Politics

LUCKNOW: The Congress will contest the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh with party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the party’s face and the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party’s highest decision-making body will decide on the chief ministerial candidate. In a candid conversation with the The New Indian at the party office here, Uttar […]

AMRAVATI: In an unforeseen development, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, withdrew the Three Capital Bill following a state cabinet meeting on Monday morning. This decision comes after numerous farmers and opposition members filed petitions that are still being heard by the High Court in Amravati on having Amaravati as the sole capital […]

JAIPUR: With what appears to be an eye on the next assembly elections, albeit two years away, Rajasthan Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has gone in for a cabinet expansion inducting five ministers considered close to younger Congress leader from the state, Sachin Pilot. According to party leaders, the new Cabinet will include five ministers from the […]

SHIMLA: Buoyed over its recent win in Himachal Pradesh bypolls, the Congress party is leaving no stone unturned to ensure it wrests power from the ruling BJP in 2022 state polls. The New Indian caught up with Congress’ state president Kuldeep Rathore, who seems determined to continue the victory march well into Assembly elections. ALSO […]

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi announced on Friday to repeal farm laws in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The public discourse and Opposition leaders gave a political angle to this announcement as elections are due in farmer-dominated states like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh early next year. But the statistics from last year and this […]