01 February 2026
Bihar chief minister on Thursday attempted to what could be considered as dallying with his ex-ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while addressing a gathering at an event. Referring to BJP leaders, who were also invited to attend the event, the Bihar CM said ‘the friendship and relationship will remain for as long as I am alive’ – a rare praise for a party which he left twice citing political differences.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) were working together in Telangana, where election will be held on November 30.
“In Telangana, there is an electoral contest between Congress and the BRS. We have defeated the BJP here. But remember, BJP wants BRS to win in Telangana. Both of them are working together. Even the AIMIM is hand in gloves with them", Gandhi said at a poll rally in Telangana's Mulugu.
On October 16, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while addressing his first public event, post the announcement of the election dates in Chhattisgarh, claimed that educational institutes such as the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences were first built by the BJP government in India.
In a big blow to hundreds of LGBT couples who were hoping to tie the knot officially, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to legalise same-sex marriagesin India and said it can’t compel the Parliament or the State to create a new institution of marriage.
While pronouncing the verdicts on 21 petitions seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriages, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court ruled that it is within Parliament’s ambit to change the law for validating such a union.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday hailed the Delhi high court decision that set aside a trial court order paving way for Rajya Sabha secretariat to evict him from the bungalow allotted to him last year.
Calling the court verdict a ‘victory of justice’, Chadha posted a video message on his X account. Stating that his fight is to protect the constitution, the Rajya Sabha lawmaker said,“It is not a fight to save house or a shop. It is a war to protect the constitution. I am happy that justice prevailed in the fight today. Truth won and lies lost. But it is for the first time in India's parliamentary history that an MP of a small political party is being harassed".
