Bhartiya Janta Party Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand Deepak Prakash on Friday slammed Congress party MLA Irfan Ansari for his comment that People from Bangladesh are not the biggest infiltrators, it is the BJP people.
Over Rahul Gandhi’s statement that China has occupied land in India, Jharkhand state Congress President Rajesh Thakur has supported the claim and said he does not speak any lie.
Jharkhand Congress in-charge Avinash Pandey on Wednesday, speaking about the meeting held with the party's top leadership, said that discussions were held on how to prepare field strong candidates.
Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the party's Jharkhand leaders to take stock of preparations for Lok Sabha polls to be held next year.
The first meeting of the Jharkhand unit of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) took place at Jharkhand Congress Headquarters here in Ranchi on Sunday.
While talking to ANI, Irfan Ansari said, "BJP people are sitting in movie theatres and applauding the movie. They should focus on real issues. I demand a ban on 'The Kerala Story'. Such acts of BJP will not be tolerated in the state".
After political turmoil in Rajasthan Congress, the crisis seems to have hit its Jharkhand unit as well after suspended party leaders took up the charge against the state leadership.
Earlier on January 8, Jharkhand Congress Disciplinary Committee recommended suspending 5 party leaders for their 'anti-party' activities and 'false' remarks against the party's state chief Rajesh Thakur and the state-in-charge.
Accusing the BJP of making fake promises and telling lies to the people of this country, Kharge on Saturday described the leaders of the saffron party as a "gang of liars".
The case pertains to July 30, 2022, when the three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand were detained in West Bengal's Howrah district after a huge amount of cash was found in their vehicle.
Last July, Ansari alongwith three MLAs from Jharkhand Congress was arrested in connection with huge amount of cash recovered from them in West Bengal's Howrah. Later, all three MLAs were suspended from the Congress.