India Politics

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, New Delhi: Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) has announced its candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Assam. Its president Maulana Badruddin Ajmal is to contest from Silchar and Dhubri seats. Spokesman of AUDF Dr. Baharul Islam gave this information to TwoCircles.net today.

By IANS, Patna : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) central government of conducting "systematic manoeuvres to destabilize and derail" non-Congress or non-UPA state governments and especially targeting popular BJP chief ministers like Narendra Modi of Gujarat.

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By Brij Khandelwal, IANS, Agra : When Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati launched a rural cleanliness scheme in 2008, not many realised the revolutionary potential of "this seemingly innocent and unattractive scheme" now being implemented all over the state.

By IANS, Kolkata : Terming it a "mixed' railway budget, West Bengal's ruling Left Front chairman Biman Bose criticised the privatisation schemes introduced in the new budgetary plans by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday. "It's a mixed budget and the thrust is on more and more privatisation. We are opposed to rampant privatisation schemes," Bose told reporters here.

By Jatindra Dash, IANS, Bhubaneswar : Turncoats are in heavy demand in Orissa to fight the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state. Although instances of election-eve shift in loyalty are not unknown, it has assumed epidemic proportions this time, thanks largely to the breakup of the 11-year-old alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The BJD-BJP alliance jointly fought the Lok Sabha polls of 1998, 1999 and 2004 and the assembly elections of 2000 and 2004.

Kolkata : Terming it "unusual and directionless", the Congress and Left Front on Friday criticised West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi's address to the inaugural...

New Delhi : The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die Tuesday after a month-long winter session which saw a "record" number of bills being...

By IANS, Raipur : In the last Lok Sabha elections, he contested on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket but lost to the Congress by over 100,000 votes. But never say die V.C. Shukla is back in the Congress fold and hoping to make it to parliament for the 10th time. His only problem is that he can't decide on what seat to contest from.

By IANS New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) but did not discuss the crisis in Karnataka, indicating that a decision on revocation of President's rule in the state may take a little longer. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said a pointed "No" in reply to a question on whether Karnataka came up for discussion at the CCPA.

Kolkata : Despite its inability to make much headway in 91 civic bodies across West Bengal and bagging just seven seats in the Kolkata...

By IANS, Patna : A section of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Monday blamed the pre-poll alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for the party's debacle in the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. The LJP held a workers meeting here to review the party's performance in the elections. Failing to win even a single seat in Bihar, the 2009 election has been the worst for the LJP since its formation in 2000 by Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan. Former MP and senior LJP leader Surajbhan Singh urged party chief Paswan not to join hands with former railway miniser Lalu Prasad's RJD.

By IANS Thiruvananthapuram : The entire opposition Tuesday walked out of the Kerala assembly after the speaker disallowed an adjournment motion over the alleged land scam in Kochi's Cyber City project. Seeking leave for the motion, Congress leader V.D. Satheesan lashed out at the V.S. Achuthanandan government for protecting Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran and Industries Minister Elamaram Kareem who are alleged to be behind the land deal.

Kolkata: One person was killed and another injured as Trinamool Congress and BJP supporters clashed in villages in West Bengal's Birbhum district Sunday, police...

By IANS, New Delhi : Another Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader joined the growing list of those voicing discontent with the party's functioning. Arun Shourie has reportedly written to party president Rajnath Singh demanding a debate on the poor election results and the way the party is being run. "He has demanded a transparent and serious discussion on the election debacle, and has asked why such a discussion is not taking place. He has also said that the BJP is in the hands of conspirators who are destroying the party," a BJP source said.

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Patna: Jitan Ram Manjhi, former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha's leader, resigned on Tuesday from the primary membership of the JD-U and...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: Auto drivers in Kerala organised protest marches on Sunday evening and burnt effigies against attempt by Hindutva groups to...

Darjeeling : In a boost to Trinamool Congress' candidate Bhaichung Bhutia's prospects for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, the GNLF Friday announced its support...

By Praveen Chakravarty Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on November 8, 2016 to announce the withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs...

Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav expanded his cabinet on Monday for the eighth time since he assumed office in March 2012. The...

By IANS, Guwahati : The political dynamics in Assam are likely to change with the formation of a new party by groups representing the tea garden workers' community as plantation voters hold the key to winning elections in many parts of the state. To fight for their rights, several frontline tea garden community groups like the All Assam Adivasi Students' Association (AAASA) and the All Assam Tea Tribe's Students' Association (AATTSA) have decided to float a political party ahead of the parliamentary elections.

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bhartiya Janata Party early Saturday deferred its decision on whether to make the land scam-hit Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa quit or stay on his post.

Agartala : Political parties in Tripura Wednesday criticised the central government for neglecting the state in the rail budget and accused the Bharatiya Janata...

