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Chirag Paswan reveals why late father Ram Vilas Paswan left UPA in 2014

Ram Vilas Paswan joined the UPA in 2004 and served as a minister in the coalition government headed by Manmohan Singh till 2009.

A file photo of Chirag Paswan with his late father Ram Vilas Paswan(PTI file)

Published on Jul 19, 2024 04:31 PM IST

No country for the unaffiliated

Political parties that stayed away from alliances face an existential crisis

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, AAP's Sanjay Singh and other leaders addresses the media after the INDIA bloc leaders� meeting at Kharge's residence, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) (PTI06_05_2024_000314A)(PTI)

editorials

Published on Jun 06, 2024 09:11 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Cong will grant special category status to Andhra: Rahul

Rahul Gandhi accused YSRCP and TDP of being puppets in the hands of the BJP and that hey were dancing to the tune of PM Narendra Modi “due to his control over central agencies” like CBI and ED

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party leader YS Sharmila during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday. (PTI)

Updated on May 12, 2024 07:28 AM IST

BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad

‘People will slap Cong through voting’: Bommai on Shivaraj Tangadagi's remark

Tangadagi had stoked a major controversy on Monday by saying that youths and students chanting ‘Modi, Modi’ slogans should be slapped.

Former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai.(PTI)

Published on Mar 26, 2024 02:31 PM IST

ByYamini C S

Amit Shah slams Congress over UPA rule: ‘Couldn’t make a policy in 10 years'

Union home minister Amit Shah said that the Modi government “reformed the banks, corrected forex mismanagement and started a different kind of politics.”

Union home minister Amit Shah speaks during the IGF Annual Investment Summit – NXT10 in Mumbai.

Published on Mar 06, 2024 06:39 PM IST

Cong promises legal MSP to farmers, had opposed in 2010 during UPA rule

In 2010, BJP MP Prakash Javadekar in the Rajya Sabha had asked the UPA government if it had accepted the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission

Police use tear gas to disperse protesting farmers gathered at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border during the second day of their 'Delhi Chalo' march, near Ambala, Wednesday,(PTI)

Published on Feb 14, 2024 01:11 PM IST

ByShishir Gupta

White paper debate: Nirmala Sitharaman blasts UPA, says ‘brought economy…’

In Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said the Modi government worked with sincerity and pulled the economy out of “fragile five” and sent it to top five globally.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)

Updated on Feb 09, 2024 02:40 PM IST

‘Fragile 5 to 5th largest’: Centre blames UPA, hails turnaround

The Congress party has dismissed the government's white paper as an attempt to hide the truth

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday. (ANI)

Updated on Feb 09, 2024 12:06 AM IST

ByRajeev Jayaswal, New Delhi

Terms of Trade | Modinomics, beyond the budget

A gist of the economic paradigm which the Narendra Modi government seems to have adopted and executed perfectly

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves the finance ministry ahead of the presentation of the interim budget in Parliament. (Sanchit Khanna/HT)

opinion

Published on Feb 02, 2024 04:06 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

‘They changed UPA name to INDIA because…’: Amit Shah slams Nitish-Lalu alliance

Amit Shah, addressing a rally in Jhanjharpur, asserted the NDA will win all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in the 2024 general elections.

Union home minister Amit Shah. (PTI file)

Updated on Sep 16, 2023 03:24 PM IST

ByAniruddha Dhar

Number Theory: Nifty50 @ 20,000 – A remarkable journey

Nifty came into existence on 22 April 1996, trading with the value of 3 November 1995 as base. It comprises stocks of 50 companies representative of the market

The National Stock Exchange of India building in BKC, Mumbai. (Mint Photo)

business

Published on Sep 12, 2023 11:21 AM IST

ByAshokamithran T

Thakur’s jibe at Oppn: ‘Changing clothes can’t hide past deeds’

Regional parties in the alliance will not give an opportunity to the Congress to gain foothold in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Delhi and Punjab, says minister

Union youth affairs & sports minister Anurag Thakur at a sports event organised at KD Singh ‘Babu’ stadium in Lucknow, Friday. (PTI Photo)

Updated on Jul 29, 2023 12:39 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

BJP dismisses Oppn meet as ‘photo op’

The remarks came on the day major opposition parties resolved to come together to fight the next general elections in a four-hour-long meeting in Patna

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and others attend the Opposition leaders' meeting regarding a joint strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, in Patna on Friday. (ANI)

Updated on Jun 24, 2023 01:03 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

