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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

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

In a blow to Mayawati, five legislators of Bahujan Samaj Party have withdrawn their support to the BSP's official candidate, Ramji Gautam, for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections.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, 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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

Amid speculation of a cabinet reshuffle in Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday dropped three ministers from the council of ministers. Governor Najma Heptulla has accepted the recommendation, according to her letter to the chief minister. The three cabinet members dropped are minister for agriculture and animal husbandry, V Hangkhalian, minister for social welfare and cooperation, Nemcha Kipgen, and minister for education, labour and employment, Radheshyam Singh. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2RQX2iI

Reacting on the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that she resigned under the pressure of Punjab's local politics. However, the party still hopes that the matter will be resolved after discussion with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/35LmZbC

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Kishan on Monday raised the issue of drug trafficking in Bollywood, during the Lok Sabha session. He appealed to the Centre to thwart any attempts of drug smuggling from Pakistan and China via Punjab and Nepal. "Problem of drug trafficking/addiction is on a rise. Conspiracy is being hatched to destroy country's youth and our neighbouring countries are contributing to it. Smuggling of drugs from Pakistan and China is done every year. It is brought via Punjab and Nepal," the actor-politician said on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/35xzNlO

Ahead of the assembly elections in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a pat on his back for ushering in sushasan (good governance) and expressed confidence that the good work will continue under the leadership of the JD(U) chief. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/33srhSF

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday reconstituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and the Central Election Authority of the party. The party appointed general secretaries and state in-charges of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who had rebelled against party Sonia Gandhi at the recent CWC meet, has been sacked from the general secretary position in the major reshuffle. Along with Azad, Ambika Soni, Motilal Vohra, Luzenio Falerio and Mallikarjun Kharge were also dropped from the list of general secretaries. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3hr1izD

JD(U) MP Harivansh on Wednesday filed his nomination as the ruling NDA candidate to the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman's post and is likely to be elected, even as the opposition is working to field a joint candidate against him to force a contest.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/33a1P3X

Congress has called for reaching out to other like-minded opposition parties to put up a joint candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman for elections scheduled on September 14. The decision comes ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament starting September 14 and was taken at the virtual meeting of Congress Parliamentary strategy group meeting chaired by party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/35oAvl8