Assam Cong in serious crisis; 3 top leaders resign back-to-back

The Assam Congress has been hit by a serious crisis. First the drubbing at the hands of BJP three years ago and now a spate of desertions by top leaders obviously triggered by the lack of direction the party is faced with after Rahul Gandhi’s exit as the President. The first to quit was former […]

Former Assam Rajya Sabha MP and veteran Congress leader Bhubaneswar Kalita joins BJP

Congress Rajya Sabha MP and chief whip Bhubaneswar Kalita, who resigned from the party on Monday has joined BJP on Friday. #BREAKING | Former APCC president Bhubaneswar Kalita joins #BJP. pic.twitter.com/SfVWmIfidT — Northeast Live (@NELiveTV) August 9, 2019 Kalita, a five time MP, had resigned from the membership of the House on Monday opposing the […]

Independent MP candidate Lalhriatrenga Chhangte joins BJP in Mizoram

Lalhriatrenga Chhangte who fought the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate and secured 12,657 votes joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday. Chhangte said he decided to join BJP after having studied the different parties in Mizoram and he thought BJP to be the best choice. Chhangte is of the opinion […]

NPP extends support to BJP in Arunachal Pradesh

The NPP has announced its decision to support BJP in Arunachal Pradesh. The move comes in the backdrop of blow hot, blow cold relationship that is going on between NPP and BJP in Manipur. Arunachal NPP President Gicho Kabak called on Arunachal state BJP president Tapir Gao in New Delhi today and extended the party’s […]

PM Modi launches BJP’s membership drive in Varanasi; aims to increase party’s membership by 20 percent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the BJP’s nationwide membership drive in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Saturday, it is his second visit after the Lok Sabha victory. Modi arrived in his parliamentary constituency this morning to launch the mass membership drive through which the BJP aims to increase its party strength by 20 per cent. Addressing […]

Dissidence in Manipur BJP reaches party High Command’s door

The dissidence in the Manipur BJP, against Chief Minister Biren Singh’s leadership has now reached party working president JP Nadda’s door. BJP national general secretary, Bhupender Yadav has been meeting party legislators from Manipur in the past few days and is now believed to have placed the issue before Nadda for a possible resolution. Biren […]

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar formally joins BJP

Foreign Minister Subhramanyam Jaishankar formally joined the BJP on Monday in presence of the party working president JP Nadda at Parliament House. The BJP is likely to field Dr Jaishankar from Gujarat as its Rajya Sabha candidate. He has to be a Member of Parliament within six months of being sworn in. Dr Jaishankar is […]

NPP chief Conrad Sangma takes strong exception to stripping finance portfolio from party leader Y Joykumar Singh

The BJP-led coalition government in Manipur is in the grip of a major political crisis with NPP national President Conrad Sangma on Friday, expressing his party’s total displeasure in the manner in which chief minister Biren Singh had stripped deputy chief minister and NPP leader Y Joykumar Singh of the finance portfolio following the acute […]

Modi 2.0 Cabinet: PM, Amit Shah meet to give final shape to ministry

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a final round of consultations with BJP president Amit Shah and is learnt to have given shape to his council of ministers ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of his new government in the evening. Modi and Shah have held several rounds of discussions in the last two days […]