West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari speaks on ruckus outside Thakurbari temple over TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's visit; says, "This is a dangerous step. He attempted to go in on the basis of his power. This is not right. As an MP, he should have first sought permission from Thakurbari and sent a letter. He should have gone without a flag, as is the practice at Thakurbari...Hats off to the community that they opposed this openly..."
In Visakhapatnam, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "During UPA Govt, 'Alia, Malia Jamalia' used to enter here from Pakistan and execute bomb blasts. Manmohan Government didn't have the courage to do anything against them. In these nine years, PM Modi's Govt worked to ensure the internal security of the country."
"PM Modi strengthened the country's internal security in these nine years," says Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a public rally in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
"PM Modi has done a lot for the upliftment of 70 crore poor people of the country," he adds.
“No one has been able to accuse the Modi government of a single case of corruption in these nine years. On the other hand, the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government has done nothing but corruption and scams,” he goes on to say.
“I think the state government has failed which is why they are resorting to politics of blame,” says Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Congress-led Himachal government blaming the BJP for poor finances of the state.
Nitish Kumar is not the contender for the position of Prime Minster. Nitish Kumar is trying to build a BJP-free nation and is busy in uniting opposition. After elections, all (opposition) parties together will decide who the PM will be," said JD(U) national president Lalan Singh
BJP, Congress and some other parties have requested for deployment of Central forces for fair and free Panchayat elections in West Bengal: BJP MP Raju Bista along with hill parties of Darjeeling- Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and Hamro Party
In Vellore, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "Tamil Nadu had Congress-DMK government for 10 years. That government indulged in Rs 12,000 crores of corruption & scams. In 9 years, nobody has levelled even one allegation of corruption against the Modi government. Narendra Modi govt has enhanced the respect for India before the world. The Govt has also made India secure."
He also said, "Recently, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building. Sengol of the Chola empire was installed at the Parliament building, following all traditions, by Narendra Modi Government."
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde along with his son and MP Dr Shrikant Shinde calls on Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha in Srinagar during a visit to the UT
He (Arvind Kejriwal) said he has 100 Manish Sisodias and 100 Satyendar Jains. This means that the river of corruption is flowing through the entire party (AAP)," says Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva on Delhi CM's remarks at AAP's Maha Rally.
"PM Modi can't take care of the country but he wakes up everyday and stops the works that are being done in Delhi...": Kejriwal at AAP's 'Maha Rally' in Delhi.
"I have been told that such an Ordinance will be brought by the Centre for other states as well," says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
"...if there is something lacking in our governance then without blaming others we should rectify it...I didn't put forward my demands to defame someone...raising your opinion is very important in politics...": Congress leader Sachin Pilot in Dausa
Former Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday hits out at BJP-led central government at AAP's 'Maha Rally' and accused the Centre of misusing the central agencies."This is not a double-engine government, this is a double-barrel government - one barrel is ED and second barrel is CBI," Kapil Sibal said. (PTI)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal thanks former Congress leader Kapil Sibal for attending 'Maha Rally' against Cnetre's Ordinance.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut said, "In Amit Shah's 20-minute speech in Nanded, 7 minutes he spoke only on Uddhav Thackeray, which means that Matoshree's dominance is still intact. Shiv Sena party was broken, and names and symbols were given to traitors. Even after this, fear of Thackeray and Shiv Sena is visible in their termites, this fear is good." (ANI)
Elaborate security measures have been put in place in and around Ramlila Maidan where the Aam Aadmi Party will hold a 'Maha Rally' today against the Centre's ordinance on control of services in the national capital, police said. The rally is likely to be attended by around one lakh people, an AAP spokesperson claimed. (PTI)
On June 1, newspaper readers in Delhi and Rajasthan woke up to full-page advertisements of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. In the ad, a beaming Gehlot promised 100 units of free electricity to all households in the poll-bound desert state. The ‘Gehlot guarantee’ had been announced just the previous night, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a spirited attack on the Congress for playing the ‘guarantee card’, a reference to its recent experiment in the Karnataka polls that paid off handsomely.
Congress does not want to get involved in polarisation and leavethis issue to BJP: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar