Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
Gehlot and Pilot meet Rahul Gandhi as discontent grows among Rajasthan MLAs
Congress president Rahul Gandhi received a series of visitors on Tuesday, including his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rajasthan’s top leaders, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, amid signs of discontent in the state unit and Gandhi’s insistence on quitting as party chief. The meetings Pilot met Gandhi at his residence in Delhi, followed by Gehlot. Party insiders said Priyanka Gandhi, a Congress general secretary, was present during the talks. General secretary K C Venugopal and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also called on Gandhi at hisRead More
Akhilesh Yadav calls Dr Payal Tadvi’s suicide a murder of constitutional safeguards
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has described the death of Payal Salman Tadvi, a medical student in Mumbai who belonged to a Scheduled Tribe, as a murder of the constitutional protection given to Scheduled Tribes. Akhilesh Yadav’s reaction In a tweet, Yadav said the suicide of the bright young doctor from the Scheduled Tribe community was the result of remarks made against her caste and against the reservation system. He called it a case of murder, said it amounted to killing the safeguards guaranteed by the Constitution, and asked whetherRead More
Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad faces trial in fifth fodder scam case
Jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, whose party suffered a major setback in the Lok Sabha election, faces fresh trouble as the trial in another fodder scam case moves forward. The case The Rs 950 crore fodder scam, investigated by the CBI, involves the fraudulent withdrawal of public money from several government treasuries against fake bills for fodder and other expenses for cattle. Lalu Prasad has already been convicted in four separate fodder scam cases. He is now on trial in the fifth and final case, which concernsRead More