Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Monday expressed disagreement with Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's statement that Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was an "old icon".
North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui made the remarks after Guterres condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launch of an intercontinental range.
Coming down heavily on Koshiyari over his statement on Saturday that the people of Maharashtra should move on from 'old icons' such as Shivaji Maaraj to contemporary ones such as Balasaheb Thackeray and Nitin Gadkari, Patole urged President Droupadi Murmu to remove him from the governor's po
In his remarks at the closing plenary of the United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Yadav stated that India welcomes the efforts to address climate change.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday demanded the removal of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari over an "old idol" remark on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj while also seeking Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's resignation on the matter.
Calling Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj an "insult" of the state and the Maratha ruler, Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday asked the BJP leaders to protest against him.
Responding to the governor's statement, Raut also dragged the ruling Eknath Shinde Sena faction and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) into the controversy, asking who would the rival Sena faction and the BJP call an 'old icon' next.
In his remarks at the closing session of 'No Money For Terror' conference here, the Home Minister said India is committed to working with all countries to combat terror financing in all its forms under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While addressing the press conference, the BJYM President alleged said that Rahul Gandhi always speaks something illicit about Veer Savarkar, and he made it absolutely clear what he intended.
A day after he warned of a split in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance over Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Veer Savarkar, Shiv Sena- Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MP Sanjay Raut Raut on Saturday said that this country is Jawaharlal Nehru's land.
"Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak remained in Mandalay jail for 6 years, he did not apologised. Sardar Bhagat Singh was hanged and he also did not apologised. Similarly, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel also did not apologised," Baghel said.