NEW DELHI: More than 1,70,000 words. Over 400 articles. 106 amendments. The sheer scale of the world’s longest Constitution may seem overwhelming — until one realises that much of the debate often circles back to a single article: Article 19. Not because it gives you wings, but because the party in power decides how high…
Sanjay Raut and Kunal Kamra NEW DELHI: Sanjay Raut on Tuesday backed Kunal Kamra to the hilt as the comic continues to face severe backlash for indirectly calling Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde a “gaddar” (traitor) at a show in Mumbai.Raut said Kamra wouldn’t bow down before anyone and that both share the same DNA.“I…
MUMBAI: Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray supported comedian Kunal Kamra, saying he had spoken the truth and reflected public sentiment by alluding to deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde as a “traitor.” “I don’t think he said anything wrong by attacking a traitor. A traitor is a traitor,” Thackeray said on Monday, speaking outside the state…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra’s junior home minister Yogesh Kadam on Monday told the state assembly that the government would be checking call record details and bank statements of comic Kunal Kamra, who landed in trouble for indirectly calling deputy CM Eknath Shinde a “gaddar” (traitor) at a Mumbai show.“Call recordings along with CDRs, as well as…
(From left) Uddhav Thackeray, Sanjay Nirupam and Kunal Kamra NEW DELHI: Livid by Kunal Kamra‘s veiled jibe at Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam on Monday alleged that rival Uddhav faction funded the comic’s show in a Mumbai studio, where the remark was made.Calling Kamra’s remark against Shinde a “low-level comment”,…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday voiced support for standup comedian Kunal Kamra over his ‘gaddar’ remark directed at Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde.Escalating his attack on the Shiv Sena faction led by Shinde, Thackeray said, “Calling ‘gaddar’, a ‘gaddar’ is not an attack on anyone,” and…
MUMBAI: Senior RSS leader Bhaiyyaji Joshi‘s remark at a function in Ghatkopar that knowing Marathi was not necessary to live in Mumbai stirred a political controversy on Thursday, with the opposition MVA criticising him strongly and demanding to know if the state govt agreed with him. While CM Devendra Fadnavis said in response that Marathi…
Sanjay Raut (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut announced on Saturday that his party will stake claim to the post of leader of opposition in the Maharashtra legislative assembly.Raut said that opposition parties had been granted this position in the past, even without meeting the 10% seat threshold. The combined…
“Will you accept the challenge?” a visibly animated Mamata Banerjee was heard asking in English to thousands of her party workers assembled at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. The challenge she referred to was countering the BJP‘s electoral machinery, which the West Bengal Chief Minister believes is engaged in an organised attempt—allegedly in collusion with…
Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Eknath Shinde on Thursday took a dig at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray for not attending the recently-concluded Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj and said the it showed that he was scared of calling himself a Hindu. Uddhav also hit back at the…
