Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam on Saturday declared that the "shirtless" protest conducted by the Congress at the AI Impact Summit has shamed the nation.
As political parties prepare for high-stakes assembly elections in states like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu later this year, the debate surrounding the leadership within the INDIA bloc takes centre stage.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) spokesperson TKS Elangovan on Wednesday responded to remarks made by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, asserting that the Opposition alliance is actively taking on the BJP government across issues and not merely during election time.
The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief Thol Thirumavalavan on Wednesday endorsed the statement made by senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin should lead the INDIA alliance.
He noted that when he became APCC president in 2021, Congress was in alliance with AIUDF, which he ended, and later, before the formation of the INDIA alliance, he successfully forged partnerships with 16 different parties.
BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday slammed Congress MP and leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, stating that neither the public nor his party members want to be associated with him.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagendran on Monday hit out at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), reaffirming Edappadi K. Palaniswami as the party's Chief Ministerial choice ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
"During the UPA period, neither the Prime Minister nor the Defence Minister used to give any reaction. But PM Modi created a new tradition. In 2019, an airstrike was carried out, entering their territory and eliminating the terrorists in Pakistan," he said, referring to India's retaliator
"The election process is going very, very smoothly. Negotiations are ongoing, and we are going to start on February 22. Nothing the BJP is thinking will happen. The BJP wants to pull someone out of the INDIA alliance to split the vote bank, but it will not happen. We are intact with the a