Politics
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...
