New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over the interim India-US trade framework, alleging that the agreement severely harms Indian farmers by opening the door to cheaper agricultural imports from America. He claimed that even Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, does not know what is in the deal. Khera is in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh to participate in a protest against the India-US trade deal. Speaking to I…
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New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested Indian Youth Congress (IYC) National President Uday Bhanu Chib in connection with the shirtless protest in Bharat Mandapam on the final day of the India AI Impact Summit. Chib was taken into custody in the early hours after several rounds of questioning over the protest. He was arrested after nearly 15 hours of interrogation at the Tilak Marg police station. According to police sources, Chib allegedly did not cooperate during the question…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Congress leader Gurdeep Singh Sappal on Friday sought to justify the “shirtless” protest at the India AI Impact Summit by Indian Youth Congress workers, adding that they are “young men who tend to get over-excited and angered”.“The young protesters’ anger got vented in their agitation against the destruction of their future and careers,” said Sappal, linking the demonstration at the Summit to the allegedly “unfavourable” Indo-US trade deal.Describing th…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress following controversial remarks by its senior leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, claiming that the party was facing internal turmoil.Reacting to Aiyar’s recent statements, JD(U) National Spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad said, “What Mani Shankar Aiyar will do is his individual choice. However, everything is not running smoothly within the Congress, which has become clear after Mani Shankar Aiyar’s r…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 16 (IANS) “What do you think of a party that chooses KC Venugopal as the Sardar Patel to Rahul Gandhi? And what do you think of a party that cannot find anyone but Pawan Khera to be their spokesman?…” senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote on social media from Thiruvananthapuram, setting off fresh ripples within the grand old party.The pointed remarks, widely interpreted as targeting senior leaders K.C. Venugopal and Pawan Khera, have added to internal unease i…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Congress leader Pawan Khera has clarified that veteran party member Mani Shankar Aiyar has “no official connection” with the Indian National Congress for several years and now speaks or writes entirely in his personal capacity. The statement came in response to a recent report published by The Indian Express, which quoted Aiyar predicting that Pinarayi Vijayan would once again assume the office of Chief Minister of Kerala following the upcoming assembly elections. Ai…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Congress Media In-charge Pawan Khera on Saturday raised the issue of Judge Vibhanshu Sudheer’s transfer from the post of Sambhal Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) and said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should not bring a “tried and tested model” in another state to “control the judiciary” in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi, Khera said, “Lawyers in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, are outraged, and slogans are being raised th…
Bhopal/New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh, while responding to the political outrage following his comments on praising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) through a social media post, said on Tuesday that he would never compromise with the Congress ideology till he remains in politics. Congress Rajya Sabha MP Singh said that he has followed the Nehru-Gandhi ideology throughout his life and will never compromise with it till he is alive. He added that…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The BJP on Friday launched a sharp counterattack on Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera over his remarks linking the recitation of the Hanuman Chalisa to alleged provocations during Christmas celebrations, accusing him of hurting religious sentiments and questioning India’s cultural traditions.Responding to Khera’s statement, BJP National Spokesperson R.P. Singh said the Congress leader had shown a lack of understanding of Hindu beliefs. “I don’t think he has ever …
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) As BJP National President J.P. Nadda alleged the involvement of some Congress leaders in the 2013 Jhiram Ghati Maoist attack, the party’s media in-charge, Pawan Khera, questioned the timing of the “childish claims” made by the Union Health Minister. This comes as Nadda claimed that some Congress insiders were involved in the 2013 Maoist attack, in which several state party leaders were killed.Reacting to the claim, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday said the allegati…