Karnataka Leader of the Opposition, R Ashoka, on Wednesday slammed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for boycotting the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday alleged discrimination with opposition ruled states in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said her speech mentioned projects for only two states
Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday slammed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the Union Budget and claimed that the plates of all states except Bihar and Andhra Pradesh were empty in the budget allocation.
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party chief BY Vijayendra on Wednesday attacked the Karnataka government for slamming the Union Budget and said that instead of "politicising" the budget, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should convince the central government and bring more money to Karnataka.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday slammed the Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for calling the examination system "fraud" and asked if, after the Supreme Court verdict, the latter would apologise.
"BJP had put special category status in their manifesto as a promise to the people of Odisha. However, this promise had not been considered for Odisha whereas special packages allocating crores of funds have been announced for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar," Patnaik said.
Local leaders of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in a public conference organised in Muzzafarabad, slammed the Pakistani administration for stripping the general public of PoJK of their basic human and democratic rights for over 70 years.
On the other hand, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, alleging that the budget exhibits a discriminatory attitude towards the states, particularly, Kerala.
With the Union Budget having proposals for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, two states in which crucial allies of BJP are in power, Himachal Pradesh Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi said on Tuesday that the announcements were on expected lines but noted that every state has equal right to the Cent