Woman sarpanch assault row sparks political storm in Kendrapara
Opposition parties demand action against police officials and local administrators.
Opposition parties demand action against police officials and local administrators.
Apparently, the Samajwadi Party is also getting jittery, worried about something similar happening to it, especially with UP Assembly elections around the corner.
Taking a serious view of reports of internal discord in its Jammu and Kashmir unit, the Congress high command on Friday constituted a three-member committee to investigate complaints of indiscipline and anti-party activities by certain senior party leaders.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of attempting to secure a two-thirds majority for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha by all means ahead of the forthcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, alleging that the ruling establishment was seeking to weaken Opposition parties to achieve its political objectives.
For nearly three decades, Mamata Banerjee has built her political identity around a simple proposition, that Trinamool Congress is the real Congress in Bengal and that she represents the Trinamool or grassroot level Congress worker.
Announcing this at a press conference attended by all the alliance partners, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said that the decision was made with the consent of his party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi.
VIP chief Mukesh Sahani, who has been named the Mahagathbandhan's deputy CM face, expressed confidence that their alliance will win the election and form the next government in Bihar.
The meeting was also scheduled to deliberate on the strategy for the upcoming election to four Rajya Sabha seats.
"The BJP and RSS only want Dalit votes but have no intention to defend them or give them safe space and due social ambience in society", the three-timer ex-CM Gehlot said.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday criticized the government's economic policies, stating that they are out of touch with the reality faced by farmers across the country.
