Rajnath Singh On Coalition

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday slammed the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government over its handling of the COVID-19 situation, saying the current situation in the state looks like a circus is going on instead of governance.

Union Minister Rajnath Singh today asserted in parliament that the ruling BJP had "nothing to do with" the crisis in Karnataka, where the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition is fighting for survival after multiple resignations.

Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam Sinha, the opposition coalition's candidate in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, is taking on a BJP heavyweight in a seat that has been voting the BJP since 1991.

Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the BJP considers its alliance partners as a sign of strength (''mazbooti'') and not as a compulsion (''majboori''), pointing out the party had taken along all allies when forming the government in 2014, despite having majority.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has announced that he will fulfill his Rs 46,000-crore loan waiver commitment made to farmers "completely" in the Congress-JDS coalition government's second budget that he is scheduled to present on February 8.

On a day Governor's rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP pulled out of the ruling coalition with the PDP, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the family of Aurangzeb, the soldier who was kidnapped and killed by terrorists in south Kashmir last week.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has asked the BJP to explain how exactly it plans to draw new partners to the national coalition that it fronts, the National Democratic Alliance or NDA. "Allies don't exactly grow on trees," Mr Thackeray said today, declaring that the political ensemble now has just about enough members for a cosy tea party.

It is the final day today of the Janata Dal (United)'s two-day national executive meet in the capital. Sources in the party say a political resolution which is likely to be passed is expected to reiterate the JD(U)'s position that the prime ministerial candidate of the NDA coalition should be a person with a secular image, an indirect snub to Naren...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday slammed the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government over its handling of the COVID-19 situation, saying the current situation in the state looks like a circus is going on instead of governance.

Union Minister Rajnath Singh today asserted in parliament that the ruling BJP had "nothing to do with" the crisis in Karnataka, where the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition is fighting for survival after multiple resignations.

Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam Sinha, the opposition coalition's candidate in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, is taking on a BJP heavyweight in a seat that has been voting the BJP since 1991.

Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the BJP considers its alliance partners as a sign of strength (''mazbooti'') and not as a compulsion (''majboori''), pointing out the party had taken along all allies when forming the government in 2014, despite having majority.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has announced that he will fulfill his Rs 46,000-crore loan waiver commitment made to farmers "completely" in the Congress-JDS coalition government's second budget that he is scheduled to present on February 8.

On a day Governor's rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP pulled out of the ruling coalition with the PDP, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the family of Aurangzeb, the soldier who was kidnapped and killed by terrorists in south Kashmir last week.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has asked the BJP to explain how exactly it plans to draw new partners to the national coalition that it fronts, the National Democratic Alliance or NDA. "Allies don't exactly grow on trees," Mr Thackeray said today, declaring that the political ensemble now has just about enough members for a cosy tea party.

It is the final day today of the Janata Dal (United)'s two-day national executive meet in the capital. Sources in the party say a political resolution which is likely to be passed is expected to reiterate the JD(U)'s position that the prime ministerial candidate of the NDA coalition should be a person with a secular image, an indirect snub to Naren...