West Bengal Minister Shashi Panja slammed former National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma on Monday, saying that she should be the last one to speak on the safety of women and accused her that during her tenure as the NCW chief, she was biassed against opposition ruled states a
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states at party headquarters in Delhi on Sunday.
Many leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National President JP Nadda, were present in the meeting. The meeting lasted for almost four hours at the BJP headquarters.
The gathering comes as the Chief Ministers of all BJP-ruled states are in Delhi for the 9th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. The BJP meeting's agenda includes discussing the election results of their respective states and formulating future strategies.
Following Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's remarks on the Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy which claimed 56 lives so far, Congress leader K Suresh said on Sunday that the hooch tragedy happened in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states too, but she "closed her eyes" at those times.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday explained along with statistics that even after the increase in tax on petrol-diesel, the fuel price in the state is lower than the BJP-ruled states and the states of South India.
As many of the BJP ruled states are following the two Deputy Chief Minister formula, Odisha Deputy CM-designate Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo praised the formula and said it's not new and said it will help in focusing and also increases the productivity.
Kalpana Soren, wife of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and former Chief Minister Hemant Soren slammed the BJP-led central government while she read out the jailed leader's letter at the INDIA bloc's 'Ulgulan Nyay rally' on Sunday in Ranchi.
"This is the adverse effect of appeasement policies. Be it now on the occasion of Ram Navami or earlier on the occasion of Holi, the riots that took place in West Bengal as well as in non-BJP ruled states are an example of playing with the sentiments of the majority society and the vote bank
With some chief ministers of non-BJP ruled states opposing the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked if these leaders have such a right, saying that the CAA is fully constitutional and only the central government is empowered to enact law
"There have been multiple attempts from various quarters to politicise the Sandeshkhali issue. Now that the court has clarified that there is no bar to arresting Sheikh Shahjahan. He will be arrested by the state police very soon," Ghose said.