Karnataka: BJP’s ‘Op Lotus’ fails as Congress rebel MLAs backtrack

The Bharatiya Janata Party failed yet again at installing its government in Karnataka after its efforts to topple the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government with Congress rebel MLAs after the MLAs backtracked at the last moment. Read More
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After Karnataka, BJP political manoeuvring reported in MP

Media reports citing a “senior Congress source” said the BJP has stepped up its effort to make a real push to topple the Madhya Pradesh government and the saffron rival could be keener to bring about a regime change in the state. Read More
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Karnataka: 2 independent MLAs pull support from Cong-JDS govt

Two independent MLAs, H Nagesh and R Shankar withdrew support from HD Kumaraswamy led JDS-Congress government, on Tuesday. The two MLAs claimed that the alliance was not working according to the expectations from the government. Read More
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In UP, small parties step up talks with SP, BSP, Congress

After BSP and SP announced that they were forming an alliance in UP for this year’s Lok Sabha election and the subsequent announcement by the Congress that it would contest all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, smaller parties intensified alliance talks with all the three. Read More
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In a first, Vijay Mallya declared ‘fugitive economic offender’

A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court in Mumbai, on Monday, has declared, for the first time, Vijay Mallya a “fugitive economic offender” under the Fugitive Economic Offenders’ Act, 2018 by the special judge, MS Azmi. Read More
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Congress produces tape, takes Rafale row to Parrikar’s bedroom

The Congress, on Wednesday, while attacking the Narendra Modi government, has claimed, while producing an audio tape, that the Goa chief minister, Manohar Parrikar, is “hiding all files related to the controversial Rafale deal in his bedroom”. Read More
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Haryana moots farmers’ pension as Congress drums up loan waiver

The BJP government in Haryana is reportedly considering a pension scheme for farmers by expanding the Centre’s Atal Pension Yojana ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Ahead of LS poll, Shivpal Yadav counts Congress as possible ally

Although Yadav sought the inclusion of his party in the SP-BSP alliance to fight the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, he has mentioned the Congress’s name for the first time. Read More
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SP, BSP MLAs hold meeting over exclusion from MP cabinet

Kamal Nath, the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, has kept out two Bahujan Samaj Party and one Samajwadi Party MLA from his 28-member cabinet, which took oath of office on Tuesday. Read More
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