The Congress party on Tuesday in its manifesto for the upcoming May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections said it will take "decisive action" as per law including banning organisations like Bajrang Dal, the Popular Front of India and others.
United Hindu Front working president and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jai Bhagwan Goyal on Wednesday said the Congress party's alleged comparison of Bajrang Dal with the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) was an insult to Hindus.
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, on Wednesday said Sharad Pawar's resignation as president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is a setback for the Maha Vikas Aghadi(MVA) alliance in Maharashtra.
A day after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar resigned from his post, party vice president Praful Patel on Wednesday said that the NCP veteran is in favour of the new generation to step forward.
Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday described Sharad Pawar's resignation as NCP chief as a "big event" in the country and Maharashtra's politics.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a stinging jibe at the Congress party and alleged that the grand old party wants to make the poll-bound state of Karnataka as "number-1 ATM" for serving "shahi family" sitting in the national capital".
"I have resigned from my post of National General Secretary and I have sent my resignation to Sharad Pawar Saheb. All office bearers of Thane NCP have also resigned after Pawar Saheb's announcement", Jitendra Awhad told ANI.
In a major political development, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced that he has decided to step down as party chief drawing emotional reactions from thousands of NCP leaders, workers and supporters who urged him to reconsider the decision
Reacting to the manifesto released by the Congress party for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi called the promises a "bundle of lies" and said that similar promises made in other states haven't been fulfilled yet.
Hours after veteran leader Sharad Pawar announced his decision of stepping down as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), scores of party workers on Tuesday hit the streets in Mumbai and protested against the decision.
After Sharad Pawar stepped down as Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief on Tuesday, nephew Ajit Pawar said the NCP veteran would take two to three days to rethink his decision.
Moments after senior NCP leader Sharad Pawar announced his resignation from the party president's post on Tuesday, his nephew Ajit Pawar supported the former's decision saying that the next party chief will work under Sharad Pawar.