Breaking News LIVE: Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world.
BJP, JD(S) Leaders’ Joint Coordination Meet For LS Polls On March 29
A joint coordination meeting of both BJP and JD(S) leaders has been called on March 29 in Bengaluru to ensure that there is proper understanding between leaders and workers of both parties in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday.
JD(S) joined the NDA last September and has forged an electoral alliance with the BJP in Karnataka and as per arrangement JD(S) will be contesting in three seats –Mandya, Hassan and Kolar.
“I spoke to the state BJP President B Y Vijayendra over phone regarding calling a coordination meeting of both BJP and JD(S) leaders on March 29, so there is proper understanding between both party workers from top to bottom in all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies,” Kumaraswamy said, as quoted by news agency PTI.
I.N.D.I.A Bloc To Protest Outside BJP Headquarters In Delhi Today
The opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc is set to stage a protest outside the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in the national capital on Friday against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the electoral bond issue, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Thursday.
On Sunday, the I.N.D.I.A bloc had announced that it will hold a joint rally at the Ramlila Maidan in protest against Kejriwal’s arrest on March 31.
“We are organising a grand rally at the Ramlila Maidan on March 31 to protest against the current state of affairs in the nation. The prominent leaders of the INDIA bloc will be actively involved in this event,” Gopal Rai, the AAP’s Delhi convenor, had said, as quoted by IANS.
Rai, accompanied by fellow Delhi Ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, along with Delhi Congress President Arvinder Singh Lovely and other senior leaders, said, “Democracy and the nation are facing imminent threats. All parties belonging to the INDIA bloc will join forces in this grand rally to safeguard the interests of the nation and uphold democracy.”
