Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari sparked controversy on Monday by claiming that women in the state consume more alcohol than in any other part of India. Addressing a press conference in Bhopal, Patwari also accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav of being responsible for unemployment and rising...
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has asked the Samajwadi Party (SP) to submit original copies of the 18,000 affidavits it claimed to have provided to the Election Commission. In a statement posted on X, the CEO clarified that only 3,919 scanned copies had been received via email so far, contrary to the SP’s...
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the arrest of Kanpur-based lawyer Akhilesh Dubey, who is alleged to have close ties with the ruling party. Yadav questioned why, despite the serious allegations against Dubey, the government has not taken bulldozer action as it does...
Bhopal: The political controversy over the collapse of the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh in 2020 has resurfaced, with senior Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath engaging in sharp exchanges and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia being at the center of the debate. In a recent interview, former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh claimed...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted a major relief to psephologist and Co-Director of the Centre for the Lokniti Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Sanjay Kumar, by staying FIR proceedings registered against him by Maharashtra police. The FIRs were filed following a now-deleted post by Kumar on X, which contained an erroneous analysis of...
A local court in Sambhal on Monday deferred the hearing in the case against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his controversial remark about “fighting the Indian state” and set the next hearing for September 26. Additional District Judge (ADJ-II) Aarti Faujdar postponed the case as records from the subordinate court were not available. Senior lawyer...
Congress leaders and workers on Monday staged a protest outside the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) office, demanding immediate action to fix potholes on city roads. The demonstration was led by Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary Ketan Vikas Thakre, who criticized the civic authorities for neglecting road maintenance. Speaking to the media, Thakre said, “We...
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi faced a major security lapse during his motorcycle rally in Bihar’s Purnea district when an overenthusiastic supporter managed to kiss him before being restrained by security personnel. A video of the incident, which quickly went viral, shows the fan being slapped by Gandhi’s bodyguard before being escorted away from the...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday underscored the need to uphold the dignity and respect of the Speaker’s post, stating that both the government and the opposition must ensure that legislative proceedings strictly follow the rules of the House. He warned that historically, assemblies that failed to maintain their dignity faced “dire consequences.” Shah...
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar’s Leader of Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav, has launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), claiming it is functioning like a “cell” of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Speaking during the ongoing ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar’s Araria on Sunday, Tejashwi asserted that the commission has...