Upa And Allies

The BJP and its allies are likely to retain Assam and gain only the Union Territory of Puducherry -- which is up for the next round of elections along with four key states, show an aggregate of opinion polls was released on Wednesday evening. Elections begin on March 27.

United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of leaders of constituent parties and other allies to discuss their floor plan during the Budget Session.

The Congress and other UPA allies have decided to support BJP candidate Om Birla for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker, party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday, but remained silent on the issue of Deputy Speaker.

A day after DMK and the Congress sealed the deal for the Lok Sabha elections, chief of the southern UPA ally, MK Stalin, reached out to voters on Facebook and asked for "thoughts and comments" for the party's manifesto.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for "war crimes" against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state-wide protest over the issue.

Alleging that fear and intimidation were the order of the day under the Modi government, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday asserted that the Congress and its allies will not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi get another term in office in 2019.

Right after Lalu Yadav and 15 others were found guilty of corruption in the fodder scam case by a CBI court in Ranchi yesterday, the BJP hit out at the Congress, an ally of Mr Yadav, and called the UPA an "alliance of corruption". His conviction gave a fresh boost to the BJP's attack on the Congress and its allies dampened in the last few days with...

The Shiv Sena, a key ally of the BJP, today said the Narendra Modi government only "inaugurated and renamed" the projects started by the previous UPA dispensation and nothing new, barring demonetisation, has been achieved in its three years in office.

The recent Rajya Sabha elections have given the BJP and allies a numerical edge over the Congress-led UPA in the Upper House, where the government hopes to finally push through the Goods and Services Tax or GST bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Exuding confidence in getting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill passed in the upcoming Monsoon Session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said regional parties, including UPA allies like DMK and NCP, are all making strong noises in support of the tax legislation.

Rapping ally BJP, the Shiv Sena today said while former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was easily blamed for inflation during UPA rule, the present governments in the state and at the Centre have also failed to check the rising prices of essential commodities even after one year.

Uttar Pradesh will play a starring role in Narendra Modi's move to Delhi at the head of a BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government, NDTV's Exit Poll shows. The NDA is set to win 279 seats, seven more than the majority mark at 272.

In the last phase of voting in Maharashtra, 19 constituencies go to the polls including 6 seats in Mumbai, India's financial capital. In 2009, UPA allies Congress and NCP swept through the city winning all six seats. For the BJP and Shiv Sena it is now also a prestige battle to regain some lost political honour.

Narendra Modi accused the Congress of ganging up with allies to stop him from becoming the Prime Minister and hiding in "bunker" of secularism to avoid accountability of ten-year UPA rule as he wrapped his campaign today in Maharashtra, which goes to the polls in third and last phase on April 24.

Sharad Pawar, chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and an old UPA ally, today continued to leave room for doubt over his proximity to Narendra Modi and the BJP.

The BJP and its allies are likely to retain Assam and gain only the Union Territory of Puducherry -- which is up for the next round of elections along with four key states, show an aggregate of opinion polls was released on Wednesday evening. Elections begin on March 27.

United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of leaders of constituent parties and other allies to discuss their floor plan during the Budget Session.

The Congress and other UPA allies have decided to support BJP candidate Om Birla for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker, party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday, but remained silent on the issue of Deputy Speaker.

A day after DMK and the Congress sealed the deal for the Lok Sabha elections, chief of the southern UPA ally, MK Stalin, reached out to voters on Facebook and asked for "thoughts and comments" for the party's manifesto.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for "war crimes" against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state-wide protest over the issue.

Alleging that fear and intimidation were the order of the day under the Modi government, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday asserted that the Congress and its allies will not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi get another term in office in 2019.

Right after Lalu Yadav and 15 others were found guilty of corruption in the fodder scam case by a CBI court in Ranchi yesterday, the BJP hit out at the Congress, an ally of Mr Yadav, and called the UPA an "alliance of corruption". His conviction gave a fresh boost to the BJP's attack on the Congress and its allies dampened in the last few days with...

The Shiv Sena, a key ally of the BJP, today said the Narendra Modi government only "inaugurated and renamed" the projects started by the previous UPA dispensation and nothing new, barring demonetisation, has been achieved in its three years in office.

The recent Rajya Sabha elections have given the BJP and allies a numerical edge over the Congress-led UPA in the Upper House, where the government hopes to finally push through the Goods and Services Tax or GST bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Exuding confidence in getting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill passed in the upcoming Monsoon Session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said regional parties, including UPA allies like DMK and NCP, are all making strong noises in support of the tax legislation.

Rapping ally BJP, the Shiv Sena today said while former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was easily blamed for inflation during UPA rule, the present governments in the state and at the Centre have also failed to check the rising prices of essential commodities even after one year.

Uttar Pradesh will play a starring role in Narendra Modi's move to Delhi at the head of a BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government, NDTV's Exit Poll shows. The NDA is set to win 279 seats, seven more than the majority mark at 272.

In the last phase of voting in Maharashtra, 19 constituencies go to the polls including 6 seats in Mumbai, India's financial capital. In 2009, UPA allies Congress and NCP swept through the city winning all six seats. For the BJP and Shiv Sena it is now also a prestige battle to regain some lost political honour.

Narendra Modi accused the Congress of ganging up with allies to stop him from becoming the Prime Minister and hiding in "bunker" of secularism to avoid accountability of ten-year UPA rule as he wrapped his campaign today in Maharashtra, which goes to the polls in third and last phase on April 24.

Sharad Pawar, chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and an old UPA ally, today continued to leave room for doubt over his proximity to Narendra Modi and the BJP.