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NEW DELHI: Amid a war of words between sidelined MP Raghav Chadha and party colleagues following his removal as Deputy Leader, the Aam Aadmi Party has claimed he deleted posts criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. Senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj made the allegation on X, sharing screenshots of deleted posts to support his claim that content critical of the Centre had been removed. "Raghav Chadha, once a sharp critic of Modi and the BJP, has erased his old image and presented ...Read More >
Saraogi said Nitish Kumar, who resigned as a legislative council member last week after his election to the Rajya Sabha, will take the oath on April 10. "After that, the central leadership of the BJP and the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) will elect the leader. Nitish Kumar will also be part of the process," he told reporters on Sunday. Also Read: How Bihar fortunes changed in two decades of Nitish Kumar's rule Kumar has called a meeting of the state cabinet on April 9, possibly the last ...Read More >
Sarbananda Sonowal, former chief minister and Union minister for shipping, ports and waterways in the Narendra Modi government, is among the key strategists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a star campaigner for the assembly elections in Assam. In an interview, he shared his views on the party's prospects and key issues as it eyes a third straight win. How is the campaign going so far, and how do you rate the prospects of the BJP and its allies? I have seen the brightness in the faces o ...Read More >
With an eye on the upcoming Tamil Nadu election, Chief Minister MK Stalin has sharpened his attack on the centre over the proposed Foreign Contribution Regulation Amendment Bill 2026, writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urging its immediate withdrawal. In a letter dated April 3, Stalin flagged "serious concerns" over the new law, warning that it could disproportionately affect minority-run charitable institutions and trigger unrest among sections of the Christian community, a politicall ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: "Punjab is not a talking point for me. It is my commitment. It is my soul," estranged AAP MP Raghav Chadha said on Sunday while countering the allegations leveled by the AAP's Punjab unit leadership a day earlier that he failed to raise issues affecting the state in Parliament despite repeated communication.The slugfest started after Chadha, a Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab was removed by AAP as deputy leader of the party in the Upper House on Thursday. Since then both sides have been tak ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A day after Punjab AAP functionaries accused him of betraying the state that elected him, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Sunday dismissed the claims as "politically motivated and a selective and coordinated misinformation campaign".Chadha asserted that Punjab is not a mere talking point but his "soul and commitment". "...no amount of repetition can change the truth. Facts remain facts. Records remain records. Let me say this clearly: Punjab is not a talking point for me. It is my co ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 5 (PTI) The TMC on Sunday accused the BJP of being involved in the unrest in West Bengal's Malda district, where several judicial officers engaged in scrutiny of under-adjudication voters were gheraoed recently, and charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with peddling falsehood on women's safety issues. The ruling party's comments came after the PM made the Malda gherao of judicial officers the centrepiece of the BJP's campaign on alleged lawlessness in the state, claiming that it ref ...Read More >
Three individuals have been arrested after a drone was spotted flying dangerously close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's helicopter during an election rally, raising serious security concerns. Photograph: ANI on XKey PointsThree individuals were arrested after a drone was spotted near West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's helicopter in Malda.The drone was allegedly being used to film Banerjee's election rally as she prepared to board her helicopter.Authorities are investigating whethe ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) The BJP on Sunday accused the Congress of using "fabricated" documents and "concocted stories" to level "baseless" allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife and said the main opposition party has stooped to such "reprehensible and despicable" acts sensing its defeat in the state assembly polls. This came after the Congress alleged that the Assam chief minister's wife possesses passports of three countries and that he concealed information about h ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Responding to criticism that he did not raise Punjab's concerns in Parliament, sidelined AAP leader Raghav Chadha on Sunday shared a video showing his interventions on key issues affecting the state. In the video, the Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab can be seen raising issues related to depleting groundwater levels, Bhagat Singh, and other state-centric matters. Describing the video as a "small trailer", Chadha asserted that he will make a comeback, saying: "Picture abhi baak ...Read More >
The Aam Aadmi Party's "Rozgar Do, Samajik Nyay Do" foot march reached Hathras on Sunday, where the party accused the Central government of diverting attention from core issues such as employment, education and social justice. The fourth leg of the statewide protest march, led by Rajya Sabha MP and AAP's Uttar Pradesh in-charge Sanjay Singh, began in Agra on April 3 and is scheduled to conclude in Mathura on April 9. Speaking to reporters, Singh criticised the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Mo ...Read More >
The AAP leaders said the issues concerning Punjab should be raised consistently on all platforms. The AAP on Saturday criticised Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha for allegedly failing to raise key issues concerning Punjab in Parliament and said that his "inaction" was contrary to the party's principles. In a joint statement, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, state AAP president Aman Arora and party leader Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that Chadha's silence on several critical matters was ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) A fresh political confrontation has emerged within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema criticised Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, alleging that key issues concerning Punjab were not adequately raised in the Parliament. Reacting to Chadha's recent defence of his parliamentary record, Cheema said, "In Punjab, there has been a huge flood, yet not a word was spoken on any real issues. A large amount of Punjab's funds has been ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has strongly refuted allegations made by leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who accused him of failing to raise issues concerning Punjab in Parliament. In a detailed public statement released on Sunday, Chadha termed the accusations "completely false" and politically motivated, asserting that his parliamentary record clearly contradicts such claims. "I outrightly dismiss the baseless and maliciously motivated allegations being ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday said the party has not decided on its chief ministerial face for the poll-bound state and will instead seek votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The BJP's move to field leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari against chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee from the Bhabanipur constituency has sparked speculation about him being the principal opposition party's CM candidate.Adhikari, a former ...Read More >
