Politics

A number of leaders like Sushil Kumar Modi, Prem Kumar, Nandkishore Yadav and Mangal Pandey spoke at the inaugural day of the two-day state executive of BJP and criticised the "unnatural alliance" of the RJD and JDU.

"Bihar has turned from jungle raj to maha jungle raj," the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said at a press conference.

"LJP is part of NDA at the Centre and we would want to contest the UP elections as part of the same alliance," he said.

The Aam Adami Party has announced it's plan to face Goa elections anytime in March 2017 and will contest 40 constituencies of the state.

The Prime Minister's remark has sparked speculation over whether the party is planning to project an upper caste face as its chief ministerial candidate ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections in 2017.

Noting it was time to rise above political considerations and show statesmanship, Rawat said if BJP co-operates he is ready to accept a commonly agreed budget document for the state.

Thakur retired from contest at the eleventh hour leaving Goel in the ring to take on Tamta in a straight fight.

Voting has begun for 27 Rajya Sabha seats in seven states. In eight other states, 30 candidates have been elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament.

Addressing a press conference on the occasion of Vikas Parv, he said people in the state were feeling betrayed and it is an appropriate time to change the government by voting against it in the upcoming polls.

Badal’s party SAD had earlier raised objection against the movie and the portrayal of drug menace in the state.

The contractor Heather Constructions which built the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Development Studies sent a legal notice to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders over non payment of dues.

Among those quitting the party are former Tripura chief minister Samir Ranjan Barman and his son Sudip. All the six MLAs will join the Trinamool Congress after the end of Ramzan in July.

Rawat has denied the allegation and called the video fake after it was released by the rebel Congress legislators but later admitted that he was on camera in the sting operation.

The movie starring Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Alia Bhatt is expected to be released on June 17.

He said Upadhyaya and other members worked tirelessly to draft the roadmap of the nation on the basis of the same Indian values and traditions that Nehru was trying to discard and founded Bhartiya Jan Sangh, the forerunner of the Bhartiya Janata Party.

Sources said Rahul is likely to be supported by a young team of ministers.