NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday lashed out at the Congress, calling it an “anti-Dalit” party after Sam Pitroda, Indian Overseas Congress chief, said Jawaharlal Nehru contributed to the drafting of the Consitution more than BR Ambedkar.The BJP accused Pitroda of speaking “Rahul Gandhi‘s language” and claimed the Congress has not been … Read more
NAGPUR: The country has immense potential to emerge as the ‘vishwa guru’ (world leader) in a few years and people will have to dedicate themselves to selfless service, collective well-being and leave aside differences in national interest, said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak (chief) Mohan Bhagwat on Friday. He also stressed on maintaining the sanctity … Read more
Mumbai: The Congress Thursday launched its parliamentary poll campaign by holding a rally in Nagpur, the headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), with party president Mallikarjun Kharge underlining that the idea behind choosing the venue was to reaffirm that the Congress was defined by the “progressive” thoughts of B.R. Ambedkar, whose ideology finds echo … Read more
BHOPAL: Congress MLAs on Wednesday staged a protest in the Madhya Pradesh assembly building premises and demanded that a portrait of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru be reinstalled in the House. The MLAs raised the demand following a row over the Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s decision to remove the portrait of Nehru and replace it with … Read more
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday paid floral tributes to the statue of BR Ambedkar, Chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution, at Chaura Maidan, Shimla on the occasion of Constitution Day.On this occasion, while addressing the program organized by the Congress Party Scheduled Caste Department and Bhim Rao … Read more
HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Centre would soon form a committee which would adopt all possible ways for empowering Madigas(a SC community) with regard to their demand for categorisation of Scheduled Castes. He was speaking at a rally organised here by the Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS), a community organisation of … Read more