Davanagere, April 6 (IANS) Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi said that family politics has become dominant in the Davanagere South constituency and warned that it could destroy democracy. He expressed confidence that voters, who are now questioning why a single family should be given preference, will vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this election.Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, he said that when the grandfather (Cong…
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Guwahati, April 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a veiled swipe at the Gandhi family while addressing a public rally in Assam’s Hojai, accusing the Congress party of prioritising dynastic interests over public welfare. Without naming individuals directly, PM Modi criticised Congress for what he described as its “family-first” approach, contrasting it with the BJP’s focus on development and governance.Taking an indirect jibe at the Nehru-Gandhi family, he said the part…
Guwahati, April 2 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday levelled a series of sharp allegations against the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and its leadership, triggering a fresh political controversy ahead of the elections. Addressing the media, Sarma accused AJP of promoting individuals whose family backgrounds and ideological positions, he claimed, were “deeply offensive to the cultural and religious sentiments of Assam.” He specifically targeted a party candidate,…
Hubballi, March 4 (IANS) Raising the issue of alleged phone tapping by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to track Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi questioned why secret information was being collected and demanded that the government disclose the reasons behind the alleged surveillance. Describing the phone tapping allegations as serious, Joshi demanded a high-level probe into the matter.Joshi pointed out that when U…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and the Gandhi family, alleging that they have repeatedly ‘compromised national interests’.Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in the national capital, Goyal said, “Rahul Gandhi means compromise. The Gandhi family is fully compromised and is leading a compromised Congress party. Be it the past or present of the …
Hyderabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Sunday accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of turning Telangana into an ATM for AICC. Rama Rao said in a statement that Revanth Reddy has now shamelessly admitted what he has said many times that Telangana has become like an ATM for the Congress party in the last two years.He was referring to Revanth Reddy’s reported offer of Rs.1,000 crore to Gandhi family.The Chief Minister had reportedly said in a …
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday filed civil and criminal defamation cases seeking Rs 500 crore in damages against senior Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel, and Jitendra Singh Alwar, escalating the political confrontation between the ruling BJP and the opposition party. In a post on X, CM Sarma said the case was filed in connection with what he described as “false, malicious and defamatory” allegations levelled against him during a Congr…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Amid the ongoing controversy in Parliament over former Army chief General M.M. Naravane’s book, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday escalated his attack on the Congress party and the Gandhi family by sharing a list of 40 books that he claimed present the “real history” of India and expose alleged controversies linked to the party’s past rule.The developments come after Parliament witnessed sharp exchanges earlier this week when Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Ga…
Guwahati, Feb 4 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday mounted a sharp counter-offensive against the Congress after senior party leaders launched a political attack on him, announcing that he would initiate both civil and criminal defamation proceedings against Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel, Jitendra Singh Alwar and Debabrata Saikia. In a strongly worded post on X, Sarma said the legal proceedings would be initiated on February 9, accusing the Congress leade…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday blasted Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his “traitor” remark on Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu and said that a “Sikh Sardar can never be a traitor”. He further claimed the Congress party still has the same “poisonous mindset” against the Sikh community that it had during the 1980s. A heated exchange took place between Rahul Gandhi and Bittu on Wednesday within the Parliament complex. Reacting to this, …