Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu has expressed his desire to contest the Punjab Assembly elections, saying he wants to return to active state politics after spending nearly 17 years in Parliament and work directly for the people of Punjab.
Speaking during the debate in the Upper House, PM Modi referred to the incident involving the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, who called Ravneet Bittu a "traitor" outside Parliament after the latter quit the Congress and joined the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Congress MP made the ‘traitor’ remark after the Union MoS Bittu commented on the Congress MPs protesting at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament. Bittu said, "They are sitting as if they won a war."
State BJP leaders dismissed the comments as personal views, stating that any decision on alliances will be taken by the party’s central leadership.
Launching a scathing attack on Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, he accused him of working on Kejriwal’s directions.
The bridge that is a major component of Kashmir's rail link with the rest of the country is considered as an engineering marvel of modern India. A successful trial run on the bridge was conducted recently.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday condemned BJP leader and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu for his remarks against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.
The complaint against the three BJP leaders and the Shiv Sena lawmaker in Maharashtra was filed by Congress' national Treasurer Ajay Maken at the Tughlak Road police station here in the city.
While Bittu had called the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha a "terrorist", other BJP leaders had made derogatory remarks against him.
Most of the traffic to the Dera, located in Beas town of Punjab, travels by railways during Satsang and on regular days.
