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June 23, 2024 6:29 PM

Nirmala Sitharaman comes down heavily on Congress over Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy

Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman today came down heavily on Congress over the Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy. She said that 56 people have died and over 200 people are still in hospital in a critical stage, but Congress has not uttered a word against this. Mrs. Sitharaman said, where are Congress senior leaders? She added, that the congress contested elections just because they were assured that they would win. The Finance Minister demanded that this whole matter be given to the CBI for investigat...

June 23, 2024 5:26 PM

BJP questions Congress, DMK, INDIA bloc’s silence over Hooch tragedy

BJP today questioned the Congress, DMK and INDIA alliance’s silence over the Hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu. Briefing media in New Delhi today, national spokesperson of the party, Sambit Patra said, the hooch tragedy has taken place in Karunapuram, a village mostly inhabited by scheduled caste people, of Tamil Nadu is extremely upsetting. He said, over 56 people have died and several are in critical condition. He said the leaders of the Congress party and INDIA alliance partner are silent on this...

August 14, 2023 8:59 PM

Congress has long history of appeasement politics, alleges BJP national president JP Nadda

BJP national president JP Nadda alleged that Congress has a long history of appeasement politics. Addressing the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in New Delhi, Mr Nadda said that the idea of partition based on religion was instilled by Congress and the country never wanted it. The BJP president said, history has never seen the amount of atrocities that were witnessed during partition in such a short time....

August 12, 2023 8:05 PM

I&B Minister Anurag Thakur criticises Congress for wasting time of Parliament, avoiding discussion on Bills introduced by govt

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur has criticised the Congress for wasting the time of the Parliament and avoiding discussion on Bills introduced by the Government. In an interaction with media persons in Chennai on Saturday, the Minister questioned the double standards of the Congress which chose to stay away from discussion in 21 bills which were introduced in the House but selective participation in the Delhi Services Bill for political gain. Answering que...