'Egg on her face', says Smriti Irani after Mamata Banerjee claims 'moral victory' in Supreme Court
February 06, 2019 0:00 ISTSmriti Irani said Mamata's 'political histrionics' have been brought to a screeching halt by the Supreme Court's order.
Smriti Irani said Mamata's 'political histrionics' have been brought to a screeching halt by the Supreme Court's order.
The Samajwadi Party, the BSP and the Congress have chalked out their strategies for nailing down the government on major issues of public interest.
The Mamata Banerjee-led government in the state and BJP are at loggerheads after the CBI tried to question Kolkata's police commissioner in connection with chit fund scams.
In a blog, Jaitley hit out at Banerjee, dubbing her act as a "disproportionate over reaction" aimed at projecting herself as a "nucleus" of opposition parties.
In his address, the UP CM on Sunday slammed Mamata Banerjee and said her Trinamool Congress government in the state "can suppress people but cannot suppress their voices."
The apex court directed that Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar will have to appear before CBI at Shillong for investigation. The court fixed Feb 20 as the next date of hearing in this case.
Gandhi and the Congress have been terming the deal to purchase Rafale fighters from France to be the "biggest defence scam".
"Now he is talking about playing politics on front foot. The country is not a 22-yard cricket pitch that he will play on front foot and hit the ball out of the stadium," the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said.
The BJP chief exuded confidence of retaining power, while stressing that Narendra Modi will become Prime Minister again after 2019 elections.
Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress chief, assured that if the government at the Centre changes, farmers' interests will be given priority.
CBI in its petition says Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was summoned multiple times but failed to cooperate and created hurdles in the investigation.
Thackeray expressed the MNS' solidarity with him. He lauded the causes for which Hazare had been agitating without being concerned about his own life.
A CBI team, which went to Kumar's residence in the city's Loudon Street area, was denied permission, bundled into police jeeps and were whisked to a police station.
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She said the BJP leaders were "outsiders" and not from West Bengal and have zero idea about the culture and customs of the state.
"I suffered immensely in the TDP for four and half years under Chandrababu Naidu," Meda Mallikarjuna Reddy said.
The 81-year-old Army man-turned-activist has also been demanding appointment of Lokayuktas in states where such statutory anti-corruption watchdogs do not exist.
"Rahul knows nothing about India and there is no question of he knowing anything about religion (dharma). Look, how they lie. You cannot get such a hybrid breed in world's any laboratory but in our country's Congress laboratory," said Hegde.
Rahul Gandhi stressed that he never shared the details of his conversation with the Goa CM Manohar Parrikar.
The Bairia MLA called Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ram, while likening the two Congress leaders to the villains in Ramayana.
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