Tag: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Scindia storms out of BCCI meeting after argument over finance

COA is expected to clarify finance committee's role and scope during their September 16 meeting in the capital.

September 14, 2017

Sumitra Mahajan says her office made mistake in recording statement

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday admitted that her office had made certain mistakes in recording the statement regarding the alleged remarks by some BJP members against Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia two days ago. The Congress leader had alleged that BJP MPs Veerendra Kumar, Manohar Utwal and Nand Kumar Chauhan had levelled certain “baseless...

July 26, 2017

Rahul Gandhi will be face of opposition in 2019 election: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi may be elevated as party chief on completion of the organisational election process in October and he will be the opposition's face in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has said. Scindia, 46, who is party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha, also said that the time...

July 9, 2017

Firing on farmers: Congress wants guilty officials booked

The Congress on Monday demanded filing of a criminal case against the officers who ordered the "killing of farmers" in Madhya Pradesh during the peasants' agitation on June 6. The party said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre was anti-farmer and that they wanted to have a "kisan-mukt bharat" (India without...

June 20, 2017

If BJP-ruled Maharashtra, UP can give waiver, why can’t MP: Scindia

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said if BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra can announce farm loan waivers why the party-ruled Madhya Pradesh cannot do this. Scindia, sitting on a 72-hour satyagraha since Wednesday in support of farmers, also criticised the state's BJP government for not taking any action against those who fired at the...

June 15, 2017

Scindia arrested on way to Mandsaur, to launch agitation on Wednesday

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was on Tuesday arrested along with his supporters while trying to enter Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, which has been hit with continuous protests and violence over the deaths of farmers in police firing. Scindia and supporters were arrested under section 151 but the fiery Congress leader announced to launch a 72-hour...

June 13, 2017

Scindia likens Shivraj Singh govt to ‘Hitler’s rule’

Stating that the death of five farmers in police firing in Mandsaur was a blot on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday equated the BJP regime in Madhya Pradesh to the "Hitler's rule". "The police firing on farmers agitating for getting right price for their produce and waiver of loans,...

June 13, 2017

Modi regime creating intolerance across nation: Congress

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Narendra Modi government for its failures during the past three years and said that an "atmosphere of intolerance" is being created across the country. "This government weaved a dream of bringing 'Acche Din' and doing something new when it came to power in 2014," Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said...

May 16, 2017

Congress calls BJP an ISI-certified party

Terming the BJP as a party certified by Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Congress on Friday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the ISI-linked espionage ring busted in Madhya Pradesh. The Congress said there should be a probe into the alleged BJP-ISI links as three of 11 persons arrested in Madhya Pradesh had...

February 17, 2017

Scindia asks if PM considers PoK as part of Pakistan

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi considered "Pakistan-occupied Kashmir" (Pok) to be a part of that country. Scindia said the Prime Minister in a rally said Indian soldiers carried out the surgical strike on Pakistani soil. "PM said in a rally, the strike was done on Pakistan. The country...

February 6, 2017