Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra poses no threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi even if she contests against him from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.
The fate of BJP in Uttar Pradesh has been sealed by the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), said former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
The BJP and the JD-U – the two major constituents of the Bihar’s ruling NDA – are trying a new social engineering in the Lok Sabha polls.
PM Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at National Conference leader Omar Abdullah over his reported statement seeking a separate Prime Minister for Kashmir, and asked the Congress-led opposition alliance to make their stand clear on his statement.
Senior BJP leader and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday continued his tirade against the Opposition’s attempts to build a “Mahagathbandhan” (grand alliance) against one man — PM Narendra Modi, calling it a “Political circus”.
The Congress-NCP tie-up cemented in Maharashtra, seems to be in the doldrums in neighbouring Gujarat.
Days after having unanimously decided to go it alone in Delhi, the Congress is again mulling options to align with the Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital, with NCP leader Sharad Pawar actively involved in getting the two parties together.
The deadlock over seat sharing in the “Mahagathbandhan” (Grand Alliance) in Bihar continued on Monday and it is unlikely to resolve in the next 24 hours.