Politics

Chidambaram also attacked the government over the rising consumer price index (CPI) inflation.

Talking about the CAA, the chief minister said the people were protesting because misinformation regarding the Act was being fed to them.

During their two-day visit, the leaders will attend a meeting of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) executive on January 17 to discuss current political developments and the future road map for the party, the Congress said in a statement here.

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh came down heavily on CM Mamata Banerjee 'for not opening fire and ordering lathicharge' on those destroying railway property and public transport.

Minister Partha Chatterjee said it is unfortunate that the PM, instead of talking about Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary, chose to speak about the NRC and CAA from Belur Math, considered one of the most divine places in Bengal.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has come out strongly against the demand to boycott the Deepika Padukone-starrer over the actor’s visit to JNU.

VVPAT is a machine that is used during elections to verify that the citizen’s vote has been correctly placed.

Ajit Pawar appealed NCP workers not to come to Mumbai unless there was important work. 'I have still not received official residence. My wife Sunetra told me that I will not live here till a bigger house is allotted,' he said.

Local BJP MP Kirron Kher, who is an ex-officio member of the House and has one vote, also excercised her franchise.

The BJP won just 15 of the 58 seats in Nagpur ZP. The Shiv Sena's Saaman paper said in Nandurbar and elsewhere, if the Congress had fought the polls in alliance with them, the BJP would have been 'finished'.

Hitting back, former Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel said it is Arvind Kejriwal who talks about two models of governance but forgot that the AAP government has turned Delhi into a 'hell'.

Of the 1,360 votes in the village, only 60 belonged to the Muslim community in the area. Yet, Jiyavudeen's victory by 554 votes was solely due to the Hindu majority voting for him.

The voting for the 70-seat Delhi Assembly will be done in a single phase on February 8 and the results of the assembly election in Delhi will be announced on February 11.

Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva declined to endorse a draft statement placed before him on behalf of Arvind Kejriwal and said no court can say what would be a correct statement to be made during election campaigns.

On BJP’s criticism against his anti-mafia drive, the CM said it’s quite evident that mafia flourished in the 15 years of BJP.

Pawar said that although this made Wadettiwar upset, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has assured him of making the 'necessary correction' in his portfolio.