Politics
Assam police files case against Rahul’s Cong Nyay Yatra
In a big blow to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on its very first day in Assam, the state police of Jorhat district on Thursday registered a Suo moto case against the organisers of the rally for violating government guidelines regarding the yatra route. According to the police,...
Ram Temple event 50-year political project of BJP-RSS, alleges Cong
The Congress on Thursday slammed the BJP and the RSS for politicising the Ram temple consecration ceremony and alleged that it is a 50-year-old political project of the saffron camp. Addressing a press conference at Puthinadi in Jorhat district, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh defended the party senior leaders’...
TMC seeks BJP president’s apology for ‘obscene’ comment against Mamata
Seeking an apology from the BJP, the ruling TMC in West Bengal said that the “obscene comments” made by the opposition party’s state president Sukanta Majumdar against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showed its “chauvinistic mindset”. The TMC’s reaction was triggered by Majumdar’s use of the term ‘dhanda’ about Banerjee...
BJP calls Lalu kin’s attack against official return of jungle raj
Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s relatives allegedly attacked a government officer in Patna’s Rupaspur. Arvind Kumar Singh, who is an executive officer posted in Gaya, suffered a critical head injury after he was attacked with a rod by the sons of the veteran leader’s nephew, police said....
Tharoor, Scindia in war of words over airport chaos
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday sustained an online war of words with civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scinida over chaos at the Delhi airport due to fog-related flight delays, and told him that it is a pity that he has adopted the Narendra Modi-led government’s “uncaring attitude” since switching...
Akhilesh to stay off Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in UP
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said he is “unlikely” to join Congress’ “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra” led by Rahul Gandhi. When asked about this at a press conference at the party office here, Yadav said, “Neither the Congress nor the BJP invites us to their programmes.” Yadav,...
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,...
