A recent Reuters poll suggests that a vast majority of analysts in the US believe the economy will enter a short and light recession later this year. This comes as the country is experiencing surging inflation, which has reached a four-decade high, prompting the Federal Reserve to announce several interest rate hikes since the beginning of the year in an […]

New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Veteran politician Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday swept the party's presidential polls paving the way for him to become the first non-Gandhi chief of Congress party in over two decades.

New Delhi Apr 26 PTI Congress president Sonia Gandhi had invited poll strategist Prashant Kishor to join the party and be a part of its Empowered Action Group-2024 to evolve a strategy for the general elections but he has declined the offer the party saidCongress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said on Tuesday that the party appreciates his efforts and suggestionsKishor was keen to join the Congress and had desired to do so without any expectations He had also made a presentation to the party on which its top leaders deliberated upon during the last weekFollowing a presentation and discussions with Prashant Kishor the Congress president constituted the Empowered Action Group-2024 and invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility He declined We appreciate his efforts and suggestions given to the party Surjewala said on TwitterSources said the reason for his not joining the Congress was the pact signed by his company I-PAC with TRS for the Telangana assembly elections and that was viewed by the Congress leadership as conflict of interestKishor has been engaged by Mamata Banerjees TMC in West Bengal as well as Nitish Kumars JD-U in Bihar for election management PTI SKC SKC ANB ANB

Lucknow Mar 25 PTI After taking oath as the Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister for the second time Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday said every promise made in the the BJP poll manifesto will be fulfilled on time and assured all-round development of the stateMaurya expressed his gratitude towards the central BJP leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for appointing him as the deputy chief minister againHe also expressed his gratitude towards the people and workers of the stateTalking to reporters at his official residence on Kalidas Marg Maurya said Every promise made in the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra BJP manifesto will be fulfilled on time and all-round development of Uttar Pradesh will be done With the motto of Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas everyones support development trust every possible help will be provided to every person of the state without any discrimination while law and order will be maintained he addedMaurya said service of the people and the interests of farmers will be paramount for the BJP government in the stateThe state will continue to move forward on the path of development he saidPromising to respect the mandate given by the people he said The honour of every individual and the dignity of BJP workers will be fully protected PTI AR CDN RHL

Chennai Feb 21 PTI The BJP on Monday asserted that its Madurai-based election agent had only urged that a hijab-clad woman voter be identified by looking at her face and never sought removal of the veil The party would approach court against the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission for contempt since the action against the BJP agent on this matter violated a Supreme Court ruling in 2010 which outlined norms on voter identification in a polling station The action against the BJP agent was based on false and distorted claims the party said BJP Tamil Nadu unit president K Annamalai speaking to reporters here said the ruling DMK wanted to politicise the matter only to divert attention from poll-related violence and other aspects like false voting Hence the BJP leader said the ruling party claimed falsely that the BJP agent wanted the woman voter to remove her headscarf Our election agent only said that the face has to be seen for identification He never sought removal of hijab he said Urban civic polls were held on February 19 in Tamil Nadu and a row erupted on the hijab matter which involved a BJP poll agent Annamalai dared the TNSEC to release the 25-minute CCTV camera footage from the Melur Madurai district polling station that captured the conversations in this regard It would prove whether the BJP agent sought identification of the voter or removal of hijab the saffron party leader said His party respected the rights of Muslim women to wear hijab and also supported it Annamalai said The TN BJP chief said the hijab-clad woman voter cast her vote and left the place following identification However a group of DMK men and others arrived at the booth in Madurai district about 15 minutes later and they distorted the BJP agents version They falsely claimed that the saffron party poll agent wanted removal of hijab This was done only to divert attention from poll-related violence unleashed by the DMK he alleged It was to deflect attention from distribution of cash unruly acts intimidation and polling of false votes by the ruling party people the BJP leader claimed A case was booked against the Madurai district based BJP election agent and he was arrested by police on February 19 in connection with the hijab row Annamalai said BJP workers and functionaries were assaulted by DMK members in several places including Madurai Tiruvannamalai and Kanyakumari and many of them have been hospitalised across the state In Coimbatore and Chennai violence was unleashed more he alleged The TN BJP chief also played a video on a screen in the state party headquarters here seeking to substantiate his allegations The party would approach court on poll-related incidents he said PTI VGN HDA HDA

New Delhi Feb 19 PTI Poll strategist Prashant Kishor met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here on Saturday triggering speculation about their reunion after Kishor was expelled from the JDU in 2020 Kumar however played down the meeting saying their ties are old and not much should be read into the meeting Once a close associate of Kumar Kishor had joined the JDU and was appointed its vice president by the Bihar chief minister Their ties however soured and he publicly criticised Kumars support to the ally BJP on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and frequently took jibes at him He was then expelled While Kumar remains a BJP ally Kishor has been a strong critic of the party and has often worked for its rivals in a number of states most recently in West Bengal where he worked with Trinamool Congress president and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee PTI KR SMN SMN

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Washington [US], October 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US Republicans are warming to a possible run by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, with 78 per cent saying they want the former president to seek another term in the White House, a Quinnipiac University poll said on Tuesday.