Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
Modi says Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Modi’ surname jibe insulted an entire backward community
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit back at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his remark linking people with the Modi surname to theft, saying the comment amounted to an insult to the whole backward community the Prime Minister comes from. Speaking at an election rally, he also targeted NCP chief Sharad Pawar over dynastic politics. The surname row At a recent rally in Maharashtra, Gandhi had asked why so many of the accused had Modi as a surname, naming Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and Narendra Modi, and wondered howRead More
How easy will Gorakhpur be for BJP candidate Ravi Kishan?
After weeks of speculation and uncertainty, the BJP named actor Ravi Kishan Shukla as its candidate for the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. The choice followed long deliberation in a seat once seen as an unbreakable party stronghold that had become one of its most puzzling in recent times. The by-election setback For nearly three decades the seat was held by the head of the Gorakshpeeth. After Yogi Adityanath became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, the BJP lost Gorakhpur in the by-election: Nishad Party leader PravinRead More