The former Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar appears to be on way to bring new blood and verve to the politics of not only his home State, or Bihar, but also to that of the rest of the country. The reason for this is that he for[Read More…]
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Modi government’s unfolding emergency through back door
On Tuesday morning, Pune police conducted a widespread raid and simultaneous arrests of activists in Ranchi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Goa and Mumbai. Stan Swamy in Ranchi, Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, Gautam Navlakha in New Delhi, Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad, Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde in Goa and Vernon Gonsalves and Arun[Read More…]
Congress Working Committee decides to target Modi government on corruption
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Saturday to discuss political situation in the country and decided to target the Narendra Modi government on the issues of corruption and its failure to provide jobs to the youth. The meeting was presided over by Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Sources[Read More…]
Why Mamata Banerjee has made Amit Shah jittery
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has somehow left her other Opposition peers far behind in taking cudgels with the Centre’s ruling party, or the BJP and the NDA led by it. So much so that she has rubbed the BJP the wrong way by reaching[Read More…]
BJP is run by Brahmins and Baniya leaders, minorities’ role namesake
Bhartiya Janata Party earned a magnificent triumph in 2014 by its pre-eminent social engineering and political combinations. With the help of these instruments, BJP got the victory in not just Centre but also in many states. Later when Amit Shah became the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, it proved[Read More…]
We need to discuss the Office of the Speaker
In this context the conduct of Sumitra Mahajan came under sharp attack. She chastised INC President Rahul Gandhi for the hug but allowed PM Modi to mimic Sonia Gandhi’s accent.
Post truth politics is the biggest achievement of Modi government
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared ‘post-truth’ the word of the year in response to a rise in its usage in relation to political developments in the US for the presidential election and in the UK on Brexit. It is defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi terms Modi speech as old rhetoric, Rahul says it was weak
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech during no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha as an old rhetoric and Congress President Rahul Gandhi said it was weak. The Congress party termed his speech as dramebaazi (theatrics). The Modi government on Friday passed the no-confidence motion moved[Read More…]
Prime Minister Modi best actor in world: TDP MP Kesineni Srinivas
New Delhi: TDP lawmaker Kesineni Srinivas on Friday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi the best actor in the world in his response to the latter’s reply in Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion. I thank Prime Minister for his as usual great oratory skills. The one-and half hour speech was like[Read More…]
Mamata tells party MPs to stay in Delhi for no-confidence motion, whip issued
Kolkata: With Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee instructing all Lok Sabha members of her party to stay put in Delhi and support Friday’s no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government, the party on Wednesday issued a whip to all its MPS to be present in the House during the discussions.[Read More…]
Narendra Modi has become Dhritrashtra, BJP Duryodhan: Congress
New Delhi: Accusing the BJP-led Central government of trying to create a divide among Hindus and Muslims ahead of 2019 elections to polarise the society, the Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become blind like Mahabharata character Dhritrashtra in his pursuit of power. The party also compared[Read More…]
Congress a party of ‘Muslims’: Loopholes in PM Narendra Modi’s claim
An unseemly row has erupted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stepped up attack on Congress and more so against its president Rahul Gandhi. While speaking the other day at a public rally in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Modi claimed that in a recent parley with Muslim intellectuals Rahul assured those present[Read More…]
Low exports, high imports, still government will say ‘all is well’: Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram slammed the government over its poor management of economy, saying inflation is at five-month high, industrial growth at five-month low and the trade deficit has soared. Chidambaram, a former Finance Minister, posted tweets, pointing out the low exports in the month of June, which were[Read More…]
Congress outreach programme: Rahul Gandhi meets Muslim intellectuals, discusses public policy
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met Muslim intellectuals as part of party’s outreach to various sections ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election. Those who met Gandhi to give their feedback on various issues and discuss public policy included M.S Farooqui, Amir Mohammad, Irfan Habib, Syeda Hameed, Ilyas[Read More…]
Congress slams government for not taking stand on decriminalizing gay sex
New Delhi: With the Narendra Modi government leaving decriminalizing gay sex to Supreme Court’s wisdom, Congress on Wednesday slammed it for not taking a stand on the issue and claimed it the government believes in such draconian laws. It is extremely unfortunate that after evolving as a society, we continue[Read More…]
Government may not have polls for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman this session
New Delhi: Amidst talk of a contest between the opposition and the ruling NDA for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, the government is also looking at the option of not going for an election for the post in the Monsoon Session of parliament beginning July 18, sources said.[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh polls turn virtual with BJPs ‘Cyber Yodhas’ and Congress’ ‘Rajiv ke Sipahi’
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh’s poll battle has turned virtual with bot h BJP and Congress ready to take on each other with Cyber Yodhas and Rajiv ke Sipahi respectively. At the district level, both the parties have full-fledged plans. While the BJP has planned workshops to equip and educate its cyber[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar stand on 3C’s is a big farce
In national executive meet on Sunday, 8th July 2018 at national capital, New Delhi, the Janata Dal (United) sent a stern message to the Bharatiya Janata Party from its national executive meet, making it clear that it would not compromise on the 3Cs of communalism, crime and corruption even if[Read More…]
In meeting called by Law Commission, most parties oppose simultaneous polls
New Delhi: Most political parties, including those friendly with the BJP, told the Law Commission on Saturday that they are opposed to the proposal of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies saying that it was against the constitution and would dilute regional interests. Parties that opposed the[Read More…]
Modi programme in Jaipur a ‘flop show’: Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction here with beneficiaries of government welfare schemes a flop show. Our PM was supposed to have a direct interaction with beneficiaries but he was shown clippings of beneficiaries in audio-video presentation. This could have been[Read More…]
Congress will probe BJP CMs misdeeds after coming to power, says Congress
New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of protecting the corrupt BJP leaders including Chief Ministers of various BJP-ruled states, Congress on Saturday said when it comes to power, there will be a thorough investigation on the cases against them and they will be in jail and not out on[Read More…]
BJP not to miss any opportunity eulogising mob lynching
One needs to accept the fact, mob lynching was never a new phenomenon in India but it has attained a normalized form specifically under the Modi government. A dangerous trend of mob violence is grasping India and is becoming the normal way of dealing with displeasure. The right-wing Hindutva brigade[Read More…]
Competition between BJP and rupee to see who will fall lower: Manish Tewari
New Delhi: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the drop in the value of rupee, Congress on Friday said there seems to be a competition between the BJP and the rupee to see who will fall lower. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari likened the country’s economy is like a rudderless boat[Read More…]
Delhi government to build new hospital in Burari
New Delhi: The Delhi government will build a new hospital in Burari, it was announced on Friday, two days after the Supreme Court said that the Lt Governor’s approval wasn’t required for every decision taken by the council of ministers. Good news for Delhites, a new hospital will be built[Read More…]
Base years for GDP, inflation calculation to change: Government
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday declared its intent to change the base year for calculation of GDP and retail inflation to 2017-18 and 2018 respectively, likely to come to effect by fiscal 2019-20. The previous base year revision for gross domestic product (GDP), the index of industrial production (IIP)[Read More…]