Tag: Sambit Patra

Karnataka | BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of insulting Vande Mataram

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of disrespecting the national song, Vande Mataram. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra posted a video on Twitter in which Rahul Gandhi can be seen giving some instructions to party functionaries, while signalling to his watch. BJP has claimed that he was asking the song ‘Vande...

April 27, 2018

Judge Loya death case verdict: Rahul Gandhi should apologise, says Sambit Patra

The BJP came down heavily on opposition parties after the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the petition seeking a probe by Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the death of judge Loya.

April 19, 2018

BJP cites Wikileaks, demands apology from Rahul, Sonia for ‘saffron terror’ remark

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mounted its attack on Congress on the second day after an NIA court in Hyderabad acquitted all five accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case.

April 17, 2018

BJP accuses Congress of coining ‘Hindu terror’ tag, demands apology

Accusing the Congress of coining the term ‘Hindu terror’, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded an apology from Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

April 16, 2018

BJP blames ‘anarchist’ Kejriwal for ‘Constitutional crisis’ in Delhi

Hitting back at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who accused the BJP-led central Government of trying to destabilise his government, the BJP on Friday said that it was “anarchist” Kejriwal who was responsible for a “Constitutional crisis”. Its reaction came after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in a press conference, blamed the Central government of...

February 23, 2018

PM should apologise for Sambit Patra’s ‘father of India’ remark, expel him: Congress

The Congress on Saturday demanded that Prime Narendra Modi apologise to the country for the “insult” to Mahatma Gandhi by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra who termed Modi “desh ka baap” (Father of India) at a news channel show, and “show courage” by expelling him, like the Congress expelled Mani Shankar Aiyar for his “neech” remark....

December 10, 2017

Himachal polls: BJP attack CM Virbhadra, son on corruption issue

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Sambit Patra on Wednesday said after rooting out the ‘damad model of development’ from Haryana, the people will oust ‘father-son model of development’ from Himachal Pradesh (HP). He launched a scathing attack on HP Chief Minister, Virbhadra Sigh and his son, Vikramaditya Singh on corruption issue and said the poll arena...

October 25, 2017

BJP worried over Virbhadra’s soaring popularity: Ministers

 Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri and Excise and Taxation Minister Prakash Chaudhary on Wednesday said wild allegations levelled by national Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesman Sambit Patra against Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh only reflected BJP’s frustration over a soaring graph of Singh’s popularity. In a joint statement, the minister said having failed in their attempts to corner the...

September 13, 2017

Sambit Patra kicks off BJP poll campaign in HP, fires salvos at Virbhadra

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday fired salvo at Himachal Pradesh (HP) Chief Minister (CM) Virbhadra Singh for rampant corruption in the state and targeted the government over laxity in probing Gudia gangrape and murder case. Patra was accompanied by former HP chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, Shimla MLA  Suresh Bhardwaj, former minister...

September 12, 2017

‘Congress raised communal issues to disrupt Parliament’

The BJP on Wednesday accused the Congress of conspiring to disrupt Parliament during the monsoon session by giving issues a “communal colour”. Waving an alleged leaked document of the Congress on the issues to be raised by the party in this session, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “This is a dossier of disruption”. “Rather than focusing...

July 19, 2017

BJP hits back, says CWC should have ‘worried’ about Rahul Gandhi

The BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress of making "baseless" allegations and said the Congress Working Committee meeting should have "worried" about party Vice President Rahul Gandhi rather than attacking the Modi government. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra sought to make a point-by-point rebuttal of the allegations made by the Congress after the CWC meeting on...

June 6, 2017

BJP demands apology for SP leader’s ‘terrorist’ remark

The BJP on Monday took strong exception to Samajwadi Party leader and minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh calling both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah ‘aatankwaadi’ or terrorist. The BJP Uttar Pradesh in-charge Om Prakash Mathur and party spokesman Sambit Patra were quick to react and termed SP...

February 20, 2017

BJP demands apology for SP leader’s ‘terrorist’ remark

The BJP on Monday took strong exception to Samajwadi Party leader and minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh calling both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah ‘aatankwaadi’ or terrorist. The BJP Uttar Pradesh in-charge Om Prakash Mathur and party spokesman Sambit Patra were quick to react and termed SP...

February 20, 2017

Rahul needs Akhilesh’s carrier to save his poll career: BJP

Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi over Congress-SP alliance for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the BJP on Monday said the Congress vice-president needed such a tie-up to save his political career. "..this shows that Rahul Gandhi needs Akhilesh's cycle carrier to save his political career, while junior Yadav (UP CM Akhilesh Yadav) knows that...

January 23, 2017