Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday for planning to hold a protest on the day of the centenary celebrations of the '1924 Belgaum Congress Session' scheduled in Belagavi.
After meeting Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Ashish Wakode, son of deceased Vijay Wakode alleged on Monday that his father, who was leading the agitation in Maharashtra's Prabhani and died due to the pressure exerted by the police.
Congress leader Sama Ram Mohan Reddy on Monday said that there was "no interaction" between AICC in-charge for Telangana Deepa Dasmunsi and Allu Arjun's father-in-law Kancharla Chandrasekhar Reddy in the Gandhi Bhawan.
After Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi visited violence-hit Parbhani, Maharashtra Minister and state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday said that Rahul Gandhi has only come to Parbhani to do "drama and to provoke the society."
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday targeted Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi calling his visit to Maharashtra's violence-hit Parbhani "a political meeting" and an "attempt to create hatred among people on caste lines."
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the death of Somnath Suryawanshi "government-sponsored" and alleged that the people who "believed in Manusmriti have taken their lives."
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday firmly denied any shortcomings in handling the December 19 scuffle that occurred inside Parliament near the Makar Dwar gate resulting in injuries to BJP MPs Pratap Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput.
Central Industrial Security Force DIG (Ops) Shrikant Kishore on Monday said that there was "no lapse" on the part of CISF on the December 19 clash in Parliament outside Makar Dwar, adding that "no weapons were allowed inside."
During the meeting, Ayaz Sadiq welcomed the committee members from both the government and PTI and stressed the importance of negotiations in strengthening democracy.
Attacking Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over the ruckus created in the Parliament, Union Minister Sanjay Seth on Monday called the Congress leader a "bouncer," and asked for Rahul Gandhi's resignation.