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Lalu Prasad backs Mamata Banerjee for INDIA bloc leadership, allies react
Mamata Banerjee said she was capable of leading the opposition front while continuing as West Bengal chief minister.
Updated on Dec 10, 2024 12:52 PM IST
‘I can run it from here’: Mamata expresses interest to run INDIA bloc from WB
The INDIA bloc, formed to challenge the BJP includes over two dozen opposition parties. However, internal divisions and poor coordination have faced criticism.
Published on Dec 06, 2024 10:55 PM IST
Leadership vacuum hits INDIA’s poll prospects
For their alliance to get off the ground, the Congress will have to be humble, not a quality it’s renowned for. They must draw up sellable policies
Published on Dec 09, 2023 10:15 PM IST
Media as the fall guy is not a new story
Boycott of select journalists, as announced by INDIA, has always existed. Just that it may never have been declared officially via a press statement
Published on Sep 15, 2023 10:05 PM IST
Terms of Trade | Why Congress' trollification is bad for its political prospects
Ideological commitment, organisational perseverance and tactical clarity rather than just shrill rhetoric in social media echo chambers is the need of the hour
Published on Sep 15, 2023 09:40 AM IST
Some lessons for INDIA from the Swatantra party
The Swatantra Party offers a useful example of a gentler Right-wing with principles that even those on the other end of the political spectrum could appreciate
Published on Aug 31, 2023 10:32 PM IST
BJP's ‘nikah…’ jab at Oppn after Congress' challenge to Arvind Kejriwal
Congress hit back at Arvind Kejriwal for his criticism of its government in Chhattisgarh.
Updated on Aug 20, 2023 11:05 AM IST
Delhi Services Bill: RLD chief Jayant’s absence from Rajya Sabha on voting day raises questions
The absence of RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary during the voting on the Delhi Services Bill raises questions about his future plans and the SP-RLD alliance. Some speculate that his absence is related to the possibility of him being wooed by the BJP. RLD leaders claim he was absent due to his wife's surgery.
Updated on Aug 08, 2023 11:44 PM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
BJP or I.N.D.I.A? Telangana's CM's ‘we aren’t alone' message ahead of 2024 polls
KCR's party, BRS, has also not attended any of the the I.N.D.I.A. alliance meetings, nor did they show up in the BJP-led mega meet held in Delhi in mid-July.
Published on Aug 02, 2023 01:12 PM IST
MVA puts up show of unity ahead of PM’s Pune visit
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pune on Tuesday and amid questions on the opposition unity, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday shared the dais with Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat
Updated on Jul 31, 2023 12:18 AM IST
Saurabha Kulshreshtha
Parliament's monsoon session to test newly stitched Opposition bloc’s unity
The monsoon session will provide the parties with an opportunity to plan, and strike a balance between the pet issues of constituent parties.
Updated on Jul 20, 2023 06:50 AM IST
On Congress' ‘not interested' in PM post remark, TMC MP bats for Mamata Banerjee
Congress is the largest party with a pan-India presence from the newly-formed Opposition alliance- I.N.D.I.A- aimed at taking down the BJP in 2024 elections.
Published on Jul 19, 2023 12:48 PM IST
‘Nothing Indian about them’: Tejasvi Surya's dig at Congress-led coalition
“INDIAN has always been part of INC and people of India have repeatedly realised that there isn’t anything Indian about them,” he added.
Published on Jul 18, 2023 10:09 PM IST
NDA's 38 vs Opposition's 26: Full lists of parties at Delhi, Bengaluru meets
While the Opposition's Bengaluru meeting will see formal deliberations on Tuesday, the BJP is eyeing a grand show of strength of its alliance, NDA.
Updated on Jul 18, 2023 02:11 PM IST
‘Kattar Bhrashtachari Sammelan’: PM Modi’s five all-out attacks on Opposition
Narendra Modi launched an all-out attack on the opposition parties and alleged 26 non-BJP parties have gathered in Bengaluru to promote corruption.
Updated on Jul 18, 2023 12:45 PM IST
‘BJP thinks they are…’: DK Shivakumar on Nitish posters in Bengaluru
Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar criticized the BJP, saying they think they are a big threat. He was commenting on posters targeting Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.
Published on Jul 18, 2023 11:43 AM IST
Modi's scathing attack on Oppn meet: ‘Their mantra is – of, by and for family’
Narendra Modi also took a swipe at the Opposition and said people of the country have already decided to bring the NDA back in 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Updated on Jul 18, 2023 11:48 AM IST
Sharad Pawar reaches Bengaluru to take part in opposition meeting
Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar arrived in Bengaluru to take part in the second and concluding day of the opposition meeting on Tuesday
Published on Jul 18, 2023 11:14 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Bengaluru police issues traffic advisory in view of opposition meet
Bengaluru traffic police issue traffic advisory and restrictions due to the gathering of opposition leaders for a brainstorming session on upcoming elections.
Published on Jul 18, 2023 10:18 AM IST
HT interview | BJP has Modi, his magic, Opposition is rudderless: Rajnath Singh
In an exclusive interview, Singh said the opposition is “rudderless” while the BJP has been delivering on its promises.
Updated on Jul 18, 2023 04:49 AM IST
‘Selfish alliance’: BJP MP Ravi Prasad slams opposition meeting in Bengaluru
Top leaders of as many as 26 opposition parties are expected to attend the mega meeting at Taj West End Hotel on Monday evening.
Published on Jul 17, 2023 06:58 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi arrive at Bengaluru ahead of joint Oppn meeting
Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Rahul Gandhi arrived in Bengaluru for a two-day meeting of opposition parties.
Published on Jul 17, 2023 04:04 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
‘Want to preserve idea of India, Constitution’: Priyank Kharge on Oppn meeting
Opposition leaders in India are gathering in Bengaluru to "preserve the idea of India" and the Constitution, according to Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge.
Published on Jul 17, 2023 01:20 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
'Oppn parties have come together to fight authoritarianism…': CM Siddaramaiah
Siddaramaiah welcomed opposition party leaders to the Bengaluru meeting, saying that they will fight “authoritarianism, communalism, and corruption”.
Published on Jul 17, 2023 12:01 PM IST
Oppn has never considered JDS a part of them, says ex-Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy
Former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) has said that the opposition parties have never considered his party a part of them.
Published on Jul 17, 2023 11:02 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal posters put up in Bengaluru ahead of opposition meet
Posters of Arvind Kejriwal were put up in Bengaluru on Sunday, along with several opposition leaders, who will attend the big opposition meeting today.
Updated on Jul 17, 2023 12:01 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Mega Opposition meet in Bengaluru vs NDA huddle in Delhi this week. Top points
Less than a month after 15 parties met in Patna, a larger group of Opposition leaders will meet in Bengaluru on Monday and Tuesday ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
Published on Jul 17, 2023 08:18 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Mamata Banerjee to skip opposition dinner on Monday in Bengaluru: Report
A dinner for the opposition parties has been planned by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on July 17.
Published on Jul 15, 2023 06:54 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin to attend Oppn meeting in Bengaluru: Udhayanidhi Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will attend the second Opposition unity meeting in Bengaluru on July 17-18, with eight new parties supporting the effort.
Published on Jul 13, 2023 09:15 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Sonia to attend second Opposition meet, dinner hosted by Karnataka CM
Adding more political weight to newfound Opposition unity, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will attend the second meeting of a grouping of non-BJP parties in Bengaluru on July 18.
Updated on Jul 13, 2023 12:36 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi