Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Monday said that reports of voter list manipulation appear before elections and it is very dangerous for democracy. She said the government should allow discussion on the issue in Parliament.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Monday hit out at BJP over Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at his residence, terming the move an attempt to "trouble" opposition leaders.
In the aftermath of Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the residence of former Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai denied any role of the state government in it and said that it was being conducted by central agency.
Congress leaders were protesting, holding placards that read, "Kahe har bharat ki naari, abhi Lagu karo 33% hissedari" (Every woman in India is demanding the immediate implementation of 33% reservation).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at the residence of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, his son Chaitanya Baghel and others in connection with an ongoing probe into the alleged multi-crore liquor scam, sources said.
"Ganga is the name of life, faith and belief, and Kumbh is our Sanatani tradition, so such things hurt our feelings. He (Raj Thackeray) remains in contact with the BJP, but still, he does not understand this?" Rawat remarked.
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Sunday criticized the BJP-led central government over the Mahila Samriddhi Yojana, questioning the budgetary allocation for the scheme.
He said that Rahul Gandhi, on his two-day visit to Gujarat, held meetings and discussions with all organisational level leaders and workers, giving them a message that all businesses in the state were suffering losses under the BJP government.
Taking potshots at Rahul Gandhi over his "conniving from within" remarks aimed at sections of Congress leaders during his visit to Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said on Saturday that the Congress leader needs to do "introspection instead of blaming others".
Congress leader P Chidambaram expressed his fear that if delimitation is conducted, Southern states will lose 26 seats in the Lok Sabha, and their voices will not be heard.
Following the row over implementing the three-language policy in Tamil Nadu, Congress leader P Chidambaram said that unless the two-language policy is successful, discussing the three-language policy is redundant.