New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused the government of suppressing the Opposition’s voice in Parliament, alleging that his party was not allowed to raise the issue of the police action against the protesters a day earlier and questioning the government’s handling of the demonstrations. Addressing reporters outside Parliament, Kharge said the Congress wanted to discuss the “assault on students” who had gathered to protest during the Cockroach…
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Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) A political war of words erupted between Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge and state BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra on Wednesday over the escape of three inmates from the Kalaburagi Central Prison, with Kharge defending the government’s response and Vijayendra accusing the state government of trying to divert attention from its failures. In a statement, Kharge said police officials had been directed to take effective measures to trace and arrest the remaining abscon…
Amaravati, June 30 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh minister and YSR Congress Party leader Gudivada Amarnath on Tuesday appeared before the State Women’s Commission over his remark on Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha. Later, talking to media persons, he clarified that his “make-up minister” remark was political satire directed at the Home Minister’s functioning and not at women in general.Stating that he respects women, he defended his remarks.Amarnath said he appeared before the Women’s Commissio…
Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) Former Karnataka Minister K.N. Rajanna on Tuesday warned that sidelining former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would be a “major blunder” and asserted that the Congress can return to power in the 2028 Assembly elections only by carrying the veteran leader along, as internal dissent within the ruling party came to the forefront. Responding to reports that Siddaramaiah was being sidelined within the party, Rajanna said there was an established protocol governing government p…
Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) Referring to the violence that broke out during the Kara Hunnime (Full Moon Day) festival celebrations in Haveri district over the bursting of firecrackers near a mosque, the Karnataka BJP on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress government, alleging that its “appeasement politics” had emboldened communal elements and created an atmosphere in which Hindus feared celebrating their traditional festivals.A quarrel that started over the bursting of crackers during…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday filed a police complaint against four‑time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Sreerampore constituency in Hooghly district and senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee, accusing him of making derogatory comments about Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In the complaint filed at Sreerampore police station by BJP leader Bhaskar Ghosh, Banerjee was accused of using highly derogatory and objectionable adjectives …
Srinagar, June 2 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and President of Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday asked the Kashmiri Pandit community to sink differences and work with local Muslims for common honour and dignity.In a letter addressed to Sanjay Tickoo, president of Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti, Mehbooba Mufti said that the recent breakthroughs achieved by the Leh Apex Body and the Kargil Democratic Alliance in their engagement with the Gover…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has triggered a fresh political controversy after calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah “traitors” during a public gathering in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli district. The Congress MP from Raebareli accused the ruling BJP and the RSS of allegedly working against the interests of the country and attacking the Constitution.Addressing the gathering, Gandhi said, “Aapke pradhanmantr…
Chandigarh, May 7 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party Punjab legislator Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Thursday expressed concern over the twin blasts in the state and launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government. “It is a matter of concern for the whole of Punjab and India that whenever elections approach in the country or any state, incidents such as bomb blasts and terrorist attacks begin to occur,” he said.Dhaliwal said that just before elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party…
Kathmandu, April 21 (IANS) Soon after the removal of a minister on disciplinary grounds from Nepal’s new government led by Balendra Shah, reports from Kathmandu now report financial irregularities allegations against another. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) assumed power with a landslide victory in the national election held on March 5, with promises of good governance, transparency, and people-oriented politics.”Following reports of Home Minister Sudan Gurung’s investments that put him a…