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PM Modi Jabs Congress After Maharashtra Win

PM Modi Jabs Congress After Maharashtra Win

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PM Modi addresses BJP workers at party headquarters in Delhi For Congress, the “priority is only and only the family”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday in his address to party workers after the big Maharashtra win, contrasting it with his own party, the BJP, which he said is focused on building a “developed India”.  “Elections will come and go, victory and defeat will continue in democracy, but the aim of BJP and NDA is not limited to just winning elections. Our aim is not limited to just forming the government, we have set out to build the country, we have set out to build a developed India,” said PM Modi, underlining his vision for his party.   The Prime Minister said the Congress’ outsized interest in its own welfare is a “threat to democracy”.  “The Congress party’s sole focus is on the family, disregarding the welfare of the nation’s people. A party that prioritises family over citizens poses a significant threat to democracy,” said PM Modi. The Prime Minister said today’s India needs ease …

Baba Siddiqui’s Son Jabs Congress Over Mumbai Seat Pick

Baba Siddiqui’s Son Jabs Congress Over Mumbai Seat Pick

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Baba Siddiqui’s son Zeeshan won the Vandre East seat in 2019 as a Congress candidate Mumbai: Former Congress leader Zeeshan Siddique has slammed the party after the Maha Vikas Aghadi named a candidate from Mumbai’s Vandre East seat, which he won in the 2019 state polls. The 34-year-old leader has said “old friends” have announced their candidate from the seat and added that “supporting was never in their nature”. The Congress expelled the 32-year-old leader earlier this year after he was accused of cross-voting during the Maharashtra legislative council election. Mr Siddique had denied the charge. The young leader is the son of NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Sidiqqui, who was shot dead earlier this month. “I heard old friends have announced their candidates from Vandre East. Supporting was never in their nature,” he said in a post on X. “Maintain relations with those who give respect, no point in surrounding yourself with a crowd, now the people will decide.” In the 2019 polls, Zeeshan Siddiqui defeated the Shiv Sena’s …

‘If Pakistan not wearing bangles…’: Kangana Ranaut jabs opposition | Latest News India

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Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha election candidate Kangana Ranaut criticised the Opposition on Thursday over their ‘pro-Pakistan remarks’. Follow full coverage of the Lok Sabha elections here. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Mandi constituency Kangana Ranaut during a public meeting in Manali.(ANI) Ranaut, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Mandi, said that if the neighbouring country does not wear bangles, India will make it wear them. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Recently, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah had reacted to defence minister Rajnath Singh’s remarks that India will never give up its claim on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Abdullah dared Rajnath Singh to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, adding that “they (Pakistan) are also not wearing bangles”. Prior to this, an old video of Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar went viral last week, in which the Congress veteran urged the Indian government to “respect Pakistan” because it had atomic bombs. Reacting to the Opposition leader’s statement, Ranaut at a poll …

PM Modi jabs Akhilesh Yadav over ‘new bua’ Mamata Banerjee: ‘Are babua…’ | Latest News India

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lashed out at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, questioning him whether he asked his new ‘bua’ (referring to Mamata Banerjee) why she calls people from Uttar Pradesh as outsiders in West Bengal.  Referring to Samajwadi Party’s past alliance with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the 2019 elections, Modi said,”The previous bua (hinting at Mayawati) identified the SP people and left them. They have now brought a bua (aunt) from Bengal (hinting at Mamata Banerjee).” ALSO READ: PM Narendra Modi accuses ‘two princes’ Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi of attacking ‘our faith’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Akhilesh Yadav, questioning him whether the SP chief asked Mamata over her remark calling people of UP as outsiders in Bengal. The SP and BSP had contested the previous general elections in an alliance. While Mayawati’s BSP won 10 seats, the SP bagged five.  Continuing his attack on Akhilesh Yadav, Modi said,”We all are Indians. We are the children of ‘Bharat Mata’. Then why TMC abuses people from Uttar Pradesh who …

‘Mamata should be ashamed’: Amit Shah jabs Bengal CM on Sandeshkhali | Latest News India

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Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday hit out at Mamata Banerjee over her allegations dubbing Sandeshkhali incident a ‘conspiracy’ by Bharatiya Janata Party. “Mamata Banerjee has developed a Modus Operandi. First commit atrocities, once people talk about this then hide it and conduct atrocities again. Sandeshkhali is a classic example of this. Under a woman Chief Minister’s nose, according to religion, atrocities are committed against women…She is quiet?” Shah told news agency ANI in an interview. “High Court has to intervene, still no investigation (by West Bengal Police) and then the case has to go to CBI…she should be ashamed,” the minister added. Sandeshkhali, a village in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas, was at the centre of a political storm after several women accused local Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan of land grabbing and sexual assault. Shahjahan was suspended from the TMC and later arrested. ALSO READ: Why is Sandeshkhali, a riverine island in WB, on the boil again? Earlier this month, the TMC released a video alleging that leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari …

