The Maharashtra Police on Friday booked two persons for allegedly pasting a banner written with "Maafiveer" at the freedom fighter VD Savarkar Smarak in Swargate area of Maharashtra's Pune.
Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar on Tuesday wrote a letter to West Bengal Information and Cultural Affairs Minister, Indranil Sen on Wednesday, to express disappointment over the deplorable act of installing a statue of Birsa Munda which is not as per the true spirit of th
"I am therefore condemning the installation of such an improper statue of our beloved Bhagawan Birsa Munda and urge upon to you to install a statue which will reflect and show the true spirit of the patriotism, sacrifice and rebellion," Union Minister Sarkar told West Bengal government.
He made the remark while speaking to ANI on Tuesday. Prabal Pratap Singh is the son of late Dilip Singh Judev. Notably, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unveiled the statue of late Dilip Singh Judev in Jashpur on Monday.
Sonowal and Saha also unveiled the statue of Bhagwan Birsa Munda at Ambassa in the Dhalai district and at Khowai in the Khowai district of the state. Earlier, they inaugurated Janjati Gaurav Diwas Maha Mela at Ambassa Dasami ghat.
After JD(S) allegation that former PM and party's national president HD Devegowda was not invited to the November 11 Kempegowda statue inauguration event, BJP has claimed that they did invite the former Prime Minister.
Bhagwat will unveil the statue of late BJP leader Dilip Singh Judeo in Jashpur on November 14. On November 15, he will attend a Sangh programme in Ambikapur where RSS volunteers from all over the state will be present in large numbers.
Sait, who was elected MLA from Narasimharaja constituency, said the statue would stand as a symbol of the "true history" of Tipu Sultan for the coming generations. Claiming that the history around the warrior have been "distorted" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Former chief minister Siddaramaiah levelled serious allegation of corruption against BJP government in Karnataka on the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the "Statue of Prosperity", the 108-feet bronze statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda.
In an apparent attack on previous Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) governments in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the BJP considers the speed of completing the large-scale projects as the strength of nation while the previous governments considered it as "risk".
Hailing the contribution of Karnataka to the country's development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Bengaluru city represents the country's start-up spirit which has placed India in a separate league.