Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has appointed 11 more senior BJP leaders as vice-presidents of various councils and committees in the state. The second list of 11 party leaders appointed to different posts include Dedvendra Bhasin, Vishwas Dabur, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Vinod Uniyal, Shyamveer Saini, Rajkumar, Dipak Mehra, Vinay Rohila, Uttam Dutta, Dinesh Arya and Ganesh Bhandari. The first list of 10 appointments had been issued in September. Uttarakhand BJP president Mahendra Bhatt congratulated all the party leaders on their nomination to the posts and hoped they will take public welfare schemes to the grassroots. "All party workers nominated to the posts are seniors who have experience and capability. Public welfare programmes launched by the government are bringing about a positive change in the lives of people. I hope those appointed as vice presidents of these bodies will help take the benefits of these programmes to people at the grassroots. I am confident they
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The top court in its verdict stated that Article 370 was a temporary provision and the state of Jammu and Kashmir did not retain any element of sovereignty
Several MPs were chanting "Rahul Gandhi must answer, wherever there is Congress, there is corruption, from corruption to Congress."
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The Bharatiya Janata Party named central observers for electing leaders of its legislature parties in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan
The appointed central observers will visit their respective states to hold meetings with the elected Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
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While the BJP came up short to the Congress, which emerged as the largest single party, and the incumbent BRS; it doubled its vote share in Telangana from the 2018 Assembly polls, winning 8 seats
Assembly election results highlights: Bharatiya Janata Party has won a majority in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Congress crossed the halfway mark in Telangana
JP President Nadda reiterated his party's promise of making a candidate from the backward class the chief minister of Telangana
BJP National President J P Nadda on Sunday said the people of Telangana have firm belief in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that they will vote out the "corrupt" BRS government. Nadda participated in a campaign in Hyderabad for the November 30 Telangana legislative assembly polls. "The energetic atmosphere in Kukatpally says that Telangana has decided to vote out corruption and dynastic politics," he said on social media platform X. "The people of Telangana have a firm belief that it is only under the leadership of Hon. PM Shri @narendramodi Ji that their welfare, especially that of women, youth, and farmers, is possible," he said. BJP and its NDA ally Jana Sena Party are steadfast in their resolve to give Telangana a better future, he said. Jana Sena founder and actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan also attended an election meeting with Nadda.
Telangana Elections LIVE: BJP accused CM KCR of working for his family and ignoring the state
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Hindutva firebrand leader and former BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday urged the "newcomers" in the party to work together with veterans and seniors to achieve the saffron party's common goals. Kumar, who was recently replaced by Union Minister G Kishan Reddy as Telangana BJP president, without naming anyone, called for the newcomers to sort out differences, if any, through dialogue. The BJP national general secretary, who is a sitting MP, is contesting from the Karimnagar assembly segment for the third time. He downplayed his removal as a state unit president, saying that the party is not driven by an individual but by ideology. Kumar also exuded confidence that the BJP will get a majority of seats in the 119-member Telangana assembly in the November 30 polls and the party will form the government this time. "Newcomers may face some difficulty getting along well with senior leaders in the party. Still, we have to work together. If we have joined the party to achieve a
BJP president JP Nadda on Wednesday accused the Rajasthan Congress government of making false promises to the people for votes, even alleging that it failed to solve the water woes of the people of Dausa. Addressing election rallies in Dausa and Sikar in the poll-bound state, Nadda said, "Congress government did rampant corruption and made Rajasthan number one in atrocities on women." He said that the government broke promises it made to the youths and farmers. He also said that the people of Rajasthan have now decided to replace it with a "double-engine" government of BJP. "Congress is trying to collect votes by misleading people with false guarantees. The Congress government did not do anything for the water problem in Dausa," Nadda said. He also attacked the Congress government over the issues of corruption, oppression of women, atrocities on Dalits and backward classes, paper leaks, and mining mafia.
Telangana Assembly elections LIVE: BJP has confirmed that PM Narendra Modi and Union HM Amit Shah will campaign in the state for three days each
Charging the BRS MLAs with collecting 30 per cent commission in the state government's 'Dalit Bandhu' scheme, BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday said the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led dispensation should be sent packing after the upcoming assembly polls and urged the people to elect the saffron party. Speaking in a rally at Narayanpet, Nadda also alleged that the Kaleshwaram irrigation project "served as an ATM" for Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao and it became a "symbol of corruption". He said the BJP, after coming to power in Telangana, will investigate the alleged corruption in the project and send the culprits to prison. Accusing Rao of indulging in appeasement politics for the sake of votes, the BJP chief said he has made Urdu as the second official language besides proposing to increase the reservation of a particular community to 12 per cent from the 4 per cent. He also alleged that temple lands in the state were being utilised for other purposes. Did the BRS MLAs take 30
The Congress party in Telangana has promised Rs 25,000 monthly pension to martyrs of Telangana movement
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