BJP says ‘instructions to kill’ Sikhs in 1984 came from Rajiv’s office

The BJP kicked a controversy when it said the “instructions to kill” during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots came “directly from (former Prime Minister) Rajiv Gandhi’s office. Read More
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Modi to Mamata: ‘Didi your slap will be blessing for me’

While referring West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee remarks that she wanted to give Modi a “tight slap of democracy”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at an election rally at Purulia, said, “Didi, I would consider a slap a blessing.” Read More
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Amarinder on BJP ‘surgical strikes’ claim: ‘Modi needs history lessons’

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, while slamming the BJP’s claim that the Narendra Modi government was the first who conducted surgical strikes on terrorists across the border in Pakistan, said PM Modi needs “history lessons”. Read More
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BJP’s Srinivas Prasad says ‘Rajiv didn’t die due to corruption taint’

A senior BJP leader from Karnataka, Srinivasa Prasad, has countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi died as a “Bhrastachari No. 1” (Corrupt No. 1). Srinivas also said Modi’s comment was unnecessary. Read More
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Modi says ‘Rajiv Gandhi’s family used INS Viraat as personal taxi’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, in yet other verbal attack on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi alleged that when Gandhi was the PM, he took his family for a holiday on an undisclosed island on board INS Viraat, the now-decommissioned Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier. Read More
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Modi on Robert Vadra: ‘I’ll put jail shahenshah in next 5 years’

While taking a jibe at Congress secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the “shahenshah” (emperor) was feeling nervous after being dragged to court for “looting farmers” and promised he would be sent to jail soon. Read More
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Rabri: Priyanka should have called Modi a ‘jallad’, not Duryodhana

RJD senior leader and former chief minister of Bihar Rabri Devi said Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made a mistake by comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Duryodhan. She said Priyanka should, instead, have been called a “jallad” (executioner). Read More
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Varun: ‘If you don’t vote ‘Mata Maneka’, you’ll be voting for Pak

BJP MP Varun Gandhi kicked a row while comparing her mother with Bharatmata (Mother India). Gandhi is currently campaigning for his mother, BJP MP and minister Maneka Gandhi, in Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency, which will vote in the sixth phase on May 12. Read More
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Sanjay Nirupam says Modi is ‘modern avatar of Aurangzeb’

Senior Mumbai Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam assailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, and called him a “modern-day incarnation of Aurangzeb under whose order hundreds of temples have been demolished in Varanasi”. Read More
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‘Tight slap of democracy’: Sushma says Mamata ‘crossed all limits’

Hours after West Bengal Mamata Banerjee said she would like to administer a “tight slap of democracy” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj cautioned that such words would not bode well on a future when the two will have to cooperate. Read More
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