Addressing the people, the CM said, "Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna had to resign from his position as Chief Minister due to disagreements when the Congress attempted to strangle democracy in this country, but Bahuguna ji never gave up on his values and ideals."
Slamming Rahul Gandhi over his remarks about Democracy in India while speaking in the UK, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief JP Nadda on Friday drew a comparison between the Congress leader and Billionaire investor George Soros and said that both of them speak the same "language".
The Congress MP said said that it is this unfettered right to free expression in Parliament which forms the bedrock of democratic discussion and deliberation.
Gandhi turned up in the Parliament today for the first time after returning to India from his UK visit. The Ministers in the government have been demanding an apology from the Congress leader for his remarks on democracy.
The Congress Central Election Committee will meet in the national capital on March 17, Friday, to pick the candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, sources said.
It is pertinent to note that the Congress leader was in the United Kingdom for the past couple of weeks, where he levelled serious allegations against the Centre during several interactions.
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Dattatreya Hosabale said that the Congress leader should speak responsibly and see the reality.
Several people were detained by the police on Tuesday, after the Congress party and some pro-Kannada organisations, protested over the toll levied on motorists using the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway.
Brad Sherman, American Congressman of the Democratic Party and senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed concerns regarding the rising human rights violation in Pakistan, The News.pk reported. "There is concern over the increasing incidents of violence in Pakistan," the