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#ModiIsAMistake: Anti-Narendra Modi posters put up in Andhra Pradesh day before PM's visit today
• 6 years agoA day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Andhra Pradesh, anti-Modi posters surfaced in the state. It has yet to be ascertained who put up those posters. Some of the posters read '#NoMoreModi #ModiIsAMistake', 'Modi Never Again', etc.
'India will close doors for BJP': Chandrababu Naidu hits back at Amit Shah’s 'U-turn chief minister' remark
• 6 years agoAndhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu said the people of India will shut the doors on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls
Winter Session: BJD to demand special category status for Odisha, 33% reservation for women in Parliament
• 6 years agoThe decision was taken at the BJD parliamentary party meeting held under the chairmanship of its president and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
Pressure on Chandrababu Naidu as Narendra Modi pushes TDP to a corner with YSR Congress, Pawan Kalyan's help
Tssudhir • 7 years agoIn his speech at the no-confidence motion debate, Narendra Modi reduced Chandrababu Naidu's stature to that of a small regional party boss who focused on settling petty scores.
Tejashwi Yadav asks Nitish Kumar to stop 'befooling' people on issue of Bihar special category status
• 7 years agoLeader of Opposition in the legislative Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to stop "befooling" people on the issue of special category status for Bihar when the Central government has already rejected the demand.
Chandrababu Naidu begins day-long fast on 68th birthday against Centre's refusal to grant special status to Andhra Pradesh
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe TDP president will be staging the protest in Vijayawada on his 68th birthday to pressurise the Central government to fulfill all commitments made at the time of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.
TDP MPs hold protest inside Lok Sabha Speaker's chamber over no-confidence motion, Andhra Pradesh special status
• 7 years agoTDP MPs on Friday again held protests for special category status for Andhra Pradesh inside Parliament even after the Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die
Andhra Pradesh special status row: Amit Shah's letter to Chandrababu Naidu offers little clarity, widens rift between BJP and TDP
K Nageshwar • 7 years agoAmit Shah's letter to Chandrababu Naidu is full of rhetoric, doesn't answer key questions such as why the special status for Andhra Pradesh has been denied and how far the special package has really grounded.
'TDP decision to leave NDA guided by political considerations': Full text of Amit Shah's letter to Chandrababu Naidu
Fp Staff • 7 years agoFormalising the split between the two parties, BJP president Amit Shah has unleashed an attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, saying TDP's decision to quit the NDA was unilateral
NDA partners restless amid BJP's relentless expansionism; Narendra Modi should keep window open for post-poll stitch-ups
Sreemoy Talukdar • 7 years agoBJP under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah is perceived as a fundamentally different beast unlike the gentle creature of Atal Bihari Vajpayee years.