NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday levelled serious allegations of poll rigging on the Election Commission regarding the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections.Questioning the credibility of the poll body, the Congress MP alleged a massive addition in the voters’ list of Maharashtra after the Lok Sabha elections which was…
From (left) Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday launched a massive coordinated counterstrike against the Congress party, which has been mounting pressure on the saffron party to apologise over Union home minister Amit Shah’s remark on Ambedkar.Even…
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath lashed out at the Congress over the political equations the grand-old party shared with BR Ambedkar over the period of time. Addressing the media on Tuesday in Lucknow, the UP CM highlighted the “unconstitutional and unethical insult” done to Ambedkar by the…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday accused Congress of disrespecting, mocking and humiliating B R Ambedkar during his lifetime, and doing a “drama” of remembering his legacy now, which showed the opposition party’s hypocrisy.Senior BJP neta Ravi Shankar Prasad highlighted several instances where he said Congress disregarded Ambedkar’s contributions and dignity.He pointed out that after Ambedkar…
NEW DELHI: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his foreign tour, Congress on Saturday said the “frequent flyer PM” is off to Kuwait while avoiding Manipur, which is marred by ethnic violence for over a year. PM Modi set out on a two-day visit to Kuwait today to boost ties in a…
Hardeep Puri and Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday hit back at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor‘s claims regarding a 2009 dinner in New York attended by US billionaire George Soros. Puri, who was India’s ambassador to the United Nations at the time, hosted the dinner where Tharoor, then…
NEW DELHI: The Winter Session saw the three Gandhis — Rahul, Priyanka, and Sonia — enter Parliament together for the first time as the new MP from Wayanad took the oath. Though Sonia Gandhi remained away from the limelight, the siblings Rahul and Priyanka doubled up their attack in Parliament to corner the Bharatiya Janata…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, outrightly refuted the BJP’s allegations that he shoved the ruling party’s MPs at the House entrance, cliaming that its one of the new tatics by the BJP to divert attention from the uproar over Union home minister Amit Shah‘s remark on Ambedkar and Adani issue….
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Phangnon Konyak on Thursday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of misbehaving with her while she, along with other MPs, was protesting below the staircase of the Parliament.Konyak shot a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and said that the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha “misbehaved with her in…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav on Thursday took potshot at Union home minister Amit Shah, claiming he has “gone mad” and “should resign”, amid the ongoing controversy over his remarks about Babasaheb Ambedkar.During an interaction with reporters, 76-year-old Lalu said, “Amit Shah has gone mad. He must have hatred for Babasaheb Ambedkar….