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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Modi government of perpetuating a system of exclusion through its policies and asked why 'Bahujan' entrepreneurs are being excluded from the country's largest public contracts. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said he asked the government in Parliament that out of the Rs 16,500 crore worth of public works contracts awarded last year, how many were secured by businesses owned by Dalits, Adivasis, and Backward Classes. "Their response ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 8 (ANI): The war of words between the Congress and BJP over allegations levelled against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife further escalated on Tuesday with the leaders of two parties continuing to target each other. Assam Police carried searches at the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera after Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma filed an FIR against him. Khera had made the allegations at a press conference relating to "passports" of ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 7 Apr: The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dismissed the Arunachal Pradesh Committee's (APCC) demand for resignation of Chief Minister Pema Khandu on moral ground, terming it politically motivated and misleading. The party called it a 'desperate attempt' by a 'weakened' opposition to gain political relevance by misinterpreting the observations of the Supreme Court of India, stating that the SC has only directed a preliminary inquiry and no wrongdoings have been establis ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, 7 Apr: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday asserted that the opposition alliance will form a government in Assam by winning around 73 seats of 126 assembly constituencies in the upcoming elections. Addressing a press meet here, he described Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as the "most corrupt" in India and sought comments from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on this. "The Congress-led alliance is going to form the next government in Assam. We will win 72-73 seats," Khar ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) With US President Donald Trump threatening that a whole civilisation will die on Tuesday night, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisation is unacceptable in the modern world and asserted that the use of nuclear weapons can never be justified. In a post on X, Gandhi said, "Wars are tragic, yet they remain a reality. Any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisation is unacceptable in the modern world." ...Read More >
An all-party consensus marked the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in Parliament in 2023. The Act reserves 33% of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women. A special sitting of Parliament is due this month to fast-track its implementation. But the candidates' lists of major political parties in the four states and one Union territory going to the polls this month tell a different story: None of the main parties in the fray -- the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) With US President Donald Trump threatening that a whole civilisation will die on Tuesday night, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisation is unacceptable in the modern world and asserted that the use of nuclear weapons can never be justified. In a post on X, Gandhi said, "Wars are tragic, yet they remain a reality. Any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisation is unacceptable in the modern world." ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) With US President Donald Trump threatening that a whole civilisation will die on Tuesday night, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisation is unacceptable in the modern world and asserted that the use of nuclear weapons can never be justified. In a post on X, Gandhi said, "Wars are tragic, yet they remain a reality. Any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisation is unacceptable in the modern world." ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday indirectly reacted to US President Donald Trump's warning to Iran, saying any rhetoric that contemplates the "end of civilisation" is unacceptable in the modern world.In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi said that while wars remain a tragic reality, the use of extreme language or actions that could lead to catastrophic consequences must be rejected."Wars are tragic, yet they remain a reality. Any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisat ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The high-voltage campaign in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry ended on Tuesday evening, with all political parties going all out for the final show of strength ahead of voting on April 9.For 299 seats across two states and a union territory, the Bharatiya Janata Party roped in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, and several state chief ministers for campaigning. Meanwhile, Congress also put the weight of its top leaders behind the party t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP national president JP Nadda announced that every household in Puducherry would receive two free gas cylinders a year if the NDA returns to power, as he flagged off the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's mega bike rally ahead of the upcoming assembly polls.Speaking at the rally, also attended by Union minister and BJP election in-charge for Puducherry Mansukh Mandaviya, Nadda said the NDA 2.0 government would prioritise the Union territory's "economic development" th ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged remarks against Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, calling the language used "abusive, shameful and unacceptable." In a post on X, Gandhi strongly condemned the remarks, asserting that Kharge is a "senior, widely respected Dalit leader and mass representative" whose stature and expe ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A political row erupted on Tuesday after sharp exchanges between senior leaders of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with K.C. Venugopal demanding an apology from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his remarks targeting Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. Taking to social media platform X, Venugopal, the Congress General Secretary (Organisation), criticised Chief Minister Sarma for what he termed as "street insults" directed at ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 7 (ANI): The last day of campaigning for the Keralam assembly polls drew to a sizzling close on Tuesday with a high-voltage political "roast," which turned to be the highlight of a long, sweltering and humid day. The almost a month-long campaigning by political parties came to a close at 6 pm today and the State entered the mandatory 48-hour silence period ahead of polling for the 140-seat Assembly. Also Read | Khalilur Rahman India Visit: Bangladesh ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 7 (ANI): JMM MP Mahua Maji on Tuesday reacted to the search conducted at Congress leader Pawan Khera's residence, saying that the truth will be known only after an investigation. "There was a statement from Pawan Khera ji that we saw on social media yesterday, possibly involving passports and accusations against someone in the Chief Minister's household. He apparently showed some evidence. We don't know how much of that is true or false, but it's possible the r ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Two months after she was expelled from Punjab Congress, former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu