The union minister whom BJP has named from Thiruvananthapuram, while speaking to ANI, said that the candidates fielded against him "are more interested in fighting for the Muslim vote".
Union Minister of State Meenakashi Lekhi along with envoys of Thailand, Sri Lanka, Panama, and other nations offered prayers to sacred Buddha relics in New Delhi on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Shobha Karandlaje, the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare while speaking to the reporters, said that "one guy comes from Tamil Nadu, takes training there, and plants a bomb at Rameshwaram Cafe."
An FIR has been filed against Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje by Madurai City Cyber Crime Police on Wednesday for her remarks, wherein she claimed that 'the suspect involved in the March 1 blast at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru was from Tamil Nadu.'
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India on Wednesday over Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje's recent statement alleging that the suspect involved in the March 1 blast at the Rameshwaram Cafe was from Tamil Nadu.
According to an official release, the President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister accepted the resignation under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution.
Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, exuded confidence on Tuesday stating that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to secure victory in all 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan.
Relics of Lord Buddha and those of his two main disciples, Arahant Sariputta and Maha Moggallana, were brought back to India from Thailand on Tuesday in the presence of Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi and Buddhist religious heads.
Coming down heavily on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani said on Tuesday that if the former considers himself secular, then he should not fight in the name of religion, but based on issues.
"He used to make two kinds of statements. He used to call himself a soldier of NDA and now he has left the NDA. This means he was never a true soldier of the NDA. I won't like to comment more on this, it's their matter," the HAM leader said.
Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) President Pashupati Kumar Paras resigned as union minister, a day after his party was denied any seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.