November, 2019
Priyanka Gandhi Accuses Government of Tampering With Farmer Suicide Report
The government has tampered with and suppressed a report on farmer suicides, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged on Sunday. The allegation She shared a media report which said that several changes had been made to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report on farmer suicides and that, for the first time, it did not give state-wise figures. In a tweet, she asked why the BJP government was “so afraid of the truth” and claimed that farmers were continuing to take their own lives under its rule. SheRead More
Bengal Will Never Bow Its Head Before Anyone, Mamata Banerjee Tells Film Festival
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that the state would never bow its head before anyone, as she opened the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival. She praised Bengali filmmakers for carrying a message of unity in diversity over the decades. A reply to Amit Shah Banerjee said Bengal had given the country more award-winning filmmakers and more Nobel laureates than any other state, and claimed it led the country in scientific and cultural development. She did not name Amit Shah or the BJP, but her remarks wereRead More
Rahul Gandhi Calls Demonetisation a ‘Terror Attack’ on Its Third Anniversary
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday compared demonetisation to a terror attack, in what appeared to be his sharpest criticism yet of the Narendra Modi government over the 2016 note ban. He said those responsible for the “vicious” assault had not been brought to justice. Rahul Gandhi’s remarks The comments marked three years since Prime Minister Modi announced on November 8, 2016, that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes would stop being legal tender from midnight. On Twitter, Gandhi said the move had devastated the economy, cost lives, destroyed lakhsRead More
Sena Accuses BJP of Poaching MLAs; Congress Calls BJP ‘Morally Corrupt’
The Shiv Sena on Thursday accused its ally, the BJP, of trying to poach MLAs in Maharashtra as the deadline for forming a government drew near. An editorial in the Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana said the party had received complaints that newly elected MLAs were being offered money, but said it was confident they would not defect. Deadline and the Governor Sources said the outgoing Assembly had two days left, and a special three-day session might be called the following week to swear in new MLAs. They said a settlement ofRead More
BJP Leader Suggests Pakistan or China Could Be Behind Delhi’s Toxic Smog
A BJP leader, Vineet Agarwal Sharda, has suggested that Pakistan or China could be responsible for the toxic smog covering Delhi and the surrounding region, claiming that one of them might have released poisonous gas into India. The claim Speaking in Hindi, Sharda said it was possible that the poisonous air had been sent by a neighbouring country that was afraid of India, and named Pakistan and China as the countries he believed feared India. He alleged that Pakistan had grown frustrated after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister and AmitRead More