Satyapal Malik said he had informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the attack soon after the incident however "he told me to keep quiet".
Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill which seeks to remove the Congress president as a permanent member of a trust that runs the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial amid a walkout by the Congress. The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill states that it seeks to "delete" the mention of 'President of the Indian National Congress' as a trustee.
Sarangi made this statement during motion of thanks to the president's address underway in Lok Sabha session.
Om Birla is National Democratic Alliance's candidate for the post of Lok Sabha speaker. He is likely to be elected unopposed as Opposition parties including the Congress have supported his nomination.
Seer Bairagyanand Giri, who announced he would opt for 'samadhi' (live burial) after Congress leader Digvijaya Singh lost the Lok Sabha election to BJP's Sadhvi Pragya contrary to his prophecy, was on Friday denied permission by the administration to end his life voluntarily.
"As my grandfather is the founder and builder of the JD-S, I want to resign and get him re-elected from the Hassan seat through a bye-election," a pensive Prajwal told reporters at Hassan, about 180km from Bengaluru.
The Lok Sabha election results are a resounding endorsement of PM Modi`s popularity and demand. PM Modi set for the second term in office with bigger mandate.
In a major setback to Congress, BJP has snatched the Amethi seat as Smriti Irani wins against Congress President, Rahul Gandhi. This marks a historic mandate as Amethi was the safe bet for Indian National Congress for the past several decades.
The NOTA (None of the Above) button has been the power granted to the voter to disapprove the candidates and protest against the corrupt political practices and activities. NOTA made its debut in the 2013 Assembly elections held in 5 states- Delhi, Chattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and MP.
"The world's largest democracy and one of our strongest partners in the Indo-Pacific has chosen their leadership in free and fair elections," Congressman Ted Yoho said as he congratulated the BJP and Modi on the historic re-election.
The BJP, however, upset all calculations when it focused its attention on non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav Dalits. The party quietly wooed these caste groups and turned the arithmetic around. Prime Minister Narendra Modi created a class war that replaced caste war when he said, "My caste is the caste of the poor."
After four hours of counting, Election Commision data shows BJP in the lead. Soon after, PM Modi tweeted, 'Together we will build a strong and inclusive India'.
Thalaiva of film industry, Rajnikant has wished Narendra Modi for his victory in Lok Sabha elections today.
National Conference president, Farooq Abdullah is all set to win the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmifr for the fourth time
BJP in Uttrakhand is all set to retain all the five Lok Sabha seats in the state as its candidates were leading by over 1.25 votes each, as per trends of counting of ballots on Thursday, election officials said.
Early trends had shown Congress to lead in South Goa and North Goa constituency. Late Goa CM Manohar Parikar, had first won the constituency in 1994 and retained it till 2004
The Lok sabha election exit polls had predicted that the NDA will bag 26-28 seats whiich seems to be true. Chhindwara pops up as the only good news for INC.
As votes come in, decisions are turning over its head in Bengal. Earlier, BJP`s candidate was leading but now Asansol is trailing behind TMC`s Moon Moon Sen.
Puri had earlier said the election campaign was spirited and yet dignified after meeting his rival and Congress' incumbent MP Gurjeet Singh Ji Aujla.
The Congress had won the 2014 assembly elections with 42 out of 60 seats. It is an intense war between BJP and Congress.
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