Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Karnataka visit on January 19, the state Congress minister Ramalinga Reddy lashed out at the Bhartiya Janta party.
"Let the citizens of the country decide who will win in 2024 elections. The BJP leaders speak lies as the elections are coming. Prime Mi
Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday termed the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya as the "event management work" of the BJP aimed at political advantage in the coming general election.
Following the BJP's ascendancy to power in Rajasthan, the inaugural cabinet meeting of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma-led government is scheduled to convene in Jaipur on Thursday.
"The programme being held on January 22 is a political programme. This is a political project of the BJP and the RSS...This is the misuse of 'dharma'...," said Jairam Ramesh.
"We began working for the BJP when the party struggled to secure a seat in local panchayat elections in Kerala. Since then, we have admired our national leaders, with PM Modi standing out as an exemplary figure," Surendran told ANI.
"It is not 'Rajneeti'; it is 'Dharmaneeti'. They keep talking rubbish about the Prime Minister. The BJP will answer that. However, I belong to 'Dharmaneeti'. All I have to do is serve 'Ram Bhakts'. I am a priest and I have nothing to do with politics," Acharya said while speaking to ANI.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that through 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', his party is trying to present an alternative vision before the country, and further took a dig at the BJP by advocating that 'religion of politics' should be followed and not 'politics of religion'.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that RSS and the BJP have made the January 22 function at Ram Temple in Ayodhya "a completely political Narendra Modi function" and that it is difficult for Congress leaders "to go to a political function which is designed around the Prime Mini
The BJP leader alleged that District Magistrates of respective districts have issued verbal diktats not to accept applications for new connections any further.
"When I saw that the Delhi CM and his government have decided that there will be Sunderkand Path and Hanuman Chalisa recitation every Tuesday, I asked how are you different from the BJP? There is no difference between BJP-RSS and you," Asaduddin Owaisi said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday painted the BJP's lotus symbol during the launch of the 'Wall Writing' programme for Lok Sabha elections at Gorakhpur.