Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
Mamata Banerjee says Trinamool will help form next government, vows to oust BJP
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that the coming Lok Sabha election would remove the BJP from power and make sure Narendra Modi never became prime minister again. She was speaking at an election rally at Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur. Her message to voters Banerjee claimed that the Trinamool Congress would help form the next government at the Centre and urged people to vote for her party. Describing the contest as a crucial one, she said its purpose was to defeat the BJPRead More
Nagpur voters see Nitin Gadkari as a future prime minister
As Union Minister Nitin Gadkari sought re-election from Nagpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, many voters in the city said they hoped he would one day become prime minister, even though the BJP leader himself had firmly ruled out being a candidate for the post. What voters said For many residents, the choice for the top job was between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and their own Gadkari. Lata Thombare, who attended BJP president Amit Shah’s rally in Nagpur on Tuesday, the last day of campaigning, credited Gadkari with transformingRead More
Rahul Gandhi holds Amethi roadshow before filing nomination
Congress president Rahul Gandhi held a roadshow in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday, 10 April, after arriving in his constituency to file his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha election. The roadshow He was accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi, the Congress general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, her husband Robert Vadra and their children. The Congress chief was scheduled to cover a 3-km route from Munshiganj-Darpipur to Gauriganj before submitting his papers. Rahul Gandhi has represented Amethi for 15 years. This time he is contesting from twoRead More
Rafale review: Supreme Court admits three ‘secret’ documents as evidence
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 10 April, turned down the Centre’s preliminary objections in the Rafale review case and allowed three classified documents to be considered as evidence while it re-examines its earlier Rafale order. The government’s objection During hearings that ended on 14 March, Attorney General KK Venugopal argued that certain papers the petitioners wanted to rely on were confidential and had been “stolen” from the Defence Ministry. He also said that the petitioners and the journalists who had published the papers had breached the Official Secrets Act. WhenRead More