Rahul: Modi insulted Army with his surgical strikes-videogame remark

Congress president Rahul Gandhi assailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for saying that the Congress-led UPA government ordered surgical strikes only on paper and videogames. He said the prime minister has insulted the armed forces with his remark. Read More
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Jitan Manjhi says Masood Azhar ‘saheb’, draws BJP rebuke

Jitan Ram Manjhi, former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha chief, triggered a controversy after saying terrorist Masood Azhar “saheb” showing respect. Later, Manjhi called it a “slip of the tongue” in a statement. Read More
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Yechury says Ramayana, Mahabharata filled with violence

Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said it would be wrong to say Hindus can’t be violent because there are many examples in epics and history that Hindu rulers were not averse to violence. Read More
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Clarify your remarks on Hans Raj Hans: EC to AAP leaders

Senior AAP leader and Delhi minister Rajendra Pal Gautam kicked a row when he tweeted that “media reports said Hans Raj Hans embraced Islam and he can’t contest election from a seat reserved for members of the scheduled castes”. Read More
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Modi says ‘Congress can do a surgical strike on videogames’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while pointing out former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s claims that his Congress-led UPA government did multiple surgical strikes, said only Congress can do a surgical strike on paper and videogames and say “me too, me too”. Read More
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Manmohan: ‘We did many surgical strikes, never used them for votes’

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh slammed the Modi government for politicization of the armed forces and anti-terror operations. He said it was “shameful” how Prime Minister Narendra Modi was using the 2016 surgical strike as well as the recent Balakot air strike for votes. Read More
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Akhilesh on Priyanka’s claim of cutting BJP votes: ‘Don’t believe it’

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Thursday, said that he “doesn’t believe” in Priyanka Gandhi’s claims that Congress has fielded “weak” candidates in Uttar Pradesh to eat into the Bharatiya Janata Party’s votes. Read More
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Priyanka: ‘Congress to cut into BJP’s votes, not UP alliance’s’

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday, assured that the party is not trying cut into votes of the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party-Rashtriya Janata Dal alliance in Uttar Pradesh, but into BJP votes. Read More
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Karnataka minister Devegowda: ‘JD(S) men might have voted BJP’

Highlighting the unease between the ruling coalition partners in Karnataka, state minister GT Devegowda claimed that Janata Dal (Secular) workers in Mysuru and elsewhere might have voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Narendra Modi says ‘Congress leaders dreaming of my death’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing an election rally at Madhya Pradesh’s Itarsi said the leaders of the Congress hate him so much that they have “started dreaming of his death”. Read More
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Alka Lamba skips Kejriwal’s road show, says ‘insulted by AAP’

Disgruntled Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba said she skipped the road show of party chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in Chandni Chowk as she was insulted by her party. She said she was made to walk while others were in cars. Read More
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On Modi’s ‘no blasts’ remark, Rahul says ‘PM needs to open his ears’

While criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that no major blasts had taken place in India since 2014, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said there has been as many as 942 major bomb blasts over the past five years. Read More
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Haryana’s Khattar says loan waivers will make farmers lazy

The chief minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, said loan waivers tend to make farmers “lethargic”. While pointing out Congress’ NYAY scheme, Khattar claimed that Congress’s NYAY scheme has no shadow budget and can only be implemented if all other schemes are closed. Read More
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Sisodia says ‘7 AAP MLAs offered ₹10 crore each to join BJP’

Delhi’s deputy chief minister, Manish Sisodia alleged that seven AAP MLA were offered ₹10 crore each to join the BJP. It comes amid the row kicked by PM Narendra Modi, when he said 40 Trinamool Congress MLAs were in touch with him and were ready to switch sides. Read More
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Bhim Army chief: Will campaign for sacked BSF jawan against Modi

Chandrashekhar Azad, founder of the Bhim Army said that the dalit organization will campaign in favour of Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance candidate Tej Bahadur Yadav, who is contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi. Read More
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Akhilesh: ‘Modi should be banned for 72 years for shameful speeches’

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for claiming that 40 Trinamool Congress MLAs were in touch with him. He said Modi should be “banned for 72 years” for his shameful speech. Read More
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Moon Moon on violence: ‘Was served bed tea late, so woke late’

Moon Moon Sen, while speaking to a reporter on the clash between BJP and TMC workers, said, “They gave me my bed tea very late, so I woke up very late. What can I say? I really don’t know.” Read More
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Modi to Mamata: ‘40 of your MLAs are in contact with me’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, claimed that 40 Trinamool Congress MLAs were “in touch with me” and that they would leave the party once the BJP won the Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Amit Shah claims UP goons now say ‘arrest us, don’t do encounters’

BJP president Amit Shah, on Sunday, asserted that while criminals roamed freely in the SP and the BSP rule in Uttar Pradesh earlier, they are now seen moving around with a “patta” (placard) reading “arrest us but don't do encounter” since Yogi Adityanath became chief minister. Read More
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‘EC is a silent spectator to BJP’s excesses’: Chidambaram

Former Union minister P Chidambaram, on Sunday, said the Election Commission is a “silent spectator” to the “excesses” of the ruling BJP and to the utterances of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and has “largely failed” the people of India. Read More
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