Gadkari: ‘Leaders who don’t fulfil promises will be thrashed’

Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, on Sunday, said political leaders who don’t fulfil the dreams they peddle will get “thrashed” by people. Read More
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Shivraj Chouhan: Opposition unity nothing but ‘bina dulhe ki baraat’

The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is known for his witty statements, recently compared the opposition unity to “bina dulhe ki baraat (wedding procession without a groom)”. Read More
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Ananth Hegde: ‘If a hand touches Hindu girl, that hand mustn’t exist’

Hegde, while addressing a meeting of Hindu Jagaran Vedike – a youth organization of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, said, “If a hand has touched a Hindu girl, then that hand must not exist.” Read More
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Justice AK Sikri says ‘values of democracy are at stake’

While speaking at the 9th convocation of the Gujarat National Law University, in Ahmedabad, as the chief guest, senior Supreme Court judge Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri stated that the “values of democracy are at stake.” Read More
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Swamy says ‘Priyanka has bipolar disorder, thrashes people’

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, on Sunday, made yet another sensational and controversial claim when he said Priyanka Gandhi, the newly appointed Congress general secretary, is “bipolar” and that she “physically assaults” people. Read More
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Vijayvargiya on Priyanka: ‘Congress is banking on chocolatey faces’

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s appointment as a Congress general secretary and making her in charge of the party in eastern UP reflected the “lack of confidence” in Rahul Gandhi’s leadership within the party. Read More
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Shiv Sena: ‘Priyanka will emerge as queen if she plays her cards well’

On Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra’s appointment as Congress’s general secretary and given the party’s charge for eastern Uttar Pradesh, the Shiv Sena, on Friday, said she will emerge as a “queen” if she “plays her cards well”. Read More
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Speaker: ‘Priyanka’s entry shows Rahul can’t handle politics alone’

Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan took a jibe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi after the appointment of Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra as Congress’s general secretary and giving her the charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh for this year’s Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Rahul: ‘Gave Priyanka, Scindia one target – form Congress govt in UP’

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, a day after declaring Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia as party general secretaries in charge of eastern and western UP respectively, clarified that their main target was “Mission 2022” – to form the next government in the state. Read More
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Nilekani: ‘Faced many issues with Aadhaar initially, but sorted all’

Nandan Nilekani, Infosys chairman and the Aadhaar architect, said there were a lot of issues when work began on the Unique Identification Authority of India project (Aadhaar), but all those issues have been resolved now. Read More
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Jyotiraditya: ‘BJP should look within, it has many dynasts’

After his appointment as the All India Congress Committee general secretary and given charge for western Uttar Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia said the Bharatiya Janata Party should look within before pointing fingers on “dynasties” in politics. Read More
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Justice Lokur says ‘judges should stay away from political thicket’

Justice Lokur further said he was “disappointed” that the December 12 decision of Supreme Court collegium to elevate Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Rajendra Menon was not uploaded on the apex court’s website. Read More
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After Priyanka joins politics, Modi slams Congress with ‘dynasty’ jibe

While interacting with BJP booth workers in Maharashtra, on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the Congress over dynastic politics, hours after Priyanka Gandhi formally entered the active politics. Read More
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Mamata says ‘seems BJP doesn’t consider Netaji a national leader’

Mamata Banerjee’s comment came on the same day Narendra Modi inaugurated the Subhas Chandra Bose Museum at the iconic Red Fort to mark the nationalist leader’s birth anniversary. Read More
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Sitharaman: GST was ‘biggest reform taken with courage’

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Wednesday, called the BJP-led NDA government’s 2017 rollout of the goods and services tax as the “biggest reform” taken as part of a “systemic reform” and pitched India as a bright spot for investors. Read More
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At WEF 2019 in Davos, Kamal Nath calls GDP ‘fancy figure’

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, on Wednesday, called the gross domestic product a “fancy figure” and stated that economic growth “must translate into well-being of people” on the ground. Read More
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Prashant Kishor: Priyanka’s appointment ‘most awaited entry’

Janata Dal (United) vice-president and former professional election strategist Prashant Kishor, on Wednesday, described the appointment of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in active politics as “one of the most awaited entries in Indian politics.” Read More
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Naidu says ‘collective leadership is the need of the hour’

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu emphasized that “collective leadership” is the need of the hour for the “mahagathbandhan” of opposition parties, and the name of the leader for the prime minister’s post would be declared after elections. Read More
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Ex-Congress MP Sudhakaran says Kerala CM ‘worse than a woman’

K Sudhakaran, former Congress MP from Kollam and one of the three working presidents of the Congress in Kerala, on Wednesday, made sexist remarks while targeting chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan during a speech at a party program in Kasaragod district. Read More
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Maneka: Mamata’s approach towards women is ‘disastrous’

The minister, in a series of tweets, alleged that women in West Bengal are not getting the benefits of “significant programs”. Read More