New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member, Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of deliberately misquoting the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in connection with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduation (NEET-UG) examination paper leak controversy. Trivedi said on Friday that while the Solicitor General clearly mentioned in court that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is person…
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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi continued his attack on the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) even as it began a re-evaluation process of Class 12 answer sheets, where some nine lakh scanned copies have reportedly been shared online with students.“Seventeen-year-old Sarthak Sidhant has exposed how CBSE manipulated its own selection process to benefit COEMPT, using CBSE’s own documents,” the Congress leader wrote in a post on X on …
Nagpur, May 29 (IANS) BJP Minority Morcha National President Jamal Siddiqui has allegedly received death threats and extortion demands through WhatsApp messages, prompting him to file a complaint with the Nagpur Police.The threatening messages were sent from mobile number 8899162823 between May 25 and May 27, following which Siddiqui approached the police.According to the FIR, the unidentified accused demanded an amount ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore through UPI and bank transfer.The send…
Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) Commenting on the swift political developments following the resignation of Siddaramaiah from the Chief Minister’s post in Karnataka, Satish Jarkiholi, former minister and close associate of Siddaramaiah, said that a decision is likely by Saturday evening and by Monday or Tuesday everything will be settled.Speaking to reporters on Friday, Jarkiholi said, “Siddaramaiah is returning from Delhi. Once he is back, we will discuss what transpired during his meetings with Rah…
Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) Following the resignation of Siddaramaiah as Karnataka Chief Minister, Karnataka Minister H.K. Patil on Friday said that D.K. Shivakumar is set to become the next Chief Minister and will likely take oath within the next two days. Speaking to IANS, Patil said, “Shivakumar is already the Chief Minister-designate. Yesterday, when former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed his thoughts and spoke about the discussions held in Delhi, he clearly stated that he had been advi…
Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) In a major development, caretaker Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Saturday amid ongoing political developments following his resignation as Chief Minister.The meeting has been convened to elect a new leader of the Congress Legislature Party following Siddaramaiah’s resignation from the post. The newly-elected CLP leader is expected to become the party’s choice for the Chief Minister’s post.The CLP meeting …
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday made fresh allegations of discrepancies in the CBSE’s process for awarding a contract for the On-screen Marking Scheme (OSM), seeking a judicial inquiry into the decision to pick an allegedly ineligible EdTech company for the task. Sharing a news clipping on social media, Gandhi countered attacks on him by BJP Ministers for raising the issue and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence and “inaction …
New Delhi/Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) Caretaker Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Sonia Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence in New Delhi following his resignation from the CM’s post.Siddaramaiah received a warm welcome from Rahul Gandhi during the meeting. After greeting Siddaramaiah with a handshake, Rahul Gandhi hugged him and posed for photographs.The meeting comes amid major political developments in Karnataka after Siddaramaiah stepped down as Chief …
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Following the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Thursday criticised the Congress for its alleged internal conflicts and “factionalism”, saying that the “collapse of the Congress is certain”.Talking to IANS, BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal said: “There is something wrong going on in the Congress. The collapse of the Congress is certain, and because of this. The party is struggling with a dilemma.”He added that resign…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) CPI-M General Secretary M.A. Baby and senior party leader Brinda Karat on Thursday criticised the raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the homes and offices of party leaders, including former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in Kerala, terming them “politically motivated”.”That is how the Enforcement Directorate (ED) behaves. They have carried out raids in nearly a dozen places,” Baby said.Responding to questions on the alleged attack by CPI-M activists…