The Congress in Maharashtra on Wednesday announced support for the candidate of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in the November 3 bye-election to Andheri East Assembly constituency in Mumbai. The election was necessitated by the death of Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke. - PTI.
The Telangana units of BJP and Congress on Wednesday slammed Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for renaming the TRS, and said it was borne out of political greed while AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi welcomed it.
Telangana PCC President Revanth Reddy alleged Rao has killed the existence of Telangana, and the rechristening of Telangana Rashtra Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi is to settle family disputes and fulfill political greed.
Protests should be within the boundaries of the Constitution and the laws, else the society will fall apart, said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
The crucial general body meeting of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi to change the party name to herald its national push in politics kicked off on Wednesday at the party headquarters here. While the meet is underway, the party is expected to pass a resolution soon to rechristen TRS as 'Bharata Rashtra Samiti' (BRS) to venture into national politics.(PTI)
Former Karnataka chief minister H DKumaraswamy and president of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) Tholkappiyan Thirumavalavan on Wednesday met Telangana Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao ahead of the latter launching a national political party.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief hosted breakfast for Kumaramaswamy, other leaders of Janata Dal (S), Thirumavalavan and other representatives of his party at Pragati Bhavan, the official residence of the chief minister. (IANS)
TelanganaChief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao greets JDU’s delegation led by former Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy, at Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad. Credit: PTI Photo
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Bharata or Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi is one probable name, as suggested by the CMO sometime back.
Congress has lost the chairmanship of Parliamentary Standing Committees on Home and Information Technology to the BJP and Shiv Sena in the latest reshuffle while Trinamool Congress, TRS and Samajwadi Party have lost chairpersonship of panels which they were holding.
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Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday held a protest against BJP-run Municipal Corporation, burning effigies of 'BJP Ke Koode Ka Ravan' at 3,500 places on the eve of Dussehra.
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Former Bihar Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh on Tuesday said that he became the minister on the direction of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and resigned from the post on his direction as well.