has floated own political outfit named ''Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party''. Her husband Navjot Singh Sidhu, ex-cricketer and former Punjab Congress president, is still with the party, and still has Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on the cover photo of his X handle. Kaur was first suspended for her ''Rs 500 crore for chief minister's chair'' remark and later expelled from the party for her criticism of ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the use of "derogatory language" against party chief Mallikarjun Kharge by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is an insult to the entire SC/ST community, and the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter "is not his helplessness, but his consent". "If the prime minister sees an attack on the dignity of crores of Dalits in the country and does not speak up - he is not only shirking his responsibility, but is al ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 7 (ANI): The last day of campaigning for the Keralam assembly polls drew to a sizzling close on Tuesday with a high-voltage political "roast," which turned to be the highlight of a long, sweltering and humid day. The almost a month-long campaigning by political parties came to a close at 6 pm today and the State entered the mandatory 48-hour silence period ahead of polling for the 140-seat Assembly. The election is seen as a contest between the rulin ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 7 (ANI): JMM MP Mahua Maji on Tuesday reacted to the search conducted at Congress leader Pawan Khera's residence, saying that the truth will be known only after an investigation. "There was a statement from Pawan Khera ji that we saw on social media yesterday, possibly involving passports and accusations against someone in the Chief Minister's household. He apparently showed some evidence. We don't know how much of that is true or false, but it's possible the r ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 7 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has expressed reluctance to examine records produced by the central government in connection with the alleged dual citizenship controversy involving Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The matter was heard by the Lucknow bench of the high court in the chamber on Monday after the Centre submitted that the issue was sensitive. The next hearing has been scheduled for April 15. In its order uploaded on the court's websit ...Read More >
Sivasagar/Guwahati, Apr 7 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday slammed the Congress for "not verifying" the documents based on which it brought allegations against him and his family. Congress leader Pawan Khera had on Sunday alleged that Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the chief minister's election affidavit. Sarma also hit out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, claiming that he was "speakin ...Read More >
Puducherry [India], April 7 (ANI): Union Minister JP Nadda and BJP Election In-Charge for Puducherry and Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday flagged off Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha's mega 'bike rally,' ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. Addressing the gathering at the campaign rally, Nadda assured that the NDA 2.0 government would focus on the "economic development" of Puducherry. He encouraged the Yuva Morcha members to propagate the promises of the BJP to every household, in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday accused the Congress party of involvement in a Pakistan-backed plot to assassinate Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his family. Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla alleged that Congress leaders acted based on fake documents supplied by Pakistan. He said, "Pawan Khera and the Congress party had accepted a contract to carry out the political assassination of Himanta Biswa Sarma and his family based on fake docum ...Read More >
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar asserted that the Congress-led United Democratic Front is the sole solution for unemployment and price rise in Kerala and Puducherry. He urged South Indian states to unite to protect the Constitution. Shivakumar expressed confidence in the INDIA Bloc forming the government in Kerala, promising to protect the state and its history. Orkkatteri: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has stated that only Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF ...Read More >
Puducherry [India], April 7 (ANI): Union Minister JP Nadda and BJP Election In-Charge for Puducherry and Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday flagged off Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha's mega 'bike rally,' ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. Addressing the gathering at the campaign rally, Nadda assured that the NDA 2.0 government would focus on the "economic development" of Puducherry. He encouraged the Yuva Morcha members to propagate the promises of the BJP to every household, in ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 7 (UNI) Rattled by West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee's charge of the DMK and the Congress colluding with the Election Commission of India (ECI), Congress leaders from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday condemned her statement as 'irresponsible' and jumped to the defence of the Dravidian major, making it clear that no other Chief Minister has been so consistent and persistent in opposing the saffron brigade like MK Stalin. Coming ahead of the assem ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of insulting party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and demanded an unconditional apology from him for his "deplorable conduct" that it alleged reflects the "anti-Dalit mindset" of the BJP. Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said by using words like "mad man" for Kharge, Sarma has insulted one of the tallest leaders of the country who hails from a humble background. In a post on X, Venugopal said, "As ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 7 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday asserted that the opposition alliance will form a government in Assam by winning around 73 seats of 126 assembly constituencies in the upcoming elections. Addressing a press meet here, he described Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as the "most corrupt" in India and sought comments from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on this. "The Congress-led alliance is going to form the next government in Assam. We will win 72-73 seats," ...Read More >
Cachar (Assam) [India], April 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday expressed confidence that the BJP will again form a government in Assam and said a decision to bring the Uniform Civil Code will be taken in the first meeting of the state cabinet. Addressing election rallies on the last day of the campaign for the assembly polls in Assam, Amit Shah said that after UCC is implemented in the state, no one will have permission to marry four times. Also Read | CBSE Class 10 Results 20 ...Read More >
Patharkandi/Hailakandi/Silchar (Assam), Apr 7 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that a "parivartan" (change) is inevitable in West Bengal and claimed that once the BJP comes to power in the eastern state, infiltrators would be sent back to their countries. Addressing election rallies in Assam's Barak Valley, including in Patharkandi, Sribhumi and Hailakandi, Shah alleged that the Congress gave shelter to illegal immigrants in the region, making them "predominant" in Sribhu ...Read More >
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