Politics

Addressing a Delhi election rally, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing job crisis.

Addressing a rally in east Delhi's Kondli ahead of the February 8 Assembly polls, Gandhi said it was the Congress's 15-year tenure (1998-2013) in the national capital that gave the city its modern infrastructure such as the metro service.

The Supreme Court had directed the government to form the trust within three months and the deadline was ending on February 9.

The controversy soon turned into a religious debate with Kejriwal reciting Hanuman chalisa at a News18 event, which further came under attack by BJP motormouth leaders like Kapil Mishra and Yogi Adityanath.

Speeches by party leaders from PM Modi downwards have been targeted at whipping up sentiments connected to the 'threat to national unity which the Shaheen Bagh protests hold'.

Accusing the BJP and the AAP of spreading hatred in society, Rahul Gandhi said Modi and Kejriwal were not interested in providing jobs to youngsters, but were keen on making one Indian fight another for staying in power.

Mamata Banerjee called BJP a 'party of Dussasanas', the brother of Kaurava prince Duryodhana in 'Mahabharata' and 'offsprings of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq', the Sultan of Delhi from 1325-1351 known in history for his eccentric ways.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hit the campaign trail in Delhi on Tuesday, just two days ahead of the campaigning ends on February 6.

Speaking to the media, Sanjay Singh said AAP is keeping the focus on work for the election. He also unveiled the new slogan of the party and its strategy for the last leg.

Congress says that if PM and the BJP government are sincere about 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, we demand that PM comes to Parliament and clarifies his position.

Speaker Om Birla said what a member says outside cannot be raised inside the House and that members should not set a 'wrong precedent'.

Sami, born in London to a Pakistani Air force veteran, applied for Indian citizenship in 2015 and became a citizen of the country in January 2016.

The budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was far removed from reality, said Uddhav Thackeray, a former ally of the BJP.

Contrary to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which have marshalled their resources for the elections, the Congress has gone for a low-key campaign.

Parvesh Verma, the son of late Delhi chief minister Sahib Singh Verma, is among several BJP leaders who have sought to make the Shaheen Bagh protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) the central plank of February 8 assembly elections.

Janata Dal (United) leader Lalan Singh said he raised the issue at the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting and Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured that the matter will be discussed.