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RSS counters INDIA Bloc claims on Ram Mandir event
To counter the Opposition narrative on the Pran Pratishtha ceremony as a “political” event, the RSS, its affiliates, like-minded intellectuals, authors and academics have come up with their literature and started social media campaigns “based on their research” to promote Ram Temple as Bharat’s “civilisational” movement and its struggle...
Rahul explains Cong ‘difficulty’ in attending Pran Pratistha
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday strongly defended the party’s decision to not attend the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 saying the event has been made into a “Narendra Modi and RSS-BJP function” with an “election flavour”. “The RSS and the BJP have...
Sashi Tharoor predicts BJP will emerge as single-largest party
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday predicted that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will emerge as the single-largest party in the upcoming Lok Sabha 2024 elections. He, however, said the BJP can be stopped from achieving the feat by significantly bringing down its seat tally and forcing its allies...
Rahul says INDIA seat sharing issues will be resolved
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed confidence on Tuesday that the seat-sharing issues among the INDIA bloc partners will be resolved and claimed that the coalition will defeat the BJP in this year’s Lok Sabha polls. He also said there is mutual respect and affection between the leaders of the...
Cong never opposed Ram Temple, asserts Digvijaya Singh
Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday alleged that the intention of the BJP, RSS and VHP behind demolishing the Babri mosque in Ayodhya was not to build a temple at the site, but to make it a Hindu-Muslim issue for political mileage. In a post on social media platform...
Shilanyas was performed during Rajiv Gandhi tenure, reminds Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday invoked a controversy saying that the ‘Shilanyas’ for the Ram temple at Ayodhya was conducted when Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of the country. He further accused the BJP and RSS of doing politics on the issue. Speaking at...
Assam CM blames Rahul for making Ayodhya event political
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the inaugural function of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir has become political due to Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi’s anti-Hindu stand. Addressing the media, CM Sarma said that inauguration of the temple at Ayodhya is a historic event and a triumph...
Kejriwal may skip even ED’s 4th summons
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener, Arvind Kejriwal, is set to leave for a three-day visit to Goa on Thursday (January 18), the same day he has been asked to present himself for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi excise...
Mayawati calls SP ‘Dalit-Virodhi’ party, dismisses alliance
While terming Samajwadi Party (SP) a ‘Dalit-Virodhi’ party, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday once again made it clear that it would contest solo in the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls. Besides, BSP chief Mayawati made it clear that the party would maintain distance from those with casteist and communal...
Cong leaders take dip in Saryu, say Ram belongs to all
With just a week left for “Pran Pratishtha” of Ram Lalla in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, several Congress leaders, including its Uttar Pradesh chief Ajay Rai and MP Deepender Hooda took a holy dip in the Saryu River amid chants of “Siyavar Ramchandra Ki Jai” on the occasion of Makar...
Uddhav moves Supreme Court against Speaker’s decision
Shiv Sena (Shinde) faction on Monday moved to the Bombay High Court challenging Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar’s decision of not disqualifying MLAs of the Uddhav Thackeray faction. On the other hand, Shiv Sena (UBT) has moved to the Supreme Court challenging Speaker Rahul Narvekar’s decision to declare the...
Milind says Cong has lost cultural connect with people
The Congress should not have shunned the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ or consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 as it is not a political event, former Union minister Milind Deora who recently exited the party told News18 in an exclusive interview. Deora, former Mumbai South MP,...
Cong, AAP come together for Chandigarh mayoral poll
In a big move ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress have decided to come together to contest the Chandigarh mayoral elections. If the alliance between the two holds and works out, it will be the first time ever that the...
Cong dubs Ayodhya consecration event as ‘Chunav Navami’
Hours after Congress released a statement refusing to attend the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, many of its alliance partners, including Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP), and Trinamool Congress (TMC), too announced their ‘inability to attend’ the event. Terming the day “Chunav...
Kharge hits out at Modi at Nyay Yatra launch
In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused him of using faith for electoral gain and said “one should not do dhongbaazi (deception) for votes”. Addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra flag-off rally here, Kharge alleged that Modi comes to Manipur...
Kharge, Kejriwal meeting for seat talks sparks debate
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge appearing with a muffler protecting his ears from the cold as he shook hands with the original ‘Muffler Man’, AAP boss Arvind Kejriwal, has sparked animated discussions in political circles. Even though the muffler seemed to have shifted from one leader to the other, the...
Milind joins Shinde Shiv Sena within hours of quitting Cong
Milind Deora formally joined the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Sunday, hours after he quit the Congress. His ‘Paksh Pravesh’ took place at the Chief Minister’s official residence– Versha– in the presence of Shinde and other senior party leaders. After resigning from Congress’s primary membership, Deora...
Mamata wants state to be renamed Bangla
Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to change the name of her state to ‘Bangla’. She argues that because West Bengal came at the bottom of the alphabetical list, its representatives are forced to wait till the end during Central meetings. On Thursday, in...
