New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) NDA leaders on Wednesday defended the Union government’s handling of recent anti-NEET leak protests in the national Capital and accused Opposition parties of politicising student issues and creating disorder. However, they agreed that the Centre should hold dialogue with the protesting students. BJP leader Brij Bhushan Singh said the NDA government should engage with protesting students and address their grievances.Singh said the protesting students were citizens of the…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) India’s Opposition unity has constantly been defined by a paradox of convenience where on the one hand, political parties are desperately trying to project a united front against the ruling NDA while on the other, the foundational fault lines and competing ambitions at the state level continue to expose the fragility of these alliances.The ongoing political demonstrations over NEET paper leaks in the national Capital, largely spearheaded by the Congress, reflect the i…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Union Minister and Republican Party of India (A) chief, Ramdas Athawale, on Tuesday called out the lathi-charge unleashed by Delhi Police on anti-NEET paper leak protestors during their ‘Sansad Chalo’ march on Monday, while maintaining that the agitators, too, should exercise restraint.Scores of students, led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), attempted to march to the Parliament on Monday demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for the…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister, V.D. Satheesan, on Tuesday joined the ongoing students’ protest in the national Capital, lending his support to the agitation along with the top Congress leadership which had gathered to condemn the police action against the protesting students.Satheesan, who is in Delhi for meetings with Union Ministers and the Congress high command, visited the protest venue after completing his official engagements.His participation underlined the Congress part…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party and the Congress on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led NDA, on the second day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, questioning the government’s accountability over the NEET paper leak and likening the Delhi Police’s action against the agitators during their protest march to that of Adolf Hitler and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.Scores of people, led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), undertook a march to the Parliament demanding th…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday said that the youth of the country continue to repose their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that their primary demand during the recent ‘Sansad Chalo’ march was transparency in the examination system and stringent action against those responsible for the NEET-UG paper leak. He also alleged that the protest was being used by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke as a platform to launch his political career….
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the NDA’s ‘Mangal Milan’ programme, noted that action was taken as soon as the reports of the NEET-UG paper leak emerged and mentioned that the guilty should face the strictest punishment. He said that PM Modi highlighted the achievements of the youth of India and stressed that “our time, energy and focus should be on the youth and their future”.Speaking to the re…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Tuesday that the issue of paper leaks is “not limited” to a single state or the Central government; rather, it is a “matter of concern for the entire nation”, while adding that the government has acted promptly, resulting in the arrest of 13 individuals related to the case so far. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that during the NDA’s ‘Mangal Milan’ programme, Prime Minister Modi urged lawyers to unite and e…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Between 2009 and 2014, as the Trinamool Congress grew in numbers in the Lok Sabha, its leaders, spurred by supremo Mamata Banerjee, sought prominence in Parliament, including a party office of its own.For a party that grew from single digits to 19 seats in the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 34 in 2014, the demand could be considered justified. But it chose to link it with the Left Front’s successive decline in numbers in the Lower House of Parliament, especially that of …
Jaipur, July 20 (IANS) Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) National Convener, and Nagaur MP, Hanuman Beniwal, extended support to the NEET paper leak protest being staged at Jantar Mantar and the march to the Parliament seeking Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.He joined protesting students at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over the alleged NEET paper leak and recurring examination irregularities, declaring that he was prepared to face lathi-charges in support of students demanding t…