Politics

"Worshippers of capitalism": Saurabh Bharadwaj attacks BJP-RSS

Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi state president Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday accused the BJP and RSS of attempting to erode core constitutional values like socialism and secularism for the benefit of capitalist interests.

2025-06-27T14:19:02.732565+00:00 IST

Digitisation of ancient scriptures to preserve...: Eknath Shinde

"This Shastra Sangrahalaya Research Centre is a matter of pride for us. Our Vedas, culture, and ancient scriptures have been digitised here to make our new generation aware of them and to preserve our heritage. This will further contribute to the betterment of the country. Our Prime Minister wants to make India a 'Vishwaguru'. In this, this centre will be of great value to our Vedas and scriptures," Shinde told reporters here.

2025-06-27T14:04:24.349079+00:00 IST

Tejashwi Yadav questions special voter list revision in Bihar

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav has questioned the Election Commission's decision to conduct a special revision of the voter list in Bihar months ahead of the assembly elections.

2025-06-27T13:34:35.972388+00:00 IST

Jitendra Singh backs RSS' call to reconsider 'secular', 'social'

"Any right-thinking citizen will endorse it because everyone knows they are not part of the original constitution, which Dr Ambedkar and the rest of the committee wrote. This is not the question of BJP vs non-BJP...It is a matter of preserving democratic and constitutional values, and those violating the constitution are actually the biggest violators," Singh told reporters.

2025-06-27T13:09:07.081579+00:00 IST

"New forms of dictatorship under BJP-RSS..." Brinda Karat

"Just as we fought the emergency, today the new forms of dictatorship and neo-fascism, which are so clearly visible under the BJP-RSS rule, must be fought," Karat told ANI.

2025-06-27T12:56:16.003656+00:00 IST

"Jaishankar needs to answer": Congress' Shama Mohamed

"They are saying continuously that our foreign policy has reached some heaven, but as you look at it, it is shocking that they have mentioned the resistance in Balochistan, but not a word on the Pahalgam attack by Pakistan on April 22, which has happened. We have lost 26 people, and still not a word. We have shown that Pakistan has done it. What we have seen is that the world is standing with Pakistan, with no condemnation, and nobody is with India. EAM Jaishankar needs to answer why the Pahalam attack was not there in the SCO," Mohamed told ANI.

2025-06-27T12:47:19.341653+00:00 IST

"Long-standing agenda to reshape India's democracy": Siddaramaiah

"The RSS has always opposed the core values of our constitution -- secularism and socialism. Now, their leaders are once again saying these words should be removed from the Preamble. This is not a casual remark -- it is part of a long-standing agenda to reshape India's democracy in their ideological image," the Karnataka CM posted on X.

2025-06-27T10:50:07.075685+00:00 IST

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slams EAM Jaishankar’s remarks

"His predecessor - Pranab Mukherjee, regretted the issue of the imposition of Emergency in public in 2008. Once the Emergency was lifted, Indira Gandhi herself admitted that it was a mistake. On several occasions, Congress repeatedly expressed regrets, but now the ruling party is trying to tarnish Congress," the Congress leader told ANI here.

2025-06-27T09:26:43.307740+00:00 IST

"Election Commission runs like PM Modi's puppet": Cong leader Paw

"We will talk about the Election Commission... Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and various leaders of the INDIA bloc are continuously discussing these issues. But the Election Commission runs like PM Modi's puppet," Khera told the reporters during his visit to Bihar.

2025-06-27T09:09:57.320740+00:00 IST

“EAM would be well advised..." Jairam Ramesh

"EAM would be well advised to deal with the complete collapse of Indian diplomacy. Indian diplomacy has taken huge hits in the last couple of weeks. He should be worried about repairing the damage to Indian diplomacy rather than getting into the history of what happened 50 years ago," the Congress leader said in a post on X.

2025-06-27T08:23:21.599792+00:00 IST

Zohran Mamdani’s win should be an example for Congress

"The method of campaigning in cities by Mamdani is an example for Congress. Will we dare? Are we ready to raise our voice against injustice? Rahul Gandhi ji has rightly said, O Congress workers, "Do not fear." Our election symbol is the hand. That is, the "fearless gesture." Fight fearlessly against injustice. If we fight, we will win. Jai Siya Ram," the Congress MP posted on X in Hindi.

2025-06-27T06:46:26.788079+00:00 IST

“RSS has NEVER accepted Constitution,” says Jairam Ramesh

The Congress leader was replying to the comments made by RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Thursday, as the latter claimed that terms like "Socialist" and "Secular" were forcibly inserted into the Constitution -- a move that needs to be reconsidered today, while speaking at a program on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency.

2025-06-27T05:59:18.836823+00:00 IST

India-US trade agreement led to “abrupt end” Op Sindoor: Cong

"After repeating 16 times that he used a trade deal as an instrument to bring about a ceasefire between India & Pakistan, President Trump has now announced that such an India-US trade agreement is going to be signed in the next few days. He calls a ' very big deal.' It better be - given that it led to the abrupt end of Operation Sindoor," Ramesh said in a post on X.

2025-06-27T05:14:05.619427+00:00 IST

"Nehru-Gandhi family, that is, slaves of America/Russia": BJP MP

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday shared a letter by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to former US President Ronald Reagan, and attacked Congress, alleging Gandhi's role in atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils.

2025-06-27T03:42:40.637662+00:00 IST

BJP hits out at Bengal CM for visiting Digha Jagannath temple

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and West Bengal Assembly Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for visiting the Jagannath temple in Digha, calling it a "tourist spot" and asserting that Puri in Odisha is the real Dham of Lord Jagannath.

2025-06-27T03:28:09.995281+00:00 IST

Lalu-Nitish turned Bihar into Labourers' state: Prashant Kishor

The Election Commission of India has allotted the 'school bag' as the common election symbol to Jan Suraaj for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

2025-06-27T00:58:18.560831+00:00 IST

Mamata Banerjee has politicised Lord Jagannath: Sukanta Majumdar

Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had politicised Lord Jagannath and Rath Yatra in Digha was being organised to divide Hindu votes.

2025-06-26T23:12:58.887936+00:00 IST

"Democracy thrives on Noise, not silence," Rijiju tells Youth

The Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday addressed youth participants at a Mock Parliament session in Shimla, urging them to embrace the spirit of democratic debate and understand the vibrancy of India's parliamentary democracy, while also reflecting on the lessons from the Emergency era of 1975.

2025-06-26T23:11:42.454480+00:00 IST

“Will there be an FIR on stating facts?”: BJP’s Shehzad Poonawall

Poonawalla pointed out that rather focussing on the social media post, Karantaka Congress should focus on setting up the accountability for the "murder" of 11 people in the Bengaluru stampede.

2025-06-26T22:41:53.634030+00:00 IST

“Ghaziabad now emerged as a model of cleanliness”: UP CM Yogi

Speaking to reporters, CM Yogi said, "Ghaziabad today shines as the new Ghaziabad. Where once gang wars and crime films were made in its name, now it is a model of cleanliness and well-organized city. It can be among the top 50 clean cities in the world..."

2025-06-26T17:34:19.066613+00:00 IST