Politics
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...
BJP Minority Morcha leader expelled after Modi criticism
Bikaner BJP Minority Morcha district president Usman Ghani, who expressed displeasure with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks in Rajasthan, was on Wednesday expelled from the party for “tarnishing” its image. Ghani, while talking to a news channel recently in New Delhi, had said that the BJP was going...
SP workers welcome Akhilesh Yadav’s candidature from Kannauj
Samajwadi Party’s (SP) office in Kannauj wore a festive look on Thursday morning as party Chief and Uttar Pradesh’s former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is expected to file his nomination papers from Kannauj Lok Sabha Seat for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, amidst the allegations of ‘parivarwaad’. SP karyakartas...
Kharge makes emotional pitch at rally on home turf
Seeking to strike an emotional chord with the people of his home district of Kalaburagi, Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday appealed to them to at least attend his funeral if they thought he worked for them even though they do not wish to vote for the party...
Gehlot aide claims Pilot’s phones were tapped
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had ordered tracking of phones and movements of party rebels, including bete noire Sachin Pilot during the 2020 Congress crisis in the state that threatened to remove him from the top post, the CM’s former aide claimed, days before the second phase of...
Irani advises Amethi residents to hide property documents from Vadra
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday joined in on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “wealth redistribution” jibe at Congress and mocked Rahul Gandhi along with his brother-in-law Robert Vadra saying “every person now needs to hide their property papers”. Irani insinuated that if Vadra knows Jagdishpur, he will confiscate people’s...
Shah says Rahul used ‘wealth re-distribution’ to win in Wayanad
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah has said that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi spoke about wealth re-distribution to win the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Wayanad seat and expressed confidence that the NDA will cross 400 seats on June 4. In an interview with News18 during...
Kerala MLA remark about Rahul’s DNA sparks row
Ruling LDF MLA P V Anwar on Tuesday sparked a row by saying that the DNA of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should be examined. Addressing an election meeting in this district, the businessman-turned MLA said the Congress leader had become a fourth-grade citizen who did not deserve to be...
Irani mocks at Rahul, Robert Vadra over Amethi candidature
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi and his brother-in-law Robert Vadra over the Congress party’s failure to announce a Lok Sabha candidate for Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi seat yet. Irani claimed she ensured more work in the constituency in five years than Mr Gandhi...
Amit Shah slams Chidambaram for promising CAA repeal
Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the Congress is “hell-bent on harming” Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Christian, Sikh and Parsi communities to appease its vote bank, a day after its leader P Chidambaram said his party will repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act if voted to power. To change...
BJP expels Eshwarappa for contesting as rebel
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday expelled KS Eshwarappa from the party for six years for rebelling against it by contesting as an Independent from the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat. The former deputy chief minister decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections as an Independent after the BJP denied...
