"We want a thorough inquiry on that because the people of India wish to know about the real reason behind this. Govt has to come forward with a strong inquiry system. You can see the track record. It's a clear security failure...Where is the moral responsibility of the Home Minister?" Ven
"The Devaswom Minister sits as if he knows nothing. They sold Ayyappa's property and hurt the sentiments of the believers. In the CPI(M), what is happening is the process of taking over temples. CPI(M)'s eyes are on the wealth of temples," Venugopal said here, while addressing the party's
Congress MP KC Venugopal on Monday called the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government's move to sign an MoU on Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme, a "back door" decision with "secret agenda".
"It's wrong to say Congress is implementing PM SHRI. We will never support the Sangh Parivar's educational agenda. Congress is not against teaching about Mahatma Gandhi, but we oppose any ideological distortion in the syllabus," Venugopal said while addressing a press conference in Kozhik
Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who resigned from service in 2019 as a mark of protest against the "shutdown" of Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370, joined Congress on Monday.
AICC General Secretary and MP K.C. Venugopal on Saturday alleged that there is a mystery surrounding the withholding of information about the ED summons issued to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's son, Vivek Kiran, in 2023 in connection with the LIFE Mission money-laundering case
He demanded that a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) could expose the "real" miscreants involved in the incident. The Congress MP mentioned that the issue came to light following the intervention of the Kerala High Court.
"The democracy of this country is in danger... These people are defaming the country through 'voter chori'... Not Rahul Gandhi. Whenever he tells the truth, these people say he is defaming," Venugopal told ANI in Thiruvananthapuram.
The Indian Youth Congress on Tuesday condemned the alleged death threat to Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, saying that the "shameful utterance" reflected the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) "hate-filled politics".
"We don't want to do any politics, and we are here to support the affected families... We will give maximum help in their future endeavours," he added.