We will repeal separate gurdwara Act if we come to power: INLD

The controversy over Haryana government's move to set up a separate gurdwara management committee had its echo in the Lok Sabha today with the Akali Dal dubbing it as "illegal" even as the Centre said the matter was now with the Union Home Ministry.

With both the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal-United decimated by BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, RJD chief Lalu Prasad indicated at fighting the coming Assembly elections in Bihar with the JD-U. "If the vote share of both RJD and JD-U in the recent Parliamentary poll in the state is combined it will go up to 45 per cent which will be enough to defeat BJP," he said. "We will sit together and talk about the feasibility of such an alliance. The parties connected with the 'Mandal' concept of ...

The post of the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha may go to either the Biju Janata Dal or the Shiv Sena according to top BJP leadership. The Deputy Speaker is crucial to conducting the house after question hour. 

NEW DELHI: Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has said that it would not enter into any pre-poll alliance with the BJP or any other party in the upcoming elections in Haryana. Dushyant Chautala, 26, the youngest member of the Parliament said, Our ...

Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday termed as “unconstitutional” the Haryana government’s decision to constitute a separate body to manage gurdwaras in the state and demanded that the controversial bill be withdrawn immediately. Raising the ...

A candlelight march led by the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) was held in the city to protest against the gang-rape, brutal torture and killing of a twenty-five-year old woman. The woman's mutilated body was found in a school on Friday. Reportedly, the woman was ...

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Trinamool Congress and Biju Janata Dal appear to be unwilling to have seats in Lok Sabha along with Congress which has the largest number of seats in the non-governmental side. Parliament sources said the AIADMK, Trinamool Congress, BJD, whose numbers together add up to 91 in the opposition side are not keen about the idea of sitting next to the Congress. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who has to get the seating arrangement in place through the Lok Sabha ...

The damage control is on the agenda list of ruling alliance these days. Days after BJP leader Balram Ji Dass Tondon made “serious allegations” on BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal Badal (SAD-B), the alliance has constituted a six member committee to resolve ...

Telanga Rashtriya Samiti, Biju Janata Dal and some other parties were opposed to the bill New Delhi : A controversial bill which paves the way for the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh by merging some villages and mandals of Telangana with ...