New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva has said that the party respects the court order related to the direction to social media platforms to take down a video linked to the Leader of Opposition Atishi’s remarks in the city Assembly but criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders for twisting facts about the matter. He said the BJP respects all court orders but it is unfortunate that the AAP-led Punjab government filed a petition in the Jalandhar court without making …
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Moga (Punjab), Jan 15 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Thursday that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had committed a heinous sacrilege against the Sikh Gurus and appealed to the “Maha Purakhs” to take notice of it. Addressing a conference on the occasion of the Maghi Mela at Takhtapura Sahib here, the SAD President said, “I have seen the video. It is shocking what is being done by a person sitting on the Chief Minister’s chair. The ‘Maha Purakhs’ in our …
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, opposition leader Atishi, Arvind Kejriwal, and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the alleged disrespect of Sikh Gurus in the Delhi Assembly.Addressing a press conference, Sirsa stated that the incident in the Delhi Assembly on the 350th martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji was insulting and shameful, and the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders are now attempting…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Delhi BJP claimed on Sunday that a rift has emerged within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with a sizeable number of legislators distancing themselves from efforts to defend Leader of the Opposition Atishi over her alleged disrespectful remark on Sikh Gurus.Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that AAP MLAs seem to have virtually abandoned Atishi as 21 out of the party’s 22 MLAs did not turn up for a protest organised in her support on Sunday.Kapoor added that …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) As an FIR was registered against Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra by the Punjab Police, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Saturday said that since the incident occurred inside the Delhi Assembly, the Punjab Police has no authority to act in the matter. Speaking to IANS, Virendra Sachdeva said, “What surprises me is that the incident took place inside the Vidhan Sabha, where the Leader of Opposition, Atishi Marlena, made an objectionable remark against Sikh Gurus. In …
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday criticised Leader of the Opposition Atishi of the AAP for wasting the Assembly’s time and failing in her constitutional duty to attend the House by flying to Goa, for a party campaign, in the middle of the Winter Session.“If there is any single person responsible for wasting the time of the Delhi Assembly’s Winter Session, it is the Leader of the Opposition Atishi,” said Sachdeva.He accused her of disrespecting Sikh …
Chandigarh, Jan 9 (IANS) A spokesperson of the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate said on Friday here that an FIR has been registered on a complaint by Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh regarding uploading and circulating edited and doctored video of former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. Several social media posts containing a short video clip allegedly showing Atishi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Delhi Assembly, making allegedly derogatory and blasphemous remarks against Sikh gurus with highly infl…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Hitting out at AAP leaders for targeting a woman serving as the government head, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday that team has achieved much more in its first 11-months than what the AAP government did in 11 years.Concluding the discussion on Motion of Thanks on Lieutenant Governor’s Address in the Delhi Assembly, a combative CM Gupta said, “Some words uttered by me by mistake have been made weapons by AAP leaders to target me.”“My slip-ups were in…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Delhi Minister for Social Welfare Ravinder Indraj Singh on Thursday said strict action would be taken against anyone found using words deemed insensitive or objectionable towards Sikh Gurus, asserting that such remarks would neither be spared nor condoned.Speaking to mediapersons at the Delhi Assembly premises, the Minister said saints and Gurus have made immense sacrifices for the protection of the nation, society and faith, and any disrespect towards them is unacceptabl…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Praising the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur to uphold truth, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said that her government will serve every citizen as a family member and nurture Delhi as “Mini India”, even as BJP MLAs accused AAP legislators of disrespecting Sikh Gurus and using “disrespectful language” in their context.The Chief Minister was concluding a discussion on the second day of the Winter Session of the Delhi Assembly over a statement made by Delhi Mini…