Indian Politics Highlights: 'Browbeating is vintage Congress culture', says PM Modi after lawyers write to CJI on ‘vested interest group’

Amravati MP Navneet Rana joins BJP

Navneet Rana, an incumbent MP from Amravati, joined the BJP in Nagpur late on Wednesday night in the presence of the party's state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. (PTI)

MDMK's Erode MP Ganesamoorthy passes away. He was hospitalised after an alleged suicide bid

BJP appoints LS election in-charges in 13 more states including UP, Delhi & Kerala

The party has announced Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma as the in-charge, former Haryana MLA OP Dhankar as Delhi in-charge, while Nalin Kateel was named as the in-charge of Kerala.

South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri, who has been denied a ticket this term, will be the co-incharge in Uttar Pradesh alongside Bihar MLA Sanjeev Chaurasia who has been named the state in-charge. In Telangana, the party has named Karnataka MLA Abhay Patil as the incharge.

This is the second such list of appointments of in-charges; earlier this month, the party had appointed in-charges and co-incharges in Rajasthan, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.

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BJP declared list of candidates for Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections yesterday night

Additionally, the candidature of Nayab Singh Saini has been decided for the ensuing Bye-Election to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana in Karnal.

Rajasthan Congress in a dilemma with Rajsamand Lok Sabha candidate

Sudarshan Singh Rawat returned his ticket, saying he had already expressed his unavailability due to personal reasons to the High Command.

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Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot with Congress candidate from Bikaner constituency Govind Ram Meghwal

Rs 20.04 crore seized since enforcement of Model Code of Conduct: ECI

Since March 16, when the Model Code of Conduct was enforced, total seizure of Rs 20.04 crore has been made. One of the reasons behind the increased number of seizures is that we have done the route mapping, have identified sensitive points, and have been supervising the Lok Sabha election hotspots

Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Apurva Priyesh Toppo

MLC elections: Heavy security deployed at the polling station in Mahabubnagar, Telangana as polling for MLC seat kicks off

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers distribute pamphlets to people outside ITO Metro Station, Delhi, as part of 'Main Bhi Kejriwal' campaign

Arvind Kejriwal has not received any respite from Delhi High Court and remains to be in ED custody. The High Court will hear today PIL to remove Kejriwal from post of CM.

Biju Janata Dal General Secretary (Organisation) Pranab Prakash Das visited Jagannath Temple, Puri, after his name announced as party candidate from Sambalpur seat

He is pitted against Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

BJP's Dharmendra Pradhan and BJD's Pranab Prakash Das.

I am going to win with landslide margin: Congress MLC candidate from Telangana's Mahabubnagar Jeevan Reddy

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will be produced today before Rouse Avenue Courts on the expiry of his six days of ED custody

Matter before Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja. Kejriwal likely to be produced in court at 2 PM.

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Delhi High Court to hear PIL to remove Kejriwal from post of CM

Matter will be heard by a division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora.

The PIL has been moved by Surjit Singh Yadav, a Delhi resident claiming to be a farmer and social worker, Live Law reports.

He says that a Chief Minister accused of a financial scandal should not be permitted to continue in public office.

Lingayat seers set March 31 deadline for BJP to replace Pralhad Joshi in Dharwad

Accusing Union minister Pralhad Joshi of suppressing Lingayat and other community leaders, Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Mutt on Wednesday demanded the BJP leadership to replace Joshi, who is seeking his fifth term from Dharwad parliamentary seat, with other leader.

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NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar arrives at the party office to meet leaders, finalise candidates for Lok Sabha elections

“I'm not going to spare…” Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Annamalai warns those using abusive words for PM Modi in an interview with ANI

BJP Punjab chief Sunil Jakhar and state in-charge of Punjab and Chandigarh, Vijay Rupani hold party's core committee meeting in Chandigarh

AAP workers distributing leaflets against the ED detained by police

Kejriwal chose to stay away from the (ED) summons giving some excuse or the other. It is for the court to decide finally, what is to happen

BJP leader Nalin Kohli

Delhi High Court dismisses another plea by Congress Party against tax re-assessment of four years, reports Live Law

Punjab MLAs receiving luring calls of BJP...Operation Lotus floated just to break AAP and topple our governments in Delhi & Punjab: Saurabh Bharadwaj after Punjab AAP MLAs presser

People of Gaya are ready (to vote) in favour of NDA candidate Manjhi ji. He served as the CM of the state and is an experienced leader. There is a wave in favour of PM Modi. Manjhi ji will win with record margin.

Bihar minister Prem Kumar

Money, Lok Sabha candidature, Y plus security offered to Punjab MLAs for joining BJP.

