Congress leader Girish Chodankar accuses a senior Goa minister of orchestrating a massive land conversion scam involving bribes to remove properties from private forest classifications.
Union Minister Nityanand Rai criticized the RJD and Congress for tarnishing Bihar's image, claiming their rule kept the state away from development. He stated that under Nitish Kumar, Bihar is progressing with better employment opportunities and central government schemes.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Krishank on Sunday attacked the Telangana government and said that the Congress government is so "intolerant" that they can't even receive criticism.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday condemned the Telangana Congress government's decision to ban protests at Osmania University, calling it a "direct attack on democracy."
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Sunday attacked the Telangana government for including French economist Thomas Piketty in an expert group to analyse the state's caste survey and asked if there were no qualified Indian experts capable of handling the task.
While Congress leader Jairam Ramesh condemned the arrest as an "abuse of police powers," CM Himanta Sarma defended the arrest, saying that it was related to a caste-based insult directed at a Dalit woman.
Speaking to reporters at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee's office, Shivakumar said, "The reservation of contracts for minorities is only up to Rs 2 crores. In the past, similar arrangements were done for SC/STs. This is for all minorities and not just for Muslims."
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP and Spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya hit out at the Trinamool Congress over clash in Birbhum during Holi celebrations and held the police and state government responsible for the violence.
Reddy added that the Congress government in Karnataka believes in "serving people" without regard to their religion, language, or caste. She said that the BJP was "jealous" of the good works being carried out by the state government.
He also claimed that Reddy might join the BJP in future after BJP legislator Raja Singh alleged that Reddy was secretly meeting with senior BJP leaders, sparking speculation about a potential defection.
"It is quite a strange thing. Will the Karnataka Government try to clarify whether the other communities in their state, who also need social and economic upliftment, will be given reservations in the same manner? Focusing only on one community and neglecting the rest of the public, the K