 | Biren Singh stays as Manipur CM, BJP top brass briefs PM on Goa, Uttarakhand situationsUnion ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh along with BJP national president J P Nadda and general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh were part of the deliberations with the PM. |
 | Hectic parleys in Congress to avert leadership crisis post assembly polls debacle; Rahul meets Bhupinder Singh HoodaAccording to sources, the two discussed plans to restructure and strengthen the party necessitated by the disastrous performance in the recently concluded assembly elections in five states. |
 | Expect Pramod Sawant, Biren Singh to continue as Goa, Manipur CMs as BJP approves their continuationIn Manipur, the party won 32 seats in the 60-member House enabling it to form the government on its own for the first time. In Goa, the BJP secured 20 out of 40 seats. |
 | Assembly polls rout: Kharge, Moily bat for Sonia Gandhi taking over Congress' controlMoily, who was among the 23 leaders who had written to Sonia Gandhi for large-scale organisational reforms, distanced himself from the group (G-23). |
 | Congress' lethargic attitude caused state polls debacle: DMK lashes out at allyComing three days after the results were announced, the editorial has raised many an eyebrow as the DMK has remained a staunch supporter of the national party. |
 | BJP heavyweights to oversee government formations as CM choices in two states still undecidedShah will oversee government formation in UP with party vice president Raghubar Das as co-observer, while Rajnath Singh will supervise the election of the legislature party leader in Uttarakhand. |
 | Congress could have done much better in Uttarakhand, Goa: Shashi Tharoor on polls defeatHis remarks came in the backdrop of the party's debacle and drubbing in the just-concluded assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur. |
 | Harish Rawat expresses embarrassment over failure to guide party to victory in UttarakhandIn a Facebook post before he left for Delhi to attend a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, Rawat, who also lost from the Lalkuwa seat, said he did not know how he would face Sonia Gandhi. |
 | Assembly Polls 2022 takeaway: The decline and fall of the Congress empireRAW data doesn’t quite care about sentiments. Few expected the Indian National Congress to make waves. |
 | After Punjab victory, AAP now shifts focus to South; to launch massive membership driveThe party will start its membership drive in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep, senior AAP leader Somnath Bharti said. |
 | New headache: AAP new hurdle in Gujarat; Himachal Congress hit by turf warThough the Congress posed a formidable challenge to the BJP in 2017 by limiting the ruling party to below 100 seats in 182-member House, it is in complete disarray this time. |
 | People voting for development: PM Modi on assembly polls successPM asserts his party bucked the trend and returned to power in four states because of development works done by BJP governments |
 | Congress faces heat after state polls debacle as G23 leaders push for top leadership changeThe G23 leaders, considered dissidents by those close to Rahul Gandhi, met on Friday at the residence of former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in New Delhi. |
 | It's more difficult to digest victory than defeat: Shiv Sena needles BJP on poll resultsSena said that the BJP's victory in four states will have no bearing on Maharashtra, and said its impact would be akin to what unfolds when monkeys get hold of a liquor bottle. |
 | 'Battle for India will be decided in 2024, not in any state poll': Prashant Kishor's jibe at ModiModi on Thursday said that political pundits would note that his party's win in the four states, which has also made clear the verdict for the next general elections. |
