Lashing out at Giri, Sarma said that the insult hurled on the President was "intentional". He called on the Bengal CM to take cognizance of the matter and act against her minister.
A video of Sanjay Nishad is going viral in which he while addressing his workers from the Nishad community in Ballia, advised them to learn from the dog and the donkey.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Locket Chatterjee on Sunday filed a complaint at the North Avenue police station against the derogatory remarks on President Droupadi Murmu by the West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader Akhil Giri.
Hitting back at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his remark of Congress leaders to join BJP, party leader Sandeep Dikshit on Sunday said that he voted for Shashi Tharoor in the recent elections for the party president just to ensure that people like him are not promoted in Congr
A petitioner and his advocate, who had filed a petition against a Karnataka High Court judgement in the Supreme Court, were slapped with a contempt notice by the apex court for using the derogatory remarks against the judges.
TMC minister Akhil Giri made objectionable remarks against the President on Friday while talking about West Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari following an incident of unrest in the BJP leader's Nandigram constituency over the Martyrs' Day event.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that action will be taken against people who spread rumours about the shortage of fertilisers in the state. He made the remark while talking to ANI on Saturday.
While dismissing the complaint, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjot Singh Jaspal of Rouse Avenue Court said, " Freedom of speech protects actions that the society may find very offensive and society's outrage alone is not a justification for suppressing free speech."
Addressing a public meeting in West Bengal on Friday, Giri made an offensive remark on the President's appearance while lashing out at Leader of Opppsition in Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.