Leaders from the two parties have now started accusing Ambedkar of helping the BJP as the BBM-AIMIM alliance is likely to cut into their Dalit-minorities votes read more

Pawar’s remarks were a retort to Dalit leader and Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) chief Prakash Ambedkar, who had said he was not keen on having an alliance with the NCP as the latter is not a secular party. read more

BBM leader says Cong delay led to the move, will wait for them till the time of filing the nominations read more

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To say that former CM of Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, stole the show with his fire and brimstone delivery last Friday at the launch of ‘Remembering Rajni’, at the Nehru Centre, would be an understatement read more

Leaders such as Sharad Pawar have said that the Opposition should focus on building state-specific alliances, giving leadership to the locally strong players. Mayawati’s messaging suggests that she might not be willing to accept this method read more

Started by Suresh Kalmadi, former city member of parliament under the leadership of then chief minister of Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar, the objective of the festival was to take the city’s Ganeshotsav to an international level and attract tourists. read more

Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh and other party leaders shared the dais with Congress president Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar and other opposition... read more

After the rout in 2014 elections, both the parties realised they need to join hands, as their voter base is largely the same read more

When Baru tweeted a broadside at the UPA in general, and the Congress in particular, it did not pass without comment. read more

Addressing a press conference after the NCP’s National Convention here, he said he had already held “informal” meetings with many including Congress President Rahul Gandhi read more

Asserting that the country was in the grip of communal politics, NCP president Sharad Pawar said the right-wing saw no contradiction between communalism and development. read more

In order to reach a consensus, the parties have now decided to form a joint committee of two senior leaders each to discuss the issue in detail. read more

Pawar pressed for forging alliances of anti-BJP parties at state level and favoured picking up the prime ministerial candidate after the election results, as happened after the 1977 and 2004 general polls. read more

In Hamburg, accompanying his leader Rahul Gandhi on one more of their international outreach blitzkriegs, Deora landed to the news of the untimely deaths of two of his friends back home. read more