It was 100% the state govt’s responsibility, as they organised the event, keeping elections in mind. A sitting judge must investigate this incident and the actual facts must come out: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Kharghar incident (ANI)
Former J&K Governor, Satyapal Malik revealed many things about the Pulwama attack. We haven’t seen any investigation done on it. 40 jawans had lost their lives. A plane was demanded by the force, but it was denied. The ex-Governor also revealed that he had been told not to reveal the facts about the incident: NCP chief Sharad Pawar (ANI)
People in police custody were killed; the people who killed them were terrorists and a terror module. They might kill more people. Why didn’t they invoke UAPA on those who killed them? Who gave automatic weapons to the killers? Who gave Rs 8 lakhs worth of weapons to them? They are radicalised and walking in the footsteps of Godse. They must be stopped else they will kill more people: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Atiq Ashraf killing (ANI)
"The public believed in me, & I maintained the same relationship with the people of Hubbali. (With the BJP giving mea ticket,) My self-respect was damaged and it was a challenge... I also visitedmany areas in my constituency yesterday: Congress leader Jagadish Shettar. (ANI)
Giving an opportunity to Congress in Karnataka would mean stopping Karnataka from double engine government & setting Karnataka’s development in reverse gear: BJP President JP Nadda. (ANI)
"Our motto is to ensure welfare for Karnataka's people. And the motto of Congress had been of looting Karnataka's people and the nation. It's true that Congress means Corruption, and Congress means Commission and Criminalisation. Congress, since independence, had been doing nothing but dividing the country. It carried out divisions on the basis of language, on the basis of region, on the basis of faith, on the basis of religion, and what not! In their attempts of dividing everything, they themselves ended up being 'divided', they ended up having nothing! " -BJP President JP Nadda. (Twitter/@BJP4India)
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee PresidentDK Shivakumar will contest from theKanakapura Assembly constituency.
Earlier, in a big setback to the Congress leader, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday rejected his petition challenging the state government’s consent to the CBI investigation in the disproportionate assets case.
"According to a report, 37% VVPAT machines have been found to be faulty. These have been used in all the subsequent elections since the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. SOP was not followed even after thousands of machines with serial numbers of the same series were broken. After all, what is the government hiding?" - Pawan Khera, Congress spokesperson. (Twitter/@INCIndia)
10-12 persons close to TN CM Stalin have looted public money. CMStalin's family has been historically known for being corrupt. Udhayanidhi Stalin and his associates have made more money than they know how to hide. We have TN Finance Minster Palanivel Thiagarajan's audio as proof, where he can be heard saying that 'Udhay and Sabari have made more money than they'll need their entire lives, perhaps to the amount of 5000 crore Rupees':Zafar Islam, BJP Spokesperson.
"Tamil Nadu is a State with great culture and rich heritage. But unfortunately, the DMK government is poisoning this State with Corruption. K Annamalai, the BJP President of Tamil Nadu, on April 14, released the 'DMK Files'; it documents well the corruption and amassing of wealth by DMK through unfair practices" -Zafar Islam, BJP Spokesperson.
"All my papers are transparent whatever I have filled to the election commission, Income Tax, ED, Lokayukta & CBI. They are trying to interpret it in a different format. They want to create problems for me & they are harassing me. Notices have been given to me by the income tax department. I don’t want to talk about law/court matters. I am ready to face whatever they give," Congress leader D K Shivakumar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Update: "I will approach the High Courts; I will fight till the last breath. I believe in court of law. I still believe they have done an injustice. Everything is transparent.BJP is blackmailing the people of Karnataka. The double engine could not help during Covid, drought and any kind of problems. They are harassing West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and many other opposition government states. We can sustain all these pressures":KPCC President DK Shivakumar on the HC dismissinghis plea in disproportionate assets case. (ANI)
We are worried about what is happening in the country today. Agencies are under pressure. This is not a good sign. If the country will run under pressure, then it is not in the interest of the country: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, in Jaipur
The Congress in Kerala on Thursday said it would be organising a massive conference to counter theBJP's outreach programmes, targeting the youth and religious minorities in the State, which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and MP K Sudhakaran said that the party's conference, to be attended by Rahul Gandhi, would be held in May and it can be seen as a reply to the PM's visit and the alleged anti-youth and anti-farmer stand of theBJP-ruled Centre. Modi is scheduled to attend several programmes, including Yuvam 2023 in Kochi on April 24, during his two-day visit to Kerala.
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