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‘BJP wants to crush the voice of Maharashtra through defections’

Aaditya Thackeray (HT Photo)
mumbai news
Updated on Jul 03, 2026 09:00 am IST

Mamata, Uddhav, Kejriwal have one big question. The answer may come via Goa

Supreme Court of India has in a 2023 case observed that MPs alone are not the whole party, but that was not part of a direct verdict on mergers as such.
india news
Updated on Jun 24, 2026 05:59 pm IST

Shadow of Op Tiger: Four Sena (UBT) legislators skip party meeting

21 out of 25 Shiv Sena (UBT) MLAs attended the meeting at party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s residence on Monday (PTI)
mumbai news
Published on Jun 23, 2026 05:02 am IST

Another UP minister claims defections likely from SP, Congress: 'Two dozen MPs…'

Uttar Pradesh minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad .
india news
Updated on Jun 19, 2026 11:59 am IST

‘Shift of non-Yadav OBC and non-Jatav SC votes dented BJP’

The party also saw various internal and external forces waging a ‘pseudo war’ to harm the party that had been hegemonic in UP’s politics since 2014. (Pic for representation)
lucknow news
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 05:52 am IST

LS polls: Talwar, Pandey in the race for Cong ticket

Among the frontrunners in this race are Sanjay Talwar, the district Congress president; Rakesh Pandey, a former MLA; and Gurvinder Lapran, a senior Congress leader. (HT photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Mar 31, 2024 06:16 am IST

Zeeshan Siddique removed as Mumbai Cong youth wing chief amid speculation of exit

Congress lawmaker Zeeshan Siddique. (X)
india news
Published on Feb 21, 2024 04:48 pm IST

One more Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, Babanrao Gholap, joins Shinde

HT Image
mumbai news
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 06:52 am IST

In damage control mode, BJP sends Punjab in-charge Rupani to take feedback

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters hold party flags. (ANI File)
chandigarh news
Updated on Oct 18, 2023 08:56 am IST

Keeping up with UP| Snub to defector is Ghosi bypoll’s biggest takeaway

PREMIUM
Samajwadi Party workers celebrating the victory of party candidate Sudhakar Singh in the Ghosi constituency by-election, in Lucknow. (FILE PHOTO)
opinion
Published on Sept 12, 2023 09:24 am IST

Defections require a political response

PREMIUM
The current NCP defection petitions might also take a year and by then, elections will be so close that the entire proceeding will be infructuous, at least politically.
opinion
Published on Jul 04, 2023 09:23 pm IST

Legislators slam ‘rampant’ defections, call for revisiting anti-defection law

Mumbai, India - June 17, 2023: Former vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu with Former Minister of Home Affairs of India Sushilkumar Shinde, former president of Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay, CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat, Meira Kumar, during the closing day of the National Legislators' Conference at Jio Center, BKC in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
mumbai news
Updated on Jun 18, 2023 01:26 am IST

Karnataka elections: Parties battle it out to woo crucial Lingayat vote bank

The politically influential Lingayat community accounts for around 17% of the state’s population.   (HT photo)
india news
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 04:06 am IST

Despite Ajit’s clarification, unease in Pawar family, Ajit-Raut verbal war continues

On Tuesday, Ajit slammed Raut for the article without naming him. “Spokespersons from other parties are speaking as if they are from the NCP,” he said. “I will raise the issue in the party meeting. They can speak about their own party. We don’t need advocates from other parties.” (HT PHOTO)
mumbai news
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:35 am IST

Karnataka independent candidate from Yadgir deposits Rs. 10k in coins

K'taka: Independent candidate from Yadgir deposits 10k in coins
bengaluru news
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 01:35 pm IST

What drama in K’taka reveals

PREMIUM
Interestingly, Karnataka is perhaps the only state in the country where the party has consciously avoided corruption as a campaign issue (PTI)
editorials
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 06:36 pm IST

V-P Naidu says 'loopholes in anti-defection law, needs amendments'| Video

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu speaks during an event 'Media's Role in New India' at Press Club of Bangalore in Bengaluru,
india news
Published on Apr 25, 2022 11:27 am IST

Why defections continue to cast a shadow on politics | Opinion

In a book published in 1974, Subhash Kashyap, former secretary-general of the seventh Lok Sabha and an expert in constitutional law, recalled that in the 1967-71 period, 142 defections took place in Parliament. As many as 1,969 defections took place in assemblies, causing the downfall of 32 state governments.
analysis
Updated on Jun 11, 2020 08:42 am IST

Based on defections, govt fell like house of cards: Opposition

The Congress and other parties on Tuesday stepped up their attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the political developments in Maharashtra. (HT PHOTO)
india news
Published on Nov 27, 2019 01:22 am IST

Amid speculation over defection to TRS, Azharuddin meets KTR

Former Team India captain Mohammad Azharuddin after being elected as the president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association in Hyderabad on Friday.
india news
Updated on Sept 28, 2019 09:19 pm IST

Analysis | Why NCP-Cong should worry about Maharashtra’s season of defections

The defections, run down by the opposition as opportunistic movements, also point to its state in Maharashtra.
opinion
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 08:45 pm IST

Fighting defections in NCP, Sharad Pawar points finger at Devendra Fadnavis

Sharad Pawar’s remarks came after a number of NCP leaders quit the party to either join the BJP or Shiv Sena recently.
india news
Updated on Jul 29, 2019 12:35 am IST

NCP MLA Vaibhav Pichad to join BJP, Pawar says not worried about defections

NCP president Sharad Pawar he was not worried about his party’s leaders leaving.
mumbai news
Updated on Jul 28, 2019 01:28 am IST

BJP hints at defections from Congress, TDP in Telangana

india news
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 07:23 am IST

Alliances and defections show the BJP is clearly ahead

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the BJP’s alliance partners during Sankalp Rally, Patna, March 03
columns
Published on Mar 17, 2019 09:59 am IST

In poll season, Congress, BJP tackle defections

Workers prepare promotional materials for BJP and Congress ahead of the Rajasthan Assembly Elections, at Tripolia Bazaar in Jaipur, Wednesday.
elections
Published on Nov 14, 2018 11:30 pm IST

Goa Congress in disarray, may see more defections

Congress sitting MLA's from Goa Subhash Shirodhkar (L) and Dayanad Satope (R) join Bhartiya Janata Party in presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal (C) at BJP head quarter in New Delhi on October 16.
india news
Updated on Oct 19, 2018 12:02 am IST
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