A political row broke out after Congress MP Imran Masood questioned the circumstances under which Sonam Wangchuk ended his hunger strike, prompting a sharp response from the BJP.
A Congress march against the alleged NEET paper leak and police action on protesting students turned into a political street showdown in Ranchi on Thursday.
Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said leaders and Members of Parliament of the INDIA bloc were marching peacefully to Gandhi Smriti to pay tribute to students who allegedly lost their lives following the NEET paper leak controversy and to express solidarity with those injured during the ongoing protests demanding accountability.
The political confrontation over the alleged NEET paper leak, lathi-charge on students and the demand for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation intensified in Chhattisgarh.
The Congress on Thursday stepped up its attack on the Narendra Modi government over the security measures imposed in the national capital amid the ongoing student protests over the alleged examination paper leaks, with Congress general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal accusing the Centre of converting Delhi into a "war zone" and questioning the closure of commercial establishments around the protest site.
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.
