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Modi says ‘wandering souls’ to blame for political instability
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday trained his guns on NCP leader Sharad Pawar, and blamed wandering souls for ushering in an era of political instability in Maharashtra 45 years ago. Though he did not name Pawar, it was apparent that the reference was to the Maratha politician’s rebellion...
Modi blasts use of fake videos to discredit BJP
Without explicitly naming any party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said political rivals who are finding it challenging to counter the BJP-led government are now misusing technology to spread fake videos on social media. He made these remarks at an election rally in Karad of western Maharashtra’s Satara...
SC continuing hearing of Kejriwal’s plea against arrest
The Supreme Court will continue its hearing on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy today. During yesterday’s hearing, the Supreme Court asked the Delhi CM why he had not filed a bail application...
Modi alleges Cong trying to loot 27% OBC quota for Muslims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an exclusive interview with Network18, attacked the Congress for “trying to loot” the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in the country as he pointed out several instances when the Grand Old Party pushes for quota on the basis of religion. Responding to a...
EC asks AAP to modify campaign song
The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday claimed the Election Commission has “banned” its Lok Sabha campaign song ”Jail Ka Jawab, Vote Se Denge”, but officials of the Delhi poll body said AAP was asked to modify the contents of the song since it violated EC’s guidelines and advertising codes....
Rahul coins Modi-style acronym against BJP & BJD
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi kicked off the party’s campaign at a massive rally in Salipur in the Kendrapara parliamentary constituency of Odisha by coining a new acronym — PANN — to hit out at the BJD and BJP. “Over here (Odisha), BJD and BJP are bound by marriage (BJD...
Delhi ex-Cong chief says not joining BJP
Hours after stepping down from the post of the Delhi Congress chief, Arvinder Singh Lovely on Sunday clarified that he is not joining any party. Lovely said he has not resigned from the primary membership of the Congress and only stepped down from the post, citing the alliance with...
Modi claims NDA leading 2-0 in first two phases of voting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack at the opposition Congress and INDI Alliance on Saturday, saying that their only goal is “form government and mint money”. Addressing a public rally in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur, he said that in comparison to the opposition group’s goal, the National Democratic Alliance...
Delhi CM’s wife asks voters to ‘defeat tanashahi’
Former IRS officer and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal plunged into the heat and dust of campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with a road show, her first-ever in the Capital, in the East Delhi constituency. Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 on charges...
UP Cong wants Rahul in Amethi, Priyanka in Raebareli
The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Saturday urged the top party leadership to field Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Amethi and Raebareli, respectively for the Lok Sabha polls, but no decision was taken at the meeting of the central election committee (CEC). Sources said AICC in-charge of party...
BJP attacks Rahul’s `Uncle Sam’ for bid to grab people’s wealth
BJP leader Dinesh Sharma on Friday targeted Congress over the inheritance tax row, claiming that Rahul Gandhi’s “Uncle Sam” had come up with a plan to take away people’s wealth. The former Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister, who is the BJP’s in-charge of the election campaign in Maharashtra, also...
Nadda repeats charge of Cong bid to divert quotas to Muslims
BJP president J P Nadda on Friday accused the Congress of seeking to snatch the rights of SCs, STs and OBCs to benefit Muslims, alleging that it is the hidden agenda of the opposition party. Continuing with the BJP’s attempts to project the Congress as a party championing the...
Akhilesh files papers from Kannauj, Tej Pratap stays away
Amid much fanfare and chants of “Abki Baar Pichhda Dalit Aur Alpsankhyak (PDA) Sarkar” (This time a government for backward classes, Dalits and Minorities) and “Netaji Amar Rahe” (May Netaji remain immortal), Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday filed his nomination papers from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj Lok Sabha...
Govt counters Kharge by detailing promotion of Buddhism
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who is a follower of Buddhism, lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week for his alleged indifference towards the religion. In an interview with News 24, he questioned the PM’s faith in Buddhism. “Buddha is considered as the 9th avatar of Vishnu. He...
Amit Shah says UCC is a Modi guarantee
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP-led government at the Centre will implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country as it is a guarantee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and accused the Congress of advocating personal laws. Shah was addressing a rally in Piprai...
BJP digs up another pro-Muslim Manmohan video
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sharpened its attack on the Congress on Friday over the issue of “preferential treatment to Muslims.” Posting yet another video of former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh from 2009, the BJP said that it was “further proof of the Congress mindset to give preference...
Modi slams ‘princes’ coming together for appeasement politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the alliance of Samajwadi Party and Congress in Uttar Pradesh and alleged that “do shehzade” (two princes) have come together for the politics of appeasement. Without taking any names but in an apparent attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and...
Shinde says Uddhav govt planned to arrest Fadnavis
The erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra plotted to arrest top state BJP leaders like Devendra Fadnavis, Girish Mahajan, Prasad Lad, and Pravin Darekar in a bid to break the saffron party, chief minister Eknath Shinde alleged in an explosive interview with News18 Lokmat on...
