Category: Politics

The Supreme Court is seeking the government’s response to pleas to allow solemnisation of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act. The Special Marriage Act of 1954 provides a civil form of marriage for couples who cannot marry under their personal law. A Bench of Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli agreed to hear partners Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty and Abhay Dang. The same-sex couple said the non-recognition of same sex marriage amounted to discrimination that struck at the root of dignity and self-fulfillment of LGBTQ+ couples.…

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said he will be visiting New Delhi to meet BJP national President J P Nadda, and also will have discussions with a senior advocate in the Supreme Court regarding the legal battle with Maharashtra over the border dispute. The Chief Minister is expected to travel to the national capital on Tuesday. The meeting with Nadda, gains significance, as he had recently indicated that the much awaited expansion or reshuffle of his Cabinet is likely after the Gujarat Assembly polls. I’m going to Delhi,…

BJP chief JP Nadda went door to door in Delhi’s Wazirpur on Sunday, seeking votes for his party’s candidates in the upcoming municipal elections. As part of the BJP’s mega campaign, Mr Nadda interacted with locals and handed out copies of the party’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ (manifesto). He was accompanied by BJP MP Harsh Vardhan and other party leaders. In the evening, Mr Nadda will take part in the door-to-door campaign in south Delhi’s Badarpur area. The BJP plans to reach out to voters across the 250 Municipal Corporation of Delhi…

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday. This is reportedly their first meeting since her former aide quit the Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 state assembly election.   Reports suggest Banerjee invited Adhikari to her chamber in the state assembly. MLAs Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kumar Lahiri and Manoj Tigga accompanied Adhikari. The meeting of two leaders came ahead of the inauguration of the platinum jubilee memorial building on the assembly campus on Friday.   “I had a three-four minute’s long…

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is monitoring the case against deputy CM Manish Sisodia and met CBI and ED directors recently. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, marking his Aam Aadmi Party’s 10th foundation day on Saturday, launched a scathing attack on the BJP and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personally monitoring case against his deputy Manish Sisodia. He also said that the PM met CBI and ED directors. “PM was personally monitoring the case and he used to meet the CBI and ED…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said anti-social elements earlier indulged in violence in Gujarat as the Congress supported them, but after the perpetrators were “taught a lesson” in 2002, they stopped such activities and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) established “permanent peace” in the state. Parts of Gujarat had witnessed large-scale violence in 2002 following the train burning incident at Godhra railway station in February that year. Addressing a rally in Mahudha town of Kheda district in support of BJP candidates ahead of the next month’s Assembly elections,…

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today launched a fresh attack on the mechanism to appoint Supreme Court (SC) and high court judges, saying the collegium system is alien to the Constitution. The Supreme Court in its wisdom, through a court ruling, created collegium, he said noting that before 1991 all judges were appointed by the government. Speaking at an event in the national capital, the minister said the Constitution of India is a religious document for everyone, especially the government. Anything which is alien to the Constitution merely because of…

MCD elections: BJP is hoping to retain the municipal corporation for the third time and the ruling party is facing a direct fight with AAP. Union Minister Piyush Goyal, State BJP president Adesh Gupta and LoP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri along with MPs on Friday launched saffron party’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ for MCD elections 2022. Reading out the 12-point manifesto, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said all services of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will be brought online through a mobile application. The ruling party has been in power in the municipal corporation…

Home Minister Amit Shah advocated for rewriting history without any distortions while speaking at an event on the 400th birth anniversary of Ahom general Lachit Barphukan. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said he often comes across complaints that history has been distorted and asked “Who stops us from writing the correct history now?” Shah while addressing a session on the 400th birth anniversary of Ahom general Lachit Barphukan urged academicians to research and write about 30 great Indian empires and 300 warriors who showed exemplary valour to fight…

Narendra Saluja, a close aide and former media advisor of Congress leader Kamal Nath, joined the BJP on Friday. As Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra marches through Madhya Pradesh, the party received a serious setback from the same state with former Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s close aide, Narendra Saluja, joining the BJP on Friday. Narendra Saluja, Kamal Nath’s former media advisor, joined the BJP in the presence of the Chief Minister and the BJP’s senior leader, Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The fissures between the congress leader and Saluja reportedly widened after…