Hitting back at Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge over his remark that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the tricolour at his home next year, AIADMK leader M Thambidurai on Wednesday said the whole of India was the PM's home and he will raise the national flag at Red Fo
After Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge skipped the Independence Day function at the Red Fort, Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Tuesday said that no politics should be played on national festivals like Independence Day.
Congress leader Udit Raj on Tuesday said that there is no dynasty politics in the party and slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ‘Parivarvaad’ remark during the Independence Day speech adding that the PM should see in his party that so many MP’s sons are MLAs.
As the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge skipped the 77th Independence Day celebrations event at Red Fort, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday took a jibe at the former saying that "he attended the family-controlled program."
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday slammed the Congress over party chief Mallikarjun Kharge skipping the main 77th Independence Day function held at Red Fort and said it reflects “Congress mindset”
Even as his absence from the flag hoisting event at the Red Fort raised the hackles in the ruling BJP at the Centre, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday raised the tricolour at the AICC headquarters in the national capital.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the Central government of corruption in infrastructure projects saying that it is "taking the nation on a highway to hell".
"I hope you will understand the reality. An AIIMS opened during the 50 years of Congress rule. 6 AIIMS were opened in the time of Vajpayee ji and 15 new AIIMS are being opened in the time of Modi ji," Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya added.
Congress President Mallikarjun Khrage on Sunday hailed Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Singh Baghel for works done for the people of the state during his tenure and said that the latter has “Aladin’s lamp” that fulfils everyone’s wish.
Kharge, while addressing a public rally in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district said that it was only Congress that put everything in place in the country.
Commodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 328.22 lakh hectares, as against 312.80 lakh hectares same period last year. Notably, India in July amended the rice export norms by putting non-basmati white rice, a major export item, in the "prohibited" category.