Politics

The Salipur MLA had earlier given indication about his move when he stopped using party flag and banners during a recent padyatra in his constituency.

Raman Singh's son-in-law Puneet Gupta has been accused of committing financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 50 crore and causing a huge loss to the state exchequer.

Following the seizure, the BJP alleged that extortion was done on behalf of their political masters to fund the coming Lok Sabha elections.

According to sources, 10 to 12 seats will be given to Shivpal Yadav's party - Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia). Shivpal had met Priyanka Gandhi in a closed-door meeting in Delhi and the alliance will be announced soon, a source added.

Congress also has plans for women empowerment, LGBTQ rights, employment guarantee and scrapping of sedition law. The party manifesto is likely to be released after Holi.

Aparna, who is married to Mulayam Yadav's younger son Prateek, had contested 2017 state assembly elections from Lucknow Cantt but lost to BJP’s Rita Bahuguna Joshi.

The NCP said discussions are still underway and the party is likely to release its second list on Friday.

There are rumours that Kitex group chairman and managing director, Sabu Jacob, might be the candidate from the Chalakudy parliamentary constituency.

The fight is more intense within BJP which had won 27 seats in 2014 polls and is under pressure from sitting MPs.

She was speaking at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Sardar Patel National Memorial in Gujarat.

Stating that loans of 25 lakh farmers have already been waived off, Kamal Nath later said the remaining approvals will come after the model code of conduct is removed.

Speculation of Sabyasachi Dutta defection to the BJP erupted following his meeting with Mukul Roy at his residence on Friday evening. Dutta also failed to turn up for TMC's core committee meeting on Monday.

They have also committed to taking action on any complaint reported by the designated officers of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The Election Commission announced that the general elections will be held in seven phases across India and the final counting of votes will take place on May 23.

There is a strong possibility that the EC may go by the precedent and hold assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh along with the Lok Sabha polls.

In his tweet, Chidambaram also alleged that the National Democratic Alliance government was guilty of 'lying' about creation of jobs.