Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has said that party MP Shashi Tharoor's recent remarks about surgical strikes, made as leader of all-party delegation, were factually incorrect and that Congress party had only corrected the record by pointing out that the surgical strikes in Pakistan
Telangana BJP leader N Ramachander Rao objected to Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel's statement calling the Congress party a bigger victim of terrorism. Rao called the former Chhattisgarh CM's statement "foolish".
Khera refuted Tharoor's claims, citing former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that many surgical strikes were conducted under the UPA government. Khera shared a video clip of Singh's statement on social media, emphasizing that surgical strikes were not new to the current governm
Congress leader Udit Raj on Wednesday criticised his party colleague and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor over his statement in Panama as part of the multi-party delegation and called him a "spokesperson for the publicity stunts of the BJP".
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the police to assess potential threats to Congress leader Udit Raj and assigned a beat officer to maintain regular contact with him for the next two months.
Congress leader Udit Raj criticised the absence of top officials at a felicitation event for Chief Justice B R Gavai, calling it disrespectful and demanding accountability.
Lyricist Javed Akhtar attended the launch of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut's book Narkatla Swarg (Heaven in the Swamp) in Mumbai on Saturday and said, "Agar mere paas sirf choice Pakistan aur jahannum yani nark ki hain toh main nark hi jaana pasand karunga."
"According to my sources, except for a few (AAP) councillors, the remaining majority will join the BJP if it accepts them. This was not an ideological party. It was a barter system. They used to sell tickets for councillors and MLAs. That's how most people became councillors in their party,"
Two Congress leaders, Udit Raj and Shashi Tharoor, have come face to face after the latter backed the central government after the Pahalgam terror attack, saying no country has "100 per cent foolproof intelligence"