Grand Secular Alliance

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday said the grand alliance of the Left-Congress and other secular forces will defeat both the TMC and the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections.

As his suggestion that Rahul Gandhi be named the opposition's prime ministerial candidate met with a thumbs-down from most parties, DMK leader MK Stalin put out a statement on Monday defending his idea. The Congress president can unite and coordinate secular forces, he argued.

The ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) alliance in Karnataka has won two assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats in bypolls that are expected to have an impact on opposition moves to forge a grand coalition to take on the BJP in next year's national election. The BJP has won only one parliamentary seat, Shivamogga, vacated by former chief mini...

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda today said the country's secular parties will come together under the leadership of the Congress to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, denying reports that the grand alliance was losing its sheen.

Samajwadi Secular Morcha founder Shivpal Yadav said on Wednesday he was open to the idea of joining a proposed alliance of opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh against the ruling BJP.

The Congress, which is in a coalition with the Janata Dal Secular in Karnataka, has reacted to the resignation of N Mahesh from the post of minister of primary and secondary education.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) today announced its exit from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance to join the Mahagatbandhan or Grand Alliance in the state

Accused of "betrayal" by his former allies the RJD and the Congress, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he could not partner any more with people who were using secularism to hide their "sins and wealth earned through corrupt means." He was speaking in the state assembly just before a trust vote that he won with ease.

Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United or JD(U) has decided not to contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections so as to "consolidate and strengthen secular forces" and ensure that "communal forces" are defeated. JD(U) national General Secretary KC Tyagi told reporters in Patna that the decision to pull out of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections w...

The "internal conflicts" in the Grand Secular Alliance can lead to a mid-term election in Bihar, the BJP said today as it claimed a "tiff" between JDU and RJD, the two main constituents in the ruling coalition, over a host of issues, including cancellation of bail of Mohammad Shahabuddin and suspended RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today hit out at Bihar's ruling Grand Secular Alliance for failing to pay salaries to school teachers for over four months alleging the state government was trying to "mislead" people over the issue.

AIUDF, RJD and JD(U) today announced a Grand Alliance of "secular parties" in Assam and invited Congress to join them to fight BJP in the forthcoming Assembly polls.

Asserting that the ruling coalition in Bihar will complete its five-year term, RJD chief Lalu Yadav on Saturday praised the functioning of Nitish Kumar-led government and came down heavily on the BJP for saying that "cracks" had appeared in the ruling Grand Secular Alliance.

DMK treasurer MK Stalin today said the victory of the Grand Alliance led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad in Bihar showed that people desired a secular government in that state.

It was a mixed bag of luck for the sons and close relatives of politicians in the just-concluded Bihar elections, with the two sons of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Yadav and some others from the grand secular alliance emerging victorious while those from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coming a cropper.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday said the grand alliance of the Left-Congress and other secular forces will defeat both the TMC and the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections.

As his suggestion that Rahul Gandhi be named the opposition's prime ministerial candidate met with a thumbs-down from most parties, DMK leader MK Stalin put out a statement on Monday defending his idea. The Congress president can unite and coordinate secular forces, he argued.

The ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) alliance in Karnataka has won two assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats in bypolls that are expected to have an impact on opposition moves to forge a grand coalition to take on the BJP in next year's national election. The BJP has won only one parliamentary seat, Shivamogga, vacated by former chief mini...

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda today said the country's secular parties will come together under the leadership of the Congress to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, denying reports that the grand alliance was losing its sheen.

Samajwadi Secular Morcha founder Shivpal Yadav said on Wednesday he was open to the idea of joining a proposed alliance of opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh against the ruling BJP.

The Congress, which is in a coalition with the Janata Dal Secular in Karnataka, has reacted to the resignation of N Mahesh from the post of minister of primary and secondary education.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) today announced its exit from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance to join the Mahagatbandhan or Grand Alliance in the state

Accused of "betrayal" by his former allies the RJD and the Congress, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he could not partner any more with people who were using secularism to hide their "sins and wealth earned through corrupt means." He was speaking in the state assembly just before a trust vote that he won with ease.

Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United or JD(U) has decided not to contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections so as to "consolidate and strengthen secular forces" and ensure that "communal forces" are defeated. JD(U) national General Secretary KC Tyagi told reporters in Patna that the decision to pull out of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections w...

The "internal conflicts" in the Grand Secular Alliance can lead to a mid-term election in Bihar, the BJP said today as it claimed a "tiff" between JDU and RJD, the two main constituents in the ruling coalition, over a host of issues, including cancellation of bail of Mohammad Shahabuddin and suspended RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today hit out at Bihar's ruling Grand Secular Alliance for failing to pay salaries to school teachers for over four months alleging the state government was trying to "mislead" people over the issue.

AIUDF, RJD and JD(U) today announced a Grand Alliance of "secular parties" in Assam and invited Congress to join them to fight BJP in the forthcoming Assembly polls.

Asserting that the ruling coalition in Bihar will complete its five-year term, RJD chief Lalu Yadav on Saturday praised the functioning of Nitish Kumar-led government and came down heavily on the BJP for saying that "cracks" had appeared in the ruling Grand Secular Alliance.

DMK treasurer MK Stalin today said the victory of the Grand Alliance led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad in Bihar showed that people desired a secular government in that state.

It was a mixed bag of luck for the sons and close relatives of politicians in the just-concluded Bihar elections, with the two sons of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Yadav and some others from the grand secular alliance emerging victorious while those from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coming a cropper.