New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The resignation of Rajya Sabha MP, Raghav Chadha, and six other MPs from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to join the BJP has sparked strong reactions, with social activist Anna Hazare and several BJP leaders weighing in prominently on the issue. Speaking to reporters, Hazare emphasised that such political decisions are part of democratic freedom.“In a democracy, where to go and where to stay is a matter of individual choice and opinion,” he said.He added that if leaders …
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Guwahati/New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘poisonous snake’ jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and RSS, stating that the grand old party was stooping to abysmal levels to “put India to shame”.Addressing a mega election rally in Patharkandi of Assam’s Sribhumi district, the Home Minister said that Rahul Gandhi-led Congress was becoming a threat to the nation and termed the ‘venomous’ language as…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, on Sunday, launched a sharp attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, accusing it of fostering lawlessness, corruption, and economic decline, while claiming that people in the state are now seeking political change.BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said that the people of West Bengal are eager to put an end to what he described as “government-backed hooliganism, crimes, and atrocities against Hindus”.Speaking to IANS, Tiw…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Stirring up fresh trouble over shirtless stir by the Congress youth workers at the prestigious AI Impact Summit recently, a Congress leader on Wednesday justified the naked protest at Bharat Mandapam and also sought to escalate the rhetoric by throwing an open challenge at Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop them from doing so. This prompted a firm response from the BJP, which called out Congress leader’s abusive rant and also lambasted the party over multiple inst…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on the Congress party for orchestrating a theatrical protest at the five-day AI Impact Summit by its youth wing members, and demanded that the party issue an apology to the nation for its “deplorable and despicable” behaviour.The BJP took strong exception to “disruptive tactics” by the Congress workers and said that opposing a policy or event could be a democratic right, but this was a deliberate attempt to sabo…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister M.R.K, Paneerselvam’s insulting remarks against migrant workers, North Indians in particular, received the backing of Congress party on Thursday as it didn’t find anything ‘objectionable and offensive’. Tariq Anwar, Congress MP from Bihar’s Katihar district, downplaying the crass ‘pani-puri’ reference by the DMK minister, described his remarks as ‘undeniable truth’ and stated that migration from Bihar was a universal problem. …
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, launched a pointed criticism of the Election Commission of India, accusing the ECI of undermining public confidence in democracy by ‘facilitating’ vote theft — a claim that the Congress party has persistently made for some time in an effort to discredit the poll panel.Rahul Gandhi’s stern criticism of the polling body came moments after the counting of votes began for 29 civic body elections in Maharashtra, incl…