Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining silent over the deaths of three Indian nationals in recent US strikes on commercial vessels in international waters, alleging that the government had failed to stand up for Indian citizens killed abroad.
Senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has strongly endorsed Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut's call for Congress breakaway parties to reunite with the grand old party, urging them to wholeheartedly accept Rahul Gandhi as their leader.
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.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that the GST reforms will benefit the poor, the middle class, the new middle class, the youth, farmers, women, shopkeepers, and 'udhyami' (entrepreneurs).
As the new GST rates came into effect on Monday, Congress MP Imran Masood warned that the changes touted by the government as a boost to the economy, will instead ruin small businesses.
I n the 1946 election, though the Hindu Mahasabha opposed Congress in 26 general seats, it polled only 2.73 per cent of the total Hindu vote and won only one seat, which was a special Reserved University seat from where Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1901-53) was elected unopposed.
Shrinate said that Modi didn't say anything new but spoke like the GST was brought in 2017 by some other government.
The political temperature in Jharkhand rose sharply on Sunday after the state BJP accused Health Minister Dr Irfan Ansari of sheltering a multi-crore tender scam and practicing “appeasement” in contract allocations. The Congress rejected the charges as baseless and politically motivated.
