Sreenivasan Jain

Ambitious Mayawati Is X Factor As Parties Wait For Election Results

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Prominent leaders from the south have been busy talking to various opposition parties to prepare for a scenario - unlikely according to exit polls -- that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) falls short of a majority. Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati is believed to have conveyed her desire to be Prime Minister to one of the southern lea...

Election 2019: In Opposition Liaising To Stop BJP, Sharad Pawar Opens New Line

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Leading players in the opposition are working the phones and establishing a connect with a group of political leaders who can swing numbers in case the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) falls short of a majority despite exit polls predictions for the national election results on Thursday.

Back From Lucknow, Chandrababu Naidu Meets Sonia Gandhi

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Sunday May 19, 2019

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu today met Rahul Gandhi for the second time as he continuedhis meetings with opposition leaders including Uttar Pradesh rivals-turned-alliance partners Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav in an apparent attempt to knit a non-BJP formation at the Centre.

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa Opts Out Of Meetings Over Clean Chits

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday May 18, 2019

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has skippedmeetings of the Election Commission on deciding violations of the Model Code over what he claimed was his "minority decisions going unrecorded", NDTV has learnt. The Election Commission had cleared Prime Minister Narendra Modi of any poll code violation in six instances.

KCR Doesn't Rule Out Backing Congress In Case Of Split Verdict: Sources

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain and Uma Sudhir, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday May 14, 2019

K Chandrasekhara Rao, who has been meeting with various political leaders ahead of the national election results, is pushing for all regional parties to operate as a bloc, especially the parties in the south.

BJP Leader Plays Down PM Modi's Comments On Balakot Op Amid Criticism

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday May 13, 2019

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's account of the Balakot airstrike and his suggestion that "clouds would help escape Pakistani radars" drew criticism, a leader of the ruling BJP leader asserted that there was "nothing wrong" with the PM sharing operational details and that it is always the political leadership that gets credit for such operations.

Crisis Shadow On India's Economy, Predicts Member Of PM Modi's Think Tank

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Thursday May 9, 2019

The Indian economy is running the risk of a structural crisis, and could soon be ensnared in a "middle-income trap", eventually becoming like Brazil or South Africa, according to Rathin Roy, member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council and Director of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.

Election Commission's 'Cover Up' Of Dissent: How It Began

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain, Arvind Gunasekar | Sunday May 5, 2019

The first instance of dissent within the Election Commission - and the poll panel's alleged attempts to cover it up - flared up 10 days ago, over an order pertaining to a Rajasthan BJP leader, NDTV has found. As NDTV earlier reported, the same Commissioner dissented with the Commission over clean chits to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief ...

Poll Officer Dissented In 5 Cases Of Clean Chit To PM, Amit Shah: Sources

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain, Arvind Gunasekar | Saturday May 4, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah have been given seven clean chits by the Election Commission since Tuesday over complaints by the opposition of alleged poll code violations. However, these clean chits have not been without dissent.

Rahul Gandhi's First TV Interview In Election 2019: Full Transcript

India News | Thursday May 2, 2019

Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, in his first TV interview this election season, said that his party's focus is on "jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs- and the economy." Speaking to NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain at a rally in Rajasthan, Mr Gandhi spoke about why he believes the Rafale fighter jet deal is corrupt, his controversial de...

"Not My Place To Say": Rahul Gandhi On Whether He Would Be PM

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday May 2, 2019

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, caught in a presidential style election driven by the BJP since 2014, today sidestepped the issue on whether he would be the Prime Minister if the opposition comes to power. At an exclusive interview to NDTV, his first to a television channel in more than a year, he said, "It is not my place to say what are the wishes o...

"Told My Sister And Jyotir...": Rahul Gandhi Reveals His UP Poll Strategy

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday May 3, 2019

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday defended his decision to field candidates in Uttar Pradesh against those of Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, reinforcing the comments that have landed his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in a controversy. "It is pretty clear that in UP, a secular formation is winning, whether it is the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party or Congre...

"We Boxed PM In, He Can't Talk," Says Rahul Gandhi On Attack Over Jobs

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Saturday May 4, 2019

The idea that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a crusader against corruption has been destroyed, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today in an interview to NDTV, his first to any television channel this election season.

Would Have Gone Tor Tie-Up With Arvind Kejriwal In A Second: Rahul Gandhi

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday May 2, 2019

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, accused by many of failing to hold the opposition line together in Delhi and Bengal, today said Arvind Kejriwal was "shifting the goalposts". Seven seats are at stake in Delhi and 42 in Bengal and numbers suggest that the opposition's best chance of beating the BJP lies in joining forces.

General Elections 2019: With A Kiss And A Selfie, Samajwadi, BSP Bond At Gathbandhan Rally

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday May 2, 2019

The alliance of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), bitter rivals for over two decades, is still surprising to political watchers and journalists attending their joint rallies for the national election.