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By IANS, Kanpur: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday visited a hospital here to meet the victims of Kalka Mail train accident, officials said.

By IANS, Panaji : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged large scale corruption in Goa's mining department, especially for its inability to impose the much-touted 'green cess' on mining ore rejects. "The government is supposed to impose the green cess on mining rejects. But the department has not even defined what are mining rejects in the first place. This smacks of corruption and inefficiency," leader of opposition Manohar Parrikar told reporters at the BJP's state headquarters.

By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: The book to commemorate the work and contribution into Ambedkarite movement of an ex-Panther J.V. Pawar, was launched at Dr....

By IANS, Chandigarh : The Congress Friday staked claim to form the next government in Haryana with support from six independent legislators. State Congress president Phool Chand Mullana, who lost his election, took the letter from the party as well as letters of support from the six independent legislators to Governor Jagannath Pahadia.

Srinagar : Security arrangements and poll staff deployment were completed Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's 16 constituencies going to the polls Tuesday in the...

Agartala: Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on...

By IANS, Puducherry : By-poll in the Indira Nagar assembly constituency of Puducherry was in progress Thursday, with around 29,000 people eligible to vote.

New Delhi : A man hurled a shoe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while he was addressing a press conference here. The man, who...

Panaji: The Goa BJP is using Catholic legislators in the party as a "mask" to openly criticize the Church in Goa for hyping the...

By IANS, Mumbai: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday favoured an increase in the women's quota in Maharashtra's local self government bodies from 33 percent to 50 percent.

New Delhi : BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, who stirred a controversy by asking Hindu women to produce at least four children, remained defiant Tuesday...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: On Sunday, October 26, the official residence of President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi was vandalized by alleged right wing Hindutva activists.

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Tuesday attacked the Narendra Modi government, saying the communal violence that broke out recently in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra...

Mumbai : A special three-day session of the Mahararashtra assembly will begin here Nov 10 in which the first BJP government will face a...

New Delhi : Pitching against the secrecy of General Budget, the RSS affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Monday demanded a total revamp of...

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By IANS, Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday called the new found friendship between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress over the India-US nuclear deal "an opportunistic alliance". She told reporters here that Samajwadi Party leader and former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav was acting to protect his self-interest by shoring up the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while saying publicly that he was committed to national interest.

New Delhi : The Congress on Tuesday demanded a law against discrimination of people from weaker sections in educational institutions across the country. "What happened...

By IANS, Kolkata : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Thursday condemned the heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying such an incident should never have happened.

By IANS, New Delhi : India's ruling coalition and its Left allies Wednesday averted a showdown by ending a key meeting over the India-US nuclear deal saying they will meet again "in due course". External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee read out a brief statement at the end of talks between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the four Left parties that support Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.

Jammu : Tension gripped a village in Jammu region's Poonch district on Monday as members of one community tried to prevent use of loudspeakers...

By IANS, New Delhi : Demanding a probe to find out if the terrorists from Pakistan who attacked Mumbai had local support, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Tuesday criticised the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for its alleged failures on various fronts in its five-year tenure. "The attack has not been thoroughly investigated and Mumbai Police giving a certificate that no local hand was involved is shameful," Advani said in the Lok Sabha during the motion of thanks to President Pratibha Patel's address to parliament.

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By IANS, Kolkata : West Bengal Transport Minister and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhas Chakraborty has said that 700-odd Trinamool Congress workers have joined the CPI-M in Howrah district's Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency. "Around 700 Trinamool Congress activists have joined our party (CPI-M) before the Lok Sabha polls, as they were dissatisfied with the Trinamool's ideology," Chakraborty claimed Saturday while addressing a political gathering.

Ahmedabad : After 14 long years, a special Gujarat sessions court on Thursday convicted 24 people, including Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Atul Vaidya, in...

By IANS, New Delhi: With his three-day fast about to end, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said here Saturday that he will not stop the agitation till the government responded to his demands.

New Delhi : The Congress has repeatedly "bluffed" ex-servicemen on the issue of "one rank, one pension", senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said Monday. "As...

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New Delhi : A court here on Thursday asked Delhi Police to file a status report on investigation being carried out in the JNU...

Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani will be in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district Sunday to address a rally against the central government's policy on terrorism. "In the backdrop of the recent terror attacks in various parts of the country, the rally will primarily focus on the UPA government's failure to deal with terrorism," State BJP president Ramapati Ram Tripathi told IANS. "Our party is the only political outfit in the country that has the willpower to combat terrorism," Tripathi said.

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By IANS, Lucknow : Expelled Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur legislator Azam Khan Tuesday termed party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav "a Hitler" and said that his "dictatorship" will prove fatal for the party. "The party has now become Kalyanwadi Samajwadi Party and has also lost the faith of the Muslims. Mulayam is behaving like a Hitler, and besides destroying the party, it will also lead his political career to an end," Khan said while talking to mediapersons in Lucknow.

