Politics

BJP leader Sambit Patra called Sidhu's remarks a 'conspiracy' of the Congress government to divide the nation.

The Centre has been toying with the idea of holding simultaneous elections for quite sometime now.

Tensions between the two parties escalated after the SP independently announced a list of six candidates on Saturday, walking out of a possible alliance.

Sakshi Maharaj, Unnao BJP MP also attacked Rahul Gandhi for undertaking Mansarovar Yatra in early September this year, allegedly without maintaining "purity".

The MP Congress chief did not rule out an alliance with the Samajwadi Party for the assembly elections. “I don’t think anything is off at the moment,” he said.

The 30-year-old separatist says he is giving new “strategy” to separatist groups.

"I am going to crush them... That is my 'Rajdharma'. That is what I am doing. I don't recognise extreme right or extreme left," he said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here.

Hundreds of devotees, mostly women, took part in the 'namajapa' (chanting the name of Lord Ayyappa marches in Kottayam and Malappuram districts against the LDF government's decision to implement the top court verdict without going for a review.

The relaxation came a day after Hyderabad High Court barred the Election Commission from publishing the revised list of electoral rolls on October 8.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala in a tweet hinted that the announcement was pushed back by three hours to favour the ruling party.

Shah launched the 'Maha Jansampark Abhiyan' from the Rajwada area and sought support from the people for his party in the upcoming polls.

In a speech that signalled that the mahagathbandhan is crumbling ahead of the 2019 elections, Mayawati said that the Congress was conspiring to finish the BSP and its leaders were sabotaging the alliance.

The prime minister pitched one religion against another, one community against another and spread hatred among people, Rahul Gandhi alleged.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi alleged that in 2007, Modi as Gujarat chief minister gave the Rs 70,000 crore 'Gift City' project to IL&FS in which nothing has happened till now and alleged that a fraud had come to light.

Kejriwal and the others, including activist Medha Patkar and Meera Sanyal, were booked under various provisions of the Maharashtra Police Act pertaining to holding public rallies without prior permission from the police.

Hakim Masood ul Hussain, who had recently been appointed by the BJP as a convener for the local body elections in Srinagar, stated that he resigned from the party because of "its communal agenda".