Saurabh Bharadwaj

WATCH | DK Suresh seeks blessings of elder brother, Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar ahead of filing nomination from Bengaluru Rural seat

BJP MP from UP's Pilibhit Varun Gandhi, who has been denied ticket this election, pens a letter of gratitude to the people of his constituency

I would urge J P Nadda to announce that BJP won't use the money received from liquor businessman Sharatchandra Reddy in elections: Atishi

AAP's Goa unit chief Amit Palekar appears before ED in a money laundering case

D K Shivakumar addresses nomination rally of his brother and Bengaluru Rural Congress candidate D K Suresh in Ramanagara

We are confident that the court will give its verdict after taking into account the fact that the agencies have no evidence yet.

Delhi Minister Gopal Rai

AAP leader Gopal Rai.

Is there any scope for judicial interference in this? We read today's newspaper. The LG is examining the issue. It will go to the President. It belongs to a different wing.

ACJ Manmohan

We shouldn't be getting into this.... The executive branch will consider this. There is no scope for judicial interference in this.

Acting Chief Justice Manmohan

Having heard the counsel for the petitioner, and having perused the paperbook, this court is of the view that there is no scope of judicial interference vis a vis the relief sought.

Court Verdict

In mass exodus, 80K leaders, workers from different parties join BJP ahead of LS polls

'This is a political conspiracy. Janta iska jawaab degi' says Arvind Kejriwal while being produced in courtroom

ASG SV Raju and special counsel Zoheb Hossain appearing for Ed through VC. Senior Advocate Ramesh Gupta appearing for Kejriwal in court.

He is deliberately not cooperating. Counsels etc are not sharing ITRs details.

ASG SV Raju

Kejriwal refers to Raghav Magunta's statement, asks if his 4 statements are enough to arrest a sitting CM?

I want to ask where exactly is the scam money? This 100 crores being talked about are nowhere...Real liquor scam begins with ED investigation

Arvind Kejriwal in Court

Sarath Reddy donated 55 crores to BJP. I have proof that a big racket is underway. Money trail is established. He donated 50 crores to BJP after being arrested.

Arvind Kejriwal in Court

'People who have later named him (Kejriwal) have disclosed reasons to do so. It's in the papers. All these submissions have been made before Delhi High court. He wants to play to the gallery by making same submissions,' ED Counsel Raju said.

"He says the relevant pages which favours him are in ED custody. How does he know that they are in ED custody? All figment of imagination...He is the person in-charge of affairs of AAP. AAP has received the bribe amounts which was used in Goa elections. Those money we have witnesses to say that they came from hawala from South Group. There is a chain. He has selectively not talked about that chain," he further added, reports Live Law.

It has nothing to do with the liquor scam as BJP or anyone else did not have the right to make this policy. We are not concerned with anyone paying any money to any person. That has nothing to do with the liquor scam.

ED counsel Raju in reply to Kejriwal's submission on Sarath Reddy

AAP given Rs 100 cr through hawala from South group to fight Goa elections, says ED

Court reserves order on extending the custody of Delhi CM in liquor scam case

ED has demanded extension of 7 days.

'A CM is not above the law': Enforcement Directorate tells the court

Former BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab joins BJP

Former BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, who resigned from the primary membership of BJD on March 22, joined the BJP today in Delhi, reports ANI.

Recap: Ready to face ED probe, CM Kejriwal tells court

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday himself made submissions in a court during the hearing in the excise policy case and said a smokescreen of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) being corrupt has been created before the nation.

The AAP national convener made the submissions in Hindi after taking permission from the court despite his lawyers being present. He made the submissions as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) produced him in the court of Special Judge Kaveri Baweja and sought seven-day further custody, arguing he needs to be confronted with some people linked with the case.

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Delhi CM Kejriwal's ED custody extended by 4 days till April 1 in liquor policy case

Watch: Delhi CM Kejriwal brought to ED office after hearing in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court

His (Kejriwal) health is not fine. Your CM is being troubled: Delhi CM's wife Sunita

Lok Sabha polls 2024: CPI(M) releases first list of candidates

Actor Govinda joins Shiv Sena

Actor Govinda on Thursday joined Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Mumbai in presence of CM Eknath Shinde.

The 60-year-old actor, fighting on a Congress ticket, had defeated veteran BJP leader Ram Naik from the Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat in 2004. However, over the past few years, Govinda, who used to campaign for Congress, stayed away from politics.

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To browbeat, bully others is vintage Congress culture: PM Modi after lawyers write to CJI on ‘vested interest group’

Former BJP leader Ram Tahal Choudhary joins Congress

Shiv Sena releases list of 8 candidates for Lok Sabha elections

BJP core committee meeting under way to discuss candidates for Odisha Lok Sabha polls

If FM has no money, imagine the financial condition of common man: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan on Nirmala Sitharaman's 'don't have the kind of money to contest Lok Sabha elections' remark

Individually, Nirmala Sitharaman may not have funds, but as a party, BJP has tons of money for the elections. There’s some other reason for her (Nirmala Sitharaman) not contesting Lok Sabha elections. If the Finance Minister has no money, imagine the financial condition of the common man.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury