Poaching Leaders

Atishi poaching case: AAP leader Atishi has been summoned by a Delhi court on June 29 in connection with a defamation case filed by the BJP over the Delhi Minister's poaching claim.

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday accused the ruling BJP of trying to poach his party's MLAs in Chhattisgarh by luring them with ministerial berths and tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said he had recently spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the BJP's "poaching" of leaders from the opposition ranks and asserted it was being done by "scaring" them.

Expressing sympathy with the Delhi Police officials, Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Jasmine Shah on Sunday said that BJP is using police officials like delivery boys to serve their political notices.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took a swipe at the BJP today over "requests to join" the party, amid a row linked to allegations by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader that the BJP has been trying to poach their MLAs.

No Congress leader can be "poached", Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar told NDTV Friday, a day after exit polls gave the party a win over the BRS in the Telangana election and a shot at defeating the BJP in Madhya Pradesh.

Congress president D K Shivakumar on Thursday said Basavaraj Bommai had no morality to speak, as he was running a "coalition government" with the support of defected Congress-JD(S) MLAs.

A day after Rahul Gandhi's scathing criticism of the TMC, the Congress launched another attack today, saying if the Mamata Banerjee-led party is so serious about working together then it must stop poaching leaders.

After making multiple claims about major threats looming on the TMC government in December, senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari today, in a U-turn, said his party would never poach opposition MLAs

Following directions from Telangana High Court, probe team issues second notice to the BJP National General Secretary (Organisation), who is yet to appear before it

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the Special Investigation Team probing the alleged attempt to poach TRS MLAs, to again serve notice on BJP leader B L Santhosh, who is yet to appear before the SIT.

The Telangana High Court on Saturday dismissed a plea by the BJP to stay the notices issued to party general secretary B L Santhosh by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged attempt to poach Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) MLAs.

This comes days after the High Court ruled that the police could continue investigation but also ordered that a judge will monitor it

Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said that the people of Himachal Pradesh were in a mood to change the government in the state by ruling out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state assembly election.

The Shiv Sena has housed its MLAs in different hotels in Mumbai after its senior leader and Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde rebelled against the party and camped at Surat in Gujarat along with some fellow dissident legislators, an MLA said on Tues

Atishi poaching case: AAP leader Atishi has been summoned by a Delhi court on June 29 in connection with a defamation case filed by the BJP over the Delhi Minister's poaching claim.

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday accused the ruling BJP of trying to poach his party's MLAs in Chhattisgarh by luring them with ministerial berths and tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said he had recently spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the BJP's "poaching" of leaders from the opposition ranks and asserted it was being done by "scaring" them.

Expressing sympathy with the Delhi Police officials, Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Jasmine Shah on Sunday said that BJP is using police officials like delivery boys to serve their political notices.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took a swipe at the BJP today over "requests to join" the party, amid a row linked to allegations by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader that the BJP has been trying to poach their MLAs.

No Congress leader can be "poached", Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar told NDTV Friday, a day after exit polls gave the party a win over the BRS in the Telangana election and a shot at defeating the BJP in Madhya Pradesh.

Congress president D K Shivakumar on Thursday said Basavaraj Bommai had no morality to speak, as he was running a "coalition government" with the support of defected Congress-JD(S) MLAs.

A day after Rahul Gandhi's scathing criticism of the TMC, the Congress launched another attack today, saying if the Mamata Banerjee-led party is so serious about working together then it must stop poaching leaders.

After making multiple claims about major threats looming on the TMC government in December, senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari today, in a U-turn, said his party would never poach opposition MLAs

Following directions from Telangana High Court, probe team issues second notice to the BJP National General Secretary (Organisation), who is yet to appear before it

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the Special Investigation Team probing the alleged attempt to poach TRS MLAs, to again serve notice on BJP leader B L Santhosh, who is yet to appear before the SIT.

The Telangana High Court on Saturday dismissed a plea by the BJP to stay the notices issued to party general secretary B L Santhosh by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged attempt to poach Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) MLAs.

This comes days after the High Court ruled that the police could continue investigation but also ordered that a judge will monitor it

Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said that the people of Himachal Pradesh were in a mood to change the government in the state by ruling out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state assembly election.

The Shiv Sena has housed its MLAs in different hotels in Mumbai after its senior leader and Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde rebelled against the party and camped at Surat in Gujarat along with some fellow dissident legislators, an MLA said on Tues