Kanhaiya, on being charged with sedition, says ‘thank you Modi ji’

Activist and student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, on Monday, reacted sarcastically when the news of him and nine others being charged in the 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University sedition case broke. Read More
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Kumaraswamy to Congress: ‘Don’t treat JD(S) like 3rd-grade citizens’

The Karnataka chief minister, HD Kumaraswamy, who is heading the Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition government in the state said his party, JD(S), should not get the treatment of “third-grade citizens” from the Congress. Read More
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Pawar says ‘Congress, NCP will try to resolve issues over LS seats’

The Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress have decided to contest together in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Read More
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Bhim Army chief ‘Ravan’ says ‘fully back SP-BSP alliance’

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, gave his full support to the newly formed Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party alliance for this year’s Lok Sabha election, on Sunday. Read More
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Deve Gowda says ‘will extend all support to Rahul as new PM’

Former Prime Minister and the founder of the Janata Dal (Secular), HD Deve Gowda, said he will not hesitate backing Rahul Gandhi as the next prime minister. Read More
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Nitin Gadkari says ‘politicians shouldn’t interfere in other fields’

The Union road transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, said politicians should refrain from interfering in other fields, like literature. Read More
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Heckled poet Srijato says ‘intolerance spreading, I feel insecure’

Bengali poet Srijato Bandopadhyay was booed and heckled at an event in Assam’s Silchar, on Saturday, by suspected members of Hindutva organizations. Read More
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Paswan says ‘10% quota move has given NDA back their confidence’

Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan, on Sunday, said the government’s move of 10 per cent reservation to “economically weaker section” in the general category has given the confidence back among the NDA allies. Read More
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On Sabarimala, Rahul says ‘tradition needs to be protected’

Rahul Gandhi, who earlier spoke in favour of allowing women of all ages into Sabarimala, is now seeing merits in the argument of traditionalists, who are promoting the traditional ban. Read More
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DK Shivakumar says ‘BJP plotting against Karnataka coalition govt’

Senior Congress leader and Karnataka water resources minister DK Shivakumar, on Sunday, claimed that the BJP is conspiring to collapse the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government in the state. Read More
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Tewari to Modi: ‘LS fight between dictatorship and democracy’

Senior Congress member Manish Tewari, while referring to Narendra Modi’s remark of a “majboor” (helpless) and a “majboot” (strong) government, has hit back saying the 2019 Lok Sabha election would be a “fight between dictatorship and democracy”. Read More
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Modi: Opposition wants ‘majboor’ govt, nation wants ‘majboot’ govt

The prime minister said the opposition parties are coming together to defeat “one man” to form a “majboor” (helpless) government for solely indulging in corruption while the country wants a “majboot” (strong) government. Read More
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Mallikarjun Khagre says ‘Modi government is destroying CBI’

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, on Saturday, called the removal Alok Verma as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation a “mistake” and accused the government of “destroying” the premier investigating agency. Read More
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Rahul in Dubai: ‘India is witnessing 4.5 years of intolerance’

The Congress president said, “At here (in the UAE), it is the ''Year of Tolerance’, but back home (in India), I’m sad to say we have been witnessing intolerance for the last four-and-a-half years.” Read More
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Antony: ‘Congress alone can’t bring down Modi from power’

AK Antony, senior Congress leader and former defence minister, said the Congress party alone can’t take on the Bharatiya Janata Party in this year’s Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Stalin says, ‘Modi is not Vajpayee, DMK will never align with BJP’

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief MK Stalin, while rejecting any offer of alliance in this year’s Lok Sabha election, has made it clear that his party will never align with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Read More
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Amit Shah says ‘bua-bhatija can’t stop BJP getting more seats’

Amit Shah, said that the bua-bhatija (aunt-nephew) alliance (implying a tie up between Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati) will fail to prevent the BJP from winning maximum number of seats from the state. Read More
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Lok Sabha poll: Akhilesh offers ‘two seats to Congress in UP’

Akhilesh Yadav said, “We can give the Congress two seats in Uttar Pradesh they have always held,” referring to the Nehru-Gandhi family pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli. Read More
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Kejriwal: ‘Those who do cow politics should also provide fodder’

Kejriwal’s statement came during his visit to Bawana, where he found that the BJP-led MCD there has not released funds to a “gaushala” (cow shelter) for two years in the area. Read More
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Ex-Bihar CM Manjhi says ‘Nitish Kumar is losing his senses’

Former chief minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi said Nitish Kumar, the current chief minister of the state, has lost his senses. Read More
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