Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
Congress is helping BJP, says Arvind Kejriwal after Sheila Dikshit rules out alliance
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal attacked the Congress after it formally decided not to ally with AAP in Delhi. In a tweet posted minutes after Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit called it a unanimous decision of the state unit, accepted by party president Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal said the Congress was “helping the BJP”. Kejriwal’s charge In his tweet, Kejriwal said that when the whole country wanted to defeat the Modi-Shah duo, the Congress was helping the BJP by splitting the anti-BJP vote. He referred to rumours of a secretRead More
Terrorists reportedly being trained to attack from the sea, warns Navy Chief
Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba warned on Tuesday that there were reports of terrorists being trained to carry out operations by sea. He was speaking at the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, weeks after the Pulwama terror attack. The warning Addressing an audience of international experts, Admiral Lanba said terrorists were reportedly being prepared to operate in different ways, including through the sea. The 26/11 attack on Mumbai was carried out by 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who arrived by sea after hijacking an Indian fishing trawler. He said the PulwamaRead More
No alliance with AAP in Delhi, says Congress after Rahul Gandhi meets state leaders
Hopes of a Congress-Aam Aadmi Party alliance in Delhi ended when Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit announced, after a meeting with party president Rahul Gandhi, that there would be no tie-up. Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP had already named candidates for six of Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats, saying there was no chance of an alliance, though sources said it had been negotiating and had several seat-sharing formulas ready. The Congress decision Dikshit said the state unit had unanimously rejected an alliance with AAP, which swept to power in Delhi in 2015.Read More