Gurugram: To seek votes for its Lok Sabha candidate Ashok Tanwar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a “bulldozer rally” in Sirsa Sunday — a day ahead of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s scheduled rally in the constituency — stirring controversy in the process. Tanwar, a former Congress MP, is contesting against Congress’s Kumari Selja, … Read more
New Delhi: Former Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar, who recently quit the Aam Aadmi Party, joined the BJP on Saturday as the ruling party looks to broaden its support base in the state with the induction of the Dalit leader. Tanwar joined the BJP in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and … Read more
Tanwar, 48, locked in an intra-party battle with former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was also denied a ticket for the assembly election that year. Two days before the letter to Sonia, he and his supporters had demonstrated outside her residence at 10, Janpath. He had called himself a “human bomb” and slammed Hooda. “Tanwar … Read more
Gurugram: Former MP Ashok Tanwar Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), citing its alliance with the Congress, which he said his “ethics” don’t allow. Although Tanwar, the AAP’s campaign committee chief for Haryana, didn’t divulge his future plans, sources close to him told The Print that he is likely … Read more
Gurugram: The Aam Aadmi Party’s face in Haryana, Ashok Tanwar, an ex-member of Rahul Gandhi’s team who headed the Congress state unit for over five years, is in talks with the Bharatiya Janata Party and is set to join it shortly, ThePrint has learnt. A source close to Tanwar confirmed that the former Sirsa MP … Read more
JAIPUR: With two weeks left for the Rajasthan Assembly elections, the Congress in the state suffered a double blow as former Congress minister Ram Gopal Bairwa and former MLA Ashok Tanwar and several other leaders joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.The new leaders were inducted in the presence of Rajasthan BJP President CP Joshi and Member … Read more