
BJP backs Left, Left backs Maya
The battlelines for the July 22 show-of-strength in Lok Sabha got sharper on Saturday. The Left, BJP and BSP united on an anti-government plank and Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked party leaders to mop up the numbers as the race is expected to be close.
The Left and the BJP came out in Mayawati’s defence and charged the government of using the CBI to harass political opponents. The BJP and the RSS accused the Congress of “betraying” the Left, while the Left made it clear that its members will vote against the government.
Said CPI (M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury: “History is not going to judge people by the co-travellers in a train.
History’s evaluation is: ‘Have I completed my journey?’.” The BJP echoed him, as senior leader Venkaiah Naidu said, “I am not going to get off the Rajdhani Express because a Left leader is a co-passenger. Our goal is to see that the government goes.” An editorial in the RSS mouthpiece Paanchjanya also hailed the “courage” shown by CPM general-secretary Prakash Karat.
Left leaders are in touch with several anti-Congress regional leaders. However, for many parties such as the JDS, talking to the Left is merely a tool to raise bargaining power with the Congress.
The Left is also keen to get Mayawati into its orbit, but the Dalit leader has reservations, given her national ambitions — for one, the BSP is challenging Om Prakash Chautala in Haryana.

Sanitation worker becomes 1st person to receive Covid-19 vaccine jab in Delhi

The singer confesses

Koli held guilty in 12th Nithari murder case, employer Pandher acquitted

Two Chinese nationals among 12 nabbed for defrauding ‘thousands’

Poultry sale resumes after brief pause, traders say demand low

3 die in blaze at scrap godown in Kirti Nagar

BJP drove MCDs to bankruptcy, alleges AAP; BJP hits

DTC places order for 1,000 new buses; another promise delivered, tweets Kejriwal

Hospital staff upbeat a day before first jabs

Covid beds at Delhi’s pvt hospitals reduced further

HC asks Delhi MCDs to list non-essential expenses

Vaccine drive to start at 81 sites in Delhi tomorrow, CM to visit LNJP hospital

Delhi's Covid-19 positivity rate at an all-time low of 0.44%: Satyendar Jain

Flying of UAVs, paragliders prohibited over Delhi ahead of Republic Day