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Lucknow : All the eight candidates of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and three of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) emerged victorious as results...

By IANS, New Delhi : As the voting for the 543-member parliament concluded Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by it will sweep the elections and form the next government at the centre. "I'm fully confident that the BJP-led government will be formed at the centre. BJP will emerge as the single largest party and NDA as the largest alliance. We will get new partners (after the polls)," BJP president Rajnath Singh told NDTV.

Patna: Two criminal-turned-politicians, called 'bahubalis' in local parlance, and wives of two jailed leaders will Monday contest the final phase of the Lok Sabha...

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By IANS, New Delhi/Ranchi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday withdrew support to the Jharkhand government, saying that Chief Minister Shibu Soren has "betrayed" it by voting against the Tuesday's cut motion in the Lok Sabha. Announcing the withdrawal of support, BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar said the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief had "behaved in a dubious manner and voted against the cut motion".

By TwoCircles.net news desk, New Delhi: Showing a good fight in Assam, Assam United Democratic Front of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has made a lead in four Lok Sabha constituencies. Maulana Badruddin Ajmal is himself leading in two seats: in Dhubri by 70 thousand votes and in Silcher by 2500 votes. According to information available by 11:50 am AUDF is leading in four seats and trailing in two others by a slander margin.

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New Delhi : Parliament Monday passed a constitutional amendment bill to add more communities to the existing list of Scheduled Castes in many states. The...

By IANS, Chennai : Lady luck did not smile on Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar of the Congress as he failed to retain the Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu for a third consecutive term, and fourth overall, losing to the AIADMK's O.S. Maniyan by 36,000 votes. For Maniyan it was sweet revenge as he had lost to Aiyar in 2004 by a huge margin. Aiyar, 68, was elected from Mayiladuthurai in 1991, 1999 and 2004 and was confident that the new generation of voters would acknowledge his work in the constituency.

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, India is passing through one of the most crucial phases of its political life. As the exercise of the 'democracy' begins the future of the country would also be locked and will be opened on May 16th only. It is important to understand the dangers of what has happened so far. The results will be out in a month but it is for the first time in our history that 'someone' has already 'declared' himself as the prime minister of the country. Things are not simple. Today, the 'man' is already declared as the 'most powerful' person of the country and every other questioning him has been made as person against 'development' and pseudo secular. It is not easy for a person who is main accuse for instigating violence against Muslims in Gujarat and kept conspicuously silent when people were crying for help such as fellow politician Ehsaan Jafari who was burnt to death by the barbaric anarchists mob which was allowed to do things at their whims by the state administration and who was admonished by his own prime minister, to be 'anointed' as a 'national icon'. Witness the systematic campaign, rumors, fudging of data and then controlling the entire communication through a fictitious army of 'devotees' on social media and enforce 'curfew' in the news rooms which is worse than what Doordarshan and Aakashwani did in 1975. Today the role being played by embedded media is perhaps much disturbing and scornful to opponents and dissenting view point. If one has to see the replica of dirty tricks that Sanjay Gandhi played during emergency, these elections and the campaign management by the likes of Amit Shah are the best example.

Patna : A week after his arrest on charges of taking a bribe, IAS probationer Dr Jitendra Gupta was on Wednesday suspended by the...

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal refused to let North Delhi's mayor enter his house when he arrived there with a team...

By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday accused the Congress-led central government of clamming up on outgoing Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami's recommendations asking for the removal of his colleague Navin Chawla. On a day that was Gopalaswami's last day in office, BJP national general secretary Arun Jaitley said despite the Right to Information Act (RTI), he had not been provided a copy of the recommendations sent to the president or the government's views on the matter.

Chennai : DMK president M. Karunanidhi Saturday urged President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others to personally intervene to restore law and...

By IANS, New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday accused the government of "playing with the sensitivities of people" on the Telangana issue and reiterated its demand for a roadmap on the creation of the separate state.

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Gurgaon: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday staged a protest here against the central government's decision to hike rail fares. The demonstrators chanted slogans against...

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By IANS, Mumbai: In a potential pre-election jolt to the Shiv Sena, it may lose its Shirdi Lok Sabha member to the ruling Congress, party...

New Delhi: Congress campaign chief for the Delhi assembly polls Ajay Maken Saturday cast his vote and said that his party can deliver on...

Agra : Though Mirza Ghalib's contribution to 'Urdu Adab' is considered as significant as Shakespeare's to English, the mansion in Agra where he was...

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New Delhi : President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's comment that people were looking to the judiciary as their only hope has been criticised as unbecoming and improper by politicians of both the Congress and the opposition BJP.