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Modi declares victory for ruling party in state elections

New Delhi - Arab Today

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday declared victory for his party in two state elections, including a closely-fought race in his stronghold of Gujarat where the charismatic leader fronted the campaign. Modi thanked voters in Gujarat, his home state of around 60 million in India's west, and in the northern Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh, for backing the ruling HinduRead more

BJP delegation visits Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi

Islamabad - Arab Today

National Secretary of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) R.P Singh accompanied by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President Manjit Singh GK, visited the Pakistani High Commission on Monday and met High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood. According to a message received here from New Delhi on Wednesday, the five -member delegation conveyed greetings on the occasion of Gurpurab (birth anniversary of BabaRead more

BJP has not set 75-year age bar for contesting polls: Shah

Bhopal - Arab Today

BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said his party has not set any rule disallowing its members to contest elections after they turn 75. "There is no rule or tradition in the BJP to forbid leaders to contest polls after they attain the age of 75," Shah told reporters here. When it was pointed out that two senior BJP membersRead more

States should take stringent action against cow vigilantism, says Indian PM

New Delhi - Arab Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked state governments to take strict action against cow vigilantes as he sought the support of opposition parties in tackling "communal violence" in the name of cow protection. At an all-party meeting a day before the Monsoon Session, he also cautioned against giving political or communal colour to the issue. "The Prime Minister urgedRead more

Get ready for 'grand alliance' at the centre: Lalu Prasad

Patna - Arab Today

A 'grand alliance' at the centre was Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's birthday wish on Sunday as greetings poured in from Congress president Sonia Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and other leaders. "Delhi will now see the leadership of mahagathbandhan. All coalition partners should start preparations," Lalu Prasad, who turned 70,Read more

BJP-RSS want to thrust one idea; opposition will defeat them: Rahul

Chennai - Arab Today

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the opposition would unitedly "fight and defeat" the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's attempts to "thrust one idea" on a country that celebrates diversity. Each state had a "culture, (its) own thinking, own way of expression and food" and such diversity was the country's strength and not weakness, he told reporters here.Read more

Need structural changes in party, poll result 'not bad': Rahul

New Delhi - Arab today

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that structural and organisational changes were needed in the Congress even as he stressed that the assembly poll results were "not bad" though the party was "a little down" in Uttar Pradesh. Breaking his silence on the party's worst-ever performance in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where it bagged only seven of the 403Read more

Opposition walkout over BJP moves to form government in Goa, Manipur

New Delhi - Arab today

Congress and its United Progressive Alliance allies in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday strongly protested the alleged efforts to install BJP government in Goa and Manipur, with the main Opposition party walking out of the House twice. A belligerent Congress repeatedly sought to raise the issue, including during Question Hour, but Speaker Sumitra Mahajan did not give them permission. BJP'sRead more

Politics of nepotism, casteism, appeasement will end: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow - Arab today

The Uttar Pradesh assembly poll results have caused a flutter across the country's political spectrum as the politics of casteism and appeasement will end while the agenda of development and nationalism will sustain, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday. He added that the rival parties had tried to project the BJP as communal and therefore "untouchable" but the peopleRead more

Naxalbari tribal family that hosted lunch for Shah joins TMC, BJP cries foul

Naxalbari (West Bengal)/New Delhi - Arab today

The Naxalbari tribal couple that hosted lunch for BJP president Amit Shah last week on Wednesday joined the TMC, a development the saffron party called "a textbook case of revenge politics". The BJP alleged the couple was "forced" to join Trinamool Congress, a charge rejected by the duo -- Raju Mahali and Geeta Mahali -- who had hosted lunch forRead more