Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ending terrorism in Kashmir and said that he efficiently "secured" the nation.
Tripura Leader of Opposition Jitendra Choudhury on Wednesday said that if BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power in 2024, the "democratic process of elections shall be replaced by selections".
Trinamool Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha welcomed Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh and said that he was arrested like other opposition leaders under vindictive politics by the ruling BJP government.
Himachal Pradesh Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Wednesday said that the 10-year tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a time of historic progress in India.
In a dig at the INDIA bloc, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the alliance cannot face the NDA or BJP in the Lok Sabha elections as "desh ki janta moye moye kar degi" (the people will make the Opposition come a cropper in the elections).
The Congress leader was accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi and AICC general secretaries K C Venugopal and Deepa Das as well as Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan and KPCC acting president M M Hassan, Congress said.
While the CPI and the Congress are partners in the opposition INDIA bloc, the two parties are fierce contenders in Kerala with both parties pitting their strongest candidates against each other.
Coming down heavily on the Centre over the alleged misuse of central agencies such as the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), CBI and the Income Tax Department against the Opposition leaders and parties, former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said democracy was in 'danger'.
The ruling coalition on Tuesday swept the Senate elections for 19 seats while the polling was postponed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over a dispute in the swearing-in of Opposition members elected to reserved seats, Dawn reported.
After the Supreme Court granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi hit out at BJP and said that this showed that the BJP is misusing the central agencies to suppress opposition leaders and the ED is reduced to the Extortion Department of the BJP.
"BJP's wave is going on in the entire state. The opposition is scattered and they have no agenda or policy. Under the leadership of PM Modi, BJP will win all 80 seats," said Brajesh Pathak.
The former Foreign Secretary also argued that when the Britishers had not put the island under 'British India', then why did the Indira Gandhi government delimit it in Sri Lanka's favour.