Student protests must not be hijacked by Opposition
In a healthy democracy, student activism has always been a vital force - a crucible where ideas are sharpened , injustices challenged, and futures forged.
In a healthy democracy, student activism has always been a vital force - a crucible where ideas are sharpened , injustices challenged, and futures forged.
AAP leaders Atishi and Sanjay Singh have accused Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of diverting attention from the month-long CJP-led student agitation. Here's what triggered the political tussle.
Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra on Monday alleged that the events unfolding in the national capital in the name of a youth movement were nothing but the outcome of negative politics by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, Communist and other Opposition parties.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday questioned Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal over the denial of justice in the sacrilege cases even after four and a half years of their rule in the state.
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Municipal Councilor Vikas Tank, a young Valmiki community leader, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday in the presence of the Delhi state unit chief of the party Harsh Malhotra, and Chandni Chowk MP Praveen Khandelwal.
The Congress on Wednesday demanded that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) be constituted at the earliest to investigate the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Delhi excise policy of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, MPs, Manoj Tiwari and Praveen Khandelwal, welcomed the tabling of the Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG) report in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government for meting out step motherly treatment to the state thereby trying to jeopardise development and progress of Punjab.
The scam related to the now-scrapped excise policy was a key issue in the just-concluded Assembly elections.
A total of 21 AAP MLAs, including Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Atishi, were suspended from the House on Tuesday for a period of three days for disrupting Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena's inaugural address.
