New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) JD(U) MP, Sanjay Kumar Jha, on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over her remarks on delimitation and the Women’s Reservation Bill, questioning why such measures were not implemented during the Congress-led UPA government.Speaking to IANS, Jha said, “If it was already planned earlier, then why wasn’t it implemented when they were in power? Who stopped them?”He further added that during the UPA regime, when the Bill came up, “Nitis…
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Jaipur, April 8 (IANS) Rajasthan BJP State President Madan Rathore on Wednesday said the Pachpadra Refinery Project would generate direct and indirect employment for nearly 90,000 people and play a key role in strengthening the state’s self-reliance and economic growth.The refinery, currently under construction in Pachpadra in the Balotra district of western Rajasthan, is poised to become a landmark achievement for the state. Its foundation stone was originally laid in 2007-08 under the leadersh…
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), April 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, called the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Thiruvalla Assembly constituency, Anoop Antony Joseph, his “right-hand man”. The Prime Minister also mentioned that Joseph has been working with him for the last five years.Addressing an election rally ahead of the April 9 Assembly election in the state, PM Modi said, “Kerala is going to gain in this election though I am going to lose from it. You may wonder w…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, Priyanka Chaturvedi, on Monday criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his recent remarks alleging unchecked infiltration in West Bengal, questioning the BJP’s narrative on “ghuspaithiyas (illegal immigrants)”.Speaking to IANS, Chaturvedi said, “Someone should remind Amit Shah that the central government has been led by the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014. And if you look at the numbers, the deportations of Bangladeshi nationals were hi…
Silchar (Assam), March 29 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will secure a decisive victory in the Silchar constituency in southern Assam in the upcoming Assembly elections. Addressing an election rally at Kirtania Ground on Satsang Ashram Road in Silchar, Saha said the BJP candidate, Rajdeep Roy, is certain to win by a “huge margin.”The Tripura Chief Minister sharply criticised the Congress-led United Progressive All…
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that former Pakistani diplomat Abdul Basit’s recent remarks against India show that the country “cannot survive without terrorism”.Basit, a former High Commissioner of Pakistan to India, during an interview with a local Pakistani channel, had said that attacking Indian cities such as New Delhi and Mumbai should be Islamabad’s “default move” if the country comes under attack from the US.”If America attacks Pakistan, even if…
Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) Punjab BJP President, Sunil Jakhar, on Thursday said AAP and the Congress are working in alliance to divert people’s attention from the real issues of the state.Criticising both parties strongly for spreading misinformation against the Centre and the BJP, Jakhar told the media here that such attempts to spread hatred against the Centre in a border state like Punjab could prove extremely dangerous for the future of the state.Quoting facts and figures, the BJP Preside…
Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) Karnataka BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra on Thursday criticised leaders of the Congress for protesting against the recent increase in LPG and petrol prices, claiming that the situation was not comparable to the period when the party was in power at the Centre.In a statement, Vijayendra said Congress leaders were “crying hoarse” over what he described as a marginal increase in LPG prices and claimed that prices were significantly higher during the tenure of the…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Former Sports Minister and BJP MP Anurag Thakur asserted that India are not only set to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games (CWG) on a magnificent scale but is also pursuing the hosting rights for the 2036 Summer Olympics.India was formally ratified as the host of the Centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030 last November. India presented a compelling vision for the 2030 Games, centred in Ahmedabad, which will build on foundations laid by Glasgow 2026, enabling India to celeb…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Lok Sabha witnessed noisy scenes after BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad spoke about the responsibilities associated with the position of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Rahul Gandhi, while speaking in his defence stated that “wild things have been said about me” and added that “the last time I spoke, I raised a fundamental question.”During the debate, Prasad took a swipe at LoP Rahul Gandhi and raised questions about his conduct both inside Parliament and during his v…