Published on Oct 05, 2024 01:39 PM IST In the latest episode of Hindustan Times’ The Interview, Indian National Congress leader Deepender Hooda opened up on Haryana polls. He revealed Congress’ poll prospects without the support of AAP among other things. Watch his remarks here. News / Videos / Haryana Elections: Will No Tie-Up With AAP Hurt Congress’ Poll Prospects? Deepender Hooda Says… Source link
The AIMIM has approached the Congress and NCP (SP) seeking an alliance with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to contest in 28 Muslim-dominated constituencies in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, reported news agency PTI. Ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, former MP and party leader Imtiaz Jaleel on Friday said the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has sent a proposal to the presidents of the Congress and NCP (SP) for 28 seats. Talking to the Marathi News Channel, Jaleel said, “We drafted a letter after consulting AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, and it has been sent to the Congress and NCP (SP). The Shiv Sena (UBT) recently became secular, and we know their stand on various issues,” reported PTI. He questioned if the Congress and NCP (SP) could join hands with a party that has recently become secular, “why can`t the AIMIM enter into an alliance with the MVA?,” reported PTI. “We have given a proposal for 28 Muslim-dominated constituencies, and we can give a good fight on these seats. We have told them (Congress …
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Monday said the party is fully prepared to contest the Haryana assembly polls and has already “finalised the process of declaring candidates”. The remarks came hours after AAP Haryana president Sushil Gupta said the party will release the list of candidates on all 90 seats in the state by Monday evening if the AAP-Congress pre-poll alliance is not decided today. AAP leaders release ‘Kejriwal Ki Guarantee’ ahead of the Haryana Assembly elections on July 20. (AAP – X) “Sandeep Pathak (AAP national general secretary) and Sushil Gupta have already made it clear that we are fully prepared, and we have already finalised the process of declaring candidates. As soon as they get a nod from the party leadership or Arvind Kejriwal ji, they will make the announcement (of candidates) and will go into election. AAP is a national political party. We have strong organisation in Haryana,” said Sanjay Singh talking to reporters in Delhi on Monday afternoon. The response of Congress leaders is awaited on …
VBA Leader Prakash Ambedkar during the opposition INDIA rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on March 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini/The Hindu Continuing to maintain an ambivalent stance towards forging an alliance with the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar on Saturday said his party would announce its decision on March 26 on whether it would contest the Lok Sabha election independently or go along with the MVA. Mr. Ambedkar again claimed that the MVA parties (which include Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena UBT, the Congress, and Sharad Pawar’s NCP-SP) had yet to resolve their seat-sharing problems and that it was wrong to point fingers at the VBA for acting as a roadblock in seat-sharing discussions. “If their [MVA’s] seat-sharing problems are not resolved as yet, then what is the point in us making an entry in the MVA. We will wait for two more days, till March 26, to see whether the deadlock between the MVA parties on the 15 Lok Sabha seats is solved. We will then …
Just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to Srinagar on Thursday, which marks his first visit to the Valley since the abrogation of Article 370, scrapping special status to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), in August 2019. During his Kashmir visit, the PM’s development pitch will continue, with the unveiling of multiple development projects, this time worth more than Rs 6,400 crore. These are part of the “Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu Kashmir” programme being held at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar. The PM will launch projects for the tourism sector under the “Swadesh Darshan” and “PRASHAD” (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) schemes. This also includes a project for the integrated development of the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar. Modi will also distribute appointment letters to nearly 1,000 newly-recruited government employees in J&K and also interact with the beneficiaries of various central schemes, including women achievers, farmers and entrepreneurs. He will then address a public rally at Bakshi Stadium, which will be tracked closely for its messaging. Parties in the Valley …
Senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Andhra Pradesh unit on March 2 held in-depth discussions on the knotty issue of whether or not to tie up with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-Jana Sena Party (JSP) combine for the forthcoming elections. While the party continues to weigh pros and cons of an electoral alliance, it is also quietly going about the task of zeroing in on candidates to contest all 175 Assembly and 26 Lok Sabha seats in the State. “In the absence of any clarity on the alliance, candidates are being looked at to contest all the Lok Sabha and Assembly seats. We don’t want to be caught off guard in the event of being told to chart our own course. However, a section of the media is giving the wrong impression that the party has already decided against tying up with the TDP and JSP,” AP-BJP chief spokesperson Lanka DInakar told The Hindu. Weighing pros and cons On March 2, deliberations were held by senior leaders of the party such as national …
The AAP and Congress are partners in the Indian Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA New Delhi: AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the talks with Congress for a tie-up in the national capital for Lok Sabha polls were in final stages and the alliance would be announced soon. Replying to the questions of reporters in a press conference, Mr Kejriwal rejected the possibility of AAP reconsidering its decision to contest the parliamentary polls independently in Punjab. The AAP and Congress are partners in the Indian Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) and have been discussing a seat-sharing formula in Delhi and other states. Mr Kejriwal said several rounds of discussions have taken place and things are in the final stages when asked about the chances of AAP’s alliance with Congress in Delhi. “Alliance with them (Congress) will be announced very soon,” he said. For other states too, several rounds of discussions had been held and the talks were in advanced stages, he told reporters. The AAP had earlier said it was …
Mamata Banerjee is in north Bengal, at the time as Rahul Gandhi’s yatra passes through Malda (West Bengal): In remarks that indicated that the INDIA bloc’s troubles in Bengal are far from over, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said the Congress must part ways with the CPM if they want any tie-up with her party. The Bengal Chief Minister also said that the Congress had rejected the Trinamool’s offer for two seats during seat-sharing negotiations and now she “won’t give a single seat”. The CPM has physically attacked me on several occasions in the past. I was mercilessly beaten up. I am alive only because of the blessings of my well-wishers. I can never forgive the Left, I can never forgive the CPM. So those who are with CPM today, they can also be with the BJP. I won’t forgive them,” she told a gathering in Malda. Incidentally, her remarks came on a day when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra re-entered Bengal after its Bihar leg. “I told congress you don’t …
Derek O’Brien said Adhir Chowdhury had repeatedly spoken out against the bloc New Delhi: A day after Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee virtually pulled the plug on an INDIA alliance in Bengal, pushing the grand old party into damage control mode, her party has blamed state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowhdury for the alliance not working out. Derek O’Brien, Trinamool’s parliamentary party leader in Rajya Sabha and its chief spokesperson, has said Mr Chowdhury had repeatedly spoken out against the bloc. “He is the reason for the alliance not working out in West Bengal,” he told the media in Delhi. “After the general elections, if the Congress does its job and defeats the BJP on a substantial number of seats, the Trinamool Congress will very much be a part of the front that believes and fights for the Constitution,” Mr O’Brien added. Trinamool sources have told NDTV that Mr Chowdhury was the “gravedigger” of the INDIA alliance in Bengal. “It is because of him and his daily rant that things have fallen flat. After the …
India’s Vodafone Idea is not in talks to tie up with billionaire Elon Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink, the telecom operator said on Tuesday, dashing hopes of a revival in the debt-ridden company that had sent its stock soaring. The clarification came after Vodafone Ideas’ stock surged in the past two sessions on what business magazine BusinessWorld said were “markets betting” that Musk was looking to buy a stake in the company to help Starlink enter India. “We would like to submit that the company is not in any such discussion with the named party. We are not aware of the basis of the said news item,” Vodafone Idea said in a statement on Tuesday, a day after the Bombay Stock Exchange, where its stock is listed, asked for a clarification on the report. The BusinessWorld report was published on Friday after Vodafone Idea’s shares surged 21 percent. The stock jumped another 6 percent on Monday, rounding out its busiest sessions in about two years. However, the stock fell more than 5 percent in heavy …
