Month: July 2022

Divided Haryana Congress continues to be haunted by ‘invalid’ RS vote

Haryana Cabinet minister Ranjit Singh Chautala’s recent remarks have added fuel to the simmering tensions within the Haryana Congress, already on edge since the party’s setback in the recent Rajya Sabha polls. Chautala, an Independent legislator aligned with the BJP…

BJP leader’s remark on CM post robs Fadnavis ‘gesture’ of its sheen

The recent statement by Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil regarding Eknath Shinde’s elevation to the chief ministership has stirred a degree of unease within the party ranks. This comes at a crucial juncture when the party is attempting to project…

Who will be CM? Who won’t? Karnataka Congress has a problem

While the elections in Karnataka are still on the horizon, the public jockeying for the position of chief minister in the event of a Congress victory has already begun. D.K. Shivakumar, the State Congress chief, openly expressed his desire for…

Newsmaker: Margaret Alva, Karnataka’s once-powerful Delhi face who retreated into shadows, now Opposition’s V-P pick

At the onset of the year, Margaret Alva, an esteemed veteran in Congress politics at the age of 80, addressed a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing her concern over the BJP government in Karnataka’s proposed law on religious…