"Pakistan is a state of mind... a mental disease....And regardless of 'stature', anyone suffering from the disease displays common symptoms - be it Masood Azhar or Waqar Younis!"- Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
October 27, 2021The AJL had challenged the December 21 order of a single judge bench that dismissed its plea against the Urban Development Ministry, which on October 30, 2018, had said that AJL's 56-year-old lease on Herald House has ended and it must vacate.
February 28, 2019Everything is in order now, says senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy in obvious reference to the party’s success in thwarting BJP’s attempt to lure its MLAs
January 22, 2019Former Union Finance Minister Yahswant Sinha dubbed the move as jumla and questioned the government's intent, citing legal complexities and lack of time as the current session of Parliament is scheduled to end on Tuesday.
January 7, 2019Singhvi said the dictatorial streak of the Modi government in the snooping order is not new.
December 22, 2018When politicised legal-eagles arrogate to themselves the right to pass judgment on matters on which they have little expertise the outcome can be disastrous. With all due respect, Abhishek Manu Singhvi has made a mess of trading his gown and bans for a brass hat when flaying the Army’s move to reduce unnecessary manpower and …
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September 17, 2018Questioning if the proposal was true, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said it was in "BJP's DNA to seek political mileage from martyrdom of soldiers".
September 12, 2018Even at the risk of these columns being accused of having a Rahul Gandhi fixation, it would amount to a ducking of duty not to raise this query. What is more ridiculous: his contention that the Congress party had little to do with the sinister, calculated massacre of thousands of Sikhs after the assassination of …
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August 28, 2018Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Friday hailed his party’s decision to withdraw the petition challenging Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu’s rejection of an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Dipak Misra. “Good and wise decision of Congress not to pursue impeachment issue with Cong MPs in SC any further,” he tweeted. Two Congress MPs …
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May 11, 2018Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the candidate of Congress and supported by Trinamul Congress in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday trashed the charge of Left Front candidate Rabin Deb that the former had allegedly stated a false age in his 2006 nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections for which his nomination papers should be cancelled. The elections …
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March 23, 2018"The need of the hour is to prevent division of votes which would be the fallout of a tringular or a quadrangular electoral contest"
March 13, 2018Congress nominee for Rajya Sabha elections from this state, Abhishek Manu Singhvi who has received support from Trinamul Congress, on Saturday ruled out possibility of an alliance between the two parties. An “anti-BJP space” exists in the state and the commonality between the Congress and the Trinamul is that both the outfits are opposed to …
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March 11, 2018The Income Tax department has sent a notice to the wife of Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi for unaccounted payment to billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi. According to media reports, Singhvi’s wife bought diamonds worth Rs 6 crore, of which only Rs. 1.5 crore was paid through cheque. According to a report in the Firstpost, Congress …
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February 20, 2018Threatening to file a civil and a criminal defamation against the allegations levelled against him in connection to Nirav Modi, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that no member of his family, including him, has any business interest with anyone or any businesses connected to Modi or Mehul Choksi. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, …
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February 17, 2018A day after late Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya’s son ruled out any angle of suspicion over his father’s death, the Congress again demanded a probe into the death of the CBI judge. Speaking to reporters on 15 January, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi demanded that a probe should be conducted within the ambit of the …
January 15, 2018The Congress on Thursday said the Election Commission should investigate the allegations made by PAAS leader Hardik Patel that he was offered Rs 1,200 crore by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s Chief Principal Secretary K. Kailashnathan when he was in jail. The party also claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on a ‘shopping …
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November 23, 2017Dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “serial abuser” and the BJP the “mother of crass statements”, the Congress on Wednesday demanded the saffron party apologise for “lowering” the quality of public discourse. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi, however, said that he did not expect the BJP to apologise as the ruling party had never done …
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November 22, 2017