The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena has sought disqualification proceedings against those MLAs who joined hands with the BJP following Eknath Shinde's lead.
Against the backdrop of controversial comments made by DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sanatana Dharma, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that Sanatana Dharma is the only religion and the rest of all are sects and methods of worship.
Commenting on the alleged attack, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said, "These people are scared, that is why they are doing this. Their fear has started showing. Why else would they do such things?"
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on Friday said that it is a matter of reflection, contemplation and concern that some people make inappropriate comments on constitutional institutions, wearing political glasses.
"The comments of Maneka Gandhi were very unfortunate. Our devotees across the world are very hurt. We are taking legal action of defamation of Rs 100 crores against her. We have sent her a notice today," Vice-President of ISKCON Kolkata, Radharamn Das told ANI.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday hit out at the Shinde Government and said that there is democracy is being murdered in the state of Maharashtra. Commenting on the situation in Manipur, he said that the Government is in complete shambles in the state
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday (local time) said that he is not a part of the intelligence group when asked for comment on the reported sharing of intelligence between Five Eyes countries on Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing.
Wading into the controversy around BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's offensive remarks against BSP leader Danish Ali in the Lok Sabha, BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday said the outburst of his fellow party leader was the fallout of Ali's "running commentary" on leaders of the saffron party.
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Monday refused to react to the AIADMK's resolution declaring the ending of its alliance with his party just a few months before the Lok Sabha election.
"Congress workers must condemn such comments and senior leaders of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and party chief are silent on this and this shows their (Congress) culture and by keeping silent, they are supporting such comments," said Dhami.
Terming the allegations, levelled by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nishikant Dubey at him, as baseless, BSP MP Danish Ali on Saturday said that he has not yet stooped too low to make such comments on the country's Prime Minister.