The BJP’s parliamentary board picked Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu as the party’s nominee for Vice-President, and his name has been endorsed by the NDA as well. Party president Amit Shah made the official announcement at the party headquarters in Delhi, emphasising Mr. Naidu’s long career in public life and the various posts that he has […]
» Read moreThe ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party in Telangana has extended support to the National Democratice Alliance (NDA) nominee for President, Ram Nath Kovind. Party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao conveyed the TRS’ decision to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over phone. The decision was taken by Mr. Rao after “consulting the party colleagues”. Earlier in the day, soon […]
» Read moreThe BJP Parliamentary Board, the party’s highest decision making body, will meet on Monday to take a decision on its presidential nominee. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah will attend the meeting. It is not clear whether the board will announce its candidate Monday as a party leader said it may authorise Shah to take a call. […]
» Read moreDeepa Jayakumar, niece of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Friday formally launched ‘MGR Amma Deepa Peravai’, signalling her entry into Tamil Nadu politics. “My journey in politics begins today,” she said, unveiling the party flag. Ms. Deepa also said she will definitely contest from the R.K. Nagar constituency. “Loyal AIADMK party members will be behind me,” she said.
» Read moreShiv Sena chief Udhav Thackeray on Thursday said he was extremely proud of the fact that his party had denied the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) absolute majority in the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly polls. In an interview to The Hindu, Mr. Thackeray, who was confident of a Sena victory in the Mumbai civic polls, was upfront about his ambition to unite […]
» Read moreIn a new twist to the feud in the Yadav clan, senior SP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav today announced that he will float a new party after March 11, drawing sharp retort from Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. “I will form a new party after March 11 when results (of UP Assembly elections) are out,” he told his supporters here. “You […]
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