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PM Modi's comments reminded some MPs of Jagdeep Dhankhar, who resigned as Vice President suddenly on July 21 amid indications that his souring ties with the ruling party might have pushed him to quit.
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Opposition announced that it will field ex-SC judge B Sudershan Reddy against NDA's CP Radhakrishnan for the post of Vice President, setting up a keen clash that could put alliance loyalties on both sides to the test.
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A veteran BJP leader, Radhakrishnan, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore twice and previously served as the Tamil Nadu BJP State President.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, sources told PTI, will oversee the vice-presidential election, while Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju will be the polling agent.
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Modi said Radhakrishnan has done extensive work at the grassroots in Tamil Nadu and he was glad that the NDA family has decided to nominate him as the Vice Presidential candidate of the alliance.
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Nadda said, “CP Radhakrishnan considered a statesman, commands respect in all sections of society in Tamil Nadu,” announcing him as the candidate for NDA.
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The NDA on Thursday authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president JP Nadda to pick the vice presidential candidate for the ruling alliance.
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Incidentally, a common grouse of the opposition parties has been that the SIR, ordered with barely a few months left for the assembly polls, was aimed at “helping” the BJP-led NDA, which has been in power for two decades.
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Top NDA leaders met in the capital on Wednesday where they discussed the need to effectively counter the Opposition's narrative against the government on Ambedkar and the Constitution.
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He also rejected speculations triggered by a recent remark of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in response to a query about Kumar, who heads the JD(U).
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This was the second consecutive setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls when it faced a crushing defeat in all five tribal seats out of the state’s total 14 parliamentary constituencies.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on November 23 thanked people for the ‘landslide victory’ in the assembly elections. Shinde thanked voters of Maharashtra and said this is a landslide victory. He further added that Mahayuti will get a thumping victory. Watch here for more details
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The development comes amid the National People's Party (NPP), which has seven MLAs in the 60-member Manipur Assembly, withdrawing support from the BJP-led government, claiming that the N Biren Singh dispensation has "completely failed to resolve the crisis and restore normalcy" in the northeastern state.
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Addressing a public meeting in favour of NDA nominee, Vishal Prashant of BJP for the Tarari assembly byelection, Kumar said, "I have said it earlier also…I am once again saying that we (BJP-JDU) were together earlier. I made a mistake twice in the past by joining hands with the RJD…., I went 'idhar udhar' twice in the past…But now, I have again come to the NDA. I will remain permanently with the NDA"
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Among the key fence-sitters are the YSR Congress Party with nine members and the BJD with seven members
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The move, supported by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, has sparked controversy as it challenges the decades-old tradition dating back to 1937.
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee returns from Mumbai, criticizes the 'Nyay Samhita Bill' and accuses the NDA of authoritarianism. She claims the mandate favors the INDIA Bloc and warns of threats to freedom and governance.
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Nomura anticipates the first post-election budget to be a pivotal test for Modi 3.0—a stage to showcase its stand fiscal prudence while managing the demands of newfound coalition allies.
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The BJP-led NDA is likely to face a tough time in getting its economic agenda through in the Parliament as the resurgent opposition appears determined to not give the government an easy passage
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Here are the top developments of the day
President Murmu invokes Emergency in her speech; opposition up in arms,
NDA likely to keep Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker's post; may announce candidate soon, Sam Pitroda's reappointment was well calibrated to assist Rahul Gandhi in his parliamentary functions says BJP, CBI Makes First Arrests In Bihar In NEET-UG Paper Leak Case.
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The stage is set for a contest between the ruling NDA and the Opposition INDIA alliance for the speaker's post in the 18th Lok Sabha. With Om Birla filing his nomination for NDA and K Suresh for the opposition, tensions rise. Despite efforts for consensus by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, no agreement was reached. Hear statements from Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Gaurav Gogoi, and Union Ministers Lalan Singh and Piyush Goyal, as they discuss the standoff. The historic election is scheduled for June 26th.
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The Naidu government plans to request the Centre to resume payments under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, said to be halted during the YSR Congress Party's tenure. This after estimating the inflation-adjusted cost required to restart these projects.
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Powerful state leaders have long clamored for more room to spend. India’s new government should oblige them
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Cabinet portfolio allocations are not the correct measure to judge the leverage TDP has extracted from the coalition government. It could be because the real test for N Chandrababu Naidu will be the concessions he extracts for Andhra
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Coalition governments and GDP growth are not mandatorily correlated. India has in the past, managed to do reasonably well without single-party majorities at the helm of affairs. And a country’s economic performance depends on a whole host of factors including global economic conditions.