Smriti Irani Jabs Rahul Gandhi For Leaving Amethi, Choosing Raebareli

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Smriti Irani targetted Rahul Gandhi today after Mr Gandhi chose not to contest from Amethi Amethi, Uttar Pradesh: Union minister Smriti Irani today said that the Gandhis’ absence from the electoral fray in Amethi indicates that the Congress has accepted defeat even before polling. “Gandhi family not being present in the election fray in Amethi indicates that Congress party has accepted its defeat in Amethi even before the polling on the seat,” Ms Irani, the sitting MP from Amethi, told reporters. She made the remarks responding to Congress loyalist KL Sharma filing his nomination from the seat. “Had they felt there was any chance of victory on the seat, they would have contested from here and not fielded their proxy,” the BJP leader said, referring to the Gandhi family. She asserted she will win the constituency again when it goes to polls on May 20. Ms Irani took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who filed his nomination from Raebareli today, saying, “the one who was not accepted by Amethi and fled to Wayanad …

Narendra Modi jabs Congress: ‘Not contesting even minimum number of seats…’ | Latest News India

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday doubled down on NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar, as he attacked him over the sugarcane farmers’ plight. He also attacked the Congress, urging the masses to not vote for a party that is not even contesting the number of seats required to form a government at the Centre. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections. (PTI) “When a big Maharashtra leader was Union agriculture minister, farmers used to make rounds of sugarcane commission for their arrears,” PM Modi said at a rally in Maharashtra. HT launches Crick-it, a one stop destination to catch Cricket, anytime, anywhere. Explore now! PM Modi also attacked former minister and Congress leader, Sushil Kumar Shinde. He said a very big leader had taken an oath 15 years ago that he would provide water to the drought-hit areas of Maharashtra. He said the time has come to punish the leader for not fulfilling the promise. :15 years ago, a very big leader came here to contest elections. Then he took an …

PM Modi jabs Congress with ‘panja’, ‘mangalsutra’ barbs in Aligarh | Latest News India

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday again targeted the Congress over its manifesto and accused the party of planning to redistribute people’s property if it is voted to power, but stopped short of saying that the wealth would go to Muslims, as he had done in Rajasthan on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in conversation with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a public meeting in Aligarh. (ANI) At the same time, in an outreach to the community while addressing a rally in Aligarh, which has a sizeable Muslim population, Modi said the quota for the Haj pilgrimage by Muslims was increased by Saudi Arabia upon his request to the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and that the visa process was also made seamless to avoid any inconvenience to the pilgrims. Follow full coverage of the Lok Sabha elections here. HT launches Crick-it, a one stop destination to catch Cricket, anytime, anywhere. Explore now! He also cited the enactment of a law by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government against the practice of triple …

Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh Jabs Congress With Rahul Gandhi’s 2019 Tweet On NRC, CAA

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Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh speaks to party supporters in the state capital Imphal Imphal/Guwahati: This election season, the ruling BJP in the border state Manipur has opened a new front against the Congress over the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA. The Manipur assembly on March 1 passed a resolution that asked the Centre to begin the process of carrying out the NRC exercise to identify illegal immigrants and deport them. Continuing the offensive from where he left last week, BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh told supporters in Imphal that not a single Congress MLA was present inside the assembly when the resolution on the NRC was passed. “All five of them were outside, posing for photos and talking on camera. Later, we came to know why,” Mr Singh said. He took out his phone in front of party supporters and showed a 2019 post by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on the microblogging website X, formerly Twitter, which criticised the NRC and the CAB – a bill …

‘He will meet same fate as Amethi’: BJP’s Wayanad candidate K Surendran jabs Rahul Gandhi | Latest News India

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Kerala BJP president K Surendran, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election against Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, has claimed that the Congress leader will face the ‘same outcome’ as Amethi where he lost in 2019. Wayanad is a constituency where there is a development crisis. Rahul Gandhi has done nothing for the constituency. He will meet the same fate in Wayanad as he encountered in Amethi last time,” PTI quoted Surendran as saying. “The central leadership has entrusted me with a responsibility. They have asked to take up the fight in Wayanad constituency. The people of Wayanad will definitely ask why the senior leaders of INDIA alliance are contesting each other in the same constituency,” he added. Surendran, who took over as the state BJP chief in 2020, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Pathanamthitta and secured the third position. He was arrested and spent a month in jail in 2018 during the Sabarimala agitation. This time, the Left has fielded CPI’s Annie Raja against both Gandhi and Surendran. In the 2019 Lok …