Assam Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal on Sunday defended Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav's "Chinese" remark for Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma saying "I do not think it is a racist remark."
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday termed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav's remark on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa as "unfortunate" and racist.
Amid the row over the demand for a nationwide caste census by the opposition, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi posed a pointed question to Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, asking why the latter's parents forgot to conduct it during their rule.
Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) also held a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
RJD is holding a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
"Is Assembly, Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha, the place for offering Namaaz? This is the height of appeasement politics...I am a minister and worship some god or goddess on Thursday, then give me rest on Thursday. Does the country run like this? What kind of a method is this, isn't this foolish?"
Responding to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's demand for a nationwide caste census and inclusion of 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ensured that caste census took place in Bihar.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is holding a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
RJD MP Manoj Jha on Sunday defended his party leader Tejashwi Yadav's "Chinese replica of Yogi Adityanath" remark for Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Jha said that the remark was against the dog-whistle politics of the BJP.
Responding to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav's "cheap popularity" statement against him, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said "Our work will not stop based on the comments of people. Our work is to keep going forward."
After assumption of his new appointment, the Air Marshal paid homage to the bravehearts who gave the supreme sacrifice, by laying wreath at the National War Memorial, New Delhi.
"Rahul Gandhi had started his Bharat Jodo Yatra Part 2 from the Northeast itself. He (Rahul Gandhi) should tell whether if this is a statement to unite India?" Shehzad Poonawalla said.