NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused Congress of “stabbing Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar in the back” by giving reservations based on religion.Addressing a election rally in Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi said, “Congress provided reservation on the basis of religion in 2004, stabbing Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, architect of the Constitution, in the back.”“Our Constitution…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s “Mangalsutra will not be safe under the Congress rule” remark, stating that her mother (Sonia Gandhi) “sacrificed Mangalsutra” for the nation.“My mother’s ‘Mangalsutra’ was sacrificed for this country,” the Congress leader said referring to her father Rajiv Gandhi‘s assassination in…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy CM & BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday slammed Sharad Pawar‘s remarks saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ‘a new Putin is in the making in India,’ attributing it to the opposition’s desperation in the face of electoral losses.“As a result of desperation due to losing, they have resorted to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that if the Congress came back to power, it would give wealth of people to Muslims citing former PM Manmohan Singh‘s statement about the minority community having the ‘first claim’ on the nation’s resources. He was addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara.“Earlier, when their (Congress) government…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday claimed that when the INDIA bloc is voted to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, it would scrap the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the first session of Parliament.Chidambaram said that the CAA, which has become one of the major flashpoints between the ruling BJP…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which is a burning issue in West Bengal, is BJP’s game plan to “brand Bengali Hindu migrants as Bangladeshis“.Addressing an election rally in Nadia’s Ranaghat in West Bengal, the TMC national general secretary claimed that if anyone, despite…
MALDA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission of India chalked out seven-phase polls to enable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleagues to carry out extensive campaigning using the nation’s resources.Addressing a public meeting at Gajol in Malda district in support of Maldaha Uttar TMC candidate Prasun…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and candidate from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi on Friday employed a novel technique to capture public attention.The Congress party posted a video featuring Rahul Gandhi on X (formerly Twitter), where he can be seen interacting with his pet dog.Rahul Gandhi began by capturing attention with, “Now that I have your focus, I’d…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday filed a petition in the Rouse Avenue court seeking permission for the access of insulin in jail. The development comes a day after the Enforcement Directorate claimed that Arvind Kejriwal is eating food high in sugar every day despite having type 2 diabetes to create grounds…
NEW DELHI: Google has unveiled a new Doodle to commemorate the start of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which began in India on Friday. The first phase of the elections is underway, with millions of Indians participating in the democratic process to determine whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will secure a consecutive third term in…