Dhemaji (Assam) [India], April 5 (ANI): The Dhemaji Assembly constituency in Assam is all set to go to polling on April 9 for the Legislative Assembly elections, amid a keenly contested battle. Assam will vote in a single phase across 126 constituencies on April 9, with counting of votes scheduled for May 4. Also Read | Nitish Kumar to Take Oath As Rajya Sabha MP on April 10. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 5 (ANI): Incumbent Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is set to formally take the oath as a Rajya Sabha MP on April 10, confirmed Bihar BJP leader Sanjay Saraogi on Sunday. Following the oath-taking ceremony, Saraogi outlined the roadmap for the new cabinet formation, emphasising a collaborative approach involving senior party leadership and alliance partners. Also Read | Rahul Gandhi Flags Gaps in Women's Safety, Says Distressed Women Strugg ...Read More >
Patna, April 5: Incumbent Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is set to formally take the oath as a Rajya Sabha MP on April 10, confirmed Bihar BJP leader Sanjay Saraogi on Sunday. Following the oath-taking ceremony, Saraogi outlined the roadmap for the new cabinet formation, emphasising a collaborative approach involving senior party leadership and alliance partners. "The Chief Minister, our Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leadership and the NDA will sit together and ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 5 (ANI): Incumbent Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is set to formally take the oath as a Rajya Sabha MP on April 10, confirmed Bihar BJP leader Sanjay Saraogi on Sunday. Following the oath-taking ceremony, Saraogi outlined the roadmap for the new cabinet formation, emphasising a collaborative approach involving senior party leadership and alliance partners. "The Chief Minister, our Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leadership and the ND ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 5 (PTI) A family from Maharashtra's Thane district was allegedly swindled of more than Rs 1.66 crore by a man who exploited their fear of "black magic" and promised them divine remedies through elaborate rituals and pilgrimages, police said on Sunday. The Kasarvadavali police district on April 2 registered a first information report (FIR) against Manjunath Shetty, a resident of Andheri in neighbouring Mumbai, based on the family's allegations that they were manipulated into paying th ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Responding to claims that he did not raise Punjab-related issues in Parliament, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Sunday shared a video highlighting his interventions on key concerns affecting the state. In the video, Chadha is seen raising issues such as declining underground water levels, matters related to Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, and other Punjab-centric concerns. Sharing the video on X, Chadha pushed back against the criticism from within the party and underlined ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that both Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are unlikely to respond to the party's recent questions concerning BJP's Puducherry President and Raj Bhavan constituency candidate VP Ramalingam and Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) chief Jose Charles Martin hosting a Sri Lankan diplomat in Puducherry. Replying to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera's post on X, R ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Sunday defended his record of raising Punjab-related issues while responding to recent criticisms from within his party. Chadha shared a video clip on X from the Rajya Sabha in which he is seen addressing issues related to Punjab, emphasising his commitment to the state. In his post, he wrote, "To my colleagues in AAP who were forced to issue videos saying that 'Raghav Chadha failed to raise Punjab's issues in Parliament', ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5: AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Sunday defended his record of raising Punjab-related issues while responding to recent criticisms from within his party. Chadha shared a video clip on X from the Rajya Sabha in which he is seen addressing issues related to Punjab, emphasising his commitment to the state. In his post, he wrote, "To my colleagues in AAP who were forced to issue videos saying that 'Raghav Chadha failed to raise Punjab's issues in Parliament', here is a small t ...Read More >
New Delhi: AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha Sunday defended his record of raising Punjab-related issues while responding to recent criticisms from within his party. Chadha shared a video clip on X from the Rajya Sabha in which he is seen addressing issues related to Punjab, emphasising his commitment to the state. In his post, he wrote, "To my colleagues in AAP who were forced to issue videos saying that 'Raghav Chadha failed to raise Punjab's issues in Parliament', here is a small trailer...P ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The verbal spat between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha took a cinematic turn on Saturday, with the estranged leader quoting a dialogue from the latest Hindi film Dhurandhar to allege a scripted campaign against him. "All these lies will be unmasked. Kyunki main ghayal hoon isiliye ghatak hoon (I am wounded, therefore I am dangerous)," the MP said in a video statement. Responding to criticism by party leaders, Chadha said he attended Parliament to raise ...Read More >
MUMBAI: NCP chief and deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar on Saturday rang up Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and sought his support for her candidature in the Baramati by-poll scheduled for April 23. The NCP has been looking to ensure an unopposed victory for her, and to this end has been approaching parties to not field a candidate. However, while others were favourably inclined, the Congress was not. According to NCP insiders, Sunetra dialled Thackeray soon after the Congress on F ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A fresh row has erupted within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that party MP Raghav Chadha has removed earlier social media posts critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.Bharadwaj claimed on Saturday that several of Chadha's posts on X -- previously cited by AAP leaders -- were no longer visible on his timeline. He said that keyword searches for terms such as "BJP" and "Modi" did not yield earlier critical remarks."Only two posts ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5: A fresh political controversy has erupted within the Aam Aadmi Party, after former Haryana unit chief Naveen Jaihind made explosive allegations against senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha. The claims come at a time when Chadha is already facing an apparent rift within the party, having recently been removed as deputy leader in the Upper House. Allegations Linked To Kejriwal Residence In a video statement, Jaihind alleged that Chadha was physically assaulted at fo ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda on Saturday asserted that Assam is witnessing a "strong pro-incumbency atmosphere" and expressed confidence that the party will return to power for a third consecutive term in the upcoming assembly election, citing development and improved law and order over the past decade. Speaking to ANI, Panda said, "There is a very strong pro-incumbency atmosphere here; Assam has seen a lot of ...Read More >
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