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Priyanka Gandhi exposes BJP’s ‘delimitation conspiracy’ as Women’s Bill fails in Lok Sabha

Priyanka Gandhi exposes BJP’s ‘delimitation conspiracy’ as Women’s Bill fails in Lok Sabha

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said the BJP government at the Centre had lost the trust of the public. “It’s a Black Day for them (Centre) because they’ve felt a shock for the first time, which they deserved,” she said. #WATCH | Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi says, “It’s a Black Day for them (centre) because they’ve felt a shock for the first time, which they deserved. The problems of women today are growing exponentially. The struggle is growing. Women aren’t fools. They see everything.… pic.twitter.com/Q9mAXYZ6i8 — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2026 Vadra also said the government’s failure to pass the women’s reservation and delimitation Bills reflected the “loss of trust”. She said the BJP wanted to attach more weight to the bigger states, especially those in the North, than those in the South, using the delimitation bill. “If they are able to do this, it will create a major crisis in India… We want status quo to be maintained… seats should be proportionate,” she said. Vadra further said there was no reason …

Southern states ‘misled’ before, they will ‘gain’ seats, says Kiren Rijiju amid row over delimitation exercise| India News

Southern states ‘misled’ before, they will ‘gain’ seats, says Kiren Rijiju amid row over delimitation exercise| India News

The Union government on Tuesday allayed fears that the delimitation process, which will be carried out for the implementation of 33% women’s reservation in legislatures by 2029, will be politically disadvantageous to the southern states, adding that seats will be fairly distributed across regions. Union minister Kiren Rijiju said there is nothing to worry about, affirming that every state, region and community has been taken care of. (ANI) Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said an attempt was being made to “mislead” the southern states that they will lose out in the delimitation exercise since they adhered to population control norms. “If you go through the entire provisions of the bill, every state, region and community has been taken care of… there is nothing to worry about. In the past some people tried to mislead that the southern states would lose out due to their successful family planning. In fact these southern states are fortunate that despite controlling population growth and having fewer people proportionally, they still gain,” he said. ALSO READ | Delimitation reset to …

Bihar: Ex-CM Nitish Kumar says new NDA govt will have his full cooperation

Bihar: Ex-CM Nitish Kumar says new NDA govt will have his full cooperation

Nitish Kumar on Tuesday resigned as Bihar’s chief minister after a decades-long tenure, marking a significant political transition in the state, but assured full cooperation and guidance to the incoming government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). JD(U) chief and Rajya Sabha MP Nitish Kumar. (Raj K Raj /HT Photo) Soon after tendering his resignation to Governor Lt Gen (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain, Kumar said, “We did a lot of work for the people of Bihar and a lot more will be done in the state in the days to come, and Bihar will advance a great deal,” in a post on X, his last as the CM. Expressing gratitude and extending his best wishes to all, Kumar, the longest-serving chief minister of Bihar, said, “After today’s cabinet meeting, I met the Governor and submitted my resignation to him. Now the new government will take Bihar forward.” He said that for the next five years, from 2025 to 2030, the framework of ‘7 Nishchay-3’ has been prepared to further accelerate development in the state. …

‘Injustice at its peak under BJP govt’: Akhilesh on Noida workers’ protest

‘Injustice at its peak under BJP govt’: Akhilesh on Noida workers’ protest

LUCKNOW Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday hit out at the BJP government over the violent protest by employees of a company in Noida Phase 2, alleging that “injustice has reached its peak” in the state. Akhilesh Yadav remarked that, on one hand, there is talk of attracting investment; yet, on the other, injustice is being meted out to labourers. (File Photo) “When workers’ salaries were increased in other states, why hasn’t the government provided relief in Uttar Pradesh,” asked Yadav, raising concerns over wage disparities. He claimed that the government is perpetrating economic injustice against labourers and that every form of injustice has reached its zenith. Workers from Hosiery Complex in Phase 2 of Noida have been protesting while demanding increased wages. The protest turned violent on Monday with the protesters allegedly vandalising vehicles and properties, pelting the police with stones during an altercation. Yadav blamed the BJP governments at the centre and in the state for employee protests over salary increments in Noida. “The BJP government operates not as a democracy, but …

PM Modi, Priyanka Gandhi exchange barbs as Assam contest heats up| India News

PM Modi, Priyanka Gandhi exchange barbs as Assam contest heats up| India News

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday exchanged several barbs amid the high-stake contest in Assam where the assembly elections are scheduled on April 9. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI/PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, who was in Assam for a campaign rally, accused the Himanta Biswa Sarma government of being corrupt and alleged a “mafia rule” in the state. The Congress leader, an MP from Wayanad, also raised Zubeen Garg’s death and said seeking justice for a respected figure is a political duty rather than opportunism. Priyanka Gandhi made the remarks while addressing a rally in Nazira, Assam. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an infiltrator pitch and accused the Congress of being the “root cause of corruption”. Also Read: ‘Beware of Congress, it is planning to bring a dangerous law in Assam’: PM Modi Modi alleged that the Congress, if it comes to power in Assam, will bring in a law to protect infiltrators. Addressing a rally in Gogamukh in Dhemaji, the PM claimed that the …

