Tag: Union Minister
Union Minister attacks Congress, calls it ‘politically bankrupt’
Congress was slammed by union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday for being “politically bankrupt” and for bargaining with the Kashmiri separatists. “On Congress reaction to Gen Rawat’s statement, we have already cleared our stand. Some newspapers have carried it. In one word, it can be summed up as ‘political bankruptcy”[Read More…]
UP: Union minister Manoj Sinha injured in road accident
Following a car accident wherein his car rammed into a vehicle ahead of it, union minister Manoj Sinha sustained a fracture in the upper bone of the left hand. The 57-year-old minister of State for Railways and Communications was at first admitted to Apollo Hospital and then moved to the[Read More…]
Demonetisation: Union Minister denied bro’s body; asked to pay with new notes at hospital
Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has become the latest victim of demonetisation when a hospital in Mangaluru denied taking old currencies to settle the bill for the treatment of his brother, DV Bhaskar who later died. Bhaskar was undertaking treatment at the Kasturba medical college in Mangaluru. He was suffering[Read More…]
Talking tough! Time to abolish triple talaq, says Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said it’s time the country should abolish this “gender discrimination”, in the light of principles of justice, dignity and equality. Triple talaq is anti-constitutional, against law, against the principles of democracy and anti-civilisation. This kind of opinion is on the rise. There is a[Read More…]
“Don’t wear skirts” mantri to foreign tourists
Adhering to the mindset that a woman’s clothes are responsible for any untoward incident happening with her, our “Culture” minister Mahesh Sharma has advised women visiting India “not to wear skirts while travelling in India.” Mahesh Sharma, the Union tourism and culture minister courted controversy with this statement, though he[Read More…]
Watch this minister’s security thrash a man for being two minutes late!
In another incident which highlights the gross misuse of power by those in position, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma’s security personnel were caught on camera as they thrashed the guards of a housing society. Their crime apparently was to cause ‘a minute delay’ as they took ‘too long’ to open the[Read More…]