Rajnath Singh
7 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Rajnath Singh”, published between July 2018 and October 2019. They are filed mainly under BJP, news, Congress. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Rajnath Singh tells defence industry his doors are open, unfazed by graft charges
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday invited defence manufacturers to approach him directly, saying he was not afraid of being accused of corruption or of having fingers pointed at him. He was speaking at the India International Security Expo in New Delhi. Reducing dependence on imports Singh said India could not rely on imported weapons for long, and that such dependence did not fit the country’s ambition of becoming a superpower. ‘My doors are open’ He recalled that after he took charge of the ministry, people warned him to beRead More
Article 370 India’s Internal Matter, Rajnath Singh Tells US Defence Secretary
US Defence Secretary Mark T Esper accepted India’s position that recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir are an internal matter, during a telephone conversation with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, a defence ministry spokesperson said in New Delhi. Esper expressed the hope that any issue between India and Pakistan would be settled bilaterally. India’s message Singh raised cross-border terrorism and thanked the US for supporting India’s efforts to keep the region peaceful and stable, the spokesperson said. He told Esper that withdrawing Jammu and Kashmir’s special status was an internal decisionRead More
Rajnath Singh: nothing wrong in praising the armed forces during the polls
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is seeking a second term as MP from Lucknow, said in an interview that praising the armed forces from an election platform did not violate the model code of conduct. His campaign has combined temple visits with meetings with Muslim clerics and visits to other places of worship, and several Muslim clerics have backed him. He has been meeting visitors at the residence of his son Pankaj Singh. In Lucknow he faces the SP-BSP alliance candidate Poonam Sinha, who has the support of herRead More
Mamata Banerjee says Modi government’s ‘expiry date’ is over at Kolkata rally
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday called for a change of government at the Centre, telling a large opposition rally in Kolkata that the Narendra Modi government had reached its “expiry date”. She said a united opposition would win the coming general election. What she said Speaking at the Brigade Parade Grounds rally that she had convened, Banerjee promised to work together with the other opposition parties. The question of who would become prime minister, she said, would be settled after the election. SheRead More
Rajnath Singh asks Railway Ministry to let passengers file FIRs online
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday urged the Railway Ministry to introduce a facility that would allow train passengers to register First Information Reports (FIRs) online. He said disputes over jurisdiction sometimes led to harassment of ordinary people. He was addressing a national conference on railway security. The case for online FIRs Singh explained that at present a passenger who faces a problem on a train has to go to a Government Railway Police (GRP) station to lodge a complaint. The case is then passed on to the state,Read More
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