Responding to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's allegations that the Central government is trying to reduce the contributions made by the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that this displays the real face of intolerance
"Nehru Memorial Museum and Library is the original name, but now you are changing it into a museum of all Prime Ministers, it's fine but you can still keep the name Nehru Memorial because he was the first and longest-serving Prime Minister," Congress leader said.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday slammed the Centre over the decision to change the name of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) to Prime Minister's Museum and said that the move shows the "cheap mentality and dictatorial attitude" of the BJP and RSS
During an address on his official Twitter handle, Stalin said, "Bharatiya Janata Party's idea of politics is, if they can't oppose anyone ideologically, politically and on election grounds, they would threaten them with investigation agencies like Income Tax, Central Bureau of Investigation,
Tamil Nadu's Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Edappadi K Palaniswami, on Wednesday said state Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji staged a "drama" after he complained of chest pain while being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case and called for his "
Opposition leaders have criticized the ED's highhandedness for questioning Balaji for long hours and then taking him into custody after searching his premises on Tuesday.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram also pointed out that these raids by the central agencies are only for 'optics' and it does not help in collating 'evidence'.
Assam Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah on Sunday announced that the annual Ambubachi Mela in Guwahati will commence on June 22 and that the state government has made all necessary preparations to make it a success.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi heaped praise on the Indian athletes for their exceptional performance in the 20th Asian U20 Athletics Championships on Friday.
"The Modi government had made two promises to the farmers of the country - Fixing the MSP at "cost+50 per cent profit". And doubling the income of the farmers of the country by 2022. Both promises turned out to be false," Kharge tweeted.