Wonder if NCPs will merge and we will have to work with them: Chandrakant Patil | Pune News

Wonder if NCPs will merge and we will have to work with them: Chandrakant Patil | Pune News

Maharashtra minister for Higher and Technical Education Chandrakant Patil on Thursday said he wonders if the ruling BJP government will have to work with a combined Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) if both its factions merge in the future. Currently, Ajit Pawar’s NCP and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) are jointly contesting the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections, even though they are in opposite alliances at the state level. While speaking at the Loksatta Loksamvad, Patil said, “Why have Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar come together in this municipal election? They have come together today, but will they come together tomorrow as well? Will we have to run the government by taking along the Nationalist Congress Party that has both factions together? These questions are on my mind as well.” Despite being together in the ruling Mahayuti alliance at the state level, the BJP, Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena are contesting the Pune Municipal Corporation elections separately. Ajit Pawar’s NCP has formed an alliance with Sharad Pawar’s NCP while alliance talks between …

‘Own doing, Delhi now a gas chamber’: Kejriwal responds on BJP’s ‘request’ to AAP to not spike pollution

‘Own doing, Delhi now a gas chamber’: Kejriwal responds on BJP’s ‘request’ to AAP to not spike pollution

A day after being “requested with folded hands” to not spike pollution, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre and in Delhi over deteriorating pollution in the capital, alleging that the city never saw such pollution levels during the previous AAP government. Arvind Kejriwal speaking during an event in Mohali. (Video grab/YouTube/@AamAadmiParty) Kejriwal’s comments come a day after Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa accused AAP of deliberately burning waste to increase pollution levels and requested the AAP chief of not indulging in “dirty politics”. The AAP leader also hit out at the Rekha Gupta-led government in Delhi saying that the AQI in Delhi was alarmingly high despite no stubble burning in Punjab. The AAP chief was addressing a press conference in Punjab along with chief minister Bhagwant Mann. ‘Current pollution in Delhi is its own’ “It was earlier said that the pollution in Delhi was due to stubble burning in Punjab. But now, across the cities in Punjab, the AQI is between 70 and 100. …

National Herald case: ‘Those indulging in political vendetta have to bear consequences’— Congress warns BJP | Chandigarh News

National Herald case: ‘Those indulging in political vendetta have to bear consequences’— Congress warns BJP | Chandigarh News

The Congress Tuesday continued to attack the BJP-led Union government over the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filing a chargesheet against party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, terming the move as “political vendetta” and an effort to finish the grand old party as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been talking of a “Congress Mukt Bharat” (Congress-free India). The ED recently filed a chargesheet against former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi before a special court in Delhi in the National Herald case, accusing them of allegedly laundering Rs 988 crore. Addressing media in Shimla, former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said, “The country is being run through the ED,” adding that opposition leaders were being treated as “enemies” and investigating agencies are being pressured and misused to target them. Story continues below this ad Gehlot said the nine-year-old “National Herald” case is being raked up now only to seek vengeance as “Rahul Gandhi highlights the failures of the government in Parliament” and it has …

Tribal communities deprived of rights before 2017: CM

Tribal communities deprived of rights before 2017: CM

LUCKNOW Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the tribal communities got all their rights in UP, including housing , water and power, among others, after the BJP government came to power in the state in 2017 Adityanath at an event to felicitate volunteers of the Guru Gorakhnath Health Service Yatra 5.0, (File Photo) “In 2017, after our government was formed, we thought about the 55 villages of the Vantangiya community, recognised them and also provided all facilities to them, including voting rights. Earlier, they were exploited by police,” the CM said. “There was no facility of ration card, power supply and road connectivity for 55 Vantangiya villages. But things changed after the BJP government came to power. All facilities were provided to all tribes including Tharu, Musahar, Kol and Gond,” said Adityanath at an event to felicitate volunteers of the Guru Gorakhnath Health Service Yatra 5.0, organised by the National Medicos Organisation, a body run by the RSS that extends all kinds of medical aid to people, including tribals, living along the Indo-Nepal order. …

‘Worked for family, made wife CM, neglected people’: Amit Shah slams Lalu Prasad Yadav in Bihar | Latest News India

‘Worked for family, made wife CM, neglected people’: Amit Shah slams Lalu Prasad Yadav in Bihar | Latest News India

Union minister Amit Shah targeted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday in poll-bound Bihar, accusing him of prioritising family interests over public service. Speaking at a rally in Gopalganj ahead of the assembly polls, Shah alleged that Lalu “worked for his family, made his wife Bihar CM, sent his daughter to Rajya Sabha, but did nothing for people.” He added that the upcoming election would force the people of Bihar to choose between Lalu—associated with Rabri’s ‘Jungle Raj’—and the effective governance of PM Modi and CM Nitish Kumar. Union minister Amit Shah addressed a public rally in Bihar’s Gopalganj on Sunday.(ANI) Shah said, “The state goes to polls this year, and now people of Bihar have to decide whether they want Lalu-Rabri’s ‘Jungle Raj’ or the path of good administration of PM Modi and CM Nitish. The development began in Bihar when the NDA government was formed in the state. Whenever PM Modi came here to gather votes for the BJP, people filled his bags with ‘lotus’. What the Congress party …