Union Tribal Affair Minister Arjun Munda on Saturday came down heavily on the TMC government in West Bengal and demanded an apology from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the derogatory remarks uttered by TMC leader Akhil Giri against President Droupadi Murmu.
A group of BJP workers also staged a protest against remarks made by the TMC minister Akhil Giri on the President of India Droupadi Murmu.
The protesters, holding placards in their hands raised slogans against the minister and also burnt an effigy of him while criticising the TMC government
Akhil Giri made the objectionable remarks against the President of India 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.
Akhil Giri made the objectionable remarks against the President of India 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.
"This is an irresponsible comment and does NOT represent the views of @AITCofficial. We are extremely proud of the President of India, and hold her and her office in the highest regard," Saket Gokhale, an official spokesman with the TMC, said in a tweet on Saturday.
Akhil Giri made the objectionable remark while talking about West Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday following an incident of unrest in the BJP leader's Nandigram constituency over the Martyrs' Day event.
West Bengal Minister and TMC leader Akhil Giri on Friday made objectionable remarks against President Droupadi Murmu reflecting that the level of political discourse has reached another low.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has that the state government is ready with a roadmap to make MP a 550 billion dollar economy by 2026. He made the remark during a session on Investment Opportunities in Madhya Pradesh in Mumbai on Thursday.
Tripathi alleged that the former prime minister's remarks made fun of the BJP, which then had two MPs in the Lok Sabha in the form of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has that electricity is the heartbeat of development and if the heartbeat stops, then all work stops. He made the remark while addressing a program of the electricity department in Bhopal on Wednesday.
Telangana High Court on Wednesday ordered the conditional release of expelled BJP leader T Raja Singh, arrested under stringent Preventive Detention (PD) law.
"Today, a video from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh came to the fore, in which Congress' Mayor is seen making derogatory remarks about Hindu deities," the BJP spokesperson said, adding that Congress' only intention is to spread hatred towards Hinduism and humiliate them.