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Congress leader urges like-minded parties to bury differences, stand firm against saffron set-up; BSP turns deaf ear LATEST NEWS :    The opposition parties are prepared to assault the NDA authorities throughout the ongoing budget consultation of the Parliament. that allows you to formulate their strategy, they met on Thursday, which was chaired by Congress ex-president Sonia Gandhi. The leaders mentioned various problems consisting of Aadhaar be counted, rampant incidents of communal violence, unemployment, gasoline charge upward push. The meeting, on Thursday, was chaired by means of Congress ex-president Sonia Gandhi. Sonia entreated like-minded events to conquer nearby differences and join hands towards BJP on the Centre. "We have to altogether undertake a not unusual approach and approach each outside and inside Parliament... There may be variations amongst events in states, but there need to no longer be differences on country wide problems and we ...

PM Modi said those who looted the country could only think of dacoits LATEST NEWS  : Continuing his high decibel campaign in poll-bound Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for calling GST 'Gabbar Singh Tax' and said those who looted the country could only think of dacoits. In a stinging rebuttal to Gandhi's repeated criticism of the Goods and Services Tax, a key economic reform of the NDA government, Modi said a recently emerged "economist" was propagating a "grand stupid thought" by suggesting that GST rate be capped at 18 per cent. Making a fresh bid for power in his home state, where the BJP has ruled for over two decades, Modi also listed various development works by the government on water conservation, agriculture and development of the Saurashtra region. ALSO READ: Gabbar Singh Tax? Congressmen in 'Sholay' attire rally against GST in Surat Addressing a huge ral...

Ruling party seems to be on a sticky wicket in terms of the political narrative in the state LATEST NEWS :  With his international travel commitments taken care of and his government ensuring there would be no winter session of the Parliament for another three weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unencumbered enough to launch a blitzkrieg of a campaign in Gujarat. The PM is expected to address a rally in each of the 33 districts of Gujarat from now to December 12, the last day of campaigning for the second phase of polling. Gujarat votes on December 9 and 14. Both the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are busy finalizing their list of candidates for the 89 of the 182-seats that poll in the first phase. These seats are in the Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat regions. The lists are likely to be announced by Thursday evening. However, the BJP is on a sticky wicket in terms of the political narrative in the state. For once, the BJP election strategy in Guj...

The assembly elections will take place in two phases for 182 seats LATEST NEWS :  Gujarat assembly elections will be held in two phases for 182 seats on December 9 and 14 and counting of votes will take place on December 18. "There are 4.33 crore voters in Gujarat. 50,128 polling booths will be set up. Gujarat assembly poll will be fully VVPAT-based. There will be 102 all-woman manned stations," said Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti while annoucing poll dates. The Model Code of conduct comes into effect immediately. "Voter assistance booth will be set up for every polling station and differently-abled voters will be given preference. Height of voting compartment increased to maintain secrecy," he added. Videography, CCTV, webcasting coverage will be done for all critical events without violating secrecy. Candidates will be required to open separate bank accounts for election expenditures and ceiling of election expenditure is ...

Modi's policies have given a strategic blow to India, creating space for terrorists LATEST NEWS :    Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has refuted former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah's assertion that a third party, such as the US or China, can be approached for the settlement of the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan. "I have been asserting for long that it's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his policies at the Centre that have destroyed Jammu and Kashmir. And the point that is being mentioned that a third party's intervention should be invited for the settlement of the issue, it's wrong. India is Kashmir and Kashmir is India," Rahul said on Friday. "It's our internal matter and no other country should have any say in it," he added. Earlier in the day, Abdullah said that India should approach third parties, such as the United States and China, to mediate in the Kashmir issue. Abdullah sa...