Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has cheated Maa Ganga in the name of cleaning the river under Namami Gange Programme.
Senior Congress leader and erstwhile Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has urged today railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce special trains on the Malda, Murshidabad, and Dinajpur (North and South) routes ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to accommodate the surge in passenger traffic during the festive season.
The all-party meeting convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to discuss issues related to the delimitation of constituencies will take place on Wednesday at the secretariat here. The BJP, NTK and the Tamil Maanila Congress have decided to boycott the meet.
The Opposition BJP and Janata Dal (S) leaders have strongly criticized the Congress government in Karnataka for proposing a significant pay hike for legislators and spending large sums on luxury amenities in the assembly premises, including recliners and massagers.
The ongoing agitation by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers for fair remuneration, now in its 24th day, led to a major disruption in the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday.
The political battle in Delhi’s Bijwasan assembly is an interesting one as AAP nominee Surender Bharadwaj is set to take on his party’s two former colleagues, BJP’s Kailash Gehlot and Congress’ Devinder Sherawat.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will intensify the party campaign for the forthcoming assembly polls in Delhi as he is scheduled to address three rallies in different parts of the national capital, starting from Wednesday.
Former Delhi Congress chief Anil Chaudhary on Tuesday said the Congress’ “mohabbat” (love) will trounce BJP’s “nafrat” (hatred) in Patparganj constituency in the upcoming assembly elections.
Congress leader Udit Raj on Tuesday alleged that AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal refused to meet a delegation of Buddhist monks and priests from Guru Ravidas and Valmiki temples, exposing what he claimed to be Kejriwal's anti-Dalit stance.
This is the very least he can do to show his concern, if he has any, for the strife-torn state, said the party.
