- Modi Ji Is Not Alone. He Has A ‘Baraat’ Of 40 Parties. He Gives No Respect To These 40 Parties And Tries To Portray That He Is Walking Alone.
I have repeated this from many platforms; the doors of the Mahagatbandhan are closed for Nitish Ji. A person who formed four governments in four years, each time he cheated the mandate and one who is himself involved in corruption cases, many criminal cases, he himself has got punished by courts, there is a Rs 20,000 fine in Patiala House court (in Delhi) for the theft of a book and with reference to a JNU student. Read more here.
- National Conference Asks BJP To Apologise To People Of J&K For ‘Nightmarish Era’
Accusing the BJP of playing the victim card, a National Conference leader today demanded that it apologise to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for forcing them to undergo a “nightmarish era” in the past three years.NC provincial president Devender Singh Rana claimed the alienation among people has grown because of the “ill-advised and provocative policies” pursued by the saffron party. Read more here.
- GST Has Raised Tax Burden On Common Man: Chidambaram
Former Finance minister P Chidambaram today attacked the government on the first anniversary of the GST regime, claiming it had raised the tax burden on the common man and become a “bad word” among the people. “The design, structure, infrastructure backbone, rate or rates and implementation of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) were so flawed that GST has become a bad word among business persons, traders, exporters and the common citizens,” he told reporters here. Read more here.
- Bihar: Four Labourers Die Of Asphyxiation In Septic Tank
Four labourers died due to asphyxiation and another labourer fell unconscious after entering a newly constructed septic tank in Bihar’s Saharsa district today, police said. The incident happened at Sonvarsha Raj Bazar under the jurisdiction of Sonvarsha police station when the labourers had entered the septic tank this morning to remove the scaffolding, the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) of Saharsa Sadar, Shambhunath Jha, said. Read more here.
- Swaraj Trolled On Twitter Again, Accused Of ‘Muslim Appeasement’
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was again trolled on Twitter today and accused of appeasing Muslims. Her husband Swaraj Kaushal tweeted a screenshot of a post by a Twitter user who asked him to teach the minister not to do Muslim appeasement. Swaraj also retweeted some of the tweets by that person. Read more here.
- OPCC Criticises Centre For Not Announcing MSP Of Kharif Crops
The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) today criticised the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre for still not announcing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of different Kharif crops. “Now, the monsoon has arrived in the entire of Odisha as well as the country. But, no MSP has been announced for 24 major crops, as usually done by June first or the second week,” OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik said. Read more here.
- Madhya Pradesh: Rumours Trigger Attack; Forest Officials Beaten Up
A woman forest ranger and a forest guard were allegedly thrashed by local people who suspected them to be part of a gang of child-lifers in Singrauli district, police said. The incident took place at Medholi village yesterday when Waidhan forest ranger Trusthi Singh and guard Brijesh Bagri were travelling in Singh’s personal car, said Murwa area police inspector Narendra Raghuvanshi. Both were in civil dress, he said. Read more here.
- BJP Leaders Willing To Join Congress, Says Minister
A day after state BJP President B S Yeddyurappa claimed that several leaders from Congress and JD(S) were ready to join his party, Karnataka Municipality and Local Bodies Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi today said people from the saffron party were in touch with him to join Congress. “BJP people are in touch with us…they want to join our party,” Jarkiholi said. Speaking to reporters at Belagavi, he said the Congress high command would decide about inducting them. Read more here.
- Government Using LIC To Cover Up Its Sins In The Banking Sector: Congress