Politics

The PMK, led by S Ramadoss, has support base in northern Tamil Nadu, especially among the OBC Vanniyar community.

Before the start of the Punjab Budget session, Akali leaders led by Bikram Singh Majithia burnt Navjot Singh Sidhu's photo in which he is seen hugging Pakistan Army chief, outside the House.

Speaking at the inauguration of the 'Kerala Samrakshana Yatra', CPM leader Sitaram Yechury also said that the Sabarimala issue will not have an impact on the Lok Sabha elections.

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy accused the Union government of using the Lt Governor as a pawn to embarrass the elected government here.

The Chief Minister said later that they had 'positive talks'. He was accompanied by BJP leader and state revenue minister Chandrakant Patil.

Manjhi has sought to assume an aggressive posture ever since the HAM suffered a setback recently with its state unit chief Vrishan Patel and national spokesman Danish Rizwan quitting the party, though both are critical of each other.

In his daily teleconference with Telugu Desam Party leaders, Naidu said a decision in this regard was taken during the meeting of 15 non-BJP parties at Sharad Pawar's residence in New Delhi last night.

The discussions between disparate groups - even with those having strong ideological differences - are primarily aimed to seek first invite from the President if the Lok Sabha polls throw up a fractured house.

Earlier, at the opposition rally at Jantar Mantar, Mamata made it clear that she was willing to fight alongside the Left and the Congress against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sena spokesperson Manisha Kayande asked why the Union government did not accept the demand of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe into the fighter jet deal.

Among the constituencies placed under Priyanka Gandhi's charge were the key seats of Lucknow, Amethi, Raebareli, Sultanpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Phulpur, Allahabad, Barabanki, and Kushinagar.

Outlining the strategy, Priyanka said each booth must have 10-15 workers who will be responsible for getting people out of homes and to the polling centres.

He was attending the Swachh Shakti-2019 program, where he inaugurated and laid foundation stones for several mega projects in Haryana, virtually sounding the bugle for the BJP poll campaign in the state.

Jignesh Mevani accused the trustees, some of them Padma awardees, of "not standing up against the hooliganism" of BJP and its student wing, the ABVP.

AIADMK leader said the Centre is yet to release more than Rs 10,000 crore in arrears to Tamil Nadu.

Following a debate over the issue, speaker KR Ramesh Kumar advised the state government to conduct a detailed probe into the clip.