Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge Monday said there is "nothing wrong" in the Union Home Ministry handing over Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe blast probe to the National Investigation Agency (NIA)
BJP has been protesting for the use of alleged 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans by Congress workers outside the Assembly while celebrating party leader Naseer Hussain's win in the Rajya Sabha polls.
Speaking to reporters at the Peshawar Press Club on Saturday, PML-N provincial president Amir Muqam said that the PTI workers, who were involved in the incident, also chanted slogans and used derogatory language against the woman lawmaker.
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar launched a scathing attack at the Siddaramaih-led Congress government over the Rameshwaram cafe explosion in Bengaluru and said that there's a connection between 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans raised two days ago and the explosion.
As the BJP is in election mode and using the slogan "Abki Baar, 400 Paar (this time, 400+)," Assam Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal said the BJP is now employing tactics similar to the 'Ashwathama is dead' line from the Mahabharata and engaging in psychological warfare.
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday promised to take stringent action against the accused in connection with the alleged 'Pro-Pak' sloganering made at the Vidhana Soudha Bhavan, after the declaration of Rajya Sabha poll results on Monday.
Raising the campaign pitch as the Lok Sabha elections draw near, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav came out all guns blazing at the ruling BJP at the Centre, as he raised the slogan '80 harao, Loktantra bachao' (Defeat BJP in all 80 Lok Sabha starts to save democracy).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reteirated the "400 pitch" during his address to a public event in Jharkhand's Dhanbad on Friday and said that the slogan of '400 paar' is being raised because the country has faith in "Modi's guarantee."
The newly elected members of Pakistan's National Assembly were sworn in on Thursday during a session of parliament that was marred by protests, ruckus, and pro-Imran Khan sloganeering, reported Dawn.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency into the raising of pro-Pakistan slogans and the dismissal of the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state since "it was not functioning according to the Constitution".
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday accused the state government of trying to 'cover up' the alleged pro-Pakistan slogan incident.