The BJP candidate from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, Kompella Madhavi Latha on Sunday ridiculed the complaint filed against her controversial arrow gesture towards a mosque and said if she were against the Muslims, then why would she participate in a procession during the holy month of Ramzan and distribute food to many people with her own hands?Reacting to this, she told ANI, "On the occasion of Ram Navami...for a Dhanush that didn't exist, for the Teer (arrow) that didn't exist, and for the reaction of the teer coming out that wasn't there, they made a false video of mine...They have made an allegation and registered an FIR..."Owaisi, who has served four terms in the Lok Sabha as the elected representative from Hyderabad since 2004, was previously elected as an MLA twice in the erstwhile undivided Andhra Pradesh. The Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly segments--Bahadurpura, Chandrayangutta, Charminar, Goshamahal, Karwan, Malakpet and Yakatpura. All assembly seats, except Goshamahal, are presently held by the AIMIM. Since 1984, candidates from the Owaisi family or those supported by them, have been elected from Hyderabad, with Asaduddin Owaisi currently serving as the Lok Sabha member from the prestigious seat.
22 April,2024 02:31 PM IST
Delhi BJP leaders and workers staged a protest near the AAP headquarters on April 10. BJP is demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the alleged excise policy scam. Recently, Kejriwal's plea against his arrest and remand in the excise policy of his government was rejected by the Delhi High Court on April 09. Meanwhile, CM Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the high court order. Dramatic images surfaced from the Aam Aadmi Party's headquarters in New Delhi. During the protest, security personnel used water canons against BJP workers, who were trying to overpass the barricades. Watch video
10 April,2024 03:47 PM IST
During his public rally in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur on April 08, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made scathing attacks on the INDIA bloc over various issues. PM Narendra Modi compares Congress to bitter gourd; said, "Bitter gourd can never be sweet even if mixed with ghee or sugar. It also implies to Congress. Due to its misdeeds, today the Congress party has lost public support within the country, hence now the Congress has openly started the game of divide and rule. The language of Muslim League has been written in the manifesto issued by the Congress. Their MPs are talking about another partition of India. People of the INDI alliance are threatening to separate South India. DMK party is calling 'Santana' Dengue and Malaria...Congress calls the fake Shiv Sena people and makes them hold rallies in Maharashtra.”
09 April,2024 03:34 PM IST
It will be a family contest on the Baramati seat in Maharashtra as the suspense ended on Saturday when Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party announced Sunetra Pawar, Ajit Pawar's wife, from the seat against Sharad Pawar-led Supriya Sule. With this the final showdown begins for the Pawar Vs Pawar battle in one of the Maharastra's most high profile seats Baramati. Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) leader Sunetra Pawar’s candidature as Baramati candidate was announced on 30th March. Supriya Sule is the sitting MP from the seat since 2009. Her name was officially announced. On her candidature from Baramati, NCP candidate Sunetra Pawar said, “Today is a huge day for me. I want to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union HM Amit Shah, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar for showing faith one me.”
31 March,2024 11:11 AM IST
AAP’s women workers in Delhi held a protest at the ITO foot over bridge on March 24 against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in the Excise Policy case. They raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Enforcement Directorate. Delhi Police officials also intervened to control the situation. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by ED on March 21. A protestor said, “Arvind Kejriwal has done so much good work for the women of Delhi. Narendra Modi can’t see the good work that Arvind Kejriwal has done in Delhi. This is the killing of democracy.” Wat h video for more.
24 March,2024 02:57 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi began his ‘Jan Nyay Padyatra’ from Mani Bhavan Sangrahalaya on March 17. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker accompanied him during the Yatra. Swara made some bold statements against the ruling BJP government. She alleged the ruling government of doing politics of hatred. “There is different type of politics in the ruling government, the politics of hatred. They are taking name of our Gods and committing crimes. Being a Hindu, I believe that there is no bigger sin than this. To fight against all of this, such efforts of Rahul Gandhi and Congress are very important.
17 March,2024 12:56 PM IST
A day after CAA was implemented in India, AASU on March 12, held a massive protest march against the law. The march was led by Assam Students' Union chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya. Holding bamboo torches, placards and posters, the massive crowd raised slogans against the Government. Samujjal Bhattacharya during the protest called CAA to be communal, unconstitutional, anti-India, anti-northeast. Notably, Union Home Ministry on March 11 notified rules for implementation of CAA days ahead of LS Polls 2024. The Act aims to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014.
13 March,2024 10:29 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 09 reached Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. He took a sharp jibe at the Congress and INDIA bloc leaders questioning about his family. In Arunachal Pradesh, he also dedicated the world's longest bi-lane tunnel, Sela Tunnel, to the nation at the 'Viksit Bharat Viksit North East' programme.
09 March,2024 04:37 PM IST
Bihar's former CM Lalu Yadav, at the Rashtriya Janta Dal's "Jan Vishwas Rally", targeted both PM Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Lalu Yadav’s remarks during the Jan Vishwas Rally sparked controversy on March 03. While addressing the rally Lalu Yadav went on to question PM Modi’s religion. He said, “Who is Narendra Modi? Who's his family? To this, PM Modi responded by saying that 140 crore people are his family.Now, following his statement on PM Modi’s religion, Lalu Yadav on March 06 clarified his stance and said that he has done nothing wrong by calling Narendra Modi a fake Hindu. “I am not afraid. The people of Bihar are seeing that we have not said anything wrong,” he further added.
07 March,2024 11:02 AM IST
Actor Randeep Hooda will be seen playing the role of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in the film 'Swatantrya Veer Savarkar'. He also directed this biopic. In a media interaction, Randeep said, “It is an anti-propaganda film. The film will bust all the propaganda against Veer Savarkar that has been going on for so many years. He was called 'maafiveer', 'kayar'...so with this film, we have tried to tell the truth to the audience.”'Swatantrya Veer Savarkar' is scheduled to hit the big screen on March 22.
05 March,2024 11:17 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
