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BJP Says Mizoram Chief Minister Wanted To Join, Congress Calls It "Joke"

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

Amid rising election campaign heat in Mizoram, the state's BJP unit chief J V Hulna has claimed that Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla of Congress wanted to join the BJP along with some other party MLAs before the poll process started, a claim dismissed by the ruling Congress party leaders as a "joke".

In Late-Night Move, Over 30 Detained At Sabarimala; BJP, RSS Protest

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

A large number of BJP and RSS workers protested outside the official residence of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan late Sunday night against the detention of over 30 persons at Sabarimala Temple.

Another BJP Leader Quits In Rajasthan Ahead Of Assembly Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

Miffed over being denied a ticket by the BJP for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections, Ramgarh MLA Gyan Deo Ahuja quit the party Sunday and announced he will contest the polls as an independent candidate.

Bengal BJP Chief Alleges Attack By Trinamool, Party Denies

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh claimed on Sunday his convoy was attacked by Trinamool Congress supporters in Dankuni area in Hooghly district, a charge rubbished by the ruling party.

Day After Seat-Sharing Deadline, Upendra Kushwaha Attacks "Camp Follower"

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha made a sharp attack on Sunday apparently against BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi by calling him a "pichhlaggu" (camp follower) of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

For Jyotiraditya Scindia, It's "Now Or Never" In Madhya Pradesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

As his party makes an all-out effort to wrest control of Madhya Pradesh from the BJP, senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia feels it is "now or never" for the grand-old party that has remained out of power in the state for 15 straight years.

Sadak, Bijli, Pani No More Issues In Madhya Pradesh Polls: Arun Jaitley

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

Roads, power and water are no longer poll issues in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh this time unlike in 2003, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in Jabalpur on Sunday.

NIA Could Reportedly Take Over Case Of Killed Jammu BJP Leader

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

The National Investigation Agency or NIA is likely to take over investigation into the killing of BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Parihar by suspected terrorists in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month, officials said Sunday.

BJP Not Interested In Bringing Ordinance For Ram Temple: Shiv Sena

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

Pressing for an ordinance to facilitate the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, NDA constituent Shiv Sena has said the delay in exercising the option is an indication that the ruling BJP at the centre and in Uttar Pradesh was not keen on building it.

BJP Brushes Aside Upendra Kushwaha's Deadline Over Seat-Sharing In Bihar

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

A day after union minister and RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha gave the BJP an ultimatum to resolve the issue of seat-sharing by November 30, the BJP on Sunday said there is no such deadline.

"If BJP Is Carrying Us, Dare Them To Dump Us": Party's UP Ally

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

Hitting back at the BJP's Uttar Pradesh chief, a disgruntled Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party Sunday challenged its NDA ally to dump it for daring "to call a spade a spade".

Ahead Of Polls, BJP, Congress Woo Chhattisgarh's Royal Scions

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

Scions of erstwhile royal families are being wooed by political parties in tribal-dominated Surguja region in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, with both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress fielding royal descendants in at least four of the total 14 seats in the region.

BJP Releases Fifth List Of Candidates For Telangana Assembly Polls

Telangana News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday November 18, 2018

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released its fifth list of 19 candidates for the ensuing Assembly election in Telangana on December 7.

"Congress Is Nehru-Gandhi Family's Private Limited Company": Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

BJP president Amit Shah Sunday dubbed the Congress as a "private limited company" of the Nehru-Gandhi family as he took aims at the opposition party after Prime Minister Narendra Modi dared it to appoint a head from outside the family.

Kerala In Rush To Implement Sabarimala Court Order: State BJP Chief

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

Spearheading a campaign against the Kerala government over the Sabarimala issue, BJP state unit chief PS Sreedharan Pillai Sunday alleged that the CPI(M)-led dispensation was making the Lord Ayyappa shrine "a centre of dispute to destroy its uniqueness".