Opposition Parties

Haryana Assembly Election 2019: Manohar Lal Khattar Again Targets Sonia Gandhi For Becoming Congress Chief

India News | ANI | Tuesday October 15, 2019

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar whose snark comments on Sonia Gandhi invited the ire of the Congress party, has again criticised her and the opposition party, three months after its massive defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.

Maharashtra Elections 2019: "None Had Courage, Man With 56-Inch Chest Did It": Amit Shah On J&K Move

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Sunday October 13, 2019

Home Minister and BJP chief Amit Shah today attacked opposition parties - singling out the Congress - for not doing enough to integrate Jammu and Kashmir with the mainstream for over 70 years.

Congress Leader Defends Rajnath Singh Amid Jibes Over 'Shastra Puja'

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 10, 2019

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's "Shastra Puja" at the Rafale jet handover in France, which has provoked a huge debate online and also digs from opposition parties, drew the support of a lone Congress leader today. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, veering from his party line, tweeted that the minister "is just following customs."

Is India Heading For A Single-Party System? Union Minister Prakash Javadekar's Response

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 6, 2019

The opposition has turned bankrupt, having no issues to raise against the Modi government, said Union minister Prakash Javadekar while rejecting claims of political vendetta by some parties.

Maharashtra Elections 2019: Amid Desertions, Sharad Pawar's NCP Welcomes Shiv Sena MLA Into Its Ranks

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday October 3, 2019

At a time when the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is helplessly watching its leaders stream into the ruling coalition ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, the opposition party today hit back by inducting a Shiv Sena MLA into its ranks.

"Opposition Parties Did Nothing To Fight Encephalitis": Yogi Adityanath

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 2, 2019

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said parties that ruled the state from 1977 to 2017 made "zero contribution" to keeping encephalitis in check.

In Setback For Boris Johnson, MP From His Party Joins Liberal Democrats

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday September 15, 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a fresh blow on Saturday after another member of his governing Conservatives defected to an opposition party seeking to reverse Brexit.

Case Filed Against Veterinarian After Pet Dog At KCR's House Dies

Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Saturday September 14, 2019

A case of criminal negligence being filed against a veterinary doctor after a dog died in the Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's residence in Hyderabad has been criticised as cruel irony by opposition parties and on social media.

Opposition Tradition Of Chairing External Affairs Panel Ends: Shashi Tharoor

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 13, 2019

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, the chairman of the External Affairs Committee in the previous Lok Sabha, on Friday claimed that the government has decided to end the tradition of Opposition party chairing the parliamentary panel.

Problem In Your Heads, Not In Voting Machines: Devendra Fadnavis To Opposition

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 13, 2019

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday slammed opposition parties for blaming electronic voting machines (EVMs) for poll reverses, claiming voters have only Prime Minister Narendra Modi in mind.

Amid Anger Over Death of Techie Hit By Hoarding, AIADMK's Appeal To Party

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Arun Nair | Friday September 13, 2019

Tamil Nadu-based AIADMK and its main opposition party, the DMK, today warned its party workers to stop erecting banners and hoardings, day after a 23-year-old woman was killed after an illegal hoarding fell on her.

"We're With Him": Shashi Tharoor On PM's Upcoming Speech At UN

India News | ANI | Monday September 9, 2019

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today attacked Pakistan over the Kashmir issue and said that the Opposition parties in India stand united with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter being taken to the United Nations.

British PM Begins Election Campaign As Parliament Blocks No-Deal Brexit

World News | Reuters | Thursday September 5, 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Thursday kicking off what is in effect an election campaign, casting an alliance of opposition parties trying to block a 'no-deal' Brexit as defeatists surrendering to the European Union.

Economic Slowdown "Usual" During Months Of Saawan Bhado: Sushil Modi

India News | ANI | Monday September 2, 2019

Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said that some opposition parties were trying to create panic in the country over what he claimed to be a recurring "cyclic" slowdown in the economy during months of "saawan-bhado".

Assam Opposition MLA Left Out Of Citizens' List

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Saturday August 31, 2019

An MLA from Assam's second-most powerful opposition party is among the 19 lakh people whose names have been left out of the National Register of Citizens or NRC that was published by the government on Saturday morning. Ananta Kumar Malo of the All India United Democratic Front found his name missing on the website.