Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Tej Pratap Yadav says brother Tejashwi is surrounded by RSS men
Tej Pratap Yadav, elder son of jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, on Wednesday attacked his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav, saying he was not listening to him and was surrounded by people from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Campaigning against the RJD Tej Pratap made the remarks at an election meeting in Jehanabad, where he was campaigning for Chandra Prakash, the candidate of the Lalu-Rabri Morcha, the outfit he launched last month after reportedly being sidelined in the RJD. He has been openly campaigning against the official RJD candidate in the constituencyRead More
Rabri Devi says Priyanka should not have called Modi ‘Duryodhana’, uses harsher words
Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, wife of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, gave a puzzling response when asked about Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Duryodhana. What Rabri Devi said Speaking to reporters in Hindi, she said Priyanka had been wrong to use the word Duryodhana and should have used different language. But she went on to call them executioners and alleged that judges and journalists had been killed or abducted, suggesting such a man’s thinking would be bloodthirsty. Her follow-up appeared to implyRead More
Supreme Court declines to act on Congress plea against EC clean chits to Modi and Shah
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to pass any order on a Congress petition about the clean chits given by the Election Commission to BJP president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a series of complaints of alleged poll code violations. What the court said A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it could not examine orders passed by the Commission unless they were challenged on specific grounds. The petition had been filed by Congress MP Sushmita Dev, who sought urgent directions to the poll bodyRead More