Give NDA 25+ seats in Tamil Nadu, says Shah. 'Cong, DMK are 2G, 3G, 4G parties'

Amit Shah has called for at least 25 NDA leaders to be elected from Tamil Nadu to Parliament in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

Union home minister Amit Shah being felicitated with a mace during a rally organised to celebrate the completion of nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, in Vellore on Sunday. (ANI)

Updated on Jun 12, 2023 07:33 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Chennai

Distantly Close | A history lesson from past coalitions

Amid talks of Opposition unity, it'll do us well to remember that political fronts take time maturing. Their best chance is in straight contests with BJP

A wise beginning has been made by assigning Nitish the task of reaching out to non-BJP outfits unenthusiastic about the Congress’s centrality to the Opposition’s scheme. (HT Photo)

opinion

Published on Apr 18, 2023 06:14 PM IST

By Vinod Sharma

‘It is BJP which insulted OBCs’: Rahul Gandhi in Karnataka's Kolar

This is the first time for Rahul Gandhi to visit the town after getting convicted in a defamation case for his statements at Kolar rally in 2019.

Published on Apr 16, 2023 03:30 PM IST

ByPathi Venkata Thadhagath

Monday Musings: Sharad Pawar’s consistent support to industrialists

In the book released in 2015, the NCP chief heaped praise on Adani while describing him as a “hard-working, simple, down-to-earth” person

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 10, 2023 03:59 PM IST

ByYogesh Joshi

Rahul Gandhi tore ordinance in 2013 for 3-month protection from disqualification

Rahul Gandhi called the ordinance utter nonsense and suggested it should be torn into pieces before proceeding to do just that to a printout to prove his point.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arriving at Surat district court. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 24, 2023 01:41 AM IST

BySaubhadra Chatterji

UPA glory to post-2014 slump: Sonia Gandhi’s highs and lows as Congress chief

In the summer of 2004, nearly all Congress leaders had surrendered to the possibility of another term for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s NDA government.

06 April 1998 - Congress President Sonia Gandhi having a discussion with party’s Vice President Jitendra Prasada at the AICC session at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.

Updated on Oct 20, 2022 12:44 PM IST

BySaubhadra Chatterji

Don’t want to become UPA chairperson: Sharad Pawar

On Thursday, the Shiv Sena backed the NCP chief to possibly succeed Congress president Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson of the grand old party-led alliance.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar said he is not interested in becoming the UPA chairperson. (HT file)

Updated on Apr 03, 2022 11:22 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Shiv Sena supports Pawar as UPA chief

As a senior politician, NCP chief Sharad Pawar could get more parties into this anti-BJP front, said Sena's Rajya Sabha MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut.

Updated on Apr 01, 2022 04:33 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent I Edited by Shilpa Ambardar, Mumbai

UPA is Under Performing Alliance, says BJP MP Zafar Islam

The BJP MP’s remarks came days after Congress MP P Chidambaram called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) a ‘no data available’ government in Parliament

Syed Zafar Islam is the BJP Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh . (Twitter)

Updated on Feb 11, 2022 06:52 AM IST

ByIsha Sahai Bhatnagar, New Delhi

Shiv Sena to decide on joining UPA, Sanjay Raut says after meeting with Rahul

Congress suggest the Shiv Sena might back the party in the state elections early next year

The meeting took place amid signs that the Congress and the Shiv Sena, part of a coalition in Maharashtra, might be inching towards a wider understanding. (File photo)

Published on Dec 07, 2021 09:55 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com, New Delhi

UPA to jointly decide on opposition bloc's face against BJP in 2024, says Baghel

Congress veteran Bhupesh Baghel's remark followed comments by Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee that there was ‘no UPA’ left in the country.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said the opposition parties must come together, but cooperation was only possible when conversations were respectful. (HT photo)

Published on Dec 05, 2021 03:16 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Avik Roy, New Delhi

‘UPA will be a body without…’: Kapil Sibal replies to Mamata's ‘what is UPA’

In what is being seen as a veiled dig at Rahul Gandhi, Mamata said continuous endeavours are needed in politics. "You can't be abroad most of the time," Mamata said.

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said there is no UPA left in this country.

Published on Dec 02, 2021 10:15 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh

Mamata Banerjee in Mumbai: What is UPA? There is no UPA

Mamata Banerjee meets Sharad Pawar in Mumbai, makes a pitch for unifying opposition parties to take on BJP and takes a dig at UPA.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee meets NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and makes a pitch for unifying opposition parties to take on BJP and takes a dig at UPA. (ANI)