Using the proverb 'Jobless barbers catch hold of cats to shave its fur' against the BJP, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran has said that those involved in spreading his old videos, especially the BJP, want to gain political mileage by creating ruckus in the society.
A total of 22 ministers were inducted in Rajasthan government at a swearing in ceremony on Saturday with BJP putting special emphasis on tuning a fine balance in caste equation and maintaining a symmetry between the old and new faces in the cabinet.
Following the controversy that erupted over the mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said that we should not link everything with caste.
Referring to this, Chowdhury said, "Mimicry is an art. No one said this mimicry was on Dhankhar ji. He is accepting it himself. Why is he taking it on himself, no one said his name. Does it suit a person on such a high post to talk about caste?"
A total of 141 MPs, 95 from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya Sabha, were suspended following a ruckus over the Opposition's demand for a statement from Union Minister Amit Shah on the Parliament security breach incident.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that Chandrakanta Bellad, a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and himself were companions in the Gokak Movement. He has great faith in Basavanna's love for humanity and he is against caste discrimination.
Madhya Pradesh police have registered a case against an additional superintendent of police (ASP) in connection with a fake caste certificate case in Vidisha district.
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday clarified that he had never expressed opposition to the caste census but was only demanding a scientific and systematic approach for the census.
The BJP on Sunday picked Vishnu Deo Sai, a prominent tribal leader, as the next chief minister of Chhattisgarh. On the other hand, Mohan Yadav was announced as the next chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
"I have not opposed anywhere...We want a proper caste census to be done in a very systematic way including my own house," Shivakumar told reporters here.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Union Minister Amit Shah over his remarks concerning India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during debate on J-K bills in Parliament and said the senior BJP leader "is unaware of history" and "has a habit of rewriting it".