West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to her political opponents not to tarnish the image of West Bengal abroad ahead of her visit to the United Kingdom on March 22.
BJP MP Dinesh Sharma welcomed the Allahabad High Court order granting permission to whitewash Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, and said that it was neither the policy of Centre nor the state government to insult any religious place.
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.
RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav's remark has drawn sharp criticism from retired senior police officials, who accused him of insulting the police force and disrespecting the dignity of the uniform.
Speaking to ANI, Kesavan said, "This absurd drama and ridiculous stunt by the DMK today of dropping the national currency symbol from its Budget shows their anti-federal nature. The DMK has insulted the Tamil sentiment and Tamil pride because this national currency symbol was designed by a d
"The Union government insults Tamil Nadu and Periyar. Are we uncivilized? Those who call us uncivilized are, in fact, behaving in an uncivilized manner and making remarks against us. Tamil people will give a befitting reply very soon," Stalin told reporters.
"She has been the former Chief Minister of Bihar, and she should choose her words carefully... This kind of unparliamentary language does not suit anyone... My question to her is what has she done for women? ... He (Nitish Kumar) has not insulted women in any way ...," Chaudhary told ANI
DMK MP Kanimozhi condemned Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's comments on Tamil Nadu's schemes, accusing the Centre of insulting Tamil people and not allocating adequate funds, while highlighting the disparity in fund distribution to other states.
Following an intense political brawl in the Parliament between the treasury and Opposition benches over the National Education Policy, delimitation and other issues, DMK MP Kanimozhi criticised the Union Government, alleging that the centre has "made it a habit" to insult Tamil Nadu every da
Speaking to ANI, Maharashtra Minister & BJP MLA Nitesh Rane said, "Raj Sahib has incomplete information about the cleanliness drive- Namo Gange under PM Modi's leadership. No one has the right to insult the Hindu religion. I have never seen him question the sacrifice of goats during Bakr
Speaking to ANI, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant said, "His membership from the Legislative Assembly should be cancelled. You should understand that glorifying Aurangzeb means insulting Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. What could have been the reason for this statement?..."
Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Azmi on Wednesday maintained that he did not intend to insult national heroes and that his suspension is unfair after he was suspended from the Maharashtra Assembly for the entire budget session over his remarks on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.