Politics

The BJP will see the impact of demonetisation and GST in poll results of Gujarat where people have “made up their mind against the party”, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav today said. He said the BJP’s graph was coming down as its policies were “anti-farmer and anti-trader”. “The decision of demonetisation and GST has impacted traders and the entire business ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the youth to turn out in large numbers to cast their vote in phase one of Gujarat assembly polls. “Phase 1 of Gujarat polls begin. Urging all those voting today to turnout in record numbers and vote. I particularly call upon youngsters to exercise their franchise,” he tweeted. On polling days, Modi usually tweets ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today likened the imminent elevation of Rahul Gandhi to dynastic succession of Mughal rulers, and castigated the Congress for abandoning “public modesty” by deciding to make a person, who is out on bail in a graft case, its president. The prime minister also targeted the Congress over corruption during its rule, and spoke about the clean ...

Union Minister Arun Jaitley today accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of delaying the proceedings in the defamation suit filed against him and five other AAP functionaries by the BJP leader. The finance minister’s counsel contended that irrelevant questions were being asked by the counsel for Kejriwal during his cross-examination in the high court and sought an early hearing in the ...

The Congress yesterday stepped up its offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the Gujarat elections, as party vice president Rahul Gandhi quizzed the BJP leader on promises made in the last polls. Gandhi, who will ask Modi a question every day in the run-up to the Assembly polls, brought up the BJP’s 22-year rule in Gujarat and said ...

The Congress tonight released its third list of 76 candidates for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly election, filing of nominations for which ends tomorrow. The party, which has been seeking to dislodge the BJP from power in the western state, earlier announced the names of 86 candidates in two phases. The party, however, could not finalise the names ...

The steep fare hike will “kill” Delhi Metro, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, a day after an RTI revealed that the metro lost over three lakh commuters a day due to the fare increase. Kejriwal also asked what purpose the metro serves if people stop using it. “This steep hike in metro fare will kill Delhi Metro. If people ...

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has said that “Padmavati” will not be released in the state unless necessary changes as suggested to the Centre are made in the film. In the letter to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani last week, Raje had suggested that a committee of historians, film experts and members from the Rajput community be formed ...

An alleged sex video of 24-year-old Patidar leader Hardik Patel went viral on Monday. The young leader laughed it away as an expected ploy to defame him though it heated up the political climate in poll-bound Gujarat. It is being alleged that the man in the video is Hardik Patel with an unidentified woman, fully clothed and with her back ...

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi targeted Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani over the SEBI slapping fine on his firm for alleged manipulative share trade, and asked the prime minister to speak out on the issue. Speaking during his poll campaign tour of Gujarat, he claimed that the share market regulator has termed Rupani “beimaan” (dishonest) and imposed fine on him. Gandhi ...