India Politics highlights| Gaurav Gogoi's wife collected IB reports for Pak agency: Himanta

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India Politics Live | Modi, Amit Shah wish Veer Savarkar on birth anniversary

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India Politics Live | Rahul's ally Sena (UBT)'s Raut wants Bharat Ratna for Savarkar

Gandhi, the Congress leader, on many occassions, has launched scathing attacks on Savarkar and his patriotism, and has been pulled up by the courts for his statements as well.

India Politics Live | 'Super spokesperson of BJP': Cong leader slams Tharoor for praising Modi govt's handling of terror attacks

India Politics LIVE | Sena (UBT) leader Nirmala Gavit joins Eknath Shinde's party

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India Politics LIVE| CPI MP writes to parties demanding support for impeachment of Justice Varma

CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar has written to all political parties seeking their support in bringing an impeachment motion against Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma, who has been indicted by a Supreme Court-appointed probe panel after the discovery of burnt cash from his residence in Delhi. (PTI)

India Politics LIVE| Sena (UBT) leader threatens to blacken Rahul Gandhi's face over Savarkar remark

 A local office-bearer of the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday said he would blacken Rahul Gandhi's face for his `derogatory' comments about freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, drawing a strong reaction from Congress leaders in Maharashtra.

 "We are proud that we live in the birthplace of Swatantrya-veer Savarkar. Rahul Gandhi's statement about Savarkar, calling him 'Mafi-veer', was insulting. We condemn it strongly. We will blacken Rahul Gandhi's face if he comes to Nashik. If we can not do that, we will pelt stones at his convoy," Darade told a Marathi news channel on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Hindutva ideologue.

India Politics LIVE| Pahalgam terror attack has not stalled conversation around restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir: CM Omar Abdullah

Omar Abdullah.

India Politics LIVE| 'BJP super spokesperson': Udit Raj slams Tharoor for 'crossed LoC for first time in 2016' remark

India Politics LIVE| Former MLA joins Eknath Shinde

In what could come as a boost to Shiv Sena in the tribal belt of Palghar-Thane-Nashik, veteran politician and two-time MLA Nirmala Gavit joined the Shiv Sena led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Nirmala Gavit had represented the Igatpuri seat which falls under the jurisdiction of Nashik Lok Sabha seat.
Nirmala Gavit is a two-time MLA from the Igatpuri, which she had won on a Congress ticket in 2009 and 2014.
Ahead of 2019 polls, she switched to the undivided Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray, but, lost the elections.
Nirmala Gavit is the daughter of late Manikrao Gavit, the ex-MP from Nandurbar, who had represented the seat from 1981-2009, a record nine times - and had even served as Union minister.
It may be mentioned, in October 2024, Manikrao Gavit’s son Bharat Gavit had joined the Ajit Pawar-led NCP.
On Wednesday, Gavit along with more than a thousand women workers from Nashik district joined the Shiv Sena in Shinde's presence.
“Our leader has changed, but the party, Shiv Sena, remains the same," she said on the occasion.

India Politics LIVE| 'C-grade Bollywood movie that'll flop miserably': Gaurav Gogoi on Assam CM's allegations

Debunking claims that he had alleged links with the Pakistani establishment, newly-appointed Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday said he had gone to Pakistan only once 12 years ago and that the BJP was raking up the issue like a "C-grade Bollywood movie" that is going to "flop miserably".

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Why didn't Gaurav Gogoi admit to visiting Pakistan before assuming party state president role: Himanta

Udit Raj targeting Tharoor at Rahul Gandhi's behest for keeping national interest above party: BJP

The BJP on Wednesday alleged that Congress leader Udit Raj has been attacking his party colleague Shashi Tharoor at the behest of Rahul Gandhi because the Kerala MP "kept national interest above his party and the Gandhi family" when it came to exposing Pakistan at the international forum.

This came after Udit Raj slammed Tharoor, who is leading a multi-party delegation to five countries after Operation Sindoor, for his reported remarks at an event in Panama that India breached the Line of Control for the first time during the 2016 surgical strike on a terror base. (PTI)

Gaurav's wife collected IB reports for Pak agency, alleges Assam CM Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday alleged that Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi's British wife was collecting various classified government documents on behalf of the Pakistani climate lobby.

Addressing a press conference here, Sarma claimed that the state government has documentary evidence to back up the allegation about Gogoi and his wife's close ties with Pakistan, and he will reveal everything publicly by September 10.

Sarma made the remark hours after the newly appointed Assam Congress chief debunked claims that he had alleged links with the Pakistani establishment and that the ruling party was raking up the issue like a "C-grade Bollywood movie" that is going to "flop miserably". (PTI)

Cong slams BJP for its MLC's 'Pakistani' remark against Karnataka IAS officer

 The Congress on Wednesday slammed the BJP over its MLC's controversial remark on Kalaburagi deputy commissioner Fouzia Tarannum and said if the country is portrayed as "Modi-Shah's India" abroad it would not get respect as "Gandhi-Nehru-Patel's India" has to be shown for that.

An FIR has been registered against Karnataka BJP MLC N Ravikumar in connection with the alleged "Pakistani" remark he made against Tarannum, police said. The alleged comments were made by the MLC during a BJP protest held on May 24, they said.

Expressing regret, the BJP MLC withdrew his statement, calling it a "slip of tongue".

That's all for today from Indian politics.