Speaking to ANI, Javadekar said that he doesn't feel the need to address Congress's criticism, as they find people for different positions "within a single family."
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor hailed the news that New Zealand's Labour Party has supported the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between New Delhi and Wellington, paving the way for the matter to be legislated.
Balendra Shah, the former Kathmandu mayor and rapper, has also filed his candidacy from Jhapa-5, standing against KP Sharma Oli, the prime minister deposed by the Gen-Z movement.
Earlier today, Governor RN Ravi walked out of the Tamil Nadu Assembly before delivering his inaugural address, stating that his microphone was "repeatedly switched off", preventing him from speaking.
Congress workers on Tuesday protested outside the West Bengal Election Commission's office against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
In an X post, Jairam Ramesh asked PM Modi, to clarify if anybody opposed to him will be termed an 'urban naxal'. The Congress leader cited the Union Home Ministry's answer in Rajya Sabha in 2020, which said that the ministry does not use the term.
He also claimed that the developments had surprised even the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). "Even RSS is stunned to see this," the Congress MP alleged.
"Will Nabin also amplify former President J.P. Nadda's remarks that the BJP does not need the RSS? We congratulate him on his new role. Just like he is young as the national president. We should be getting a younger Prime Minister as well," he said.
BJP leaders on Tuesday staged a protest march towards the residence of former Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran over the Sabarimala Temple gold theft case.
"Tomorrow I am going to Manikarnika Ghat in Kashi. I am going there because there is a ban on entering that area, but we will go there and also hold a strong protest. The BJP Government has done an insult to Hindus. BJP people destroyed age-old heritage," he stated.