Bjp Allies On Land Bill

The BJP's oldest ally, the Shiromani Akali Dal, pulled out its lone minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, from the government on Thursday and said it would review ties over a set of farm bills that have drawn protests from opposition parties and farmers, mostly in Punjab and Haryana. What are these bills and why have they landed the BJP in trouble with i...

Opposition members in the joint committee of Parliament examining the contentious Land Acquisition Bill today demanded calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a witness, an idea opposed by the ruling BJP and ally Shiv Sena.

Amidst the ongoing fracas over the Land Acquisition Bill, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday met Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray to urge him to support the Centre over the contentious bill.

In face of a united attack from the opposition and resistance from allies on pushing the land bill through Parliament, senior leaders of the BJP met late on Thursday night to work out an alternative strategy to get the support of regional players.

Under tremendous pressure from the Opposition, activists and its own allies, the BJP government at the Centre on Wednesday sent out nuanced signals on the land reforms introduced by it.

The BJP is facing resistance not only from ally Shiv Sena but also the Shiromani Akali Dal over the move to push a controversial land bill through Parliament. On Tuesday, while Shiv Sena skipped a meeting of lawmakers from the ruling coalition to discuss strategy in the face of a united opposition, sources said the Akali Dal struck a discordant not...

The BJP's ally Shiv Sena has skipped a meeting of lawmakers from the ruling coalition called to discuss strategy in the face of a united opposition determined to block the government's move to push a controversial land bill through Parliament.

The BJP's oldest ally, the Shiromani Akali Dal, pulled out its lone minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, from the government on Thursday and said it would review ties over a set of farm bills that have drawn protests from opposition parties and farmers, mostly in Punjab and Haryana. What are these bills and why have they landed the BJP in trouble with i...

Opposition members in the joint committee of Parliament examining the contentious Land Acquisition Bill today demanded calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a witness, an idea opposed by the ruling BJP and ally Shiv Sena.

Amidst the ongoing fracas over the Land Acquisition Bill, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday met Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray to urge him to support the Centre over the contentious bill.

In face of a united attack from the opposition and resistance from allies on pushing the land bill through Parliament, senior leaders of the BJP met late on Thursday night to work out an alternative strategy to get the support of regional players.

Under tremendous pressure from the Opposition, activists and its own allies, the BJP government at the Centre on Wednesday sent out nuanced signals on the land reforms introduced by it.

The BJP is facing resistance not only from ally Shiv Sena but also the Shiromani Akali Dal over the move to push a controversial land bill through Parliament. On Tuesday, while Shiv Sena skipped a meeting of lawmakers from the ruling coalition to discuss strategy in the face of a united opposition, sources said the Akali Dal struck a discordant not...

The BJP's ally Shiv Sena has skipped a meeting of lawmakers from the ruling coalition called to discuss strategy in the face of a united opposition determined to block the government's move to push a controversial land bill through Parliament.