Rebel Bjp Mlas

More legislators are feeling suffocated in the Congress and would also show courage to leave the party in the coming days, said Rajinder Rana, one of the six disqualified MLAs who switched to the BJP on Saturday.

The Himachal Pradesh unit of BJP on Monday said it was "unfortunate" that Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu has resorted to "harassing" MLAs and calling them "black snakes", and added that such words should not be used for elected representatives.

Portfolios were allocated during the day to nine MLAs, including Ajit Pawar, who joined the Eknath Shinde government on July 2.

Maharashtra cabinet minister and Ajit Pawar camp leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday asserted though they have aligned with the ruling BJP, they have not abandoned their "ideology" and criticised NCP founder Sharad Pawar for changing his

Leading BJP rebels are KL Thakur from Nalagarh, Hoshyar Singh from Dehra, Hiteshwar Singh from Banjar; Congress rebel Ashish Kumar ahead in Hamirpur

Cracking the whip, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat on Tuesday suspended 12 party leaders, including 6-term MLA Madhu Shrivastav.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken disciplinary action and suspended seven party leaders, who had filed nominations as independent candidates after being denied tickets by the saffron party.

A Gujarat MLA who recently quit the BJP, has threatened to "shoot" anyone who "misbehaves" with "my people". Madhu Shrivastav, accused in a case linked to the 2002 Gujarat riots, is contesting as an Independent after the party denied him a ticket.

Madhubhai Shrivastav, a local strongman-politician who was once named in a 2002 Gujarat riots case, says "only Delhi decides the tickets"

Himachal Pradesh polls: BJP rebel number was touching 30 at one point, including MLAs denied tickets and others not chosen despite being in queue for years

Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat rued the alleged lack of respect for seniority in politics after a BJP MLA with whose father he claimed he had worked earlier was made cabinet minister in the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra.

After taking away bulk of the MLAs with him to become Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde now moving towards a minimum two-third split among MPs, too, which may help skirt the anti-defection law.

Amid Eknath Shinde's rebellion, the BJP had promised not to target Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and his family, a spokesperson of the rebel Sena faction claimed here on Saturday.

Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs have aligned with BJP in Maharashtra and if there is any possibility of reconciliation with the parent party, then Sena president Uddhav Thackeray should talk to the party's estranged ally, a spokesperson of Team Shinde said.

Newly-appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will hold a strategy meet with BJP MLAs in the state this evening as Team Thackeray continues the fight back, issuing directions to their MLAs to be present for the crucial electionfor the Ass

More legislators are feeling suffocated in the Congress and would also show courage to leave the party in the coming days, said Rajinder Rana, one of the six disqualified MLAs who switched to the BJP on Saturday.

The Himachal Pradesh unit of BJP on Monday said it was "unfortunate" that Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu has resorted to "harassing" MLAs and calling them "black snakes", and added that such words should not be used for elected representatives.

Portfolios were allocated during the day to nine MLAs, including Ajit Pawar, who joined the Eknath Shinde government on July 2.

Maharashtra cabinet minister and Ajit Pawar camp leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday asserted though they have aligned with the ruling BJP, they have not abandoned their "ideology" and criticised NCP founder Sharad Pawar for changing his

Leading BJP rebels are KL Thakur from Nalagarh, Hoshyar Singh from Dehra, Hiteshwar Singh from Banjar; Congress rebel Ashish Kumar ahead in Hamirpur

Cracking the whip, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat on Tuesday suspended 12 party leaders, including 6-term MLA Madhu Shrivastav.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken disciplinary action and suspended seven party leaders, who had filed nominations as independent candidates after being denied tickets by the saffron party.

A Gujarat MLA who recently quit the BJP, has threatened to "shoot" anyone who "misbehaves" with "my people". Madhu Shrivastav, accused in a case linked to the 2002 Gujarat riots, is contesting as an Independent after the party denied him a ticket.

Madhubhai Shrivastav, a local strongman-politician who was once named in a 2002 Gujarat riots case, says "only Delhi decides the tickets"

Himachal Pradesh polls: BJP rebel number was touching 30 at one point, including MLAs denied tickets and others not chosen despite being in queue for years

Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat rued the alleged lack of respect for seniority in politics after a BJP MLA with whose father he claimed he had worked earlier was made cabinet minister in the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra.

After taking away bulk of the MLAs with him to become Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde now moving towards a minimum two-third split among MPs, too, which may help skirt the anti-defection law.

Amid Eknath Shinde's rebellion, the BJP had promised not to target Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and his family, a spokesperson of the rebel Sena faction claimed here on Saturday.

Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs have aligned with BJP in Maharashtra and if there is any possibility of reconciliation with the parent party, then Sena president Uddhav Thackeray should talk to the party's estranged ally, a spokesperson of Team Shinde said.

Newly-appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will hold a strategy meet with BJP MLAs in the state this evening as Team Thackeray continues the fight back, issuing directions to their MLAs to be present for the crucial electionfor the Ass