partner Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) as a spoiler in the recent Assembly polls, terming its President Chirag Paswan a "Hanuman who set Ayodhya on fire". from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2WMnKLI

Opposing public welfare schemes is fast becoming a "tradition" in the Congress due to which people are losing their faith in that party, BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, Scindia, who joined the BJP after quitting the Congress in March this year, said the people of the country are supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP, and various welfare schemes launched by the Centre. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2M3gp8w

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Sunday met West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhawan amid speculation of the former cricket captain joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a statement, Dhankhar said he had an interaction with Ganguly on "varied issues". The governor further said that he accepted Ganguly's offer for a visit to the Eden Gardens.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3prn5vM

Amid a raging farm stir at various entry points in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal echoed farmers' concerns as he reached Singhu border Sunday evening. Addressing thousands of farmers, AAP convener threw an open challenge before the government to debate in public with the farmer leaders over the contentious agri reforms laws. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/34NXaGx

RCP Singh, a close confidant of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was on Sunday chosen as the new president of Janata Dal (United). Kumar had proposed the name of Singh for the top post, which was then approved by other members during the party's national executive meeting, a senior leader told PTI. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3rqnIYh

Bharatiya Janata Party's new entrant Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday lashed out at Mamata Banerjee and said that he was "ashamed" of having associated with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for so long in his career.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3ruJbiI

The BJP will organise nearly 25 webinars over the next few days on the issue of "one nation, one election", as it seeks to build popular support for what has been a strong plank of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Party sources said its senior leaders, besides members of academia and legal fraternity, will be attending these 'webinars', seminars that are held online. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3nSdYDM

With the government open to debate points of contention in the new agricultural reforms, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday emphasised on having a dialogue with the farmers, urging them to discuss their issues. Thousands of farmers have been protesting in biting cold at various entry points to Delhi even as Centre reached out to the agitators multiple times to find a solution to the ongoing deadlock over the agri laws.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2KXndUA

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday warned mafia elements he will bury them 10 feet deep if they don't leave the state. Chouhan was speaking at a Good Governance Day event, organised to mark the birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3aE6XTv

The Janata Dal-United received a major jolt in Arunachal Pradesh, with six of its seven MLAs shifting allegiance to the ruling BJP, a bulletin issued by the state legislative assembly said. The lone MLA from the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA), Kardo Nyigyor from the Likabali constituency, has also joined the saffron party. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2WQn0Fn

In a major setback to Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam, one of the founding members and vice-president of the party A Arunachalam joined Bhartiya Janta Party on Friday ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections. He joined the saffron party in the presence of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/38xsI4A

Suvendu Adhikari said on Thursday that he has made the right decision to join the BJP and the move has people's approval. Leading a mammoth roadshow in his home ground Kanthi, Adhikari also announced that he will address a rally in Nandigram on January 8, a day after a similar programme is likely to be held by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3pkhK9o

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday put out data in response to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's stinging criticism of her government's performance during his two-day visit to the state last week.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3rePk2i

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed that its three senior leaders were detained on Monday, December 21, a day before the counting of votes in the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking to Twitter, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said three senior leaders of the party -- Sartaj Madni, Mansoor Hussain and Naeem Akhtar – were "arbitrarily detained". from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3pe1yXm

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said that assembly elections in Bihar might happen again. Addressing a review meeting held to analyse the reasons behind party's defeat in the recently held Assembly elections, Tejashwi said that polls might happen in Bihar again in 2021, so we should be ready for it. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3arepRM

Ahead of internal elections in the Congress, the grand old party could hold an election for the post of presidents in various states. Sources told India TV that the party could hold elections in Gujarat, Telangana, and Maharashtra. Besides, there are talks doing the rounds that the Congress could also change its Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee president. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2LVqGUm

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday put an end to the "insider-outsider debate" in West Bengal and promised that "a son of the soil will become the chief minister" if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was voted to power in the state. Shah, who was on a two-day tour in Bengal, slammed the Mamata Banerjee government over the recent attack on BJP chief JP Nadda's convoy and asserted that the Centre had the right to summon state IPS officers responsible for providing him security for central deputation. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3re09Sm

CPI(M) MLA from Haldia, Tapasi Mondal, on Friday said she has resigned from the primary membership of the party, as there was barely any scope left for her there to work for the people of the state. Her husband Arjun Mondal, who was a local leader of the Left party in Purba Medinipur district, joined the BJP a few days ago. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3nw2ztm

Dissident Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari resigned as MLA on Wednesday (December 16). Adhikari, who was once considered to be a close aide of TMC president and West Bengal president Mamata Banerjee, tendered his resignation to Assembly Speaker.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2LROWXz

Sonia Gandhi will be meeting leaders of 'G-23' at her house on December 19 at 10 AM.  As per sources, senior leaders  Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Bhupender Hooda, Prithviraj Chavan and Shashi Tharoor will be attending the meeting. Apart from them, senior leaders like P Chidambaram, AK Antony, Ashok Gehlot, Kamalnath, K C Venugopal,  Pavan Kumar Bansal and Ajay Maken have also been  called for the meeting. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/38fbKrJ

The Congress will be organising a convention for minorities in West Bengal on December 23. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2LETD6G

Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar on Friday said he has resigned from his post taking responsibility for the party's poor performance in the recently held Zilla Panchayat (ZP) polls. Chodankar said earlier this week he submitted his resignation from the post of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president to interim party chief Sonia Gandhi and state in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/38jm41X

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Thursday attacked Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan for hosting the reality show 'Bigg Boss, saying the actor was "spoiling good families". from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3nvpepF

In what can be seen as an act of placation, Congress President Sonia Gandhi will meet 23 dissenters on December 19, informed sources told India TV . The key meet comes ahead of the party's internal election which is expected to take place soon. The meeting with the party dissidents is being considered an attempt to placate the leaders before the election. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/34hEw9V

Amid reports of him joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), dissident Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday resigned as MLA. Adhikari, who was once considered a close aide of Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, is likely to reach Delhi on Thursday to meet BJP leadership, including Amit  Shah.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2K7DG8E

Senior Congressman and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister has hinted at his possible exit from politics. At a public rally in Chhindwara on Sunday, Nath said he was ready to take some rest and had no ambitions or greed for any post.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3oR2ali

The Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday rejected reports of NCP chief Sharad Pawar replacing Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The reports were termed "unsubstantiated" and "planted by vested interests to divert the attention from the farmers' agitation".  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3gCMYW3

Amid speculations that NCP chief Sharad Pawar may replace Congress president Sonia Gandhi as chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that the patron has all the qualities to lead the country.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3gwL7Cl

Telugu cine actress Vijayashanti is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. She met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Sunday. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2JUHkT6

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth will not click in the southern state's politics, where the ethos of Dravidian culture has always manifested, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily claimed on Friday. The former Union Minister recalled that the Congress could not get "independent existence" in Tamil Nadu and always aligned with either the AIADMK or DMK. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3on0sb9

A day after the Trinamool Congress said that all issues with disgruntled party leader Suvendu Adhikari have been resolved, the Mamata Banerjee-led party on Thursday appeared to have shit all doors on him. Veteran TMC MP Saugata Roy declared that the party will not engage in any further talks with Adhikari.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2JBnHPH

Just a day after Bollywood actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar joined the Shiv Sena, she dropped in a cryptic tweet. Matondkar, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a Congress ticket, took to Twitter and quoted lines of a famous Bollywood song. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2VuANB3

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to expand his cabinet in December as the winter session of the assembly concluded in November after the formation of the new state government. During this time the opposition parties, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress hurled political barbs at the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/37qNCBJ