Politics
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...
Varun Gandhi rejects BJP offer to fight from Rae Bareli
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and cousin of Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi — Varun Gandhi – has rejected his party’s offer to fight the Lok Sabha election from Gandhi bastion Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, according to sources. Sources also added that Varun Gandhi had been “considering”...
Siddaramaiah slams Modi, defends 4% Muslim quota
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that the Congress had transferred the reservation quota from backward classes to Muslims is a blatant lie. He also defended 4 per cent reservation for Muslims under the backward classes category in Karnataka. It stems from ignorance...
