Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday claimed that a conspiracy by some people helped the Britishers perpetuate their colonial rule in India, adding that some people continue to live off the toil of others.
Speaking to the gathering at the Congress' 'Hain Taiyyar Hum' rally in Nagpur, Gandhi said, "This is a fight of ideologies. Together we are going to win elections in Maharashtra and the country," said the Congress leader.
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Thursday slammed Congress over their leader's remarks on Prime Minister Modi and said that the Congress divides people on the basis of caste, and religion like Britishers.
Nath made the remark while addressing a program on the sacrifice day of tribal leaders Raja Shankar Shah and Kunwar Raghunath Shah in the state capital Bhopal. Raja Shankar Shah and Kunwar Raghunath Shah were killed by the Britishers on September 18, 1857.
As the Opposition Parties questioned the replacement of the “President of India” with the word “Bharat”, the leaders of the ruling dispensation hailed the move and said that the name ‘India’ was given by Britishers while the leaders of the INDIA allianc
"In the Constitution, both India and 'Bharat' are there. For 75 years if the President of India was written then what's the objection to writing President of 'Bharat'? We don't say 'India Mata ki Jai' but 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'...The name India was given by the Britishers. RJD and JDU have an
Since India acquired Independence from the Britishers at midnight, students and teachers of Queen Mira International School celebrated Independence Day by hoisting the Indian flag at midnight.
"The Adheenam has spoken in the true spirit of what exactly happened in 1947. Congress has to clarify why Sengol was marked as a walking stick in the museum," Annamalai told ANI.
The historic sceptre 'Sengol' was received by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on August 14, 1947, to represent the symbol of the transfer of power from the Britishers to India. The same spectre will be handed over to PM Modi by the head priest of Madurai Adheenam on May 28.
A 100 years ago, even the Britishers did not arrest anyone for putting up posters, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while addressing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) public rally at Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Thursday.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday questioned External Affairs S Jaishankar's recent remarks on the size of the Chinese economy, asking the minister if India's economy was big when the country was fighting with the Britishers.