Asserting that India had received a big jolt as former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri had gone to Russia for a peace treaty with Pakistan, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday paid a floral tribute to him on the occasion of his 57th death anniversary.
The Congress Chief questioned Amit Shah's authority regarding the announcement, and said, "They (BJP leaders) say anything for votes and later say those were 'jumle' of election."
Amit Shah had on Thursday made the announcement while taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi's "tareekh nahi bataenge" re
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday flagged off the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Banka district of Bihar. Speaking on the occasion, Kharge lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra and said that Congress has saved the Constitution for the last 70 years.
The committee, which is headed by former Maharashtra Minister Nitin Raut, will also suggest measures to be taken and submit its report within two weeks.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, on Wednesday, met with a delegation of Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Presidents Bhupen Kumar Borah to discuss the Assam leg of the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra and ways to strengthen the party in the state.
"In this moment of grief, we all are standing with the prime minister. May God give him the strength to endure this tragedy. we all pay our respects to the late mother of PM Modi," Kharge said.
Taking a potshot at the Congress' ongoing padyatra, Trivedi said that "Congress does theatrics to get Hindu votes, and then Hindus turn into Taliban, Pakistan... terrorists for Congress."
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday attacked the Congress and the Gandhis over Salman Khurshid's statement that the party's main leaders were from the family, saying the election to pick the party's national president was nothing but a farce.