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The Delhi Congress has passed a resolution to make Rahul Gandhi the president of the party with immediate effect. The resolution was passed unanimously in a meeting of the Delhi Congress office-bearers convened by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) President Ch. Anil Kumar. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3clV6u6

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the way Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders are joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal there will be no one left except Mamata Banerjee in the party at the end of assembly elections. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3cp1QXZ

BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday said his party's alliance with the AIADMK would continue for the assembly elections, due in Tamil Nadu in a few months. Both parties would face the polls together, he said, addressing a public meeting, his first in the run up to the Assembly elections expected in April or early May. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi facilitated projects like the defence corridor for Tamil Nadu while the state was 'ignored' during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance regime. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3j3ksyb

Senior TMC leader Rajib Banerjee, who recently quit the Mamata Banerjee cabinet in Bengal, on Friday resigned from the post of MLA. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2NNm5EH

All five MLAs of Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM in Bihar on Thursday met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna but dismissed speculations of political realignment. They took a jibe at the ruling JD(U)-BJP combines in Bihar, likening it to a family in which the members lacked compatibility but were unwilling to part ways. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2YoQMC1

Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Singh Chautala on Wednesday tendered his resignation as MLA from the Haryana Assembly over the three new farm laws. Speaker Gian Chand Gupta said he has accepted Abhay Chautala's resignation with immediate effect. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2Yl7qme

In a direct challenge to his detractors in the BJP, TMC MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said he will quit politics if the Centre brings a law allowing only one member of a family in politics. Banerjee said he will publicly hang himself if the corruption charges levelled against him are proved to be true. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3c7NMlO

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress-AIUDF will open "all gates" to welcome infiltrators if voted to power. Addressing his first election rally in poll-bound Assam, Shah said the Congress rule in the state gave only bloodshed, in which thousands of youth lost their lives.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/39WVjB2

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the his party is committed to reconceptualising the Goods and Services Tax regime if voted to power at the Centre and assured ushering in a 'One tax, minimum tax.' The current tax system has crippled the Medium Small and Micro Enterprises, he said in an interaction with industry representatives. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3c5JGdN

The meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday witnessed some heated exchange of words between senior leaders Ashok Gehlot and Anand Sharma.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3sNrkEl

Differences within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was out in the open on Friday when of its constituents said that it wants to form government in Maharashtra on its own. Senior Congress leader and Assembly Speaker Nana Patole said that his party is working to establish the next government in the state on its own. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3obZ0b8

A week after expanding his cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa allocated portfolios to seven new ministers and also reshuffled the departments of some others. Ending a long wait, Yediyurappa expanded his 17-month old cabinet on January 13, by inducting seven ministers and also dropped H Nagesh who was holding the Excise portfolio, but the exercise led to resentment with several aspirants expressing reservations over not being included in the ministry. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3izoq1j

For West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, tackling the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run up to the Assembly elections was already proving to be a daunting task. Mamata's challenges are certain to increase manifold with influential cleric of Furfura Sharif Dargah in Hooghly district floating his own party.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3p5AiKS

The list of Trinamool Congress leaders leaving the party ahead of Assembly elections in West Bengal continues to grow longer. In yet another resignation from Team Mamata, Santipur MLA Arindam Bhattacharya on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi. Bhattacharya joined the saffron party in the presence Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya at the party headquarters.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3ixUcMe

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday ruled out projecting any chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly election in West Bengal. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/39HiPBO

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday indicated that he will allocate portfolios to seven newly inducted Ministers into his cabinet on January 21. Speculations are rife that the Chief Minister may reallocate portfolios to certain other Ministers in the cabinet whose strength is now 33. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3p04LtP

The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday said it will contest the forthcoming Assam assembly polls in alliance with five parties to oust the ruling BJP from power. APCC president Ripun Bora said following discussions with various parties, it has been decided that the Congress will join hands with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) and the Anchalik Gana Morcha. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3bZispj

Accepting the challenge thrown by West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee to contest from his Nandigram assembly seat, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said he will defeat her by a margin of at least 50,000 votes or quit politics.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2M5XhHe

Hours after giving the Trinamool Congress a scare, Actor-turned-politician Satabdi Roy on Friday evening rejected reports about her leaving Mamata Banerjee's party. There were reports that Roy will be flying to New Delhi on Saturday, January 16, to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/38MxOvh

Amid the ongoing tussle between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming assembly election in West Bengal, Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday made a sensational claim that at least 41 MLAs of Mamata's party were in touch with him.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/39LQoTF

The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday appealed to the Left Front and the Congress to back West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her fight against the "communal and divisive" politics of the BJP. Elections to the 294-member state assembly are due in April-May. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2N3t2Bf

Outgoing US President Donald Trump has suddenly become a hot topic in the West Bengal election campaign. Soon after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee compared BJP workers with Trump's supporters, the saffron party responded in the same vein.   from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3nwXnVi

Former legislator Umesh Kushwaha was on Sunday unanimously elected as the Janata Dal (United) Bihar unit president, in a bid to strengthen the ruling party's old "Luv-Kush" support base. Election of Kushwaha, a former party MLA from Mahnar assembly constituency in Vaishali district, was ratified at the partys state council meeting in Patna. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2LbFD4N

The much-awaited cabinet expansion in Karnataka could take place soon, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa indicated on Sunday after he met top BJP leaders including its chief JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Yediyurappa, however, evaded queries on whether he would be able to complete his tenure, as there has been speculation about a possible leadership change in the state following murmurs of discontent in the party. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3ntCk5P

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has blamed Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni for instigating violence at a 'kisan mahapanchayat' programme in Karnal on Sunday. Addressing a press conference hours after protesting farmers vandalised the venue where Khattar was scheduled to speak, the chief minister said the BKU chief also said that Congress and Communist parties had a major role behind the agitations.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/38w1JHL

The shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government's move to downgrade the security cover of former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and his family, ex-UP governor Ram Naik and MNS president Raj Thackeray, and to withdraw the security cover of state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, has evoked the allegations of "political vendetta". from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2MIq0C0

The Bhim Army will be joining the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha, a conglomeration of smaller parties led by the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), chief Om Prakash Rajbhar. Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar met Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday and agreed to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh as part of the alliance. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3q5cwyD

West Bengal AIMIM Chief SK Abdul Kalam joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) along with several other members of the party, ahead of Assembly Elections in the state. Joining the TMC at its headquarters in Kolkata, Kalam said there has been an atmosphere of peace and tranquility in West Bengal for several years and he switched sides to keep the "poisonous air" at bay. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3nt5X7p

Prime Minister Narendra Modi must listen to the dissenting voices and speak more often in Parliament, using it as a forum to disseminate his views to convince the Opposition and inform the nation, felt former president Pranab Mukherjee. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3od3bUW

Days after Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav termed the anti-coronavirus vaccine to be rolled out in the country a "vaccine of the BJP", he clarified that he did not question the scientists, researchers, or experts. The ruling BJP had accused Yadav of "insulting" doctors and scientists of the country, while NC vice-president Omar Abdullah said vaccines "don't belong to any political party, but humanity". from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3b0S79M

Launching a stinging attack on the Centre, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday demanded that the "arrogant" government should withdraw the new farm laws immediately and unconditionally. In a statement in Hindi, Gandhi said governments and their leaders who ignore public sentiments in a democracy cannot govern for long and it is now quite clear that the protesting farmers will not bow in the face of the Centre's policy of "tire and pushover".  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3rNi8ze

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said his disgruntled brother and TMC leader Soumendu -- recently removed from the post of administrator at Contai Municipality -- will join the saffron camp along with a host of other activists from the state's ruling party. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3o54x47