New Delhi: Stepping up his attack on Amit Shah over his remarks on B R Ambedkar, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said if Prime Minister Narendra Modi has any respect for Babsaheb he should sack the home minister today itself in case he does quit on his own. Accusing Shah of disrespecting the architect…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stoutly defended Amit Shah from the Congress’ charge that he insulted B R Ambedkar in his speech in the Rajya Sabha, asserting that the Home Minister in fact exposed the party’s “dark history of insulting” the architect of the Constitution, leaving the main opposition “stung and stunned”….
New Delhi: Several MPs of the INDIA bloc, including Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest in Parliament premises on Wednesday demanding Home Minister Amit Shah’s apology for his remarks which they claimed were an insult to B R Ambedkar. The MPs lined up in front of the steps of the Makar…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked the Congress in the Rajya Sabha, saying the party treated the Constitution as the “private fiefdom” of one family and “played fraud” with Parliament. Concluding a two-day debate on the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India”, Shah ripped into the Congress…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Leader of the House J P Nadda attacked the Congress on Tuesday for amending the Constitution for its own benefit and alleged that its past actions of “toppling governments” in states led to staggered polls, creating the necessity for ‘One Nation One Election’ bill. Participating in a debate in the Upper…
Sambhal (UP): Devotees thronged the Khaggu Sarai area here on Tuesday to offer prayers to an idol of Lord Hanuman that was discovered in the Bhasma Shankar temple, reopened last week after being shut for 46 years. Tuesday is dedicated to the worship of Lord Hanuman. “The temple was cleaned around 4 am. A ‘cholaa…
New Delhi: Two bills that lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections were introduced in the Lok Sabha after a fiery debate on Tuesday. Opposition parties dubbed the draft laws — a Constitution amendment bill and an ordinary bill — as an attack on the federal structure, a charge rejected by the government. The…
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the Congress, saying they talk big in the name of farmers but neither do anything for them nor let others do it. The delay in the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) is a direct proof of the intention of the Congress, he said. “The Eastern…
New Delhi: Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday moved in the Lok Sabha two bills which lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous polls in the country, with the opposition dubbing the draft laws as an attack on the basic structure. Meghwal moved for the introduction the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill,…
New Delhi: Ahead of the introduction of bills on holding simultaneous polls, the government Tuesday said the concept is not new to the country. Following the adoption of the Constitution, elections to the Lok Sabha and all state assemblies were conducted simultaneously from 1951 to 1967, it noted. The government said the first general elections…
