Citing reported excerpts of senior Congress leader Manish Tewari's new book, the BJP has alleged that the grand old party-led UPA government put the national security at stake by not responding strongly after the 26/11 attacks.
In yet another embarrassment for the Congress, senior party leader and Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari has criticised the Manmohan Singh government for going soft after 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. In his book '10 Flash Points; 20 Years - National Security Situations that Impacted India', Tewari said that the government had then gone soft in the name of restraint which is not a sign of 'strength', but 'weakness'.
After 26/11 attacks, Manish Tewari said that then the Congress-led UPA government had gone soft in the name of restraint which is not a sign of 'strength', but 'weakness'.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, Tewari questioned the progress on issues like the 2015 sacrilege incidents, drug menace and power purchase pacts. He also hit out at Congress general secretary Harish Rawat over his reference in an interview.
"I feel helpless when we cannot start meaningful conversations within party forums. I also feel hurt and helpless when I see pictures of Congress workers raising slogans outside the residence of a colleague and MP. The safe harbour to which one can withdraw seems to be silence," Congress leader P Chidambaram wrote on Twitter.
Upon returning from a regional security conference, the Punjab MP also asserted that the only ones happy with the ongoings was Pakistan.
Sources close to Tewari said that in Aug 2020 when the group of leaders wrote a letter for betterment of the party, they were called traitors, but now no action was being taken against Sidhu.
Notably, late former President Pranab Mukherjee had in 2019 said that the number of seats in Lok Sabha should be increased to 1,000 from the present 543.
At a time when vaccine distribution to states across India is in full swing ahead of the January 16 launch, the Congress party has raised questions on the safety, compatibility of India's homegrown Covid vaccine named COVAXIN, asking the government how it can be rolled out when it is yet to clear phase-3 trials.
Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tewari tested positive for coronavirus on Monday.
In an apparent reference to the political situation in Karnataka after the ouster of the Congress-JD(S) government, Tewari accused the BJP of "sabotaging" the democratic institutions.
The Congress on Friday released a list of seven candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding party General Secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna in Madhya Pradesh and former Union Minister Manish Tewari from Anandpur Sahib in Punjab.
While praising PM Modi, singer-turned-politician said, “Our PM at least shares his dreams with the country, unlike the former PM Manmohan Singh.”
Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa asserted that at present, it is going to be the best aircraft in terms of the weapons capability in the Indian sub-continent and would be also the best in comparison with what China and Pakistan have.
BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi and Congress' Manish Tewari were at the loggerheads at India TV's day-long conclave 'Vande Mataram' on Saturday.
"You (Union government) need to put Imran Khan in the dock. You need to put Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Khan's party) in the dock. This is the job that you need to do very vociferously," Tewari said.
Addressing a press conference at the party office in New Delhi, senior Congress leader Manish Tewari said, "The fight for Lok Sabha polls will be between dictatorship and democracy."
"As long as no one staked a claim to form government, J&K governor was happy to keep Assembly under suspension. The moment someone staked a claim, he dissolved the Assembly!" he tweeted.
The BJP leader said that directly or indirectly the black money from Swiss bank accounts is finding its way into the bank accounts of common citizens of India.
The Karnataka governor has not taken the democracy seriously so he should also be removed: Manish Tewari
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