SC order big blow to govt, say Cong and others after CBI director Alok Kumar Verma reinstated
January 08, 2019 11:51 ISTSupreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan said the Supreme Court order was a partial victory for Verma.
Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan said the Supreme Court order was a partial victory for Verma.
Aiyar said that no excuse could ever justify as to why this unconstitutional activity was not stopped.
Facing flak, the CBI came out with details about the mining case in Uttar Pradesh with its officials claiming that the office of Yadav when he was the chief minister had cleared 13 projects in one single day.
BSP leader Satish Mishra also attacked the government and said that the motive is to divert attention from the real issues.
"With funds not available, work has completely stopped in many panchayats," he claimed.
Meanwhile, the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday took a U-turn to announce that reciting "Vande Mataram" will be restored at the state secretariat from next month but added singing of national anthem to the practice.
“When you tell one lie, you need to keep spinning out more lies, to cover up the first one. In her eagerness to defend the PM's Rafale lie, the RM lied to Parliament. Tomorrow, RM must place before Parliament documents showing 1 Lakh crore of Govt orders to HAL. Or resign,” tweeted Gandhi.
Modi said the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was so fixated with the rise of his son that he does not realise how his policies and corruption can lead to sunset of the state.
Gandhi's attack came after a media report claimed that "not a single rupee of the said Rs 1 lakh crore has come to HAL, since not a single order, as claimed, has been signed till now".
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera levelled the allegation at a press conference held at the party's headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday, a day after Sitharaman rebutted the Congress' charges on the deal, and accused the rival party of spreading "falsehood" on the issue.
She accused the Congress of compromising with national security in the interest of the party's "treasury" while deciding on buying 126 fighter jets.
"The matter is sub-judice, I won't say anything on it," Congress president Rahul Gandhi said.
"In addition to corruption, the PM should be investigated for weakening national security by giving the Rafale contract to his friend and international debt master, Anil Ambani," Gandhi tweeted.
“Give me a ministry and I will bomb all such people, not even one will be spared,” he added.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: In the 2014 election, though the Union textiles minister was trounced by Gandhi, she maintained her contact with the constituency, nurturing it and visiting it frequently.
While Rahul Gandhi, who defeated Irani in the 2014 general election, will be in Amethi on Friday and Saturday, the Union textiles minister will be participating in a series of events during her day-long trip on January 4.
Referring to Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's Pakistan visit, PM Modi said that Congress was using Kartarpur corridor to fulfill their political ambitions.
Rahul Gandhi's attack came a day after he said Modi faced an open book exam on the deal in Parliament and asked if he will show up at the exam or send a proxy.
In an obvious reference to former PM Indira Gandhi, Jaitley called Rahul Gandhi 'the grandson of the Emergency dictator' and slammed the top Congress leader for intimidating an 'independent Editor'.
The AIADMK members were protesting against the proposal for a dam across Cauvery river in Karnataka.
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