New Congress MP in charge of Meghalaya Dr A. CHELLAKUMAR who arrived in Tura on January 8 with state president Vincent Pala and working president Deobrah Marak to mobilise congress workers and leaders said that the party will go to the people to prove that it was the congress and not the BJP which has been providing people centric policies and accused the saffron party of piggyriding on the grand old party's policies and schemes.
BJP national vice president and Meghalaya Incharge Dr M Chuba Ao on Thursday said the party’s target is to get 400 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The JDU will contest the Lok Sabha polls for the first time in Arunachal Pradesh. It had contested Assembly elections there in 2019, winning seven out of the 60 seats.
Retired DHS (Govt. of Meghalaya) Dr. Rita Tariang formally joined BJP Meghalaya and was welcomed into the party’s fold by state president Rickman Momin, in the presence of state vice presidents Khrawboklang Basaiawmoit, Gagan Jain and Wankitbok Pohshna, state General Secretary Everist Myrsing and state secretary Dr. Bernadette Lyngdoh.
The journey will traverse through diverse regions, including Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat, among others. The purpose of the yatra is to connect with the people and address their concerns.
In a big announcement, Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang said on Thursday that his government will provide employment to one member of each household in the state before the assembly elections due in 2024.
Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah came down heavily on All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), former ally led by perfume baron and MP Badruddin Ajmal.
MDCs of the United Democratic Party (UDP) on Wednesday demanded disciplinary action against Nongkrem MDC Lambor Malngiang for his alleged anti-party activity by extending support to the National People’s Party (NPP)-led executive committee in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC).
